October 2022 Agriculture Adaptation Roadmap Progress Update
What we have done this month
At the start of September, we held our last virtual workshop with the Technical Expert Group (TEG) to identify the top impacts and challenges of climate change for the agriculture sector. This workshop built upon the key transition and physical risks that were refined in the earlier workstream hui, and used these to identify the impacts and challenges across the three scenarios. Below are the identified challenges for the agriculture sector in response to climate change adaptation:
We hosted conversations across the five subsystems; dairy, sheep & beef, forestry, horticulture and broad acre cropping, to discuss the top risks. We used these sessions to identify which risks each subsystem is the most exposed and vulnerable to, and whether there will be regional variation across New Zealand to the level of risk exposure. See below for the top identified risks for each subsystem.
On the 29th of September, the Aotearoa Circle webinar provided an update on the progress of this project. If you would like to watch this webinar, you can access it here.
We were excited to come together at the end of September for our first in-person Opportunities & Roadmap workshop. It was great to be able to collaborate and connect face-to-face at the Auckland workshop, with attendees coming from across all working groups. The purpose of this workshop was to take the identified challenges and use them to discover our opportunities and set actions to achieve. We also evaluated opportunities based on their level of impact, likelihood of success, and level of urgency to ensure we are prioritising the opportunities that the sector is best placed to create tangible impact. This workshop is being replicated in both Wellington and Christchurch in the coming weeks, where we will continue to build upon and develop the opportunities and roadmap.
Te ao Māori framework
As we come to the last two months of the workstream, the secretariat is beginning to collate all output material from the previous workshops and hui to write the final report. Ngāi Tahu has also been working to finalise the te ao Māori framework. Initial thoughts were around the concept of manaia as a symbol of guardianship, of the fruits of the land and the labour of the people. Taniwha are often assumed to be the “monsters”, but taniwha are hugely powerful protectors of places, tribal taonga and tribal members. They are fierce, resolute and their presence brings peace and security.
“Our challenge is to transform from manaia to taniwha, from passive guardians to fierce advocates for the adoption of the changes we endorse!”
The Secretariat is looking forward to the exciting final stages of this mahi - see below for key upcoming dates
