NZ heritage sites join international climate programme
Thu 17 Apr 2025
Two New Zealand heritage sites are joining an international climate programme for community-led adaptation solutions designed to protect them from pressing climate threats.
New Plymouth consults on managing climate impacts
Thu 17 Apr 2025
With severe storms, coastline erosion, landslides, droughts and other extreme weather events on the rise over the past decade, New Plymouth District Council is looking at ways to manage the impacts of climate change.
Winter’s tale of electricity market woes
Thu 17 Apr 2025
A study of last winter’s events in the electricity market has confirmed that the major players suffered from high prices, and there was little or no indication of them gaming the market with their wholesale pricing.
NZ provides $10 million boost to Vanuatu's renewable energy efforts
Thu 17 Apr 2025
New Zealand is boosting support to Vanuatu to recover from last year’s earthquake and develop its renewable energy sector to the tune of NZ$10 million.
Heatwaves, floods, fires – NZ research warns of escalating climate threats
Wed 16 Apr 2025
After five years of research, New Zealand’s first dedicated climate extreme weather programme, Whakahura, has released its final synthesis report, sounding the alarm on the increasing intensity and frequency of extreme weather events linked to climate change.
CARBON PRICE: NZUs $50.17
Thu 17 Apr 2025
The Carbon News NZU Index closed at $50.17 yesterday, down 67 cents on the previous day's close.
Carbon price nosedives
Wed 16 Apr 2025
The carbon price graph dropped off a cliff yesterday, down 6% overnight to a ten-month low amidst continued selling from forest owners.
ETS surplus volume likely to be reducing too slowly - new analysis
14 Apr 2025
Excess carbon units in the Emissions Trading Scheme - the ‘surplus’ in privately held accounts - look to be reducing more slowly than the Climate Change Commission's targeted annual reductions, according to new analysis.
ETS stockpile up nearly 7 million
8 Apr 2025
The stockpile of privately held Emissions Trading Scheme pollution permits increased 6.7 million to 157.1 million units in the three months to March 31, according to figures released by the Environmental Protection Authority yesterday.
Carbon market increasingly volatile
1 Apr 2025
Last week was 2025’s most volatile so far for the carbon market, with units changing hands below $60 all week, and even trading down to the low $50s.
Environmental and science groups sue Trump admin for deleting environmental justice and climate information from federal agency websites
Thu 17 Apr 2025
The Sierra Club, the Environmental Integrity Project, California Communities Against Toxics and Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS) filed a complaint on Monday in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia.
Australia: Climate change pushing up insurance risk
Thu 17 Apr 2025
With flood waters rising, there are warnings of a “climate-induced credit crunch” as natural disasters threaten the viability of home insurance.
Ethiopia’s bold EV ambitions hit bumps in rural areas
Thu 17 Apr 2025
After becoming the world’s first country to ban imports of fossil fuel vehicles last year, a patchy power grid and high EV purchase costs are slowing Ethiopia’s green transport revolution in the countryside
Why US oil production could even go into reverse
Thu 17 Apr 2025
The prospect of U.S. oil production growth not just stalling but going into reverse is edging into the picture.
Trump administration cancels $3-billion climate friendly farming program
Thu 17 Apr 2025
The U.S. Department of Agriculture on Monday said it had cancelled a $3 billion program for climate-smart farming projects after a review found it did not align with the priorities of the Trump administration.
Environment Court rules Mackenzie biodiversity deserves bespoke protection
Thu 17 Apr 2025
Media release | In a decision years in the making, the Environment Court has upheld EDS’s contention that Te Manahuna / the Mackenzie Basin’s significant ecology and indigenous biodiversity warrants a bespoke planning regime to protect it from farming intensification.
CLIMATE CALENDAR
Thu 17 Apr 2025
The Carbon News calendar of talks, events, conferences, consultations, and petitions related to climate change.
Straterra has a new name: the New Zealand Minerals Council
Wed 16 Apr 2025
Media release | Straterra has been renamed as New Zealand Minerals Council, says chief executive Josie Vidal.
NZCTU announces transformative policy vision for Aotearoa
15 Apr 2025
Media release | The plan would ensure that Aotearoa meets its climate obligations and guarantees a just transition for the workers and communities who will bear the brunt of the climate crisis and technological change.
NZ could make better use of natural processes to reduce flood risk
15 Apr 2025
Media release | New Zealand could make better use of natural processes to reduce the risk of flooding, according to research by the National Institute of Water & Atmospheric Research (NIWA).
