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<p>Over 260 agricultural climate change focussed scientists, policy makers, farmers and industry representations made the trip to the Palmerston North Convention Centre to attend the 2019 Agricultural Climate Change Conference. The two days provided an excellent opportunity to reflect on the role that NZ can play in meeting the challenges of climate change.</p>
<p>The two days included 20 presentations from NZ policy makers, industry representatives, farmers and scientists. Time was also set aside for panel discussions and questions from the floor.</p>
<p>Programme for the two day NZACCC conference: <span class="mix_file"><a title="NZACCC programme_FINAL.pdf" href="user/file/1875/NZACCC%20programme_FINAL.pdf"><img src="images/icons/icon_pdf.gif" alt="pdf" width="16" height="16" align="absmiddle" border="0" vspace="1" />&nbsp;</a><span style="font-size: 80%;">(0.67MB)</span></span></p>
<p>Topics and presentators as follows:</p>
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<td><strong>DAY1:</strong></td>
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<td><strong>Title</strong></td>
<td>&nbsp;<strong>Speaker</strong></td>
<td>&nbsp;<strong>PDF</strong></td>
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<p>General introduction to the challenges raised by climate change</p>
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<td>John Roche (MPI)</td>
<td><span class="mix_file"><a title="JR General introduction to the challenges raised by climate change.pdf" href="user/file/1869/JR%20General%20introduction%20to%20the%20challenges%20raised%20by%20climate%20change.pdf"><img src="images/icons/icon_pdf.gif" alt="pdf" width="16" height="16" align="absmiddle" border="0" vspace="1" /></a><span style="font-size: 80%;">(5.97MB)</span></span></td>
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<td>What are NZ's current emissions and what is the future forecast? How are we tracking?</td>
<td>Andrea Brandon (MFE)</td>
<td><span class="mix_file"><a title="AB What are NZ's current emissions and what is the future forecast and how are we tracking.pdf" href="user/file/1870/AB%20What%20are%20NZ%27s%20current%20emissions%20and%20what%20is%20the%20future%20forecast%20and%20how%20are%20we%20tracking.pdf"><img src="images/icons/icon_pdf.gif" alt="pdf" width="16" height="16" align="absmiddle" border="0" vspace="1" />&nbsp;</a> <span style="font-size: 80%;">(2.08MB)</span></span></td>
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<td>How will agricultural in NZ be impacted by climate change?</td>
<td>Andrew Tait (NIWA)</td>
<td><span class="mix_file"><a title="AT How will agriculture in NZ be impacted by climate change.pdf" href="user/file/1871/AT%20How%20will%20agriculture%20in%20NZ%20be%20impacted%20by%20climate%20change.pdf"><img src="images/icons/icon_pdf.gif" alt="pdf" width="16" height="16" align="absmiddle" border="0" vspace="1" />&nbsp;</a> <span style="font-size: 80%;">(2.87MB)</span></span></td>
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<td>Attitudes to climate change - Nielsen survey results 2009-2019</td>
<td>Wendy Stockwell (Nielsen)</td>
<td><span class="mix_file"><a title="WS Attitudes to climate change and Nielson survey results 2009-2019.pdf" href="user/file/1874/WS%20Attitudes%20to%20climate%20change%20and%20Nielson%20survey%20results%202009-2019.pdf"><img src="images/icons/icon_pdf.gif" alt="pdf" width="16" height="16" align="absmiddle" border="0" vspace="1" />&nbsp;</a> <span style="font-size: 80%;">(2.79MB)</span></span></td>
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<td>Adaptation - Climate Change Adaptation Technical Working Group conclusions&nbsp;</td>
<td>Judy Lawrence (VUW)</td>
<td><span class="mix_file"><a title="JL Adaptation climate change adaptation technical working group discussions.pdf" href="user/file/1876/JL%20Adaptation%20climate%20change%20adaptation%20technical%20working%20group%20discussions.pdf"><img src="images/icons/icon_pdf.gif" alt="pdf" width="16" height="16" align="absmiddle" border="0" vspace="1" />&nbsp;</a> <span style="font-size: 80%;">(0.99MB)</span></span></td>
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<td>Adaptation knowledge: what is known, not known and needed?</td>
<td>Nick Cradock-Henry (MW-LCR)</td>
<td><span class="mix_file"><a title="NCH Adaptation knowledge - what is known and not known and needed.pdf" href="user/file/1877/NCH%20Adaptation%20knowledge%20-%20what%20is%20known%20and%20not%20known%20and%20needed.pdf"><img src="images/icons/icon_pdf.gif" alt="pdf" width="16" height="16" align="absmiddle" border="0" vspace="1" />&nbsp;</a> <span style="font-size: 80%;">(2.61MB)</span></span></td>
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<td>A view from the ground - what actions are farmers taking?</td>
<td>&nbsp;Anders Crofoot (Farmer)</td>
<td><span class="mix_file"><a title="AC A view from the ground and what actions are farmers taking.pdf" href="user/file/1878/AC%20A%20view%20from%20the%20ground%20and%20what%20actions%20are%20farmers%20taking.pdf"><img src="images/icons/icon_pdf.gif" alt="pdf" width="16" height="16" align="absmiddle" border="0" vspace="1" />&nbsp;</a> <span style="font-size: 80%;">(1.82MB)</span></span></td>
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<td>What will regional councils need to do?</td>
<td>James Palmer (HBRC)</td>
<td><span class="mix_file"><a title="JP What will regional councils need to do.pdf" href="user/file/1879/JP%20What%20will%20regional%20councils%20need%20to%20do.pdf"><img src="images/icons/icon_pdf.gif" alt="pdf" width="16" height="16" align="absmiddle" border="0" vspace="1" /></a><span style="font-size: 80%;">(0.85MB)</span></span></td>
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<td>What is the Government's approach to adaptation in agriculture?</td>
<td>Nicky Ablitt</td>
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<td><strong>DAY 2:</strong>&nbsp;</td>
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<td><strong>Title</strong></td>
<td><strong>Speaker</strong></td>
<td><strong>PDF</strong></td>
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<td>Ministerial Address</td>
<td>Hon Damien O'Connor</td>
<td>&nbsp;</td>
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<td>Reflections on a decade of leadership of global agricultural mitigation research</td>
<td>Haden Montgomery (GRA)</td>
<td><span class="mix_file"><a title="HM Reflections on a decade of leadership of global agricultural mitigation research.pdf" href="user/file/1881/HM%20Reflections%20on%20a%20decade%20of%20leadership%20of%20global%20agricultural%20mitigation%20research.pdf"><img src="images/icons/icon_pdf.gif" alt="pdf" width="16" height="16" align="absmiddle" border="0" vspace="1" />&nbsp;</a> <span style="font-size: 80%;">(6.38MB)</span></span></td>
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<td>ICCC current thinking</td>
<td>David Prentice (ICCC)</td>
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<td>Challenges faced by Maori</td>
<td>Tanira Kingi (Scion)</td>
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<td>What farmers can do now?</td>
<td>Victoria Lamb (Beef &amp; Lamb NZ)</td>
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<td>What is industry doing?</td>
<td>Hamish Reid (Synlait)</td>
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<td>What new solutions are in the pipeline?</td>
<td>Peter Janssen (AgResearch), Di Hong (Lincoln)</td>
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<td>Land use change as a mitigation option</td>
<td>Suzi Kerr (Motu)</td>
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<td>The challenges of estimating greenhouse gases on farm</td>
<td>Phil Journeaux (AgFirst), Cecile de Klein (AgResearch)</td>
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<td>The role of carbon sinks - trees/soil carbon</td>
<td>Louis Schipper (UW), Tim Payn (Scion)</td>
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