In this paper we analyse ongoing attempts to mitigate cattle methane emissions through the lens of biopower. Drawing on IPCC and FAO reports as well as the scientific literature, we detail how the problem of cattle methane has been made visible and the subsequent efforts that have emerged to govern human and non-human life from molecular to global scales. Such efforts have been thwarted by the liveliness of cattle, farmers and consumers. Rather than mitigating emissions, production-oriented cattle methane research has assisted the expansion of cattle emissions by promising an immanent solution that is never realised. More recent consumption-oriented strategies are overdue but limited by a hesitancy to fully address the political problems associated with transitioning away from beef and dairy. More direct and transparent responses are needed to confront the contradictions between the expansion of animal agriculture and global efforts to mitigate climate change in fair and just ways.

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牛甲烷减排的生物政治：气候变化时期的生活管理

在本文中，我们分析了通过生物能源的视角来减少牛甲烷排放的正在进行的尝试。借鉴 IPCC 和粮农组织的报告以及科学文献，我们详细介绍了牛甲烷问题是如何被发现的，以及随后出现的从分子到全球范围内管理人类和非人类生活的努力。这些努力因牛、农民和消费者的活跃而受阻。以生产为导向的牛甲烷研究并没有减少排放，而是通过承诺从未实现的内在解决方案来帮助扩大牛排放。最近的以消费为导向的战略已经姗姗来迟，但由于对全面解决与从牛肉和奶制品转型相关的政治问题犹豫不决而受到限制。