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Greenpeace responds to New Zealand’s dairy industry-backed methane rollback
New Zealand’s government has confirmed it will rewrite its climate law to weaken the country’s methane emissions target – a move Greenpeace warns will violate the Paris Agreement and embolden other major meat and dairy producers and exporters, including Ireland and Uruguay, to follow suit.
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At COP29, world leaders can slow down time on climate change
Policy makers meeting at COP29 must acknowledge that food systems are responsible for up to 37% of human-made emissions.
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Dear politicians: let’s pull the climate emergency brake on meat & dairy companies
Animal agriculture is the single largest human-made source of methane emissions. The good news is that while carbon dioxide stays in the atmosphere for centuries, methane disappears in 12 years. If we stop emitting more of it and start reducing what is already there, this could trigger a cooling effect on rising temperatures.
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Why I got up early today to take action for food and climate
I have to say it’s a little nerve racking being up here, and there’s a chill wind in the air, but if this action brings light to the climate impacts of methane from Big Meat and Dairy, then my determination to be here this morning was well worth it.
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Meat & dairy giants’ methane emissions rival Big Oil’s: cuts can dramatically slow down global heating this decade – Greenpeace
New report shows that it is possible to meaningfully slow down climate heating within our lifetime with a just food system transition out of industrial meat and dairy production.
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Africa Climate Summit: Time to shake off colonial legacy and shape up our green pan-African future
Two years after the Just Transition Partnership was announced by South Africa and Global North partners, a similar Just Transition Partnership has been announced with Senegal, as a part of…
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Renewable energy transition empowers women-owned coffee business in Indonesia
Indonesia is one of the largest coffee producers in the world but a climate-driven increase of floods has impacted the livelihood of small-scale producers. Using renewable energy to power coffee driers, small plantations like Lady Farmer Coffee have maintained the quality and taste of your morning cup.
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10 inspiring environmental victories of 2021
Hope is a natural resource too, and it can sometimes feel in short supply. Here are 10 important and inspiring wins for people and the planet from this year.
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Carbon offsets are a scam
Carbon offsetting is truly a scammer's dream scheme. We need real climate not action, not greenwashing.
