Australia’s Agriculture & Land Sectoral Plan for Net Zero Emissions
Submission overview
Climate change poses an unprecedented global crisis for humans and biodiversity. Less well recognised is its profound detrimental impact on the welfare of non-human animals. Wild, managed and domesticated animals are directly and indirectly affected by climate change across terrestrial, aquatic and marine environments.
We agree a climate-smart, sustainable sector will help make farming more productive and profitable, better protect our environment, increase access to international markets and strengthen farming communities. However, we submit that the pathway to a low emission, productive and profitable agriculture industry, adaptive to a changed climate, requires transformative action.
You will see in our submission below, that we consider it crucial that policies to reduce emissions from agriculture and land use are developed in an holistic way that considers their potential impact on the welfare of humans, animals and the environment.
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In this submission, the Alliance for Animals addresses three of the key issues raised in the Discussion Paper with a focus on animal welfare and the urgent need for food systems transformation.
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