Australia has pledged to reduce its emissions by 62 – 70% in 2035 compared to 2005 levels. This target range was recommended by the Climate Change Authority in its advice to the Government, which also stated its belief that achieving even the lower end of the target range ‘won’t be easy’.
Released in September 2025, the Agriculture and Land Sector Plan is one of six sector plans supporting the Net Zero Plan. It outlines agriculture’s role in Australia’s broader transition to net-zero emissions by 2050 and provides a roadmap for reducing emissions, enhancing carbon storage, and repairing nature.
The plan outlines three core strategic objectives:
Australian producers remain global leaders in low-emissions food and fibre production.
Support diverse landscapes, balancing agricultural production, carbon storage and nature repair.
Ensure decarbonisation of agriculture and land delivers real benefits for regional communities, producers and land managers.
To realise these objectives, the ALSP identifies four foundational areas for action:
Understand emissions at both enterprise and national levels.
Support innovation to deliver commercially viable abatement options.
Strengthen on-ground action (for example, adoption of practices and technologies).
Enhance the role of land (including land-based carbon storage, nature repair) in a net-zero economy.
The sector plan recognises Australian producers are “global leaders in low-emissions food and fibre production”, supporting a balance between agriculture, carbon storage and nature repair, and states decarbonisation must benefit farmers and regional communities.
The National Farmer’s Federation supports these principles and acknowledges that agricultural decarbonisation must be achieved with the sector, not imposed.
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