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When it comes to climate change, business leaders are getting ahead of the curve.

The 2023 KPMG Agribusiness Agenda report, Energising a World of Anxiety, reflects the massive opportunities for Aotearoa’s agri sector but no clear pathways forward.

With agriculture creating almost half of New Zealand’s carbon emissions and a government proposal on pricing agricultural emissions just closed for consultation, it is easy to see why emotions are running high.

While the headline outcomes of the recent COP27 climate conference in Egypt didn’t appear to move the climate action dial much, a new focus on farming and food at the event is something New Zealand directors should factor into their thinking.

We now have a plan of action to guide our climate change response. But is it any good? Members of the University of Otago’s He Kaupapa Hononga climate change research network run the ruler over it.

Seaweed, "Kowbucha" and alternative energy sources are in the mix as New Zealand's agricultural firms seek to reduce greenhouse emissions.