NSW Farmers Association - Priority Issue 3

Committee Members
Louise Burge (chair)
Bronwyn Petrie
Bruce Atkinson
Malcolm Holm
Rod Young
Howard Crozier
Elizabeth Tomlinson
Fiona Simpson

NSW Farmers'
Association Staff
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nswfarmers.org.au

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Climate Change/Carbon Trading

CRM is working with BEAT, the NFF and other state farming organisations to represent the Agriculture's views on climate change policy to the Federal Government. Key considerations include the design of the Australian Emissions Trading Sceme (AETS), which is set to commence in 2012, and the need for significant R&D funding to support adaptation to climate change and development of techological and policy solutions.

Key objectives of this priority area include:

Influencing the design of the AETS to ensure that rules do not disadvantage farmers, and allow a full range of offset credits to be created within productive farming systems (eg in soil, crops and ground cover, and by adopting renewable technology).
Obtaining major funding for an agricultural industry R&D program to support adaption to climate change and develop the details of climate change policy, including farm carbon accounting and farm offset schemes.
Building partnerships with the renewable and waste sector to recyle carbon within farming systems and create new sources of renewable energy for regional industry and communities.

Climate Change Information Kit

To help understand the current complexities and uncertainties surrounding the issue of Climate Change the NSW Farmers’ Association has developed a Climate Change Information Kit which aims to inform Members of the current status of the Government’s climate change policy, likely developments in the near future as well as the implications for agriculture based upon the current policy directions. The Information Kit complements work already undertaken by the Association on climate change.

Click here to obtain a copy of the Information Kit...

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Climate Change Information Kit