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Denmark is making strides towards climate-friendly policy changes

Denmark’s bold agriculture policy aims to cut emissions, tackle pollution, and restore nature, setting a global climate leadership example. Denmark’s groundbreaking new agriculture and climate policy, which taxes greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from livestock...

Industrial agriculture lobbyists dominate COP29

GoodNews, AnimalAgri, ClimateChange

Agribusiness lobbyists, including JBS and PepsiCo, dominate COP29, overshadowing true climate solutions. Hundreds of lobbyists for industrial agriculture are attending the Cop29 climate summit in Baku, analysis shows. They include representatives from some of the...

US promises at COP29 uncertain

ClimateChange, GoodNews

At COP29, America’s involvement is overshadowed by Trump’s desire to expand the fossil fuel industry and rescind unspent funds from the Inflation Reduction Act. Tail between their legs, the United States’ climate leaders arrived in Baku, Azerbaijan, this week...

Denmark making headway in taxing animal agriculture to save the planet

AnimalAgri, ClimateChange, GoodNews

Denmark’s new agriculture policy taxes livestock emissions, encourages nitrogen reduction and restores nature, setting a global environmental benchmark. Denmark’s groundbreaking new agriculture and climate policy, which taxes greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from...

2024 may be hottest year ever recorded

ClimateChange, GoodNews

2024 is set to be the hottest year on record, surpassing 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels, signalling a climate crisis that demands urgent action. Britain might be beginning to feel the winter chill, but 2024 is now ‘virtually certain’ to be the hottest...

Animal agriculture is preventing us from solving climate collapse

AnimalAgri, Blogs, ClimateChange

Animal agriculture and fossil fuels are destroying our planet. Weaning ourselves off meat is as important as weaning ourselves off oil, gas and coal, says George Monbiot. For many years, certain car manufacturers sought to obstruct the transition to electric vehicles....