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The Horticulture Climate Change
Action Plan –
What have we done, and what do we need to do?
Peter Deuter
DPI&F Queensland
The Horticulture Climate Change
Action Plan –
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What is the Horticulture Climate Change Action Plan?
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Relationship to the National Agriculture Climate
Change Action Plan (NACCAP)?
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What are the components of the Horticulture Action
Plan?
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What has been achieved to date?
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What priorities need urgent attention?
The Horticulture Climate Change Action Plan
– The National Agriculture Climate Change Action Plan (NACCAP)
was developed with four (4) Focus Areas – Adaptation,
Mitigation, R&D and Awareness and Communication
– www.daff.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0006/33981/nat_ag_clim
_chang_action_plan2006.pdf
– The Horticulture Action Plan was produced as a component of
the HAL project [AH06019] – ‘Australian Horticulture's Response
to Climate Change and Climate Variability’.
– For simplicity, it has incorporated the R&D Focus Area into both
the Adaptation and Mitigation areas – leaving specific Actions
which Australian Horticulture needs to consider under three (3)
Focus Areas – (1) Adaptation, (2) Mitigation, (3) Information,
Awareness and Communication.
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The Horticulture Climate Change
Action Plan –
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What is the Horticulture Climate Change Action Plan?
•
Relationship to the National Agriculture Climate Change Action
Plan (NACCAP)?
•
What are the components of the Horticulture Action
Plan?
•
What has been achieved to date?
•
What priorities need urgent attention?
The Horticulture Climate Change Action Plan
Components
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Adapting to Climate Change
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Mitigating and Reducing Greenhouse Gases
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Informing growers, scientists, politicians and the community
Each one divided into :•
Desired Outcomes
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Priorities (Actions) which can achieve these desired outcomes
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Some Questions which these Actions will answer
Recommendation:
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That industry note the priorities, and desired outcomes listed in the
Action Plan, and increase R,D&E investment to address these
climate change (and climate variability) priorities.
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ADAPTATION
Desired Outcome - Resilient and Adaptive
Horticultural Production Systems which are less
vulnerable to climate change and climate variability.
Some Actions •
Regional Climate scenarios (downscaling) for all horticulture
regions
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Assess the vulnerability of regions and industries and
identify the risks, opportunities and actions required
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Best management practices – revise to include adaptation
and mitigation options
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Practical tools available to horticultural growers and their
advisors to better manage climate change and climate
variability
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Review international impacts for major competitive
horticultural crops and identify additional market
opportunities
1.
ADAPTATION
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MITIGATION
Desired Outcome – Reduced GHG emissions
from horticultural production systems.
Some Actions •
We need to understand the Carbon Footprint of the industry.
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Identify and implement efficient Best Management Practices
that reduce greenhouse gases from fertiliser, electricity,
fuel, refrigeration and waste.
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Understand how horticulture might engage profitably in
GHG sequestration – soils and plants?
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Understand how the CPRS will affect Horticulture?
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Understand how the market will respond to overseas trends
such as Carbon Labelling?
2.
MITIGATION
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AWARENESS, INFORMATION & COMMUNICATION
Desired Outcome - Horticulture producers
and their advisors having sufficient
understanding of climate change and climate
variability issues to be able to make
appropriate risk management decisions.
Some Actions •
Specific and tailored information for horticulture
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Information products which promote horticulture-specific
messages to growers, the community & to policy makers
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Scientifically based information including the results of R&D
3.
COMMUNICATION
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The Horticulture Climate Change
Action Plan –
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What is the Horticulture Climate Change Action Plan?
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Relationship to the National Agriculture Climate Change Action
Plan (NACCAP)?
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What are the components of the Horticulture Action Plan?
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What has been achieved to date?
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What priorities need urgent attention?
WHAT HAS BEEN ACHIEVED?
a) Next Steps - AH06019 – Climate Change Action Plan for Horticulture.
b) Adaptation Strategies specific to Horticulture - The simplest adaptation
strategies are currently being employed by growers – more adaptable
cultivars and cultural practices such as Improved irrigation practices and IPM,
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This will be driven in the first instance to maintain profitability through market
timing, market access and market share.
c) The best defence against future climate change is to continue to develop
the capacity and knowledge to manage our response to climate variability
more effectively.
A project proposal involving DPI&F and CSIRO scientists, specifically
addressing these needs, has been submitted to Land and Water Australia for
consideration.
WHAT HAS BEEN ACHIEVED?
d) develop a clear understanding of how climate change will impact
horticultural cropping systems and businesses in specific regions at
temperatures increasing up to 4oC. Land and Water Australia and
Horticulture Australia Ltd project, “Critical thresholds (‘tipping points’) and
climate
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e) HAL funded the project, “Vegetable Industry Carbon Footprint Scoping
Study - Discussion Papers and Workshop (VG08107) in 2008. This has led to
a project to develop a Carbon Footprint tool for the Australian Vegetable
Industry which will be commissioned by HAL in April 2009.
f) Australian horticulture has a very small carbon footprint compared with
other agriculture sectors. It is estimated that, of the 90Mt CO2-e of
greenhouse gases emitted by Agriculture in 2005, Australian horticulture
emitted only one (1) MtCO2-e (i.e 1%) in 2005.
WHAT HAS BEEN ACHIEVED?
g) The Australian Banana Industry is currently producing a Strategic Plan,
and has identified issues associated with its carbon footprint, and the CPRS
as issues which require addressing.
A desktop study funded HAL, “Understanding and Identifying the Threats and
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h) Apples and Avocadoes industries have called for project proposals to
commence an understanding of Climate Change implications in these
industries.
The Horticulture Climate Change
Action Plan –
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What is the Horticulture Climate Change Action Plan?
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Relationship to the National Agriculture Climate Change Action
Plan (NACCAP)?
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What are the components of the Horticulture Action Plan?
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What has been achieved to date?
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What priorities need urgent attention?
WHAT IS URGENTLY REQUIRED?
ADAPTATION
• Downscaling climate change scenarios – horticulture context
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• Vulnerability
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• Adaptation Strategies for the most vulnerable regions = Best Management
Practices
• Opportunities in Australia or O/S as a result of climate change – new crops??
and new export opportunities??
WHAT IS URGENTLY REQUIRED?
MITIGATION & REDUCTION
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• How can this be reduced?– BMP’s which are profitable, sustainable and reduce
GHG emissions
• Why should this be reduced?
• What are the practicalities and economics of carbon sequestration in soils and
trees associated with horticultural production systems?
WHAT IS URGENTLY REQUIRED?
INFORMATION, AWARENESS AND COMMUNICATION
• Scientifically based information useful for both growers and the community
• Specific
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topics
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What is the Carbon Footprint of Horticulture compared with Agriculture
and other Sectors?
Soil Carbon Sequestration
Horticulture Specific Impacts of Climate Change
Horticulture Specific Adaptation Strategies
Trends in Climate Change
Uncertainties in the Climate Change debate
Climate Change and Climate Variability – is there a difference?
Conclusions
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Horticulture Climate Change Action Plan
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Achievements – Funded projects with
recommendations which have begun to help us
understand Climate Change in a Horticulture context.
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What Next?
– Vulnerability & Adaptation Strategies
– Understand Carbon Footprint & Reduce it
– Information & Awareness will be important
– Manage Climate Variability
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