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Eblex unveils 'keys' to low carbon farm 01 Feb 2012

EBLEX has identified four key steps towards a lower carbon footprint on beef and sheep farms, in the latest chapter of its ‘roadmap’ work. read more..

Report reveals farming future 26 Jan 2012

The UK's first Climate Change Risk Assessment will help improve our understanding of how agriculture can be part of the solution to major public problems, the NFU said today. read more..

Cattle breeders' efforts on GHGs recognised 24 Jan 2012

Defra's deputy director of livestock says the sector can be part of the solution on climate change. read more..

2011: Our second-warmest year 03 Jan 2012

The last 12 months made up Britain’s second-warmest year since records began, the Met Office has said. read more..

Food needs and GHG targets 'incompatible'? 19 Dec 2011

A Royal Society workshop has concluded that big cuts to UK agricultural production to meet 2050 greenhouse gas targets are incompatible with increasing global food demands. read more..

Durban - enough of a 'Platform'? 16 Dec 2011

An 11th hour agreement was reached at the international climate change talks in Durban recently, but where do the negotiations leave us? read more..

GHG emissions - Carbon Plan shows the 'UK's walking the walk' 07 Dec 2011

DECC's Secretary of State, Chris Huhne says the UK's Carbon Plan to tackle climate change shows that "the UK is walking the walk, demonstrating that it can be done and living up to our promise to show climate leadership". read more..

'Agriculture part of climate change solution' 02 Dec 2011

NFU joins up work to ensure agriculture is well placed to tackle climate change. read more..

Durban climate change summit kicks off 28 Nov 2011

The international climate change talks start today in Durban, South Africa.  Read what the NFU has been doing and its analysis of possible outcomes from the talks read more..

The tricky task of measuring GHG emissions 03 Nov 2011

NFU advisers hear how new science could help to understand emissions from farming and improve productivity. read more..

Good news for AD, cloudy outlook for solar 19 Oct 2011

Progress could be made on some on-farm AD projects, following an increase in the tariffs available, but there's the possibility of another cut to solar PV rates. read more..

UK can't isolate itself from the global impacts of climate change 03 Aug 2011

A Foresight report on the International Dimensions of Climate Change identifies for the first time how climate change is likely to affect the UK though its global dependencies and networks. read more..

Adaptation - UK is coping with current climatic variability 03 Aug 2011

The Adaptation Sub-Committee (ASC) has published its second assessment of how well prepared the UK is for climate change. The report focuses on three of the priority areas identified in its first report - land use planning, managing water resources, and designing and renovating buildings. read more..

Farming's progress on emissions 04 Jul 2011

The latest Committee on Climate Change report shows that UK farmers and growers are making their contribution towards meeting our climate change targets. read more..

European Nitrogen Assessment released 12 Apr 2011

A major new study on the impact of nitrogen fertiliser has been launched. NFU comment read more..

GHG emissions – agriculture’s action plan 29 Mar 2011

The Greenhouse Gas Action Plan sets out how the agriculture industry in England is going to tackle emissions by improving the efficiency of production across all sectors and systems. read more..

Livestock emissions report - our response 23 Feb 2011

A major study to estimate emissions from livestock across the EU has been published. See what we made of the findings here. read more..

Conclusion at Cancun confounds critics 15 Dec 2010

The NFU’s chief climate change and renewables adviser, Jonathan Scurlock, reports on the recent UN-sponsored climate talks in Cancun. read more..

£37m to help world's poorest farmers 10 Dec 2010

The Department of International Development has announced it will give £37m in overseas aid to help some of the world’s poorest farmers adapt to climate change. read more..

Threatened climate project wins award 08 Dec 2010

The under-threat Farming Futures project, which must replace a £275,000 funding shortfall, has won a Global Green Award. read more..

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