04 November 2014 - Ambassador Jo Tyndall - Agriculture and Climate Change
Channel: IIEA
Date: 2014-11-04

About the Speech:
 
The world’s governments have set themselves the deadline of December 2015 to deliver a new global agreement on climate change. The agricultural sector has been excluded from these international negotiations on climate change, notwithstanding its very significant contribution to emissions and its capacity to offer solutions. While the sector accounts for a relatively minor proportion of emissions in the majority of developed economies, New Zealand and Ireland are outliers.  Ambassador Tyndall gave New Zealand’s perspective on these international negotiations, exploring in particular, the treatment of agriculture, and offering insights on a more constructive approach to the contribution of agriculture and land use.
 
About the Speaker:
 
Jo Tyndall has been New Zealand’s Climate Change Ambassador and head of delegation to the United Nations climate negotiations with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade since July 2010. Currently she holds a Vice President position on the Bureau of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, representing the regional grouping of Western European and Other States.