Tasmanian Labor backbencher, Dick Adams, chairs the House of Representatives Standing Committee on Primary Industries and Resources which this week released a report called "Farming the Future", recommending ways the Government can assist Australian farmers adapt to the impacts of climate change.

In his forward to the report, Mr Adams said he has noticed climate conditions have become "unsettled" in the later part of his life.

But he sounds unconvinced that this is necessarily a result of global warming.

"I do not know enough about the science to say that global warming is occurring, but I do feel that the climate is changing on an irregular basis and there are many reasons for it to do so," Mr Adams said.

"There are some natural reasons for climate change and there are the activities of man and the animals with whom we share the earth."

Mr Adams' comments are at odds, though, with the stated Labor Government position on climate change and global warming.

The executive summary in the Government's white paper on its Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme says carbon pollution is causing the world's climate to change, resulting in extreme weather, higher temperatures, more droughts and rising sea levels.