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A report from independent think-tank, the Climate Institute, says farmers need to accept carbon trading, or face dire consequences.
The report says agriculture produces 15 per cent of Australia’s emissions, and the sector can’t keep putting off emissions trading forever.
The Institute’s Mark Wootton also says farmers have more to gain than lose from joining a trading scheme.
“It’s a significant sector, second only to the electricity [production] sector,” he says.
“Therefore, we have to be looked at if we’re going to share the load of reducing the greenhouse gases we produce.
“Secondly, it’s in farmers self-interest to be involved, because they are the most vulnerable group to climate change.”
