Sustainable Land Management and Climate Change Detail on Pillars 1, 3 and 4.
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Sustainable Land Management and Climate Change
Detail on Pillars 1, 3 and 4
Plan of Action• Government wants a single Plan of Action covering climate change
and the land management sectors (agriculture, horticulture and forestry
• Climate change measures are a key component of sustainable land management – many actions will be mutually supportive
• It is proposed that the Plan of Action will comprise 4 ‘Pillars’
– Pillar 1: Adapting to Climate Change
– Pillar 2: Reducing Emissions and Enhancing Sinks
– Pillar 3: Capitalising on Business Opportunities
– Pillar 4: Working Together
Climate change in New Zealand
• Increasing frequency of severe climatic events – droughts, floods, storms, wind• Wetter in west, drier in east• Sea-level rise• Increased risk of forest fires• Changing growing seasons and regions • Biosecurity risks• Market issues
• In New Zealand:– Drought costs in 1997/98 estimated at $1 billion– Lower North Island floods in 2004 estimated at over $300 million
Pillar 1: Adapting to climate change
• How can Government and the sector work together to help land managers adapt to changes in the climate?– research; – information dissemination and technology transfer– improved planning; – infrastructure (e.g. flood works, water storage, irrigation); – forest establishment and catchment management.
• What processes do we need to put in place to enable government and the sector to work together on adaptation?
Pillar 3: Business opportunities
• Many opportunities including: – technologies to reduce methane and nitrous oxide; – low energy systems and products (biomaterials); – renewable energy; carbon farming; advisory services; – marketing initiatives; international opportunities e.g. Clean Development Mechanism.
• Response could include: – identifying specific initiatives (e.g. PFSI); – improving commercialisation of research; – creating markets; resourcing research and development; – raising public awareness; considering role of regulation and procurement policies
• How can we work together to capitalise on business opportunities?
Pillar 4: Working together
• Climate Change isn’t going away
• We need to find ways to work together in the future– Build on the work of other initiatives– Post 2012 – Strategic advice on climate change
• Government wants enduring and constructive relationships
• What process do you think we should put in place?