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The arable sector’s 2020 Climate Change Champions presented the progress and problems on their journey to Net Zero at a round table event, hosted by NFU and attended by Defra minister Victoria Prentis. CPM summarises the discussion. Big corporate companies should be working with us to offset carbon, pushed by a government that sees farmers as the solution, not the problem. By Tom Allen-Stevens Now is the time for UK arable farmers to step forward with potential solutions for climate change. The sector is uniquely placed to deliver the practices required to help farming meet its ambitious target of Net Zero emissions by 2040, according to attendees of a high-level round-table event, organised by CPM and hosted by NFU. A collaborative approach is key to success, involving the whole supply chain and led by those in the arable sector with a mindset for positive change. Farmers and industry have also called on Government for clear policy objectives, a united method of monitoring and measuring greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, and an approach to regulation that favours the circular economy. “This is our time,” declared NFU president Minette Batters who attended and introduced the event. “But it is only our time…
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