Agricultural emissions - CathNews New Zealand https://cathnews.co.nz Catholic News New Zealand Mon, 20 Jun 2022 08:53:11 +0000 en-NZ hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.1 https://cathnews.co.nz/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/cropped-cathnewsfavicon-32x32.jpg Agricultural emissions - CathNews New Zealand https://cathnews.co.nz 32 32 70145804 Groundswell NZ challenges climate change minister to tell the full story on farm emissions https://cathnews.co.nz/2022/06/20/groundswell-nz-climate-change-government-emissions/ Mon, 20 Jun 2022 07:54:00 +0000 https://cathnews.co.nz/?p=148220 The Government is expecting the agriculture sector to subsidise the rest of the economy on climate change, so Groundswell NZ is asking for the evidence from James Shaw, says Steve Cranston, spokesman for Groundswell NZ. "Groundswell NZ has written to Climate Change Minister James Shaw to request any modelling or data he relies on, showing Read more

Groundswell NZ challenges climate change minister to tell the full story on farm emissions... Read more]]> The Government is expecting the agriculture sector to subsidise the rest of the economy on climate change, so Groundswell NZ is asking for the evidence from James Shaw, says Steve Cranston, spokesman for Groundswell NZ.

"Groundswell NZ has written to Climate Change Minister James Shaw to request any modelling or data he relies on, showing that agriculture is contributing to additional warming of the climate.

"We support the call to stop further climate warming from the agricultural sector, in accordance with the Paris Agreement objective of limiting warming to 1.5° C. The farmers we represent want to do the right thing and ensure there is no net increase in atmospheric warming due to farming activities." Read more

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