Displaying items by tag: climate change

OPINION: In Ireland, climate change is also causing issues for farmers.

Agriculture Minister Damien O’Connor is in Washington DC this week, speaking at the Agriculture Innovation Mission for Climate Summit, held from 8 – 10 May.

While the subject of water never seems very far from the agricultural news, it always seems to be about the extremes of too little or too much.

A 50% improvement in resource consent processing times could be necessary for New Zealand to meet its 2050 emissions targets.

OPINION: I've been reading a book recently, written by a farmer, that questions how we deal with (or react to) our changing seasonal climates.

OPINION: It's promising that the Government has adopted ACT’s long held policy of recognising on-farm sequestration for climate change. They should adopt the rest of our climate policy and take a practical approach to emissions that don’t hammer our agriculture sector.

A new report on climate change has found that agile farm management will be critical in reducing emissions and adapting to climate change.

Climate change could have a dramatic effect on vineyards around the world in the coming decades.

When I first started researching the impacts of climate change on grape and wine production in 2008, sceptics questioned the greenhouse gas component of increasing temperatures.

OPINION: Global warming could be more bad news for cows and humans, according to some research.