Greenpeace is responding to Budget 2022 by saying the Government is generating hype and hot air while failing the environment.<\/p>\n\n
\u201cThere has never been more hype, while the need for real action to address the climate and biodiversity crises has never been greater,\u201d says Greenpeace lead agriculture campaigner Christine Rose. <\/p>\n\n
\u201cCutting synthetic nitrogen fertiliser and halving the herd will address both these crises. But despite the \u2018transformational\u2019 promises in the \u2018climate emergency\u2019, these are absent from the Budget and the Emissions Reduction Plan (ERP),\u201d says Rose.<\/p>\n\n
\u201cBudget 2022 and Monday\u2019s Emissions Reduction Plan are missed opportunities to phase out synthetic nitrogen fertiliser and reduce the dairy herd which are driving climate change, polluting rivers and contaminating drinking water.\u201d<\/p>\n\n
Greenpeace has been calling on the government to drive a transition away from intensive dairying by investing in things like plant-based food manufacturing facilities and other infrastructure to grow the plant-based regenerative organic sector. <\/p>\n\n
\u201cThis Government has given a free pass to intensive dairy – New Zealand\u2019s biggest climate polluter. Instead of necessary regulation, the Government is giving $339 million for more research and hypothetical techno-fixes to the problem of too many cows,\u201d says Rose.<\/p>\n\n
\u201cWhen it comes to dealing with intensive dairy\u2019s climate pollution, we already have the solutions – fewer cows, more plant-based food production and a phase out of synthetic fertiliser. That’s what the Government should be investing in, not more hypothetical techno-fixes.\u201d <\/p>\n\n
\u201cWe\u2019re five years into this Labour-led Government – nature is in crisis and dairy pollution is at an all time high. This was the Government\u2019s opportunity to ensure meaningful change for the environment finally gets delivered this term – it appears they\u2019ve missed it.\u201d
Greenpeace oceans campaigner Ellie Hooper says she is disappointed funding for a comprehensive cameras on boats programme is seemingly missing from the Budget. <\/p>\n\n
\u201cWith 90 percent of seabirds and 22 percent of marine mammals threatened or at risk of extinction and the ocean under increasing pressure from destructive fishing, climate change and pollution, the Government should be investing to turn things around now. <\/p>\n\n
\u201cWe urgently need cameras on 100% of New Zealand\u2019s commercial fishing fleet, which over 30,000 New Zealanders are calling for. Cameras on boats will ensure transparency and compliance across the commercial fishing industry. <\/p>\n\n
\u201cIf we\u2019re serious about protecting the ocean for the future, we need transparency around this industry \u2013 and that means cameras on all fishing boats,\u201d Hooper says.<\/p>\n\t\t\t Join our call on the Government to go further than the Climate Commission’s inadequate recommendations and cut climate pollution from NZ’s biggest polluter: industrial dairying.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t Greenpeace says the Budget is a ‘missed opportunity’ to address dairy pollution – New Zealand’s biggest climate polluter.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":73,"featured_media":52005,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_planet4_optimize_post_is_variant":false,"_planet4_optimize_experiment_name":"","_planet4_optimize_variant_name":"","ep_exclude_from_search":false,"p4_og_title":"","p4_og_description":"","p4_og_image":"","p4_og_image_id":"","p4_seo_canonical_url":"","p4_campaign_name":"not set","p4_local_project":"not set","p4_basket_name":"not set","p4_department":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[16,19,25],"p4-page-type":[7],"class_list":["post-51977","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-greenpeace","tag-climate","tag-food-and-farming","tag-oceans","p4-page-type-press-release"],"yoast_head":"\n