State of the Climate: Farmers for Climate Action response

FOLLOWING the release of the biennial State of the Climate report, some farmers are calling for the Federal Government to take immediate steps to mitigate climate change.

Farmers for Climate Action, CEO Verity Morgan-Schmidt said the report demonstrated the worsening conditions that many Australian farmers have been struggling with for months now, and the urgent need to take climate action immediately.

“Climate change is here now. We can’t afford to kick the can down the road any further,” she said.

“In the past few months alone, we’ve had a debilitating drought in eastern states; blistering heatwaves and unprecedented fires in Queensland; and widespread flooding in Victoria and NSW.

Read the FarmersOnline story by Sharon O’Keeffe - “State of the Climate: Farmers for Climate Action response.”

(Listen to Farmers for Climate Action, CEO Verity Morgan-Schmidt during an interview on “Climate Conversations” - Robert McLean)