Australia and New Zealand Push to Reduce Agriculture Climate Emissions at UN COP28

Farming groups in Australia and New Zealand are pushing to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from agriculture and “adapt to climate change.” The peak Australian body representing farmers and agriculture in Australia has signed up to an Agriculture Climate Alliance at COP28 in Dubai. In an inaugural statement, the alliance says farmers from “around the world are at the front line of climate change.” “We must be proactive and ambitious in our actions to mitigate GHG emissions from agriculture and adapt to climate change. A failure to act risks exacerbating existing food security issues around the world,” the alliance said. The alliance also includes Federated Farmers New Zealand and the Federation of Rural Associations of Mercosur (FARM)....