New Zealand Agriculture & Climate Change Conference 2024

Day 1

Speakers

Mihi Whakatau

Welcome

Naomi Parker NZAGRC

Opening address

Hon Todd McClay Minister for Agriculture

Setting the scene: The internation situation

Is the world on track to keep warming below 1.5^oC?

What is New Zealand’s international role?

Jim Skea IPCC Chair

Stuart Horne New Zealand Climate Change Ambassador

Setting the scene: New Zealand domestic emissions targets

Climate Change - coming ready or not

Rod Carr Climate Change Commission

Achieving domestic agricultural emissions goals & climate ambitions

How are we are meeting the challenge to achieve industry and government goals? What is New Zealand’s agricultural greenhouse gas mitigation research and investment portfolio?

Julie Collins MPI

Naomi Parker NZAGRC

Wayne McNee AgriZeroNZ

International investments in agricultural greenhouse gas solutions

How is the international investment landscape for emissions reduction solutions changing?

Tom Sturgess Methane Mitigation Ventures

Charles Brooke Spark Climate Solutions

Andy Jarvis Bezos Earth Fund

Adrian Barker Methane Mitigation Venture

Trade & market drivers for agricultural emissions reduction

What are the international trade perspectives and developments on agricultural emissions reduction?

What are the risks and opportunities for New Zealand?

Diana Reaich MPI

Neal Wallace AgriHQ

Jenna Grieve Fonterra

Catherine Langabeer Woolworths

Simon Kenny McDonald’s

Market drivers for agricultural emissions reduction

How are financial institutions influencing climate change actions by farmers?

Aidan Gent ASB

Dr Carly Green Environmental Accounting Services

Dr Amelia Sharman XRB

Mitigating risk: Co-operation in action

Protocol for including mitigation technologies in LCA

Andrew Fletcher Fonterra

Aaron Simmons MiLCA 

Mitigating risk: Co-operation in action

Standardising on-farm emissions measurement

Nick Donald MPI

Conference wrap up & networking event

Day 2

Speakers

Welcome

Ruth Leary AgriZeroNZ

Opening address

Sir Peter Gluckman

Progress towards solutions: Setting the scene

What is the potential of tools and technologies under development to meet New Zealand’s agricultural emissions targets?

Harry Clark NZAGRC

Opportunities and challenges for methane inhibitors in grazing systems

The role of inhibitors

Richard Eckard Primary Industries Climate Challenges Centre, University of Melbourne

Progress towards solutions: Science and technology updates

What solutions are under development for New Zealand’s pastoral farmers and when will they be available?

Tom Breen Ruminant Biotech

Colin South Arkea Bio

Suzanne Rowe AgResearch

Lorna McNaughton LIC

Jason Wargent Biolumic

Linda Johnson AgResearch

David Aitken Lucidome Bio

Mitigation in action: On the ground innovation

How are farmers implementing low emissions solutions and what they need to accelerate progress?

Dr Cynthia Lawrence Beef + Lamb NZ

George Moss Tokoroa Pastures

Emma Crutchley Puketoi Farms

Ken Goldsmith Te Tawa Pamu

Activating mitigation: Insights into the challenges of adoption

What are the barriers to adoption, and the drivers and enablers to accelerate uptake and adoption?

Malcolm Ellis Fonterra

John Roche MPI

Jason Corsbie VHC

Geoff Simmons Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment

Erica van Reenen AgFirst

Pathway to 2050: An interactive session on delivering low emissions farming

What does the future look like?

David Hughes NZAGRC Chair

Conference wrap up and closing karakia