We are in a climate emergency. To slow warming and stabilize the climate, Canada has committed to reducing greenhouse gas emissions by 40 percent by 2030 and reaching net zero by 2050 — just 28 years from now. This will be a tremendous challenge. Moreover, reducing agricultural emissions is one of the most complex GHG-reduction […] Read more
Stories by Darrin Qualman
Fertilizer Canada report goes astray
Fertilizer Canada and Meyers Norris Penny recently released a report called Implications of a Total Emissions Reduction Target on Fertilizer. That report is a response to the December 2020 federal government announcement that it would “set a national emission reduction target (for 2030) of 30 percent below 2020 levels from fertilizers and work with fertilizer […] Read more
Farmers need climate change policies
This is the second part of a two-part look at climate change and agriculture. Part one, “What to know about climate change,” can be found here. Unless we act quickly to curb climate change, temperatures on the Canadian Prairies will rise 6 degrees C this century. If we allow such devastating temperature increases to occur, […] Read more
What to know about climate change
Next week, the National Farmers Union will examine government policies that can support farmers in reducing greenhouse gas emissions while simultaneously increasing margins and net incomes. The greatest threat to Canadian agriculture is climate change. Unless all nations slash greenhouse gas emissions, Canadian farmers will face large temperature increases, intensifying droughts and floods, the loss […] Read more
Sask. irrigation expansion questioned
The greatest threat to Saskatchewan farms is climate change. The United Nations projects a global average temperature increase of 3.2 C this century (Emissions Gap Report 2019), which would mean 6.4 C for Saskatchewan because warming is proceeding twice as fast at higher latitudes and in continental interiors. That much warming will be devastating if […] Read more
