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Current countries’ plans to keep the average global temperature rise to 1.5 C are falling well short of their goal.
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UN climate talks must boost emissions cuts, finance targets —negotiators

“We need to take stock in Glasgow on how we are going to ramp up political ambition over the next few years.” – Peter Betts

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Reuters – The next round of international climate talks this year must focus on getting more ambitious greenhouse gas emissions cuts and boosting finance for vulnerable nations, climate negotiators said June 24. Britain will host the next United Nations’ climate conference, called COP26, in November in Glasgow, Scotland. It aims to spur more ambitious commitments
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres arrives at the European Council for an EU summit on June 24, 2021.
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Success of climate change talks rests on finance, UN chief says

Richer nations need to make meaningful financial contributions to efforts

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Reuters – The success of international climate negotiations in November will depend on a breakthrough in financial contributions from rich countries, U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said on June 24. With less than five months to go until the COP26 climate summit in Glasgow, Scotland, there are increasing tensions around climate finance — money rich countries
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CME Group to launch nature-based global emission offset futures

Planting trees, agriculture projects or protecting forests all qualify

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U.S. exchange operator CME Group will launch a nature-based global emissions offset futures contract on Aug. 1 to help bring more transparency to the growing global voluntary carbon offset market, it said June 21. Nature-based offsets can be generated through schemes such as planting trees, agriculture projects or protecting forests that would otherwise be destroyed.
Adaptive multi-paddock grazing is among the practices supported by the program.
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New ALUS funding to take root in the Prairies

Grazing Forward, a partnership between ALUS, Cargill and A&W Canada, will support beef producers looking to lean into regenerative agriculture

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ALUS grazing projects in Manitoba will have some new, big corporate names behind them, and a new well of funds to draw on. ALUS — an organization that has supported farmer-based grazing and agricultural stewardship projects in Manitoba in the late ‘00s, and again starting in 2014 — will now be backed by A&W Canada and
EU flags in front of the headquarters of the European Commission in Brussels. (Jorisvo/iStock/Getty Images)
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EU countries approve deal to overhaul farming subsidies

Subsidies to focus on sustainability, 'eco-schemes'

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Brussels | Reuters — European Union countries on Monday gave the green light to reforms of the bloc’s huge farming subsidy program, after a three-year battle over rules to make it greener and support smaller farms. Negotiators representing the EU’s 27 countries and European Parliament struck the deal on Friday to reform the Common Agricultural
Three priority areas are available under a research and innovation stream: green energy and energy efficiency, precision agriculture and bioeconomy.
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Federal government offer details on Clean Tech funding

More efficient grain dryers are a major part of the planned spending

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A program aimed at reducing climate change on Canadian farms could reduce greenhouse gas emissions by up to one megaton, according to federal Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food Marie-Claude Bibeau. Details on how to apply for the federal government’s Agricultural Clean Technology Program were made available earlier in June. While a variation of the program
A report suggests that increasing soil carbon levels is one way to limit greenhouse gas emissions that exacerbate climate change.
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Opinion: IEA report has consequences for agricultural producers

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The International Energy Agency’s (IEA) widely publicized report on reducing greenhouse gas emissions to achieve global targets further bolsters the case more needs to be done in agriculture to combat climate change. Producers, as the report notes, can’t be excluded from that effort. Released this month, the report lists 400 actions that will need to
A new recycling program has been announced for grain bags and bale twine in Manitoba.
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Agri-plastic recycling program launched

Bale twine and grain bags will be accepted under the new provincially regulated program

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Manitoba is looking to recycle more agricultural plastics. On May 26, the province announced the launch of an agri-plastics stewardship program targeting grain bags and bale twine, to be managed by agricultural recycling organization Cleanfarms. “What this means, really, is that farmers have access to a reliable program and one that’s going to be available year over year to recycle their grain
Manitoba farmers recycled 38.4 tonnes of grain bags, twine and bale and silage wrap in 2020.
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Cleanfarms Manitoba sees slight recycling dip in 2020

Canada-wide, Cleanfarms has recycled enough containers to stretch around the world 1.3 times

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Manitoba farmers recycled 38.4 tonnes of grain bags, twine, and bale and silage wrap in 2020, down from about 51 tonnes in 2019, says Cleanfarms’ 2020 report. The ag recycling organization attributes the dip to COVID-19 restrictions and lower spring volumes. Canada-wide, collection was on par or slightly up in many categories. Producers returned more
Operating in a comparatively more theatrical political environment than Canada, U.S. President Joe Biden is tasked with convincing producers he does not plan on banning hamburgers.
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Opinion: U.S., Canada have same challenge in selling green policies to producers

Farmers aren’t typically core constituents of Liberals or Democrats

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President Joe Biden and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau are fighting the same fight in trying to get farmers on board with ambitious climate plans. Industry groups and associations in both countries will say already efforts are being made to reduce emissions, but critics say otherwise. The U.S. administration’s new, unprecedented dedication to fighting climate change

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