Since the passage of the Zero Carbon Bill we have actively advocated for the Government to review the methane targets using the GWP* metric and to start reporting on the warming impact of various gases.
This page is a snapshot of the work we’ve been doing – in the background we’ve also had numerous meetings with the Climate Change Commission, academics and officials about these issues.
- B+LNZ calls for critical changes in methane approach in Zero Carbon Bill (May 2019)
- Beef + Lamb New Zealand will continue to push for science based methane targets (November 2019)
- Agricultural organisations unite to call for IPCC to consider GWP*/GWP-we for greenhouse gas emissions (March 2020)
- Review of methane contribution a step in the right direction (April 2020)
- Template submission provided to farmers to make a submission during the Climate Change Commission Consultation (February 2021)
- Beef + Lamb New Zealand lodges Climate Change Commission submission (March 2021)
- Beef + Lamb New Zealand backs Climate Change Commission’s strengthened advice to reduce reliance on carbon farming (June 2021)
- Will going meat-free really save the planet? (July 2021)
- GWP* a key focus of climate change submission (October 2021)
- IPCC report: Important science on methane and GWP* (August 2021)
- Factsheet: Biogenic methane from ruminant animals and nitrous oxide from agricultural soils (September 2021)
- Factsheet: The Greenhouse effect, including long and short-lived gases (September 2021)
- Farmers are not climate villains – article in NZ Herald (October 2021)
- Beef + Lamb New Zealand reacts to Global Methane Pledge (November 2021)
- B+LNZ says split gas approach key to climate targets (November 2021)
- Explainer: metrics in B+LNZ’s GHG Calculator (November 2021)
- Beef + Lamb New Zealand’s attendance at COP26 (November 2021)
- Climate scientists urge countries to adopt split gas approach (February 2022)
- GWP* a hot topic on US and UK visits (July 2022)
- Dr Frank Mitloehner’s Red Meat Sector Conference keynote address on appropriate metrics (August 2022)
- Sustainability advocate Diana Rodgers attends COP27 on B+LNZ’s behalf (November 2022)
- NZ beef and lamb among the most carbon efficient in world (November 2022)
- Setting a standard: how our beef and lamb footprint measures up against the world – Spinoff article (November 2022)
- Kiwi farmers need science-led methane review – Myles Allen et al Oxford University warming report (September 2023)