The CFA recommends the workshops to draw upon farm-level experiences, in addition to identifying strategies and best practices that increase the farmers’ resilience, reduce GHG emissions, and sequester carbon at scale.
CFA would also like to be engaged with ECCC when building Canada’s Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) and Canada’s 2035 Emissions Reduction Plan.
The programs, and policies to support long-term climate objectives cannot ignore short-term implications for the farmers’ ability to face the immediate threats of climate change while maintaining the viability of their operations and delivering on food security objectives.