Carbon price tanks again – call for auctions halt
Fri 14 Nov 2025
By Pattrick Smellie | The collapse of the New Zealand carbon price is serious enough to consider cancelling further Emissions Trading Scheme unit auctions, says Carbon Match founder Lizzie Chambers.
Climate Action Tracker slams NZ’s ‘massive’ decarbonisation rollback
Fri 14 Nov 2025
By Liz Kivi | New Zealand is the subject of scathing criticism from an international organisation which tracks countries' emission commitments and actions.
Act-NZ First split over future of the energy sector
Fri 14 Nov 2025
Act leader David Seymour has set out an energy policy platform that diverges sharply from coalition partner NZ First, arguing New Zealand must accept coal-fired backup generation, consider nuclear power, remove political interference from the electricity sector and sell down the government’s majority stakes in the gentailers.
Coastal roads in the climate spotlight
Fri 14 Nov 2025
By Sue Teodoro, Local Democracy Reporter | Vulnerable coastal roads across New Zealand, including in Masterton district, are coming under the spotlight as the Government works on a plan to address the cost of climate-related damage.
Media round-up
Fri 14 Nov 2025
In our round-up of climate coverage in local media: Simon Watts acknowledges he may face ‘challenging’ conversations with Pacific nations at COP30, New Zealand's climbdown on its methane emissions target is "embarrassing", and corporates are the real winners of the gutting of the Zero Carbon Act this week.
CARBON PRICE
Fri 14 Nov 2025
Exclusively for subscribers, the Carbon News NZU Index tracks daily movements in the compliance carbon market across multiple trading platforms.
Carbon price’s dead cat bounce
Wed 12 Nov 2025
By Liz Kivi | The carbon price rebounded briefly in what looked like a ‘dead cat bounce’ last week, following the Government’s announcement it was unlinking the Emissions Trading Scheme from international climate targets.
Ministers defend ETS changes
Tue 11 Nov 2025
By Pattrick Smellie | Government ministers insist climate change policy decisions that have depressed the New Zealand carbon price were necessary changes that cannot be compared to “a lot of fiddling” by the previous government.
Undermining the ETS is poor policy – Mindful Money
7 Nov 2025
Politicising settings for the Emissions Trading Scheme creates uncertainty for investors at a time when we need clear and stable policy, says Mindful Money's Barry Coates.
Carbon market tanks off the back of Govt’s proposed climate law changes
6 Nov 2025
By Liz Kivi | Secondary market prices dropped 20% in early morning compliance carbon trading yesterday, as the market woke up to Tuesday’s late-breaking government announcement of proposed law changes to climate policy.
Australia's green energy push, Pacific ties face setback from COP31 impasse
Fri 14 Nov 2025
Australia risks undermining efforts to establish itself as a leader in the green energy transition and letting down its vulnerable Pacific island neighbours if its bid to host next year's biggest climate summit fails, diplomats and analysts say.
World still on track for catastrophic 2.6C temperature rise, report finds
Fri 14 Nov 2025
Fossil fuel emissions have hit a record high while many nations have done too little to avert deadly global heating.
COP30: Brazil tries to find a home for tricky issues
Fri 14 Nov 2025
Brazil is trying to craft a compromise package on several contentious issues and has dismissed the idea of a roadmap away from fossil fuels.
Fossil fuel emissions rise again – but renewables boom offers hope for climate
Fri 14 Nov 2025
The world's burning of fossil fuels is set to release more planet-warming carbon dioxide than ever before this year, new figures show.
Liberal Party formally abandons net zero by 2050 climate target
Fri 14 Nov 2025
The Liberal Party has agreed to scrap its commitment to reach net zero emissions by 2050, which was first set under the Morrison government.
Kaicycle celebrates ten years of collective climate action in Pōneke
Fri 14 Nov 2025
Media release: Kaicycle | Since 2015, Kaicycle has grown from a humble pilot project growing kai and collecting compost on bicycles into the thriving urban farm and composting hub that Wellingtonians know and love.
New research to strengthen Pacific healthcare facilities against climate threats
Fri 14 Nov 2025
Media release: Fred Hollows Foundation | A major initiative to strengthen the climate resilience of Pacific healthcare facilities has been undertaken by New Zealand charity The Fred Hollows Foundation NZ.
CLIMATE CALENDAR
Fri 14 Nov 2025
The Carbon News calendar of talks, events, conferences, consultations, and petitions related to climate change.
Building resilient cities in a time of climate change
Thu 13 Nov 2025
Media release: Otago University | Local and international experts are meeting in Wellington this month to share their knowledge on creating healthier, more resilient cities in the face of the challenges posed by climate change.
How climate alters earthquake risk
Wed 12 Nov 2025
Media release | Falling water levels in one of Africa’s largest lakes, driven by changes in climate, led to a rise in earthquakes, according to research led by Dr James Muirhead of the University of Auckland.
