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Your Questions Answered

Do you have a question regarding climate change and how it relates to the dairy industry? You might want to know more about Greenhouse Gasses and the Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS).

Send your climate change questions to Dr Clyton Moyo, DairyNZ's Climate Change Analyst, by emailing climatechange@dairynz.co.nz.

  • To find out more about Dr Clyton Moyo, click here

Selected questions and answers will be posted on this page.

Below are some questions that have been asked:

Q: Why in the Kyoto agreement did NZ not sign up to the inclusion of soil carbon?

A: New Zealand did not sign up to the inclusion of soil carbon under the Kyoto Protocol. There are a number of reasons that make it difficult to include soil carbon in the ETS at present...>>Read More

Q: Does grass fix enough gas to balance the methane emissions from animals eating it?

A: The short answer to the above question is NO and I will take you through the reasons why that is the case...
>>Read More

 

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