School Milk Reg 27072000 Reg 8162004

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The Dairy Industry on the Road to
Copenhagen Joop Kleibeuker, Secretary General
EDA Brussels, 29 October 2009
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Main role of dairy in EU-Society

• Essential part balanced healthy diet
• Important role in social/economic structures
  rural areas

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On-going reductions environmental impact dairy
sector

• At Farm Level
• Reduction of loss of nutrients
• Manure management/reduction NH3-emission
• Energy recovery from milk cooling
• At Processing Level
• Reduction amount of water used
• Waste-water treatment
• Energy savings
• Optimisation of packaging
• Increased transport efficiencies

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Increasing attention for GHG emission related to
animal production

• 2006 Livestocks long shadow (FAO)
• 18 of global emission
• 2006/2007 EU EIRRO/IMPRO studies
• 24 of consumption related GHG emission
• What is contribution of dairy?

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EDA / CE-Delft report

• A sustainable dairy sector
• Global, regional and life cycle facts and figures
  
• on greenhouse-gas emission.
• Global GHG emission at farm
• Global GHG emission up to farm gate
• Global GHG emission full dairy chain
• GHG emission per litre milk produced
• Differences between countries/dairy systems
• Developments in time

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Some main conclusions from EDA/CE-Delft report

• Global GHG emission milk production at the farm
  1.2
• Global GHG emission milk production up the farm
• gate 3
• Processing, packaging, distribution 0.3 0.5
  
• Since 1990 reduction of milk production related
  GHG emission Annex-1 countries -20
• Differences in total emissions per litre of milk
  between countries/systems limited

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Broad range of projects on dairy related
GHG-emission reduction

• Cow feeding projects
• Breeding studies
• Manure management
• Manure / dairy waste digestion
• Carbon storage in dairy farm soils
• Optimalisation fertiliser use
• Use of renewable energy
• Energy efficiency / cogeneration
• Packaging recycling

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Position of dairy industry in relation to GHG
emission from Dairy

• There are relevant emissions
• The emission / needed emission reductions are
  manageable
• For optimal result global coordination needed

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Dairy Sustainability Initiative

• International dairy organisations
• International dairy federation, IDF
• International Federation of Agricultural
  Producers, IFAP
• Sustainable Agriculture Initiative, SAI
• Global Dairy Platform, GDP
• Regional dairy organisations
• Europe, EDA
• America, FEPALE
• South East Africa, ESADA

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Dairy-Sustainability-Initiative

• Global Dairy Agenda for Action on Climate Change
• Green paper on projects from all over the world
• Related communications
• see www.dairy-sustainability-initiative.org
  

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Global Dairy Agenda for Action on Climate Change

• Commitments dairy sector
• Standard methodology for assessing carbon foot
  print
• Dissemination of best practices
• Development of tools for measurement / monitoring
  GHG emissions up to reporting
• Promotion of understanding along the full chain
• Global coordination on research
• 2 yearly reporting on progress

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Global Dairy Agenda for Action on Climate
Change

• Demands on authorities / policy makers
• Recognise role of dairy
• Ensure avoidance of threats to food production,
  article 2 of UNFCCC
• Policies to be based on robust science
• Recognise investments in science and mitigation
  tools as contribution to realisation final
  objectives

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Concluding Remarks

• Dairy sector recognises the obligation to work on
  GHG emission reduction
• Study has quantified and specified relevant
  contribution to GHG emission
• Significant reduction already realised since 1990
• Sector commits itself for a series of actions
  that will facilitate further reduction in coming
  10-20 years
• Green paper will show you these are not only
  nice words and good intentions, concrete actions
  are on-going