Displaying items by tag: climate change

Climate change could have a dramatic effect on vineyards around the world in the coming decades.

When I first started researching the impacts of climate change on grape and wine production in 2008, sceptics questioned the greenhouse gas component of increasing temperatures.

OPINION: Global warming could be more bad news for cows and humans, according to some research.

LIC says new research has confirmed that bull genetics play a role in how much methane they emit.

Net zero carbon grapes at the gate is just one of the aspirations of Dog Point Vineyards, as it embarks on a programme of carbon insetting within its own value chain.

Grapes need it, consumers expect it, and importers will increasingly demand it, says Meagan Littlejohn of climate action in the wine industry.

Environment Southland (ES) is establishing a regional working group on climate change and inviting other local councils and Te Ao Mārama Inc. to join.

Sustainability and climate action can be awkward bedfellows, says Nigel Greening, as he navigates the complicated business of reducing emissions.

OPINION: Whatever the Labour Government decides on climate change, it never pleases the mob at Greenpeace.

The Government has announced its Emissions Reduction Plan which they say will put New Zealand on track to meet its first emissions budget.