Methane Targets Special

A long read on an important matter: NZ’s newly released methane targets – “rotten mutton dressed up as lamb” - a personal message to the farming community - why is rapidly cutting methane critically important? – the deceptive innocence of “no additional warming” - backtracking on the world stage - might the PM and Minister plead ignorance and deserve the benefit of the doubt? https://climatemattersnz.substack.com/p/methane-targets-special https://www.beehive.govt.nz/release/government-sets-methane-targets-2050 - https://academic.oup.com/bioscience/article/74/12/812/7808595?login=false https://pce.parliament.nz/publications/letter-to-dairynz-beef-plus-lamb-nz-and-federated-farmers-about-submission-on-agricultural-emissions/ https://environment.govt.nz/assets/news/Methane-Science-and-Target-Review-Terms-of-Reference.pdf - https://essd.copernicus.org/articles/17/2641/2025/ https://biogenicmethane.org/#letter

An episode of the Climate Matters podcast, hosted by Fresh FM, titled "Methane Targets Special" was published on November 2, 2025 and runs 24 minutes.

November 2, 2025 ·24m · Climate Matters

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A long read on an important matter: NZ’s newly released methane targets – “rotten mutton dressed up as lamb” - a personal message to the farming community - why is rapidly cutting methane critically important? – the deceptive innocence of “no additional warming” - backtracking on the world stage - might the PM and Minister plead ignorance and deserve the benefit of the doubt? https://climatemattersnz.substack.com/p/methane-targets-special https://www.beehive.govt.nz/release/government-sets-methane-targets-2050 - https://academic.oup.com/bioscience/article/74/12/812/7808595?login=false https://pce.parliament.nz/publications/letter-to-dairynz-beef-plus-lamb-nz-and-federated-farmers-about-submission-on-agricultural-emissions/ https://environment.govt.nz/assets/news/Methane-Science-and-Target-Review-Terms-of-Reference.pdf - https://essd.copernicus.org/articles/17/2641/2025/ https://biogenicmethane.org/#letter

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A long read on an important matter: NZ’s newly released methane targets – “rotten mutton dressed up as lamb” - a personal message to the farming community - why is rapidly cutting methane critically important? – the deceptive innocence of “no additional warming” - backtracking on the world stage - might the PM and Minister plead ignorance and deserve the benefit of the doubt? https://climatemattersnz.substack.com/p/methane-targets-special https://www.beehive.govt.nz/release/government-sets-methane-targets-2050 - https://academic.oup.com/bioscience/article/74/12/812/7808595?login=false https://pce.parliament.nz/publications/letter-to-dairynz-beef-plus-lamb-nz-and-federated-farmers-about-submission-on-agricultural-emissions/ https://environment.govt.nz/assets/news/Methane-Science-and-Target-Review-Terms-of-Reference.pdf - https://essd.copernicus.org/articles/17/2641/2025/ https://biogenicmethane.org/#letter

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