Climate Change Technology Transfer Plan for Action

About this project

MAF has proposed a Climate Change Technology Transfer Plan for Action to provide New Zealand land managers with sufficient information, technologies and systems to enable and encourage the adoption of practices that help to:

• reduce total greenhouse gas emissions, improve the efficiency of resource use and minimise the liabilities;
• adapt to a changing climate; and
• take advantage of new business opportunities relating to climate change.

The defined purpose of the action plan is:

To promote more resilient land based businesses by supporting and co-ordinating sector and government initiatives and providing up to date, relevant information on climate change to land managers and their advisers.

To help develop the action plan, MAF established a Climate Change Technology Transfer Sub-Group (CCTTSG) which represents the following sectors/organisations:

• Arable (Foundation for Arable Research)
• Dairy (Dairy NZ)
• Federated Farmers
• Forestry
• Fertiliser (Fertiliser Manufacturers Research Association)
• Horticulture (HortNZ) and NZ Winegrowers
• Sheep and Beef (Meat and Wool NZ)
• Iwi/Maori
• Local Government New Zealand
• Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry MAF

Other horticultural sectors and the Pork and Poultry Industries are not specifically represented on the CCTTSG but are still contributing to the development of the action plan.

The role of Groundwork Associates

Groundwork Associates has been contracted by MAF to organise, facilitate and report on a series of workshops (involving a range of experts nominated by each sector) which will develop sector-specific actions and targets for the CCTT Plan for Action. This profile document (pdf 75KB) provides an insight into the specific expertise and project experience Groundwork brings to the contract. Feel free to browse our site for more general information about the company.

Contacts for enquiries

For further information about the CCTT Plan for Action contact Katherine McCusker - Katherine.McCusker@maf.govt.nz

For further information about the sector workshops contact Phillipa Crequer - Phillipa.crequer@groundworkassociates.co.nz