It’s time to invest in carbon farming on Aboriginal lands | Rowan Foley

Australian businesses can take action on climate change by supporting Indigenous carbon farming while contributing to sustainable development goals There’s a touch of irony in the fact the Australian government has invested $200m in the international Green Climate Fund, a United Nations fund to assist developing countries in adapting to and mitigating the effects of climate change. There is, however, no equivalent investment fund by the government, or corporate Australia, towards developing sustainable economies on Aboriginal lands through one of those mitigation practices, namely carbon farming. Related: No politician can keep a promise to bring back jobs – especially not Donald Trump Related: Automation will embed gender inequality at work – unless we fix it now Continue reading...