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  • Given that nearly half of New Zealand’s greenhouse gas emissions come from agriculture, the main source of which is methane from the livestock sector, it is imperative for methane emission reduction to occur in this sector in order for New Zealand to achieve its climate commitments under the Paris Agreement. The Paris Agreement is our roadmap for a livable future for our children and grandchildren. Because climate change is truly an existential crisis, it requires all nations to do their part. Honouring our commitments to the Paris Agreement is essential if we are to avoid catastrophic impacts on our homes, health, livelihoods, critical infrastructure and ability to grow food. It is an obligation we have to future generations both here in Aotearoa New Zealand, in our neighbouring Pacific and across the Earth. The advice you provide in your report to the Government will inform our targets under the Paris Agreement. It will make or break our commitments. Our children’s future is in your hands. We are therefore very concerned that the Panel’s terms of reference explicitly require that our methane targets be reviewed in line with “no additional warming” as this would seriously undermine the Paris Agreement and climate action more generally. The concept of “no additional warming” is related to the model known as Global Warming Potential* (or GWP* for short). While GWP* can be a useful tool to track methane emissions variations over shorter timescales and to differentiate its impacts with longer-lived emissions, climate scientists have warned against its use as a metric to inform policies and mitigation actions corresponding to specific emission reduction targets for a number of reasons. Drawing from this scientific advice, we summarise our key concerns in this short submission under the following headings: Lowering climate ambition at the expense of the Paris Agreement Potential associated breaches of trade agreements We also provide a bibliography of references to scientific articles raising concerns about GWP*, which we encourage the Panel to go through in detail to inform your advice.
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    Climate Change Food&Farming

    Greenpeace Submission to the Methane Review Panel on the Review of Methane Science and Target

    Given that nearly half of New Zealand’s greenhouse gas emissions come from agriculture, the main source of which is methane from the livestock sector, it is imperative for methane emission reduction to occur in this sector in order for New Zealand to achieve its climate commitments under the Paris Agreement.

    Amanda Larsson •
    15 October 2024
  • Greenpeace activists scaled Fonterra’s Te Rapa dairy processing factory, unfurling a 160 square metre banner reading ‘Fonterra’s methane cooks the climate.’
    Story
    Climate Change Food&Farming

    What is methane? All about the invisible gas that cooks the climate

    Methane you ask? A large chunk of methane emissions come from agriculture, particularly the dairy industry. But what is methane, and why is it so important?

    Rhiannon Mackie •
    14 October 2024
    2 min read
  • Prime Minister Christopher Luxon speaks to the media along with ministers Chris Bishop, Shane Jones and Simeon Brown during a 100-day plan announcement at Basin Reserve on March 07, 2024 in Wellington, New Zealand where they were questioned by Greenpeace campaigner Gen Toop about the risk of freshwater pollution that their plans pose.
    Press release
    Seabed Mining Fast Track

    Fast track ministers effort to avoid conflict of interest like a sordid game of Twister

    Fast track ministers’ effort to avoid conflict of interest like a sordid game of Twister

    Nick Young •
    11 October 2024
  • Press release
    Climate Change Food&Farming

    Global day of action against Big Meat and Dairy climate pollution starts with Fonterra

    Dramatic scenes have unfolded outside the offices of Big Meat and Dairy companies around the world overnight as Greenpeace concludes a global day of action against livestock industry climate pollution.…

    Sinéad O'Flynn •
    10 October 2024
  • Videos
    Climate Change Food&Farming

    Confronting Fonterra’s gigantic methane problem

    On 9 October 2024, 5 Greenpeace climbers scaled Fonterra’s Te Rapa dairy factory and unfurling a 160 square metre banner reading ‘Fonterra’s methane cooks the climate.’

    Nick Young •
    9 October 2024
  • Greenpeace activists scaled Fonterra’s Te Rapa dairy processing factory, unfurling a 160 square metre banner reading ‘Fonterra’s methane cooks the climate.’
    Press release
    Climate Change Food&Farming

    As Greenpeace activists scale Fonterra factory, a new investigation reveals meat & dairy methane emissions rival Big Oil’s

    A new Greenpeace report called Turning Down the Heat reveals that methane emissions of 29 meat and dairy companies rival those of the world’s 100 largest methane…

    Sinéad O'Flynn •
    9 October 2024
  • Turning Down the Heat Report
    Publication
    Climate Change Food&Farming

    REPORT: Turning down the heat

    Pulling the climate emergency break on big meat and dairy

    Nick Young •
    9 October 2024
  • Fonterra methane cooks the climate
    Press release
    Climate Change

    Greenpeace activists scale Fonterra’s Te Rapa dairy factory in dramatic climate protest

    Greenpeace activists have scaled Fonterra’s Te Rapa Dairy Factory, unfurling a 160 square metre banner reading ‘Fonterra’s methane cooks the climate.’

    Sinéad O'Flynn •
    9 October 2024
  • Russel Norman Oral submission on the Crown Minerals Amendment Bill
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    Oil&Gas Clean Energy

    Oral submission on Crown Minerals Amendment Bill

    Russel Norman delivers the Greenpeace Aotearoa submission on the Crown Minerals Amendment Bill

    Russel Norman •
    8 October 2024
  • Press release
    Climate Change Seabed Mining Fast Track

    Luxon escalates War on Nature with mining-heavy Fast Track list

    Christopher Luxon’s bleak vision of New Zealand as a giant open-cast mine comes one step closer as the Government announces eleven mining projects it will push through under the controversial…

    Juressa Lee •
    6 October 2024
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