The decarbonisation agenda is (re)writing itself
Tue 24 Mar 2026
By Pattrick Smellie | COMMENT: There’s one thing that a lot of greenies, as he would call them, get wrong about Resources Minister Shane Jones.
Climate warnings mount as 2025 ranks among hottest years on record
Tue 24 Mar 2026
By Shannon Morris-Williams | The world is entering an era of sustained record heat, with 2025 confirmed as one of the hottest years ever recorded and the past decade the warmest on record, as scientists warn climate impacts are accelerating.
‘Significant’ shift as EECA backs commercial battery storage
Tue 24 Mar 2026
By Shannon Morris-Williams | The Energy Efficiency & Conservation Authority is preparing to roll out co-funding for commercial battery storage projects, targeting businesses ready to deploy systems that can ease pressure on the grid.
Top scientist speaks out against Trump regime’s attack on premier research centre
Mon 23 Mar 2026
By Liz Kivi | Kevin Trenberth, one of the world’s leading climate scientists, now based in New Zealand, has told the Trump administration he is “appalled” at its attempt to break up the international research centre he has been associated with for nearly 50 years.
Govt's $50m EV charging boost to double network
Mon 23 Mar 2026
By Shannon Morris-Williams | More than 2,500 new EV chargers are set to be rolled out across New Zealand, more than doubling the public network – but still leaving the total at less than half the Government's 10,000 target.
CARBON PRICE
Tue 24 Mar 2026
Exclusively for subscribers, the Carbon News NZU Index tracks daily movements in the compliance carbon market across multiple trading platforms.
Carbon trading schemes cut more emissions than carbon taxes, according to global study
Fri 20 Mar 2026
By Shannon Morris-Williams | Carbon trading schemes are more effective than carbon taxes at reducing emissions, cutting fossil fuel use, and accelerating the shift to renewable energy, a global study has found.
MfE forecasts suggest diminishing NZU stockpile
Thu 19 Mar 2026
By Clive Bradbury | ANALYSIS: The Ministry for the Environment has updated its NZ ETS forecasts of emissions, removals and entitlements from the Crown's financial forecasting, with predictions pointing to a significant drop in the ‘stockpile’ this year.
NZ urged to grab a slice of burgeoning $35 billion market for nature credits
13 Mar 2026
By Shannon Morris-Williams | New Zealand could unlock strong domestic and international demand for high-integrity nature-based credits, if government, investors and restoration groups work together to scale supply, a new report says.
Unusual scarcity drives early 2026 NZU rally
5 Mar 2026
By Pattrick Smellie | The New Zealand carbon price has recovered since its late 2025 collapse, although the rally is driven by scarcity rather than confidence in market settings.
Oil tumbles nearly 11% after Trump puts hold on U.S. strikes against Iran energy infrastructure for five days
Tue 24 Mar 2026
Oil prices tumbled after President Donald Trump said the U.S. and Iran had productive talks and that he has ordered a halt on strikes against key Iranian energy infrastructure.
Groundbreaking study finds a natural way to fight climate change
Tue 24 Mar 2026
This first-of-its-kind study found beavers have a surprisingly efficient method of safely storing carbon dioxide.
US to pay almost $1bn to French energy company to kill wind project plan
Tue 24 Mar 2026
As a fuel crisis triggered by the war in Iran drives up global fossil fuel prices, the Trump administration has announced it will pay French energy major TotalEnergies $1bn to kill plans to construct wind farms off the US east coast.
You can bet on climate disasters – business is booming
Tue 24 Mar 2026
Traders are placing wagers on the likelihood of disasters, activists being jailed and oil depots exploding.
Analysis: CO2 from UK data centres could be ‘hundreds of times’ higher than thought
Tue 24 Mar 2026
Emissions from the new data centres set to drive the UK’s AI “revolution” could be hundreds of times higher than government estimates, according to analysis by Carbon Brief.
New online tool helps Whakatāne district communities understand climate risks
Tue 24 Mar 2026
Media release | Whakatāne District Council has released a new online mapping tool to help people better understand how climate change and climate-related hazards could affect different parts of the district, now and into the future.
World-leading plasma torch takes aim at NZ's most potent greenhouse gases
Tue 24 Mar 2026
Media release | A high-tech plasma torch was lit up today as Minister of Conservation, Hon Tama Potaka, officially opened the $10 million National Refrigerant Destruction Facility – signalling a new era in addressing the environmental impact of New Zealand’s most potent greenhouse gases.
CLIMATE CALENDAR
Tue 24 Mar 2026
The Carbon News calendar of talks, events, conferences, consultations, and petitions related to climate change.
Greens offer votes to National Party for immediate relief in fossil fuel crisis
Mon 23 Mar 2026
Media release | The Green Party is offering its votes to the National Party to get on with passing a sensible and urgent fossil fuel crisis relief package. With the Greens’ and National’s combined 63 votes, no other political party’s support is necessary.
New dataset maps NZ’s energy demand to 2050
Mon 23 Mar 2026
Media release: University of Canterbury | A new UC open dataset reveals how New Zealand’s hourly and regional energy demand could evolve by 2050.
