06/11/21 Farming Today This Week: COP26

Farming Today

• Episode: 06/11/21 Farming Today This Week: COP26
• Website: Farming Today
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• Duration: 00:24:40
• Published: 2021-11-06 08:00

COP26 is underway in Glasgow, and for agriculture this means discussions about emissions and what farmers are and aren’t doing to combat climate change. Costing the Earth's Tom Heap reports on what it's like being a delegate at COP and why farming is conspicuous by its absence from proceedings. Charlotte speaks to Nick Shorter about the role of on-farm carbon off-setting. All four of the UK's farming unions respond to the news that the the UK has signed up to the global pledge on reducing methane by 30% by 2030, and whether this means that everyone needs to eat less meat and dairy. Professor Myles Allen from University of Oxford says that whilst methane reduction is a good thing, it's always the impact on global temperature that needs to be considered rather than just carbon footprint. Producer: Toby Field