Farm Gate: Farmers Unite for a Global Statement on GWP*

March 6th 2020 – Farmers from across the world have issued a Joint Statement calling for governments to recognise the importance of the metric GWP*. Signatories include the National Farmers’ Union, CLA, National Sheep Association, and Beef & Lamb New Zealand.
While recognising that climate change is one of the most urgent challenges we face, farmers leaders are calling for the role of agricultural methane to be accurately recognised in policy and accurately accounted for in the foot-printing of agricultural emissions. ffinlo Costain speaks to Andrew Morrison the chairman of Beef & Lamb New Zealand, and to Phil Stocker, the chief executive of the UK’s National Sheep Association.