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Bleak future for skifields due to climate change - expert

Mon 8 Sep 2025

Winter snowfall was well below average for much of the country, with multiple skifields remaining closed due to a lack of snow, offering a glimpse into a "dire" future for snowsports in New Zealand, according to an expert.

Foresta head of project development and delivery Alex Johnson, Putauaki Trust chief executive John O’Brien, Foresta executive chairman Henry Chang, Kawerau Mayor Faylene Tunui, Foresta executive director Maurice Fabiani, business development manager

Kawerau's new hope: Plan to replace coal with pine ramps up

Mon 8 Sep 2025

By Diane McCarthy, Local Democracy Reporter | Construction on a $300 million wood pellet plant in the Eastern Bay of Plenty is expected to start next month, with hopes it could cut the use of coal in New Zealand.

Corporate pollution and biodiversity conservation don't mix

Mon 8 Sep 2025

While companies near newly created protected areas cut their toxic emissions, they do so by cutting jobs and production rather than cleaning up their act, according to new research.

Vector reduced fugitive methane emissions using 'gas sniffer trucks' to find leaks in its gas distribution network

Vector hits emissions reduction goal five years early

Fri 5 Sep 2025

By Liz Kivi | Auckland lines company Vector has met its 2030 emissions reduction reduction target five years early, more than halving its direct emissions, and crediting innovation and a laser-focus for its success in a hard-to-abate sector.

Government ministers and business leaders met in the Australian capital this week.

Growth, energy and climate in focus at Trans-Tasman bilateral talks

Fri 5 Sep 2025

Trans-Tasman climate cooperation was one of the themes at the Australia New Zealand Leadership Forum, with senior government officials and business leaders from both sides of the ditch meeting in Canberra this week.

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Markets

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CARBON PRICE

Mon 8 Sep 2025

Exclusively for subscribers, the Carbon News NZU Index tracks daily movements in the compliance carbon market across multiple trading platforms.

Carbon market still weak despite govt confirming tighter auction supply

28 Aug 2025

By Liz Kivi | The government’s commitment to keeping Emissions Trading Scheme auction volumes tight to 2030 has done little to buoy carbon prices, with an underwhelming response from the market following last week’s announcement.

Toitū extending use of ETS forest carbon credits

25 Aug 2025

By Liz Kivi | Carbon certifier Toitū Envirocare has walked back plans to stop accepting Emissions Trading Scheme credits for offsetting, because there is still a shortage of local carbon credits meeting international standards.

Eva Murray speaking at the Carbon Forestry conference in Rotorua this week

‘Problems looming’ for Govt's key climate tool

22 Aug 2025

By Liz Kivi | There are serious unresolved issues for the Emissions Trading Scheme which mean it could become unstable and ineffective at driving emissions reductions, according to the Climate Change Commission.

Govt opts for status quo for ETS auctions

19 Aug 2025

By Liz Kivi | The government has chosen not to increase auction volumes in the Emissions Trading Scheme, a decision applauded by carbon market insiders and climate campaigners alike, despite it contradicting the Climate Change Commission’s advice.

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International

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Underestimating support for climate action limits political decision making, study says

Mon 8 Sep 2025

Research reveals huge disparity between perceived and actual willingness of public to contribute to fixing climate.

Four residents of Indonesia's Pari Island push to take Holcim cement to court over climate change impacts

Mon 8 Sep 2025

Pari Island is battling rising sea levels, with locals arguing that the company is contributing to global warming and needs to pay them for the damages.

Stuart Payne, who heads the North Sea Transition Authority

Scottish oil and gas regulator says net-zero 'not a platitude' for sector

Mon 8 Sep 2025

The head of the oil and gas regulator says cutting the sector's carbon emissions is not "a platitude or a soundbite" but presents significant commercial benefits.

Climate change made heat and dryness that fueled Iberian wildfires 40 times more likely

Mon 8 Sep 2025

The extremely hot, dry and windy conditions, which fueled one of the Iberian Peninsula’s most destructive wildfire seasons in recorded history, were 40 times more likely due to climate change, according to a study.

Fortescue rejects ‘credibility’ of business council modelling on Australia's 2035 emissions target

Mon 8 Sep 2025

A fight over climate policy has broken out within a major Australian business lobby, with mining billionaire Andrew Forrest’s Fortescue sharply criticising the Business Council of Australia over its modelling of the costs of making emissions cuts.

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News Direct

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Metlink’s AI generated impression of a hybrid train.

All Aboard: New electric trains for Lower North Island

Mon 8 Sep 2025

Media release - Minister of Transport | Government’s $802.9 million investment into the Wairarapa and Manawatū rail lines has now reached a major milestone, with Greater Wellington Regional Council today signing a contract for a new fleet of 18 battery electric multiple unit (BEMU) trains, Transport Minister Chris Bishop says.

Air pollution is fuelling climate change, and climate change is fuelling air pollution

Mon 8 Sep 2025

Media release - World Meteorological Organization | A new WMO report traces the complex interplay between air quality and climate, highlighting the role of tiny particles called aerosols in wildfires, winter fog, shipping emissions and urban pollution.

Jonathan Young, Ara Ake Head of Industry and Government Engagement, announced the Energy Resilience and Affordability Conference

CLIMATE CALENDAR

Mon 8 Sep 2025

The Carbon News calendar of talks, events, conferences, consultations, and petitions related to climate change.

Resources minister Shane Jones

Endeavour Fund research to shape NZ’s future

Fri 5 Sep 2025

Media release - New Zealand Government | A project that looks to harness the potential of supercritical geothermal energy is amongst 19 ambitious science programmes the Government is backing, Science, Innovation and Technology Minister Dr Shane Reti and Regional Development Minister Shane Jones announced today.

NZ homes could be fully solar-powered by 2032

Thu 4 Sep 2025

Media release - Harrisons Solar | A surge in solar capacity has put New Zealand on track to generate enough solar energy to power every home in the country within the next seven years, according to new research.

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