Climate Change Policy Briefings

Policy Briefings produced by SAC's Rural Policy Centre.

Carbon footprint reporting for a Scottish livestock farm: Carbon footprint reporting for a Scottish livestock farm (PDF: 268 kB); Published:Jun 2008; As the impact of agriculture on climate change is increasingly recognised, carbon footprinting has risen up the agenda. This briefing reports the findings of a recent project for QMS that aimed to better understand the carbon footprint of a livestock farm in Scotland, to report baseline data against which changes in emissions could be assessed and to compare the outputs of different footprinting tools.
Climate Change & Agriculture: Selecting The Best Strategy: Climate Change & Agriculture: Selecting The Best Strategy (PDF: 97 kB); Published:Jun 2008; This briefing focuses on agriculture and examines the process through which the most appropriate and cost-effective mitigation options can be identified.
Climate Change & Agriculture: Mapping The Policy Landscape: Climate Change & Agriculture: Mapping The Policy Landscape (PDF: 118 kB); Published:Jun 2008; This briefing focuses on agriculture and examines the options available to policymakers as they attempt to build a consideration of greenhouse gas emissions into their policies for the sector.