Videos

Community bonds and networks are integral to community resilience in the face of climate disasters. In this webinar hosted by the National Landcare Network and Farmers for Climate Action, we explore how networks respond to catastrophe, be it saving lives, maintaining mental health or reviving biodiversity.

In this webinar we shine the spotlight on the flood-ravaged Northern Rivers to explore how networks can both strengthen and fracture during times of climate crisis. We hear from clinical psychologist Dr Rob Gordon, who has worked in disaster recovery since Ash Wednesday in 1983, about the recovery journey. We also hear from Landcare Coordinator Emma Stone who is deep in the early flood recovery stage in the Northern Rivers, activating her local Landcare community and forging partnerships to build resilience.

This webinar explores how building place-based community networks, such as Landcare and Farmers For Climate Action groups, can help prepare surge capacity for times of disaster.  We also explore how self-care, community care and connection to country can improve mental health outcomes on the long road to recovery.

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Farmers for Climate Action recently travelled across the Goulburn Valley in Victoria, where we met with nearly 80 farmers and supporters. It was so exciting to see the widespread support for climate action in the Goulburn Valley, and to start talking about actions we could take together locally to secure meaningful climate solutions!

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Are you thinking about preparing for your future on the land? Or are you interested in what is happening in the farming sector?

Our Climate Services for Agriculture (CSA) workshop, in partnership with the Bureau of Meteorology, hosted an event for farmers to have a say in designing climate services that will help Australian farms and communities prepare for the future.

The Future Drought Fund’s CSA program aims to support the Australian agricultural sector and regional communities to build resilience to future drought and climate risks. The Bureau of Meteorology and CSIRO are developing this tool to help farmers anticipate what future climate in their region might look like, how it could impact production of key commodities and what can be done to prepare.

They have developed the tool so far with input from farmers in a number of pilot regions – and want to continue the conversation to make sure the tool is practical and can make a real difference.

Lynette (Bureau of Meteorology) will be presenting the seasonal outlook features of the Climate Services for Agriculture tool, whilst Carly (CSIRO) will be presenting the past and future climate projections.

This event was held via Zoom on 10 March 2022.

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Empty supermarket shelves have become almost commonplace in Australia over the past few months, as floods and COVID have converged to break down our supply chains. So what do our supply chains look like in a changing climate, especially in light of the latest IPCC report?

We commissioned Stephen Bartos, an internationally recognised expert, to develop a report on exactly this, working closely with ag sector and supply chain partners. Mr Bartos wrote a report for the federal government in 2012 examining resilience in the Australian food supply chain.

On Wednesday 9 March we launched this report, and discussed its findings with Stephen, GrainGrowers Chairman Brett Hosking and Cattle Council CEO John McGoverne.

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In December 2021, Farmers for Climate Action road tripped through the Northern Rivers of New South Wales, stopping in towns like Bellingen, Grafton and Lismore. We met a bunch of local farmers and rural Australians at BBQs, community centres and farms in their towns who were keen to get to work. It was this roadshow that helped our movement reach 7,000 farmers nationally standing up for climate action.

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Jill and Ian Coghlan share their experiences building ecological values into their on-farm practices at their cattle stud properties. Jill was a participant in our Climate-Smart Agriculture Fellowship program, sharing knowledge and skills with other fellows across Victoria and surrounds.

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Claire Gunner and her family are based in Eganstown in Victoria where they run a berry farm. Hear about their packaging innovations, aiming to reduce plastic in their berry business. Claire was a participant in our Climate-Smart Agriculture Fellowship.

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Sarah Brien and her family are in Murroon in south-west Victoria. Hear more about their pasture and water innovations that support their farm through drier and hotter summers. Sarah was a participant in our Victorian Climate-Smart Agriculture Fellowship.

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As Australian summers get hotter and longer with more extreme weather events, what impact will this have on our livestock? Why is heat stress becoming more of an issue for Australian farmers? What strategies exist and are emerging to deal with the rising temperatures?

Farmers for Climate Action, together with Vets for Climate Action, explore the physiological and animal welfare issues associated with a changing climate. This webinar will focus largely on the impacts of temperature extremes on animals, as well as how to mitigate these impacts.

Speakers include Dr Kristy DiGiacomo, University of Melbourne, and Professor Peter Windsor, University of Sydney.

The webinar will be hosted by FCA’s very own Ellen Litchfield, a trained vet and farmer based near Lake Eyre.

This webinar was recorded by Farmers for Climate Action on 09 December 2021.

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