Robert was speaking at the FAO symposium – ‘Mitigation of greenhouse gas emissions from animal production, a policy agenda’ – held at Asuncion in Paraguay.
“The dairy sector has a shared interest in combating climate change and in addressing the most pressing challenge presented by consumer demand and regulation to reduce greenhouse gas emissions throughout the supply chain,” said Robert in his address. “Around the world, our responsible sector focuses on providing consumers with the nutritious dairy products they want, in a way that’s economically viable, environmentally sound and socially responsible.”
The symposium provided experts and policy makers the opportunity to debate issues affecting the meat and dairy industries.
“The IDF has developed and delivered work programmes in the environmental area, and has effective mechanisms in place to share the outcomes throughout the membership, which accounts for 86% of the world dairy production,” said Christian Robert. “The IDF is ideally placed to bring real consensus and change through the world’s dairy producing nations.”
At the end of the symposium, a draft statement on recommendations for mitigation of greenhouse gas emissions from animal production was written by the FAO. IDF welcomes the statement and considers it sets the right level of ambition providing a strong stimulus towards achieving a sustainable environment.
Source: International Dairy Federation
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