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Minister to co-chair carbon market negotiations at COP29

Friday - Climate change minister Simon Watts will chair negotiations on carbon markets at this year’s United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP29), in Azerbaijan next month.

Increased volatility as carbon price inches up towards auction floor

Friday - The secondary carbon market saw a slight increase in volatility last week, with carbon trading platform Jarden noting higher volumes above the $62 mark.

Transpower backtracks on selling gas and carbon trading platform

Friday - By Liz Kivi | Transpower has decided not to sell its gas and carbon trading platform, emsTradepoint, this year. However, the future of carbon trading on the platform is uncertain.

Media round-up

Friday - In our weekly round-up of climate coverage in local media: NZ First refuses to say whether it supports buying climate action from other countries; the rushed submissions process around a bill to...

Fast-track to extinction for native species?

Thursday - Resources minister Shane Jones’ promise to say ‘goodbye Freddy’ to endangered species that get in the way of resource extraction is closer to becoming a reality under fast-track legislation,...

NZ air quality improving, but 'no safe level' for most pollutants

Thursday - While air quality is improving around Aotearoa, pollutants are still at levels that are above WHO guidelines, with climate change likely to worsen levels of pollen, wildfire smoke, and windblown dust.

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Milton is a monster. Elected leaders are to blame.

Friday - A former Florida climate commissioner reflects on the decades of denial and delay that led to this moment.

Half Australia’s oceans to be protected - more than any other country

Friday - Little-known Australian islands that teem with emperor penguins and elephant seals, and have the country’s only two active volcanoes, will be protected with an additional 300,000 square kilometres of...

Renewable energy to fall short of UN goal to triple by 2030, IEA says

Friday - Renewable energy sources are set to meet nearly half of all electricity demand by the end of the decade, but to fall short of a U.N. goal to triple capacity to reduce carbon emissions, an...

EU Court rules plant-based burger labeling lawful

Friday - The European Court of Justice ruled that plant-based foods such as burgers and sausages can continue to be labelled with names mimicking their meaty counterpart in a dispute that has lasted over...

Coalmines and gasfields may be emitting twice as much methane as declared, report warns

Friday - Australia’s coalmines and gasfields may be emitting twice as much methane as they currently declare, underscoring the need to introduce independent reporting of the potent greenhouse gas, an energy...

Can carbon credits help close coal plants?

Thursday - A few dozen kilometres from the Philippine capital Manila sits a coal plant that some hope could be a model for how developing countries can quit the polluting fossil fuel.

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CLIMATE CALENDAR

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

TEN YEARS AGO…

Friday - Ten years ago, a technique allowing wild fish to be landed live – and released if necessary – won the supreme title in the New Zealand Innovators' Awards.
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World on the brink of an irreversible climate disaster, scientists warn

Wednesday - An international team of scientists is warning that the Earth is stepping into...

Water is ‘canary in the coalmine’ of climate change: WMO

Wednesday - Media release | The year 2023 marked the driest year in over three decades for...

New research finds significant warming of Ross Sea region

Tuesday - Media release | PhD candidate Eva Nielsen has created a new dataset of...

Incinerator will put NZ on the wrong track

Tuesday - Media release | A large-scale rubbish incinerator has been included in the list...

New fund to clean up old landfill and dump sites

Monday - Media release | A new Contaminated Sites and Vulnerable Landfills Fund will...

Cross party consensus needed to prepare NZ for increased climate risk

3 Oct 24 - A parliamentary report on climate adaptation is an important signal of the need...

Intense marine heatwaves disrupt fish populations and fisheries in NZ

2 Oct 24 - Marine heatwaves, where sea surface temperatures are unusually warm, can lead...

Select committee recommendations on Resource Management Amendment Bill disappoint

1 Oct 24 - Media release | The Environmental Defence Society says proposals enable a...

UN General Assembly closes with growing consensus on fossil fuel phase out imperative

1 Oct 24 - Media release | The 79th United Nations General Assembly concluded with a...

Air pollutant trends decrease at most monitoring sites over the last eight years

30 Sep 24 - Media release | Concentrations of air pollutants decreased at many air quality...

Could vertical farming help future-proof our food needs?

27 Sep 24 - Media release | Technology and improved plant science are the keys to indoor...

Heat, animal illness, and erosion: climate risks to NZ agriculture

26 Sep 24 - Media release | The effects of climate change on agriculture will vary around...

Meridian's Ruakākā solar farm gets consent

26 Sep 24 - Media release | Meridian Energy has been granted resource consent to build a...

New Kiwi methane venture gets $13.5M boost

25 Sep 24 - Media release | The two key players working to provide Kiwi farmers with tools...

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