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New Zealand agriculture contributed 50% of the country’s greenhouse gas emissions in 2020, an unusually high proportion by world standards. Dairy farming was responsible for about half of the 39.1 megatonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent (CO₂-eq) emitted, or 25% of all emissions.

As the crackdown on our freedoms intensifies, the list of our national ailments seems endless. But there’s one issue that can prise things open, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot

In today’s newsletter: One million people have already been displaced by the country’s second famine in just over ten years. This is how Somalia found itself in a dire situation once again

Why are representatives of these shadily funded groups treated as impartial observers on news programmes? asks Guardian columnist George Monbiot

The prime minister’s ideology encourages the extraction of as much income as possible from nature, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot

The last 12 months have produced alarming incidents of extreme weather across the globe, leading to serious ripple effects, from energy shortages to severe food insecurity. Guardian journalists are prioritising this foremost crisis of our times

The prime minister is in hock to rightwing lobbyists who are themselves indebted to oligarchs and corporations, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot

Letters: The social and environmental costs of wealth creation are becoming impossible to ignore, writes Jeremy Brettingham, while Barbara Williams says the key to our survival is not money but healthy ecosystems. Plus letters from Alan Knight and Damian Grant

Just when we need visions of a better world, the prime minister is proclaiming the toxic gospel of neoliberalism, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot