![]() |
Climate Change Commission chair Dame Patsy Reddy and climate change minister Simon Watts. |
The Carbon News calendar of talks, events, conferences, consultations, and petitions related to climate change.
Climate Change Commission webinar about the Commission's adaptation work programme and National Climate Change Risk Assessment, and call for evidence, Tuesday 18 March, 12-1pm.
Climate Change and Business Conference, Monday 8 and Tuesday 9 September, Viaduct Events Centre, Auckalnd, online attendance available.
Adaptation Futures Conference, the United Nation's major conference aiming to accelerate climate adaptation, 13 to 16 October 2025, a hybrid event held in Otautahi Christchurch and online.
Fresk Events: These workshops are open to the general public and are run by Climate Fresk volunteers. The workshops will teach you how climate change works and empower you to take effective action as a citizen.
Chapter Zero NZ breakfast | The intersection of climate and the economy, with Minister of Finance Nicola Willis, Minister of Climate Change and Energy, Simon Watts, and Climate Change Commission chair Dame Patsy Reddy, 6:30am - 9:00am, 28 March, Hilton Auckland, 147 Quay Street.
Climate Change and Business Conference, Monday 8 and Tuesday 9 September, Viaduct Events Centre, online attendance available.
Tree Growth and Early Establishment Dynamics: Scion is hosting this conference on forest growth, which looks at achieving forest establishment success at scale to address climate, environmental, social and economic challenges around the world. 17-21 Mar, Rotorua.
![]() |
Scion is hosting Tree Growth and Early Establishment Dynamics. |
Adaptation Futures Conference, the United Nation's major conference aiming to accelerate climate adaptation, 13 to 16 October 2025, a hybrid event held in Otautahi Christchurch.
19 March, 18 June, 10 September, 3 December.
The government is calling for submissions on the Land Transport Management (Time of Use Charging) Amendment Bill. Submissions close at 11.59pm on Sunday 27 April.
The Future is Rail: Ensure replacement Cook Strait ferries can carry trains. Don’t cast the South Island adrift!
350 Aotearoa: Support community energy for a just transition, petition calling for a transition to community-owned renewable energy.
All Railways: Save Our National Passenger Rail Network.
Common Grace Aotearoa: Don't Subsidise Pollution: End Free Carbon Credits.
Consumer: petition for a product repairability label.
Greenpeace:
To House of Representatives: Bring back the Container Return Scheme
To NZ Parliament: Cut climate pollution from big dairy
To the Foreign Affairs Minister and the NZ Government: Create Global Ocean Sanctuaries
To Waimate District Council and Environment Canterbury: Oppose the Waste-to-Energy incinerator in the Waimate District
Latest announcements: file yours to editor@carbonnews.co.nz
Fiordland's marine habitats surveyed to develop first complete picture of biodiversity |
|
Monday - Media release | Scientists have long known Fiordland's marine habitats are home... |
|
Shifting climate behaviours tops conference agenda |
|
Friday - Carbon and Energy Professionals (CEP) has just announced the first Keynote... |
|
High share of quarterly renewable electricity generation as industrial demand for electricity fell |
|
Thursday - Media release | The latest Energy Quarterly data release from the Ministry of... |
|
Third NZ weed evolves Roundup resistance |
|
Thursday - Media release | Wild carrot could become difficult to control in vineyards,... |
|
EU carbon market on course for highest CO2 price in the world by 2030: report |
|
11 Mar 25 - Media release | LONDON: Europe's new Emissions Trading System is expected to... |
|
Major plan approved for sea-level rise in Lyttelton Harbour |
|
7 Mar 25 - Christchurch City Council has approved a 100-year plan for adapting public... |
|
The pot is already boiling for 2% of the world's amphibians |
|
6 Mar 25 - Media release | Amphibians are increasingly vulnerable to global warming,... |
|
Odds favour a warmer than usual autumn for parts of NZ |
|
5 Mar 25 - Media release | Seasonal air temperatures are expected to be above average for... |
|
Melting Antarctic ice sheets will slow Earth's strongest ocean current |
|
4 Mar 25 - Media release | Melting ice sheets are slowing the Antarctic Circumpolar... |
|
Half of Kiwis seek action on climate |
|
3 Mar 25 - One in two New Zealanders believe the Government should invest more to protect... |
|
Govt easing rules to drive investment in electricity |
|
27 Feb 25 - Media release | Restrictions on electricity lines companies investing in... |
|
Atlantic Ocean currents might withstand future warming |
|
27 Feb 25 - Media release | The Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC) may be... |
|
Research examines links between human and planetary health |
|
26 Feb 25 - Media release | Climate change and environmental degradation will cause new... |
|
Harvesting fog? |
|
24 Feb 25 - Media release | A field study spanning a year showed that water collected from... |
|
More Press Releases![]() |