Vídeo: A Farm Zero C visa criar uma exploração leiteira com lucros e sem impacto climático. Será possível?

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climate now in collaboration with cernus hello and welcome to climate now and this month we’re here in Ireland on this very special dairy farm which is aiming to become 100% climate neutral while also turning a profit it’s a big challenge so can it be done we’ve already achieved a 27% reduction in our carbon footprints we’re hoping to get this to about 50 to 65% in Phase 2 and be climate neutral by 2030 before that let’s take a look at the very latest data from the cernus climate change service globally we’ve now seen extraordinary temperatures for 11 months in a row we had the warmest April on record 0.7 de C above the 1991 to 2020 average Europe saw a sharp contrast in temperature anomalies across the continent it was much warmer than average in the east in particular at the same time Scandinavia was a few degrees colder than average last month April continued to see above average precipitation in many Northerly parts of Europe shaded in Blue on this map the Easter holidays were a wash out for many Europeans this map of soil moisture anomaly for last month highlights how the land in Northwestern Europe is wetter than average contrasting with drier soil from Eastern Spain to Turkey further a field Dubai was flooded after a record-breaking Deluge some parts of the Emirates saw the equivalent of 2 years worth of rain in 24 hours now to our report on the challenge of creating a climate neutral dairy farm this 100 hect farm near cork is aiming to be a Pioneer in environmental sustainability the goal being to slash greenhouse gas emissions to zero and still make a profit the first step for Farm zc project manager Podrick Walsh was to take stock of the situation so we measured the carbon footprint of all the inputs and all the outputs of the farm we created a model based on this as well um and then we were able to identify our biggest emitters the assessment showed that the Farm’s biggest emitters are also its biggest Revenue generators the dairy cows we could see that meet in was a huge emitter for us over 50% of our emissions come from me mean from cows from these girls here um from them digesting their food and releasing methane into the atmosphere there’s no easy way to reduce methane emissions when the cows are grazing although during the winter when the herd is indoors there are additives that do make a difference we’re getting about 7% reduction in our mean emissions by feeding this cows during the housing period and this chemical addtive reduces meat and emissions from Storage Story by about 75% each time the cows come in to be milk the farm sees a spike in electricity demand so they’re testing how to fit wind and solar energy into a farming business meanwhile in the fields the emissions reduction Solutions come from nature not technology a scientist Mary Kate do explains so this is a multispecies field here so that’s three or more species of plants so here we have chory plantain white clover and Ry grass so this was a big thing in reducing our carbon footprint the chory and plantain helps sequester carbon and boost water quality while the Clover fixes nitrogen into the soil and avoids the need for carbon intensive fertilizers lots of the fields here last year that have high Clover didn’t get any chemical fertilizer and still produce as much grass as the fields that did get chemical fertilizer 10% of the farm is devoted to boosting biodiversity creating Wetlands isn’t profitable today but the project aims to test so called carbon farming which would reward this type of landscape this kind of area is providing a lot of benefits for The Wider wider environment and we feel the farmers should be paid for that to reach Net Zero by 2030 the business and academic Partners need to find a sustainable methane reduction solution for the cows they believe they can develop a climate neutral business model for Irish Dairy Farmers and bring consumers of cheese and milk on board too we believe that consumers will pay a premium for our uh lower carbon footprint products uh we all need to tackle the emissions challenge together and if we want Farmers to reduce their own emissions they’re going to need to be rewarded for that as well well that’s all we have time for but you can read a lot more about how our planet is changing on euronews.com climat now and I’ll see you next time climate now in collaboration with cernus