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    UK dairy roadmap announces historic net zero climate ambition

    John SwireBy John SwireNovember 2, 20213 Mins Read
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    The UK Dairy Roadmap initiative has today launched its climate ambition for the dairy sector, announcing a historic and ambitious commitments to improving the sustainability of dairy.

    ‘The Dairy Roadmap Climate Ambition: Supporting UK Net-Zero’ sets out the dairy industry’s support for reducing greenhouse gas emissions and limiting global warming, and will set a minimum standard for improvement across the entire industry.

    In meeting the challenge of Net Zero, the climate ambition paper commits the sector to a range of scientifically robust and evidence led targets and sets out a delivery programme to support their achievement.

    Specifically, the climate ambition paper sets plans to:

    • Reach Net Zero carbon by 2050;
    • Maintain positive actions which reduce climate warming caused by methane and nitrous oxides.

    Paul Flanagan, Dairy Sector Director at AHDB said: “The strength of the Dairy Roadmap is in the span of people and organisations working towards common goals. Our working groups include farmers, processors, retailers, data companies, academics and trade associations. We’ve already made big strides in reducing the environmental footprint of the entire dairy supply chain and we must not be shy about telling that story. However, the opportunities for more sharing of best practice and innovations are huge, and we can accelerate these through collaborations like the Dairy Roadmap.”

     Rising to the challenge

    Dr Judith Bryans, chief executive of Dairy UK said: “We’re incredibly proud to be launching our Net Zero climate ambition today. This work builds upon the many commitments and efforts our processors and farmers have already made, and brings the sector together to move forward as one on this journey. We are dedicated and committed to the sustainability of the sector and in our drive to continually improve. Together we can rise to the challenge, and we’re excited to get going in building the sustainable dairy sector of the future.”

    NFU dairy board chairman Michael Oakes said: “UK dairy farmers are already working hard to address the challenge of climate change, and we are now committing to do even more. We are engaged in initiatives to reduce the carbon footprint of dairy, such as improving productivity, efficient use of nutrients and incorporating renewable and bioenergy systems on farm via solar panels and anaerobic digesters.

    “The Dairy Roadmap climate ambition will encourage dairy producers and processors to work together to achieve a common goal, while demonstrating that we can produce climate friendly food to our consumers. Our commitment to science-based targets and a recognition of the role of methane is an important step in cementing the sustainability of dairy for the long term.”

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