Carbon News
  • Members
    • Login
      Forgot Password?
    • Not a member? Subscribe
    • Forgot Password
      Back to Login
    • Not a member? Subscribe
  • Home
  • New Zealand
    • Politics
    • Energy
    • Agriculture
    • Carbon emissions
    • Transport
    • Forestry
    • Business
  • Markets
    • Analysis
    • NZ carbon price
  • International
    • Australia
    • United States
    • China
    • Europe
    • United Kingdom
    • Canada
    • Asia
    • Pacific
    • Antarctic/Arctic
    • Africa
    • South America
    • United Nations
  • News Direct
    • Media releases
    • Climate calendar
  • About Carbon News
    • Contact us
    • Advertising
    • Subscribe
    • Service
    • Policies

New Zealand

More Carbon News - New Zealand >
Climate change minister Simon Watts (right) at Fieldays 2024

Climate-denying farming groups attack govt’s methane strategy

Fri 16 May 2025

A trio of farming groups is claiming that a survey shows 95% of farmers have rejected the government’s methane strategy.

EDS chief executive Gary Taylor ACT's Simon Court, Green Party's Lan Pham, and Labour's Rachel Brooking

Nature is not an economic handbrake: Environmental Defence Society

Fri 16 May 2025

Nature is not a handbrake on economic growth – the two must go hand in hand, attendees heard on the final day of the Environmental Defence Society’s Dollars and Sense conference this week.

Green budget 'ludicrous la-la land' – govt

Thu 15 May 2025

Prime Minister Christopher Luxon said the budget was "clown show economics" and an "absolute circus".

Climate change will worsen existing threats to Hawke’s Bay

Thu 15 May 2025

Climate change is projected to substantially alter weather patterns and environmental conditions in the coming decades, with significant implications for the human, built and natural environments.

As insurance gets harder to buy, NZ has 3 choices for disaster recovery – and we keep choosing the worst one

Thu 15 May 2025

By Ilan Noy and Belinda Storey | The number of climate change-related extreme weather events is on the rise, making it harder for many people to buy affordable home insurance.

More Carbon News - New Zealand >

Markets

More Carbon News - Markets >

CARBON PRICE: NZUs $55.57

Fri 16 May 2025

The Carbon News NZU Index closed at $55.57 yesterday, up $1.15 on the previous day's close.

Carbon price up but June auction still tipped to fail

Thu 15 May 2025

The carbon price has recovered somewhat as forestry selling eases, however NZUs are still changing hands on the secondary market at well below the $68 auction floor.

Broker urges govt to reject Climate Commission’s advice

2 May 2025

The Climate Change Commission's recommendation to increase carbon auction volumes risks undermining market confidence, distorting price discovery, and weakening the Emission Trading Scheme's core function, according to Marex.

Experts question Climate Commission’s advice

30 Apr 2025

The Climate Change Commission’s latest advice on Emissions Trading Scheme auction settings is lacking important information, and fails to take into account the commission’s own advice to update the country’s climate targets, says an expert.

Carbon price slumps for fourth week in a row

29 Apr 2025

Carbon prices on the secondary market dropped for the fourth consecutive week last week, with NZUs changing hands at $20 below this year’s auction floor price of $68.

More Carbon News - Markets >

International

More Carbon News - International >

Private equity eyes up to US$1.3 trillion climate adaptation market by 2030

Fri 16 May 2025

While the public sector is expected to account for the bulk of adaptation funding, a new study identifies six investable segments for private investors, from climate risk data providers to flood defense infrastructure.

As Brazilian president visits China, $1 billion sustainable fuel deal announced

Fri 16 May 2025

Brazil announced two Chinese partnerships on Monday, including a $1 billion investment by China's Envision Energy to produce sustainable aviation fuel, as the country's president visits China.

Energy Australia is in court accused of greenwashing. What is the case about and why is it significant?

Fri 16 May 2025

Climate group alleges energy giant misled 400,000 customers about ‘Go Neutral’ product, arguing that carbon credits don’t actually remove emissions.

What Pope Leo means for global climate action and colonialism

Fri 16 May 2025

Pope Francis made a strong moral case for addressing climate change and respecting Indigenous rights. Will Leo do the same?

A soldier walks across a makeshift bridge of picnic tables to avoid flood waters at Camp Arifjan, Kuwait, in November 2018.

Running blind: The silencing and censoring of environmental threats to US national security

Fri 16 May 2025

Immediately after the inauguration of President Donald Trump in January 2025, his administration began purging environmental reports from the public record.

More Carbon News - International >

News Direct

More Carbon News - News Direct >

Budget 2025 needs to prioritise a thriving and resilient Pacific region

Fri 16 May 2025

Media release | World Vision New Zealand is urging the government to prioritise Pacific prosperity and resilience with strong investment in climate finance and foreign aid as part of Budget 2025.

NZ’s methane reducing vaccine selected as global finalist for Innovation Showcase

Fri 16 May 2025

Media release | New Zealand agricultural biotech company Lucidome Bio has been selected as one of just fourteen global finalists to pitch at the Animal Health, Nutrition and Technology Innovation USA event this week in Boston – a significant opportunity to showcase its world-first methane-reducing vaccine on the international stage.

Professor Brad Gregory will lead the Christians, Consumption, and Climate Change lecture at Otago University next week

CLIMATE CALENDAR

Fri 16 May 2025

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

Antarctic expedition unearths clues to climate catastrophe

Thu 15 May 2025

Media release | Rocks from the coldest continent hold clues to an extinction event 183 million years ago.

Ampol exits retail electricity, Meridian takes on customers

Wed 14 May 2025

Media release | Meridian Energy Limited (Meridian) has entered into an agreement with Z Energy (100% owned by Ampol Limited (Ampol) (that will see Flick and Z Energy customer contracts and the related hedge book move to Meridian.

More Carbon News - News Direct >
Carbon News

Subscriptions, Advertising & General

manager@carbonnews.co.nz

Editorial

news@carbonnews.co.nz

We welcome comments, news tips and suggestions - please also use this address to submit all media releases for News Direct).

Useful Links
Home About Carbon News Contact us Advertising Subscribe Service Policies
New Zealand
Politics Energy Agriculture Carbon emissions Transport Forestry Business
International
Australia United States China Europe United Kingdom Canada Asia Pacific Antarctic/Arctic Africa South America United Nations
Home
Markets
Analysis NZ carbon price
News Direct
Media releases Climate calendar

© 2008-2025 Carbon News. All Rights Reserved. • Your IP Address: 18.97.9.171 • User account: Sign In

Please wait...
Audit log: