Climate change

Since 1990, New Zealand’s agricultural greenhouse gas emissions have grown by about 1% each year. Intensified farming has led to added emissions of nitrous oxide and methane in particular.

Climate change – as a wicked problem – can form a rich real-life context for developing students’ thinking, visioning and problem-solving skills, action competence and an array of key competencies.

Focusing on one main issue – the science and innovations of reducing dairy sector greenhouse emissions – can provide an opportunity for students to develop a deeper understanding.