Cattle farmers worried about climate change take matters into their own hands
1 year, 8 months ago

Cattle farmers worried about climate change take matters into their own hands

ABC  

Cattle farmer Sid Plant's drive to make his farm more climate friendly is inspired by his family. "My granddaughter, when she was seven, said to me, 'Pa, I don't want to be one of the ones that have to sort out the mess you made about climate change,'" he said. "There are so many grazing systems, it's hard to find the one unifying theme," she says. Government policies Jacynta Coffey says she and Adam did not need to wait for "a government to set a policy to know that we're doing something beneficial for the climate". I think it's helpful because farmers bear the brunt of climate change," she says.

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Lack of focus on nature and farming solutions at climate summit, say campaigners
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Lack of focus on nature and farming solutions at climate summit, say campaigners

The Independent  

Sign up to the Independent Climate email for the latest advice on saving the planet Get our free Climate email Get our free Climate email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. The letter co-ordinated by Nature4Climate said an agreement that does not adequately recognise nature’s role in climate action “risks …

Australian of the Year for Tasmania 2025 Sam Elsom will use platform to 'highlight solutions' and advocate for climate action
2 months ago

Australian of the Year for Tasmania 2025 Sam Elsom will use platform to 'highlight solutions' and advocate for climate action

ABC  

Sam Elsom I think it's really exciting because what we're doing on the east coast of Tasmania has global implications and I guess through collaboration we're demonstrating that that can have not just local impact but global impact on methane emissions. But I also thought it was amazing because I guess they got a chance to see that their dad's …

Livestock: A Key Player in the Fight for Climate Action
2 months, 3 weeks ago

Livestock: A Key Player in the Fight for Climate Action

Al Jazeera  

The article emphasizes that livestock are not a problem but an integral part of climate action and rural livelihoods in Africa. It highlights the importance of addressing misconceptions and promoting sustainable grazing practices to unlock the potential of livestock in combating climate change and biodiversity loss. The article emphasizes the need for international climate finance to prioritize support for sustainable …

What is carbon farming? | Explained
8 months ago

What is carbon farming? | Explained

The Hindu  

Carbon is found in all living organisms and many minerals. Carbon farming combines these two concepts by implementing regenerative agricultural practices that restore ecosystem health while improving agricultural productivity and soil health, and mitigating climate change by enhancing carbon storage in agricultural landscapes and reducing greenhouse gas emissions. Initiatives like Kenya’s Agricultural Carbon Project, which has the World Bank’s support, …

Why can't we just quit cows?
1 year, 2 months ago

Why can't we just quit cows?

Salon  

Cattle play a colossal role in climate change: As the single largest agricultural source of methane, a potent planet-warming gas, the world’s 940 million cows spew nearly 10% of all greenhouse gas emissions — much of it through belches and droppings. Of course, any reduction would be noteworthy given the nation’s outsized role in climate change — that drop would …

Pig cooling pads and weather forecasts for cows are high-tech ways to make meat in a warming world
1 year, 5 months ago

Pig cooling pads and weather forecasts for cows are high-tech ways to make meat in a warming world

Associated Press  

CHICAGO — More than a third of the heat-trapping gases cooking the planet come from growing and raising food, but millions of cattle, pigs and other animals get to stay cool in the United States and other parts of the developed world. Livestock producers in other parts of the world can’t adopt measures to beat the heat as easily as …

Farming family hopes to show cattle and carbon can co-exist, in bid to reduce emissions
1 year, 9 months ago

Farming family hopes to show cattle and carbon can co-exist, in bid to reduce emissions

ABC  

A Cape York Peninsula farming family is hoping to prove cattle and carbon can co-exist, selling their station to a leading carbon developer. Savanna burning involves cool burns in the early dry season to reduce the amount of captured carbon released by large, hot fires later in the season, Cape York fire coordinator Andrew Drenen said. "It's managing the fire …

New Zealand wants to tax cow burps (yes, you read that correctly)
1 year, 10 months ago

New Zealand wants to tax cow burps (yes, you read that correctly)

Salon  

New Zealand, where agriculture is one of the largest contributors to climate change, is proposing a tax on cow burps. Right now, the country's effects on climate change come roughly equally from carbon dioxide and methane. A rough equivalence of the heating from methane to that of carbon dioxide is often used to estimate its effects on the climate, but …

Why a tax on cow burps might not be the best way to fight climate change
1 year, 11 months ago

Why a tax on cow burps might not be the best way to fight climate change

Firstpost  

New Zealand, where agriculture is one of the largest contributors to climate change, is proposing a tax on cow burps. Right now, the country’s effects on climate change come roughly equally from carbon dioxide and methane. Worldwide, 150 governments have committed to cut methane emissions, both from agriculture and by cracking down on the largest source — fugitive leaks from …

New Zealand proposes cow, sheep burp tax to curb emissions
2 years, 3 months ago

New Zealand proposes cow, sheep burp tax to curb emissions

Al Jazeera  

First in the world levy would come into force in 2025, but farmers say it will destroy food production. New Zealand’s government has proposed taxing the greenhouse gasses that farm animals make from burping and peeing as part of a plan to tackle climate change. Federated Farmers, the industry’s main lobby group, said the tax would “rip the guts out …

AgForce chief Michael Guerin questions climate science, blasts NZ pledge to cut farm emissions
2 years, 6 months ago

AgForce chief Michael Guerin questions climate science, blasts NZ pledge to cut farm emissions

ABC  

The head of Queensland's peak rural lobby group AgForce says the science is not settled on climate change as he criticises New Zealand's plan to reduce agricultural emissions. Key points: NZ's plans for a farm levy to reduce agricultural emissions has "horrified" Queensland's AgForce CEO Farmers for Climate Action member Kerrie McMartin says climate change has significantly changed her farming …

Wind power: New Zealand plans to tax farmers for cow and sheep’s burps
2 years, 7 months ago

Wind power: New Zealand plans to tax farmers for cow and sheep’s burps

The Independent  

New Zealand intends to tax the burps of sheep and cattle in an attempt to drive down greenhouse gas emissions. "There is no question that we need to cut the amount of methane we are putting into the atmosphere, and an effective emissions pricing system for agriculture will play a key part in how we achieve that," James Shaw, New …

Farmers Can Play a Big Role in Addressing Climate Change. Climate-Smart Agriculture is The Only Way Forward
2 years, 8 months ago

Farmers Can Play a Big Role in Addressing Climate Change. Climate-Smart Agriculture is The Only Way Forward

News 18  

Punjab and Haryana’s farmers’ obsession with unsustainable big cereals wheat and paddy has begun to hurt, as returns diminish. According to a report tabled in parliament by the parliamentary standing committee on agriculture in August 2017, “the climate change is expected to reduce rice production by 6 to 8 per cent by 2022.” One degree Celsius rise in minimum or …

Vegans use bogus arguments about climate change, says ex-minister leading fight against global warming
3 years ago

Vegans use bogus arguments about climate change, says ex-minister leading fight against global warming

The Telegraph  

Vegans are using bogus arguments about climate change to support their animal rights agenda, the UK’s top adviser on tackling global warming has said. Lord Deben, chairman of the Climate Change Committee, said pro-vegan activists were wrong to argue that eating meat was not environmentally friendly and were “muddying” the debate by calling for plant-based diets. Vegans have got to …

Meat and dairy role in climate crisis: World leaders ‘reckless’ for ignoring links
3 years, 2 months ago

Meat and dairy role in climate crisis: World leaders ‘reckless’ for ignoring links

The Independent  

Sign up to the Independent Climate email for the latest advice on saving the planet Get our free Climate email Get our free Climate email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Government leaders are being “reckless and irresponsible” in ignoring the livestock sector’s effect on the …

WA farmers push back against Nationals' lack of climate commitment
3 years, 2 months ago

WA farmers push back against Nationals' lack of climate commitment

ABC  

A group of Western Australian farmers have become champions for Australia's path to net zero emissions, saying urgent action is needed. Key points: The Nationals are yet to settle on a climate position ahead of an international summit in Glasgow WA farmers are keen to see the government make ambitious commitments Communities will need to be supported to make the …

Analysis: Australia’s climate policy is being dictated by a former accountant in a cowboy hat
3 years, 3 months ago

Analysis: Australia’s climate policy is being dictated by a former accountant in a cowboy hat

CNN  

CNN — Australia’s Prime Minister has all but confirmed he won’t join global leaders at crucial climate talks in Glasgow. “It’s talking to people in regional Australia, how the deputy prime minister and I believe our plan will help them in their communities, how our plan will help them realize their future.” With that remark, Morrison made it clear his …

Investors urge governments to reduce agricultural emissions
3 years, 6 months ago

Investors urge governments to reduce agricultural emissions

The Independent  

Sign up to the Independent Climate email for the latest advice on saving the planet Get our free Climate email Get our free Climate email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Global economies must take rapid action to reduce the level of greenhouse gases emitted by …

The absurdity of 'climate activists' like Disha Ravi and Greta Thunberg opposing farm laws
3 years, 10 months ago

The absurdity of 'climate activists' like Disha Ravi and Greta Thunberg opposing farm laws

Op India  

‘Climate activists’ like Greta Thunberg and Disha Ravi are prime examples of what happens when you base your activism on Instagram posts of idiots who work for fluff websites which publish stuff like ‘What doughnut are you” quizzes. Let me explain why, if you are a climate change activist, you should actually be asking these farmers to stop their protest …

Can dairy adapt to climate change?
4 years, 1 month ago

Can dairy adapt to climate change?

BBC  

Can dairy adapt to climate change? John Quintero Philip Davies argues that farmers often feel "voiceless and weighted down" After we reach the main farmhouse, her Labrador Marley leads us to Hannah's boss, Philip Davies, who denies that climate change is happening. In his eyes, climate change is yet another example of the "faceless men in dark corridors" looking for …

Farmers Are Warming Up To The Fight Against Climate Change
4 years, 1 month ago

Farmers Are Warming Up To The Fight Against Climate Change

NPR  

Farmers Are Warming Up To The Fight Against Climate Change Enlarge this image toggle caption Dan Charles/NPR Dan Charles/NPR Just over a decade ago, the American Farm Bureau Federation declared war on legislation to slow down global warming. Sponsor Message "We're going to have a real common sense, science-based discussion about how we protect the climate, and our farmers want …

Climate change: Eating plants, not meat, could remove 16 years' worth of CO2 emissions by 2050
4 years, 4 months ago

Climate change: Eating plants, not meat, could remove 16 years' worth of CO2 emissions by 2050

Daily Mail  

Switching from eating 'land-hungry' meat and dairy produce to foodstuffs like beans, lentils and nuts could remove 16 years' worth of CO2 emissions by 2050. Switching from eating 'land-hungry' meat and dairy produce to foodstuffs like beans, lentils and nuts, pictured, could remove 16 year's worth of CO2 emissions by 2050, expert said 'The greatest potential for forest regrowth, and …

National Farmers Federation calls for Australia to reduce net emissions to zero by 2050
4 years, 4 months ago

National Farmers Federation calls for Australia to reduce net emissions to zero by 2050

ABC  

Australia's farmers say the country needs a tougher policy on climate, calling on the Morrison Government to commit to an economy wide target of net zero carbon emission by 2050. Key points: Farmers call for Australia to create zero net emissions by 2050 The Government won't commit to the target The NFF doesn't set out how to achieve the target, …

The cows that could help fight climate change
5 years, 5 months ago

The cows that could help fight climate change

BBC  

The cows that could help fight climate change AgResearch Vaccinating cows so that the bacteria in their gut produces less methane could help to slash greenhouse gas emissions from farming A hefty slice of global greenhouse gas emissions come from the smelly bodily functions of livestock. Livestock are responsible for burping the methane equivalent of 3.1 gigatonnes of carbon dioxide …

Yes, eating meat affects the environment, but cows are not killing the climate
5 years, 8 months ago

Yes, eating meat affects the environment, but cows are not killing the climate

Associated Press  

Frank M. Mitloehner, University of California, Davis As the scale and impacts of climate change become increasingly alarming, meat is a popular target for action. Unfortunately, the agency’s initial claim that livestock was responsible for the lion’s share of world greenhouse gas emissions had already received wide coverage. But according to one recent study, even if Americans eliminated all animal …

Climate, politics and animal activists: We asked the northern beef industry why 'the steaks are so high' in 2019
5 years, 9 months ago

Climate, politics and animal activists: We asked the northern beef industry why 'the steaks are so high' in 2019

ABC  

The Northern Territory's cattle industry is facing a number of challenges at the moment. In 2011, the Labor Government temporarily suspended the live cattle trade to Indonesia, a decision that still haunts northern cattle producers. Our beef industry may well cover half the land mass in the NT and live export over 1 million head of cattle per year, but …

Fighting Global Warming Requires Changes In How Cows Are Fed
5 years, 9 months ago

Fighting Global Warming Requires Changes In How Cows Are Fed

NPR  

Fighting Global Warming Requires Changes In How Cows Are Fed Stopping climate change won't just mean a halt to burning coal and gasoline. DAN CHARLES, BYLINE: A scientist named Jacobo Arango was traveling in a forested part of his country, Colombia, when he ran into a big cause of global warming. SEARCHINGER: There is no solution to climate change that …

It's 2050 And This Is How We Stopped Climate Change
5 years, 10 months ago

It's 2050 And This Is How We Stopped Climate Change

NPR  

It's 2050 And This Is How We Stopped Climate Change When NPR interviewed Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez in February about her Green New Deal, she said that her goal was bigger than just passing some new laws. "They're really heavy, and batteries are really heavy, and if you have to put a whole bunch of batteries on a truck it's really …

The future of farming in the era of climate change
5 years, 10 months ago

The future of farming in the era of climate change

ABC  

Seemingly relentless climate-related headlines paint a picture of an agricultural industry under siege. "Agricultural zones that have been our primary grazing zones are drying out, but there's advantage there," said Associate Professor Lauren Rickards, co-leader of the Climate Change Resilience research program at RMIT. "The Future Drought Fund will also go towards an investment — a $100 million dividend each …

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