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Agriculture campaigner at Greenpeace Aotearoa (NZ).
PEOPLE vs THE CHICKEN KING: 1-0 đ Shout out to Zelena Akcija, Prijatelji ĆŸivotinja Animal Friends Croatia and local grassroot groups for their victory!
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Local communities in Croatia celebrate victory against one of Europeâs largest chicken factories - Greenpeace International
This is a huge victory for people power that sends a clear message to Big Ag corporations: not here, not anywhere. Communities in Croatia have shown that when we stand together, we can stop corporatio...
https://www.greenpeace.org/international/press-release/84321/local-communities-in-croatia-celebrate-victory-against-one-of-europes-largest-chicken-factories/
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"For companies in the food and agriculture sectors, this anticipated legal action against JBS could signal a more aggressive wave of litigation related to climate change impacts."
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Greenpeaceâs Anticipated Lawsuit Against JBS Signals More Aggressive Action Against Food Producers for Alleged Climate Change Impacts | Environmental Edge | Blogs | Arnold & Porter
Arnold & Porter
https://www.arnoldporter.com/en/perspectives/blogs/environmental-edge/2026/06/greenpeace-anticipated-lawsuit-against-jbs
11 days ago
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Greenpeace Aotearoa
16 days ago
It's time to stop saying that New Zealand dairy farming is the most efficient in the world. Read the new blog from
@amandalarsson.bsky.social
to find out moređ
#nzpol
#toomanycows
www.greenpeace.org/aotearoa/sto...
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Can we stop saying New Zealand dairy is the most efficient yet? - Greenpeace Aotearoa
It's time for New Zealand to face the music, and admit once and for all that our dairy industry is not the most efficient in the world. Here's why.
https://www.greenpeace.org/aotearoa/story/its-time-to-stop-saying-new-zealand-dairy-is-most-efficient-in-world/?utm_medium=share&utm_content=postid-77627&utm_source=bluesky
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NZ is in the grip of Fieldays - so politicians are trotting out the tired old line about NZ dairyâs efficiency. I did a wee mythbuster piece for Greenpeace that delves into the data that sits behind those claims:
www.greenpeace.org/aotearoa/sto...
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Can we stop saying New Zealand dairy is the most efficient yet? - Greenpeace Aotearoa
It's time for New Zealand to face the music, and admit once and for all that our dairy industry is not the most efficient in the world. Here's why.
https://www.greenpeace.org/aotearoa/story/its-time-to-stop-saying-new-zealand-dairy-is-most-efficient-in-world/
16 days ago
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Denmark just did the unthinkable: they abolished their Ministry of Agriculture, stripping industrial farming of its 130-year-old seat at the center of power. Things look very different here in NZ, but this gives me hope. Read my thoughts on Substack:
open.substack.com/pub/larssona...
20 days ago
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Amanda Larsson
Greenpeace EU
25 days ago
Amazing news from Denmark which has become the first in the EU to act on scientific evidence that nitrates are dangerous to human health at levels well below the current EU limit Are the European Commission and other EU governments paying attention?
www.greenpeace.org/eu-unit/issu...
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In EU first, Denmark plans to cut nitrate limit in drinking water to reduce cancer risk - Greenpeace European Unit
The new Danish government plans to lower the level of nitrate in drinking water, which mainly comes from agricultural sources and is linked to colorectal and bowel cancer risk
https://www.greenpeace.org/eu-unit/issues/nature-food/47989/in-eu-first-denmark-plans-to-cut-nitrate-limit-in-drinking-water-to-reduce-cancer-risk/
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Would you like to live next to a facility that slaughters 100 million chickens a year? I wouldnât. And the local community isn't having it either.
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âHvala, Ali Ne!â â How a Small Croatian Town is Taking on a Big Ag Giant - Greenpeace International
Would you like to live next to a facility that slaughters 100 million chickens a year? I wouldnât.
https://www.greenpeace.org/international/story/83352/hvala-ali-ne-how-a-small-croatian-town-is-taking-on-a-big-ag-giant/
about 1 month ago
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Greenpeace Aotearoa
about 1 month ago
A new Danish study has linked nitrate in drinking water to an increased risk of stomach cancer, at levels much lower than New Zealand's current legal limits. Drinking water nitrate has also been linked to an increased risk of bowel cancer and preterm birth.
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This article is a powerful must-ready by
@greenpeaceafrica.org
Food Campaigner, Elizabeth Atieno.
www.greenpeace.org/internationa...
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How JBS, the worldâs largest meat company, is gearing up to plunder Nigeriansâ land for corporate profit - Greenpeace International
After Greenpeace Netherlands initiated legal action demanding meat giant JBS disclose details of its planned $6 billion global expansion, almost half of which is earmarked for Nigeria, JBS has been te...
https://www.greenpeace.org/international/story/83400/how-jbs-the-worlds-largest-meat-company-is-gearing-up-to-plunder-nigerians-land-for-corporate-profit/
about 1 month ago
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What is even more upsetting is how avoidable this is. People have been demanding change for years.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=9WDl...
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about 2 months ago
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Amanda Larsson
Greenpeace International đ
about 2 months ago
They should have seen it coming. They might have just made a major tactical error. Activists from
@greenpeace.nl
disrupted the shareholders meeting, raining fake blood over the hotel entrance with a banner reading: âJBS: Keep Your Bloody Business Out of Africaâ.
www.greenpeace.org/internationa...
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The letter the worldâs largest meat company wished would never be written - Greenpeace International
Today, Greenpeace Netherlands activists disrupted the shareholder meeting of the world's largest meat company, JBS, causing the meeting to be cancelled. Meanwhile, Greenpeace Netherlands has initiated...
https://www.greenpeace.org/international/story/83041/the-letter-the-worlds-largest-meat-company-wished-would-never-be-written/
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Amanda Larsson
Greenpeace Aotearoa
3 months ago
âFonterra claimed that its Anchor Butter was â100% New Zealand grass-fedâ, but that isnât true. Fonterra dairy cows can be fed up to three kilograms of palm kernel a day - an imported feed linked to rainforest destruction." - SinĂ©ad Deighton-O'Flynn, Greenpeace
www.nzherald.co.nz/business/fon...
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Fonterra, Greenpeace settle over misleading '100% New Zealand grass-fed' butter claims
Greenpeace filed a lawsuit against Fonterra in 2024 over what it called 'greenwashing'.
https://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/fonterra-and-greenpeace-settle-over-misleading-100-new-zealand-grass-fed-claims-on-anchor-butter/SD7ZDN7WLNCVVBWHCK73C3DD74/
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Landmark submission to Africaâs highest court frames fossil fuels, deforestation and extractive industrial agriculture as not development but human rights violations.
@greenpeaceafrica.org
www.greenpeace.org/africa/en/pr...
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Greenpeace Africa urges African Court to recognise climate destruction as a human rights violation - Greenpeace Africa
Landmark submission to Africaâs highest court frames fossil fuels, deforestation and extractive industrial agriculture as not development but human rights violations
https://www.greenpeace.org/africa/en/press/60309/greenpeace-africa-urges-african-court-to-recognise-climate-destruction-as-a-human-rights-violation/
3 months ago
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Sitting here in the South Pacific, watching the election in Denmark, where water pollution from industrial livestock has become a massive election issue.
@greenpeace.org.nz
is calling on NZ to lower nitrate health limit in line with science.
www.nzdoctor.co.nz/article/undo...
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Renewed calls for Govt to lower nitrate contamination limits, following Danish precedent
In an open letter launched this morning, Greenpeace is calling on the New Zealand Government to put public health above industry profits by lowering the legal limit for nitrate in drinking water
https://www.nzdoctor.co.nz/article/undoctored/renewed-calls-govt-lower-nitrate-contamination-limits-following-danish-precedent
4 months ago
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Our global food system is dangerously addicted to chemical fertilisers, which are essentially repackaged fossil fuels. Hereâs why food bills could be about to soar:
www.greenpeace.org/aotearoa/sto...
#ClimateSky
#Agriculture
#FoodSecurity
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War on Iran, fertiliser, and the soaring price of your supermarket bill - Greenpeace Aotearoa
The war on Iran hasnât just caused a shipping delay. It has exposed how our global food systems are vulnerable - dependent on synthetic fertilisers.
https://www.greenpeace.org/aotearoa/story/fertiliser-and-iran-how-war-could-make-food-bills-soar/
4 months ago
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"If there is a coherent throughline to the totality of the Governmentâs climate policies, it can only be a willingness to INCREASE New Zealandâs contribution to global warming." -
@marcdaalder.bsky.social
newsroom.co.nz/2025/11/07/g...
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Govt's climate strategy: Let it burn
Comment: The Government has relentlessly pursued policies that boost climate pollution â even if they cost more or jeopardise NZ's reputation, Marc Daalder writes
https://newsroom.co.nz/2025/11/07/govts-climate-strategy-let-it-burn/
8 months ago
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Govt âcaptured by industryâ on methane â Rod Carr "The new target is in stark contrast to the Climate Change Commissionâs most recent advice to strengthen the target, but exactly lines up with a wishlist from agricultural lobby groups"
www.carbonnews.co.nz/news/35796/g...
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https://www.carbonnews.co.nz/news/35796/govt-captured-by-industry-on-methane-carr
8 months ago
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âJust like in NZ, we are up against powerful agribusiness interests spinning misleading narratives to block real climate action. Gvt must resist commercial pressure and start reprioritising people, planet & future." - Thomas OâConnor, Irish agroecological farmer
www.irishtimes.com/environment/...
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Ireland urged not to follow New Zealand in changing methane targets
New Zealandâs government to rewrite its climate law and row back on emissions commitments
https://www.irishtimes.com/environment/climate-crisis/2025/10/15/ireland-urged-not-to-follow-new-zealand-in-changing-methane-targets/
9 months ago
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Amanda Larsson
Paul Behrens
9 months ago
I was quoted about New Zealand's rowing back of ambition on methane in Bloomberg this week:
www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...
To explain why New Zealandâs new methane target puts the Global Methane Pledge (and ultimately climate targets) at risk. đ§”
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https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2025-10-13/bloomberg-green-daily-newsletter-new-zealand-s-weaker-methane-targetWhy
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James Renwick
9 months ago
My recent comments on NZ methane targets summarised here.
theconversation.com/a-lack-of-am...
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A âlack of ambitionâ over livestock emissions targets now threatens NZâs reputation and trade
The governmentâs weakened methane reduction target mirrors the approach promoted by industry lobby groups but rejected by the Climate Change Commission.
https://theconversation.com/a-lack-of-ambition-over-livestock-emissions-targets-now-threatens-nzs-reputation-and-trade-267310?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=bylineblueskybutton
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James Renwick
9 months ago
Good Lord!
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newsroom.co.nz/2025/10/15/c...
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Climate minister admits new target may breach global 1.5C goal
Climate Minister Simon Watts admitted the Government's new methane target may not be consistent with limiting global warming to 1.5C.
https://newsroom.co.nz/2025/10/15/climate-minister-admits-new-target-may-breach-global-1-5c-goal/
9 months ago
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So Luxon seems to think that he's doing farmers a solid by weakening action on methane. I guess Federated Farmers and Beef + Lamb are banking on Government bailouts when the consequences come home to roost?
www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
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Climate change effects expected to hurt farm viability in next decade, study finds
A new report found irrigated dairy farms are particularly at risk because water supplies are expected to become less reliable in some areas.
https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/575526/climate-change-effects-expected-to-hurt-farm-viability-in-next-decade-study-finds?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email
9 months ago
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Oh the irony of hosting your country's biggest ever climate conference the literal day after your Government rewrite its climate law to weaken action...
www.rnz.co.nz/news/country...
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Global leaders, scientists gather for New Zealand's largest ever climate event in Christchurch
The Adaptation Futures Conference, recognised as the world's largest and most influential climate adaptation gathering begins in Christchurch today.
https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/countrylife/575722/global-leaders-scientists-gather-for-new-zealand-s-largest-ever-climate-event-in-christchurch?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email
9 months ago
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Amanda Larsson
James Renwick
9 months ago
Pretty much.
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James Renwick
9 months ago
An excellent article from Marc Daalder, if you want all the shifty details.
newsroom.co.nz/2025/10/13/f...
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Farmers off the hook on climate means rest of us pick up the slack
Comment: The Government's methane announcement is the policy equivalent of a steaming cowpat on cross-partisan climate consensus.
https://newsroom.co.nz/2025/10/13/farmers-off-the-hook-on-climate-means-rest-of-us-pick-up-the-slack/
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"Farmers, despite making near-record profits off high international dairy prices while hiking the price of butter on Kiwi supermarket shelves, are apparently existentially threatened by the prospect of a methane price of 0.5c per litre of milk"
@marcdaalder.bsky.social
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Farmers off the hook on climate means rest of us pick up the slack
Comment: The Government's methane announcement is the policy equivalent of a steaming cowpat on cross-partisan climate consensus.
https://newsroom.co.nz/2025/10/13/farmers-off-the-hook-on-climate-means-rest-of-us-pick-up-the-slack/
9 months ago
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Agriculture systems are at risk from rising temperatures. Ahead of
#COP30
, close to 100 organizations have issued an open letter to governments. đ§”
9 months ago
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âIndustrial agriculture is polluting water, depleting soils, razing forests and turbo-charging global warming. Yet meat and dairy giants keep pushing limited techno-fixes and false solutions while blocking real transformation.â -
@shefalisharma.bsky.social
www.reimaginefoodsystems.org#statement
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Reimagine Food Systems - A Call For Agricultural Emissions Reductions | Reimagine Food Systems - A coalition for agriculture transition
Urging COP30 delegations to embrace a just transition from industrial agriculture to agroecology is vital. This includes advocating for binding agricultural emissions reduction targets, promoting plan...
https://www.reimaginefoodsystems.org/#statement
9 months ago
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Amanda Larsson
Greenpeace International đ
9 months ago
Animal farming is the worldâs biggest source of methane â a gas driving one-third of global warming. Over 90 groups, including Greenpeace International, are calling on governments to reject false fixes and back a just transition to agroecology:
reimaginefoodsystems.org
#StopBigAg
#AgroecologyNow
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Reimagine Food Systems - A Call For Agricultural Emissions Reductions | Reimagine Food Systems - A coalition for agriculture transition
Urging COP30 delegations to embrace a just transition from industrial agriculture to agroecology is vital. This includes advocating for binding agricultural emissions reduction targets, promoting plan...
https://reimaginefoodsystems.org
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Nicola Willis wants us to believe that high prices for milk and butter are good for NZers' cost of living because
#TrickleDownEconomics
. But is it true?
www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/3608...
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Kiwis will pay more for butter and milk, but demand for Fonterra products âpositiveâ, minister says
Nicola Willis says thatâs because it âcreates the very jobs and incomes that people need in order to be able to address the cost of livingâ.
https://www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/360836021/kiwis-will-pay-more-butter-and-milk-demand-fonterra-products-positive-minister-says
9 months ago
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The world is watching on methane. Now is not the time for NZ to weaken action on our biggest polluter. "Mottley warned that waning international resolve threatens the planetâs future and said decisive action on methane could make a critical difference."
barbadostoday.bb/2025/06/21/m...
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Mottley urges global methane action, calls youth to lead climate fight - Barbados Today
Prime Minister Mia Mottley has called for the formation of a global coalition to cut methane emissions by 2040 and has challenged Barbadian youth to take the lead in theâŠ
https://barbadostoday.bb/2025/06/21/mottley-urges-global-methane-action-calls-youth-to-lead-climate-fight/
10 months ago
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Luxon is right to call Seymour out â farmers and agribusiness know that ditching Paris is a disastrous idea. But Luxon needs to do more than just call out a cynical extremist. The same arguments heâs made in defence of Paris apply to the
#methane
target.
www.greenpeace.org/aotearoa/pre...
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Seymour is rage-baiting on Paris Agreement - Luxon mustnât bite - Greenpeace Aotearoa
Greenpeace cautions Luxon that David Seymour is ragebaiting over leaving Paris - and warns the PM not to weaken the methane target.
https://www.greenpeace.org/aotearoa/press-release/seymour-is-rage-baiting-on-leaving-paris-agreement-luxon-mustnt-bite/
10 months ago
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BusinessDesk
10 months ago
James Renwick and Paul Behrens: Securing a future for NZ agriculture requires ambitious climate action.
#opinion
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"Rather than asking others to do the work ... gvts could work together to implement all the available solutions & support farmers to make the changes that are needed." Sensible words from
@cubaraglanguy.bsky.social
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@profpaulbehrens.bsky.social
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Where's the beef? Biogenic methane and âNo Additional Warmingâ
As signatories to the open letter to the New Zealand prime minister about plans to set new biogenic methane targets based on the goal of No Additional Warming,...
https://businessdesk.co.nz/article/primary-sector/wheres-the-beef-biogenic-methane-and-no-additional-warming
10 months ago
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Reading this as the wind is howling and rain is dumping down on Auckland. Luxon's government is actively pouring fuel of the climate fire that is accelerating extreme weather events.
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11 months ago
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"Falling short doesn't just mean missing a target - it means higher costs down the track, lost economic opportunities, and more disruption for communities."
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New Zealand at 'significant risk' of missing 2050 climate target, government making it worse
The government's actions have made it more likely the country won't meet its goals, a major report has found.
https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/568004/new-zealand-at-significant-risk-of-missing-2050-climate-target-government-making-it-worse
11 months ago
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In which the former Chair of the Climate Commission makes a compelling case for why ambitious methane targets are in the best interests of the farming sector.
www.thepost.co.nz/business/360...
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The Post
https://www.thepost.co.nz/business/360768486/farmers-should-be-careful-what-they-wish
11 months ago
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This is a warning shot to Luxon that his Governmentâs
#WarOnNature
and the climate comes with consequences. The Court is clear: states must take action to prevent climate harm. And they regulate businesses for the harm caused by their emissions.
www.lawyersforclimateaction.nz/news-events/...
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ICJ Advisory Opinion: Governments have to act
Lawyers for Climate Action Press Release Today, the worldâs highest court, the International Court of Justice, released its landmark advisory opinion clarifying Statesâ legal obligations in relation...
https://www.lawyersforclimateaction.nz/news-events/icjadvisoryopinion
11 months ago
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When Fed Farmers say: We want NZ to stay in the Paris Agreement but we'll fight methane targets & emissions pricing... What they mean is: We want the economic benefits of being seen to be pro-climate but we won't do anything to contribute to climate action.
www.ruralnewsgroup.co.nz/rural-news/r...
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Federated Farmers reject call to leave Paris Agreement
Federated Farmers joins other industry groups in opposing a remit to exit the Paris Agreement, citing economic risk and trade consequences for NZ farm...
https://www.ruralnewsgroup.co.nz/rural-news/rural-general-news/federated-farmers-paris-agreement-decision
12 months ago
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Pulling the Methane Emergency Brake @ UNFCCC Reducing agricultural methane is one of the most effective ways we have to limit near-term warming and avoid overshooting the critical 1.5°C threshold.
#toomanycows
#climate
unfccc-events.azureedge.net/SB62_106601/...
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UNFCCC
https://unfccc-events.azureedge.net/SB62_106601/agenda
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