8.50am | Introduction & Welcome: Prof Jon Hickford |
9.00am | Hon James Shaw, Minister for Climate Change (via Zoom) New Zealand’s international and moral obligations to reducing our GHG emissions |
9.30am | Dr Rod Carr, Chairperson, Climate Change Commission How does NZ need to respond to the challenges of climate change? |
9.55am | Kelly Forster, Programme Director, He Waka Eke Noa Is He Waka Eke Noa succeeding in implementing a framework to reduce agricultural GHG emissions and build the agriculture sector’s resilience to climate change? |
10.20am | Morning Tea |
10.45am | Prof Bronwyn Hayward, University of Canterbury Climate politics and New Zealand |
11.10am | Prof Ken Hughey, Lincoln University (Invited) The role of our conservation estate in reducing the impact of climate change in New Zealand |
11.35am | Hon Prof Keith Woodford, Lincoln University How might enforced GHG reductions from the NZ livestock industries affect our economy and climate change? |
12noon | Dr Geoff Ross, Director, Lake Hawea Station A farmer’s perspective: What will drive how farmers respond to climate change challenges? |
12.30pm | Lunch |
1.30pm | Michelle Sands, Strategy & Policy Manager, Horticulture New Zealand A horticulturist’s perspective: What will drive how horticulturists respond to climate change challenges? |
1.55pm | Dr John Reid, Senior Research Fellow UC/Ngai Tahu Research Centre A Maori perspective. Food production, land-use change and solutions to help reduce GHG footprint and improve kaitiakitaka. |
2.20pm | Prof Euan Mason, School of Forestry, University of Canterbury On farm carbon sequestration – introduced species or reverting less productive/sensitive land to its natural state |
2.45pm | Prof Keith Cameron & Prof Hong Di, Lincoln University, Developing technologies for on-farm greenhouse gas mitigations |
3.15pm | Panel Discussion Chair: Dr Robyn Dynes, AgResearch |
4.00pm | NZIAHS AGM |