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<p>More than 130 countries have now ratified the Paris Agreement of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, which seeks to hold the rise in global average temperatures to well below 2 degrees above pre-industrial levels. However, the collective emissions reductions pledged by countries by 2030 are too high to meet these goals cost effectively, and in many instances, the ways in which countries plan to meet their pledges are not clear. This is particularly significant when it comes to agricultural and in particular livestock emissions, where as many as 70 countries signaled an intention to reduce emissions but very few specify ways to achieve this.</p>
<p>This presentation will review the contribution of agricultural and specifically livestock emissions to global climate change, and the extent to which the ability to meet temperature goals of the Paris Agreement might depend on an effective contribution from agriculture to global mitigation efforts. The presentation will also discuss options, challenges and progress in engaging countries in emission reductions in the livestock sector, and will provide an overview of how upcoming reports by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change and related international initiatives can help clarify the potential for agriculture to contribute to global efforts to address climate change, and ways to increase this contribution while supporting global food security objectives.</p>
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<p><strong>About Andy</strong></p>
<p><strong>DR ANDY REISINGER, Deputy Director (International), New Zealand Agricultural Greenhouse Gas Research Centre</strong></p>
<p>Dr Andy Reisinger joined the NZAGRC team in November 2010 from the New Zealand Climate Change Research Institute, based at Victoria University of Wellington.</p>
<p>Andy earlier spent six years working for the Ministry for the Environment as Senior Adviser on climate change and has also worked for the Intergovernmental Panel</p>
<p>for Climate Change (IPCC) in the UK and in India. Andy served as Coordinating Lead Author for the IPCC Fifth Assessment Report (AR5) and currently is the New Zealand representative for the Global Research Alliance Livestock Research Group. Andy provides strategic support to the NZAGRC Director and leads New Zealand&rsquo;s science contribution to the Global Research Alliance and NZAGRC&rsquo;s input into the Global Research Alliance Livestock Research Group. He works from the NZAGRC Wellington office to enable robust interaction of the Centre with MPI.</p>
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