More to COP26 for beef than methane and forest pledges

Shan Goodwin
November 15 2021 - 6:30am
IN PROTEST: While producers might feel anti-meat protests dominated media coverage during Glasgow's COP26, experts say the conversation around livestock and climate change has actually become more balanced. IMAGE: PETA
IN PROTEST: While producers might feel anti-meat protests dominated media coverage during Glasgow's COP26, experts say the conversation around livestock and climate change has actually become more balanced. IMAGE: PETA

Global pledges to cut methane emissions by 30 per cent and reverse deforestation within the next nine years will have many practical implications for Australia's livestock business that need to be nutted out but the wash-up of Glasgow has made one thing abundantly clear.

Shan Goodwin

Shan Goodwin

National Agriculture Writer - Beef

Shan Goodwin steers ACM’s national coverage of the beef industry. Shan has worked as a journalist for 30 years, the majority of that with agricultural publications. She spent many years as The Land’s North Coast reporter and has visited beef properties and stations throughout the country and overseas. She treats all breeds equally. Contact 0427686187. E: s.goodwin@austcommunitymedia.com.au

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