{"id":14775,"date":"2020-10-12T16:18:14","date_gmt":"2020-10-12T03:18:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/new-zealand\/?p=14775"},"modified":"2025-07-28T21:08:09","modified_gmt":"2025-07-28T09:08:09","slug":"the-climate-catastrophe-and-industrial-dairying-our-embarrassing-aunty","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/aotearoa\/story\/the-climate-catastrophe-and-industrial-dairying-our-embarrassing-aunty\/","title":{"rendered":"The climate catastrophe and industrial dairying: our embarrassing aunty"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Why is it that no-one can talk frankly about New Zealand\u2019s dairy industry and the climate crisis? It seems to be out of bounds, like some embarrassing aunty at the Christmas dinner table. Don\u2019t make eye contact. Don\u2019t give her a way in. If no-one engages Aunty Karen in conversation Christmas will be saved and we can all go home happy.<\/p>\n\n<p>Wildfires are tearing through our backyard, which climate scientists say will only increase with global warming. Hot on the heels of the wildfires in California and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/aotearoa\/story\/amazon-fires-why-brazil-fire-burning-forests\/\">Brazil<\/a>, we\u2019ve seen Aussie-style bushfires break out in the Mackenzie country. <\/p>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-twitter wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">About 90 people will be sleeping away from their homes after at least 20 houses were damaged or destroyed by fire in Canterbury.<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Z4bOEYciF4\">https:\/\/t.co\/Z4bOEYciF4<\/a><\/p>&mdash; RNZ (@radionz) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/radionz\/status\/1312800039006171137?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 4, 2020<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n<p>The Federated Farmers are blaming the Department of Conservation for not letting them graze livestock on conservation land. But don\u2019t dare mention that fires are predicated on weather conditions and agriculture is New Zealand\u2019s biggest climate polluter. So they\u2019re kind of &#8230; inextricably linked.<\/p>\n\n<p>Fire and Emergency chief executive Rhys Jones has urged local councils and all Kiwis to prepare for more frequent and intense wildfires as the climate crisis intensifies. But the government&#8217;s failure to act on industrial dairying\u2019s climate pollution is throwing fuel on the ongoing blaze which is the climate emergency<\/p>\n\n<p>Perhaps we shouldn\u2019t be surprised, looking at who\u2019s in the ear of politicians. The Federated Farmers\u2019 bizarre response to the Mackenzie fires is eerily familiar. Australia\u2019s unprecedented Black Summer fires of 2019 and 2020, which blazed their way through 18.6 million hectares of bush, spurred lobby groups for polluting industries into desperately trying to blame the fires on environmental protection.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n<p>Talking about how industrial dairying is fuelling the climate crisis is tantamount to talking to Aunty Karen. And you know the rules: we don\u2019t do that.<\/p>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What the major parties are saying on climate and agriculture<\/h2>\n\n<p>From the fireworks sparking at the most recent Leaders\u2019 Debate, you\u2019d be forgiven for thinking that the heads of our two major political parties have strong and wildly opposing positions on solving the climate crisis.<\/p>\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/aotearoa\/story\/election-2020-what-have-political-parties-committed-to-do-about-climate-change-and-the-environment\/\">But dig beneath the surface and you\u2019ll find that neither Ardern nor Collins have serious plans to deal with our country\u2019s biggest climate polluter.<\/a><\/p>\n\n<p>Collins hid behind the tired excuse that New Zealand is too small to make a difference,\u00a0 conveniently ignoring that we\u2019re the biggest exporter of dairy products in the world. It doesn\u2019t take a genius to realise that what New Zealand politicians decide to do about dairy will influence the livestock industry worldwide.<\/p>\n\n<p>Ardern on the other hand claimed we\u2019re already \u201cleading the world\u201d on reducing emissions, painting over the fact that we rank very poorly alongside comparable nations like the UK when it comes to climate action. By the way New Zealand still has the fifth highest emissions per person in the world.<\/p>\n\n<p>Despite promises of a \u201cnuclear-free moment\u201d, the only thing that Labour has committed to do about New Zealand\u2019s biggest climate polluter is to make farm planning a bit more streamlined. Just after the Debate they also announced some spare change (another $6 million) for research. <\/p>\n\n<p>Underwhelmed?\u00a0At Greenpeace we found ourselves digging through the factsheets looking for more, asking \u201cis this it?\u201d<\/p>\n\n<p>National, on the other hand, has pledged to roll back or weaken the few climate protections already in place, like the Emissions Trading Scheme, the Zero Carbon Act and the new freshwater nitrate regulations that Collins promised would be \u201cgone by lunchtime\u201d.<\/p>\n\n<p>It takes courage and a certain humility to speak honestly about the fact that we have too many cows. It takes vision and ambition to develop a plan that will transform our agriculture sector in line with both the climate science and what global markets want from us.<\/p>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Which party will take action for climate?<\/h2>\n\n<p>With our two major parties hiding behind climate denial on the one hand, and empty marketing on the other, who is going to stand up for the climate? Who is going to make sure that the wildfires that have raged across the Mackenzie this spring don\u2019t become a regular occurrence?<\/p>\n\n<p>So far, both the Greens and the M\u0101ori Party have made strong pledges on agriculture. They include commitments to phase down synthetic nitrogen fertiliser and finance to support farmers in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/aotearoa\/story\/what-is-regenerative-agriculture\/\">switch to regenerative farming<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large  caption-style-blue-overlay caption-alignment-center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-aotearoa-stateless\/2020\/10\/52283376-3e4a6398-1024x683.jpg\" title=\"Image of hand holding dark soil matter\" alt=\"Image of hand holding dark soil matter\" class=\"wp-image-14777\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-aotearoa-stateless\/2020\/10\/52283376-3e4a6398-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-aotearoa-stateless\/2020\/10\/52283376-3e4a6398-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-aotearoa-stateless\/2020\/10\/52283376-3e4a6398-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-aotearoa-stateless\/2020\/10\/52283376-3e4a6398-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-aotearoa-stateless\/2020\/10\/52283376-3e4a6398-510x340.jpg 510w, https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-aotearoa-stateless\/2020\/10\/52283376-3e4a6398.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>Regenerative farming focusses on building soil health and working with nature, not against it.\n\nPhoto: Greenpeace \/ Shujin Liu<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n<p>But, as minor parties, it all comes down to what they would be able to negotiate with a larger coalition partner.<\/p>\n\n<p>We\u2019ve seen the Greens back down before, most recently capitulating to industry on their promise to bring agriculture into the Emissions Trading Scheme. The Greens cannot afford to betray their voters on regulating agriculture for another term. And the environment cannot afford another three years of complacency about New Zealand\u2019s biggest climate polluter.<\/p>\n\n<p>If the Greens or the M\u0101ori Party find themselves in the negotiating chair 10 days from now, regulating agricultural emissions will need to be a bottom line. Specifically they must commit to phase out synthetic nitrogen fertiliser by 2024 and introduce a $1 billion regenerative farming fund. Anything less risks committing us to a fiery future.<\/p>\n\t\t\t<section\n\t\t\tclass=\"boxout  \"\n\t\t\t\n\t\t>\n\t\t\t<a\n\t\t\t\tdata-ga-category=\"Take Action Boxout\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-ga-action=\"Image\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-ga-label=\"n\/a\"\n\t\t\t\tclass=\"cover-card-overlay\"\n\t\t\t\thref=\"https:\/\/act.greenpeace.org\/page\/65069\/action\/1\" target=\"_blank\"\n\t\t\t><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img\n\t\t\t\t\t\tsrc=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-aotearoa-stateless\/2020\/07\/1edfc797-gp01hrs_medium_res-1024x631.jpg\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tsrcset=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-aotearoa-stateless\/2020\/07\/1edfc797-gp01hrs_medium_res-600x370.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-aotearoa-stateless\/2020\/07\/1edfc797-gp01hrs_medium_res-1024x631.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-aotearoa-stateless\/2020\/07\/1edfc797-gp01hrs_medium_res-768x474.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-aotearoa-stateless\/2020\/07\/1edfc797-gp01hrs_medium_res-510x315.jpg 510w, https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-aotearoa-stateless\/2020\/07\/1edfc797-gp01hrs_medium_res.jpg 1200w\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tsizes=\"(min-width: 1000px) 358px, (min-width: 780px) 313px, 88px\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\talt=\"\" title=\"\"\n\t\t\t\t\/>\n            \t\t\t<div class=\"boxout-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a\n\t\t\t\t\t\tclass=\"boxout-heading medium\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-ga-category=\"Take Action Boxout\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-ga-action=\"Title\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-ga-label=\"n\/a\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\thref=\"https:\/\/act.greenpeace.org\/page\/65069\/action\/1\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\ttarget=\"_blank\"\n\t\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\t\tTell the political parties you want action on climate\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"boxout-excerpt\">As we recover from Covid-19, Election 2020 offers us a unique opportunity for change. Let&#8217;s call on the political parties to take climate action on industrial dairying. <\/p>\n\t\t\t\t                                    <a\n                        class=\"btn btn-primary\"\n                        data-ga-category=\"Take Action Boxout\"\n                        data-ga-action=\"Call to Action\"\n                        data-ga-label=\"n\/a\"\n                        href=\"https:\/\/act.greenpeace.org\/page\/65069\/action\/1\"\n                        target=\"_blank\"\n                    >\n                        Send your email now &gt;&gt; \n                    <\/a>\n                \t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/section>\n\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Why is it that no-one can talk frankly about New Zealand\u2019s dairy industry and the climate crisis? 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