Markets: Analysis
MARKET LATEST NZUs $31.90
26 Jun 2020
Spot NZUs opened at $31.70 bid and $32.00 offered on the CommTrade platform this morning, after last fixing at $31.90.
Carbon forward units pass $35 price cap
11 Jun 2020
Carbon hit new record prices yesterday, with forward units now more expensive than the unofficial $35 price cap.
Carbon prices stick to the upward trail
10 Jun 2020
Carbon prices are pushing on towards $31 today as the New Zealand market continues a bull run.
NEWSFLASH: Carbon hits historic high
9 Jun 2020
New Zealand's carbon market has broken the $30 barrier.
Carbon price sits at record mark
9 Jun 2020
New Zealand carbon is at record prices after five days of trading pushed spot NZUs up 15 per cent.
NEWSFLASH - NZ carbon hits historic high
28 May 2020
New Zealand’s carbon market has broken the $30 barrier.
WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW ...
25 May 2020
Horizons Regional Council is expected to approve its 2020/21 annual plan today, with $175,000 going to assessing the region’s vulnerability to climate change.
Emission trading changes will have to wait
26 Mar 2020
Changes to the Emissions Trading Scheme are in lockdown along with the rest of the country.
Carbon markets will keep the doors open
25 Mar 2020
New Zealand’s carbon markets will continue trading through the covid-19 pandemic shutdown.
Carbon News still coming your way
25 Mar 2020
New Zealand will be under a state of emergency from tomorrow, with all non-essential movement and contact banned.
Carbon prices suffer as global economy sweats
19 Mar 2020
The global economic downturn brought on by the Covid-19 pandemic is hitting carbon prices.
Customers made the call, says new carbon operator
18 Mar 2020
The operator of a new carbon-trading platform says it is responding to demand from its customers.
Transpower moves into carbon trading
17 Mar 2020
Transpower is moving into the carbon-trading business.
Lack of global market hurts offsets investment
13 Feb 2020
The lack of a global carbon-trading market is holding back investment in offsets, a new report says.
ETS proposals bring record carbon prices
28 Jan 2020
New Zealand carbon prices have shot to record levels on the back of proposed changes to the Emissions Trading Scheme.
WANTED: Someone to run carbon-credit auctions
21 Nov 2019
The Government is looking for someone to build and run its new carbon-credit-auctioning platform.
Govt eyes bid limits for carbon credit auctions
15 Nov 2019
The Government is looking at setting a maximum bid lot to stop a handful of entities getting control of the New Zealand carbon market.
Businesses demand action, says UN climate chief
18 Jun 2019
Businesses are demanding the development of international carbon markets as the world battles a climate emergency, negotiators have heard overnight.
Global carbon markets in the spotlight
17 Jun 2019
Rules governing the development of international carbon markets will be top of the agenda at international climate talks this week.
Could your idea save the world?
27 May 2019
Got an idea to save the world? It might just qualify for support under a new billion-dollar scheme.
NZ drives global nature-first campaign
20 May 2019
New Zealand is leading a push to use nature to avert a climate catastrophe.
NEWSFLASH: $25 price cap on the way out
16 May 2019
THE $25 price-cap on New Zealand carbon will be gone by the end of 2022 and a price floor is a possibility, the Government has just announced. Full details in tomorrow morning’s Carbon News.
Pioneer carbon trader to change hands
20 Mar 2019
The trading house that 10 years ago today handled the first trade under New Zealand’s Emissions Trading Scheme is about to change hands.
Aussies polish off green (but not as clean) Kiwis
8 Mar 2019
It mightn’t be greener, but Australia is cleaner than New Zealand, a new report says.
MARKET REPORT: NZUs $25.05
30 Jan 2019
Spot NZUs opened at $25.05 bid and $25.20 offered this morning, after last fixing at $25.05.
We're about to get funds trading in carbon
16 Oct 2018
New Zealand is about to get a managed funds service based on carbon.
MARKET REPORT: NZUs $25.03
21 Sep 2018
Spot NZUs opened at $24.95 bid and $25.12 offered this morning, after last fixing at $25.03.
Global carbon prices too low, warns OECD
20 Sep 2018
Carbon prices in major advanced economies are too low to cut greenhouse gas emissions and stave off the worst effects of climate change, says the OECD.
Calls for Government to act as carbon tops $25
31 Aug 2018
New Zealand carbon is trading over the unofficial cap price of $25, prompting new calls for the Government to hedge the country’s looming carbon debt.
MARKET REPORT: NZUs $24.20
16 Aug 2018
Spot NZUs opened at $24.05 bid and $24.35 offered this morning, after last fixing at $24.20.
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18 Jul 2018
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Z Energy sinks $1.5m into forestry credits
10 Jul 2018
New Zealand’s voluntary carbon market has had a huge boost with the purchase of $1.5 million worth of forestry credits by one of the companies driving corporate support for the low-carbon economy.
TIME'S UP: It's Surrender Day for carbon emitters
31 May 2018
Today is Emissions Trading Scheme Surrender Day – the last day for emitters to surrender units to cover their emissions last year.
Shaw set to talk carbon markets in China
29 May 2018
Climate minister James Shaw is to visit the world’s largest carbon market – China.
Carbon markets back from the brink, says World Bank
25 May 2018
Global carbon markets have been brought back from the brink of collapse by recent developments providing a much-needed boost, according to the World Bank.
MARKET REPORT: NZUs $21.35
9 May 2018
Spot NZUs opened at $21.35 bid and $21.50 offered this morning, after last fixing at $21.35.
MARKET REPORT: NZUs $20.94
19 Mar 2018
Spot NZUs opened at $20.90 bid and $21.00 offered this morning, after last fixing at $20.94.
Early days, but Govt is talking to global markets
7 Mar 2018
The Government says it’s not yet formally involved in any moves to link the Emissions Trading Scheme to other markets, but it is talking to them.
NZ still sets the pace in world of trading schemes
1 Mar 2018
Fifteen per cent of global greenhouse gas emissions are now covered by trading schemes.
NZ could do good carbon deal now, says trader
20 Feb 2018
The Government could hedge against its $10 billion future carbon bill now – with a money-back guarantee, says carbon trader Nigel Brunel.
Carbon breaks through $20 mark
7 Dec 2017
New Zealand carbon is selling for more than $20 a tonne for the first time since March 2011 – and it’s expected to go higher.
Broker backs hedging with European units
20 Nov 2017
Entities with future carbon liabilities should be thinking about hedging with European units – and that includes the country itself, says a leading carbon broker.
Papers show official eyes on cutting free credits
16 Nov 2017
Government officials have looked at cutting the allocation of free credits to some industrial emitters by between 1 per cent and 3 per cent a year.
ETS explained...in video
7 Nov 2017
WANTING TO explain how an emissions tradiing regime can cut greenhouse gas emissions, or having trouble understanding it yourself?
Carbon on a new six-year high
6 Nov 2017
New Zealand carbon has finally burst through the $19 barrier, after hovering teasingly below the mark since October's general election.
MARKET REPORT: NZUs $18.40
20 Oct 2017
Spot NZUs closed yesterday at $18.35 bid and $18.40 offered, after last fixing at $18.40.
MARKET REPORT: NZUs $18.35
5 Sep 2017
Spot NZUs opened today at $18.25 bid and $18.55 offered, after last fixing at $18.35.
Analysts up EU carbon price forecasts
13 Apr 2017
Analysts have significantly increased their forecasts for European carbon prices in the bloc's Emission Trading System for 2018 and 2019 to take into account the progress made in market reforms designed to curb oversupply.
NZ-China work on links despite carbon tax talk
17 Mar 2017
Work on developing carbon-trading links between New Zealand and China is continuing, despite a report this week that China might go to a carbon tax instead of a national emissions trading scheme.
Debanking debate heats up as deadline looms for submissions on NZ First bill
Today 10:30am
By Shannon Morris-Williams | The debate over so-called “woke banking” is back in the spotlight as the deadline approaches for public input on NZ First’s Debanking Bill.
SolarZero liquidation complex - but sale possible
Today 10:30am
It will likely take a long time to sort out the complexities around the liquidation of SolarZero, with a series of claims against the company adding to the myriad complexities in arrangements set up to manage its contracts and obligations.
Flurry of govt announcements at Fieldays
12 Jun 2025
The government has come up with a solar energy package for farms, a new grass-fed certification scheme for meat and dairy, and a supplier agreement for carpets in new state homes - all part of the annual flurry of politicians’ Fieldays announcements.
Mangroves' overlooked climate role
Mon 30 Jun 2025
By Shannon Morris-Williams | New Zealand’s mangrove forests are pulling tens of thousands of tonnes of carbon from the atmosphere each year, yet their climate benefits remain unrecognised in national emissions reporting.
How flying can be a climate solution
16 Jun 2025
By Paul Callister and Robert McLachlan - Planetary Ecology | How can aviation contribute to tackling climate change when no practicable technology-based solutions are on the horizon?
Bill to limit farm-to-forest conversions passes first reading
Fri 27 Jun 2025
By Shannon Morris-Williams | The government's bill aiming to limit farm-to-forestry conversions in the Emissions Trading Scheme passed its first reading in Parliament this week, however concerns were raised over rushing it through under urgency, with less than two weeks allowed for public submissions.
IRD will stop using wetland destruction in ‘how-to’ for claiming expenses
Fri 27 Jun 2025
By Liz Kivi | Environmental organisation Forest & Bird has welcomed the Inland Revenue’s decision to stop using wetland destruction as an example of a tax-deductible agricultural expense in future guidance.
