Markets: Analysis
Here’s a way to make carbon markets work better
11 Apr 2016
Carbon markets could play a crucial role in delivering promises made at the Paris climate conference.
Major bank sees 2020 Asia-Pacific carbon market
8 Apr 2016
An Asia-Pacific regional carbon market could emerge after 2020, a new report suggests.
Don't do what NZ did, warns ADB
8 Apr 2016
The dramatic undermining of New Zealand’s carbon prices by cheap foreign offsets is being used as a lesson in what not to do when setting up an emissions trading scheme.
CARBON CLIMBS: Price up 23% in four months
7 Apr 2016
Carbon prices continue their long climb out of the doldrums, rising 23 per cent this year alone.
Fiscal risk of climate change is in the trillions
5 Apr 2016
Nearly $NZ35 trillion worth of global financial assets could be at risk from climate change, a new report is warning.
Emitters miss deadline ... but can still file
4 Apr 2016
Some emitters failed to get their 2015 returns in by last Thursday’s deadline.
D-day for emitters ... but not everyone will make it
31 Mar 2016
Today is the last day for emitters to file returns for 2015. And inevitably, there will be some who don’t.
We're going to cost a little more
31 Mar 2016
As announced earlier this year, Carbon News’ subscription prices will rise tomorrow, for the first time in eight years.
Spot NZUs steady at $11.05
24 Mar 2016
Carbon opened this morning with spot NZUs $10.95 bid and $11.15 offered, after closing $11.05 last night.
Ex-NZ carbon registry has role in $19 billion deal
22 Mar 2016
A carbon and environmental registry founded in New Zealand is now part of a new British-American company formed in a $19.2 billion deal.
Cold-blooded Buffett tells investors to buy into Noah's Law
2 Mar 2016
As Warren Buffett spelled out to his investors this week, the billionaire’s attitude toward climate change is not really laissez-faire, but rather one of sang-froid.
Why sea lions are not great fans of eco tourism
1 Mar 2016
Eco tourism might be good for business, but it can be bad for species like the New Zealand sea lion, new research shows.
Green bond market aims to raise fighting fund
1 Mar 2016
Businesses are setting up a global green bond market to raise finance to combat the effects of climate change.
Market likes minister's carbon price comment
23 Feb 2016
The market is firming on the back of news that Climate Change Minister Paula Bennett expects carbon prices to rise.
Carbon getting busy, so we're coming to you daily
22 Feb 2016
Carbon News was founded in 2008 with a vision of a daily news service for a vibrant market.
NZUs continue to flow
12 Feb 2016
Spot NZUs closed last night at $9.27. The market is currently bid/offered at $9.20/$9.40. OMFinancial reports:
Busy day for carbon yesterday
27 Jan 2016
Spot NZUs closed last night at $9.55. OMFinancial reports:
Paris aside, all will be revealed in the ETS review
25 Jan 2016
Is the Paris Agreement a cause for celebration? Carbon Market Solutions director WAYNE KING takes a look:
Carbon closing in on $10 mark
18 Jan 2016
Carbon has started the year with a bang, trading good volume at prices pushing toward $10.
Target in sight ... but we're dining on leftovers
18 Jan 2016
New Zealand will meet its 2020 emissions reduction target – thanks to a surplus of units left over from 2012, latest government figures show.
Carbon settled on quiet market
18 Dec 2015
The carbon market was quiet yesterday, with the market settling at $9.22. OMFinancial reports:
NZUs at $9.25
17 Dec 2015
Carbon consolidated yesterday, in what is seen as a pause before we move higher. OMFinancial reports:
NZUs touch $9.30
15 Dec 2015
Carbon continues to surprise to the upside; as tipped yesterday, the $8.95 offer was taken out and the $9.00 level was breached. OMFinancial reports:
Carbon prices lift 50% since beginning of year
15 Dec 2015
Carbon prices are closing the year 50 per cent up on where they started the 12 months.
Spot NZUs trade up to $8.55
4 Dec 2015
Spot carbon traded $8.55 yesterday on small volume. OMFinancial reports:
Another day another high
3 Dec 2015
NZUs traded up to $8.50 yesterday on 15,000 units. OMFinancial reports:
Buy this market
2 Dec 2015
Spot NZUs traded up to $8.45 yesterday on 150,000 tonnes, as several buyers moved into the market. OMFinancial reports:
$8.50 here we come
1 Dec 2015
Spot NZUs continue to rally and are now charging at $8.50. OMFinancial reports:
NZUs offered at $8.35
30 Nov 2015
Carbon continues to firm, with the market last trading at $8.35. OMFinancial reports:
Carbon closes at $8.20
27 Nov 2015
Carbon remained well bid yesterday, closing at $8.20. OMFinancial reports:
NZUs smash through $8 to a high of $8.20
26 Nov 2015
Yesterday’s offer for 143,000 NZUs at $8 was cleaned out early afternoon. OMFinancial reports:
NZUs continue their climb
25 Nov 2015
We traded small volume at $7.85 yesterday, and have cleared $7.90 today. OMFinancial reports:
$8 looking better by the day
24 Nov 2015
NZUs traded at $7.80 yesterday on good volume. OMFinancial reports:
Rising sea levels ... we've been there before
23 Nov 2015
Rising sea levels have been in the news lately, with the release of the Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment’s report into their likely impact on New Zealand. But while we tend to think of our coastline as fixed, it is anything but.
Volume available at $8
20 Nov 2015
Forty thousand NZUs traded between $7.70 and $7.75 yesterday, and we have opened this morning $7.60/7.85. OMFinancial reports:
NZUs trade up to $7.65
19 Nov 2015
NZUs traded 20k yesterday, closing at $7.65. OMFinancial reports:
Interest in call options grows
11 Nov 2015
NZUs firmed up yesterday, last trading at $7.25.OMFinancial reports:
Carbon on target for $8 by year-end
9 Nov 2015
NZUs closed at $7.25 on Friday, after hitting $7.30 earlier in the week on very good volumes. OMFinancial reports:
Legal experts sue Climate minister over ‘glaring holes’ in climate plan
Wed 11 Jun 2025
By Liz Kivi | Legal experts are taking the government to court over its Emissions Reduction Plan, alleging it fails to fulfil basic requirements of the law – with one of the arguments focussing on an over-reliance on tree-planting.
Electric firebricks: decarbonising high-temperature industrial heat
Fri 13 Jun 2025
By Ian Mason | A new technology could offer a more cost-effective solution than hydrogen to decarbonise one ‘hard-to-abate’ sector of New Zealand’s economy, as well as having ample potential for demand response as the electricity grid becomes more renewable.
Flurry of govt announcements at Fieldays
Thu 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.
Tech alone won’t save us, warns climate expert
4 Jun 2025
By Shannon Morris-Williams | Technology alone won't be enough to reach net zero emissions, environmental psychologist Lorraine Whitmarsh told the Carbon and Energy Professionals conference in Auckland last week.
“It’s not the car – it’s how we move” – EECA
3 Jun 2025
By Shannon Morris-Williams| New Zealand’s transport emissions conversation has focused heavily on electric vehicles – but Richard Briggs, group manager, delivery and partnerships at the Energy Efficiency and Conservation Authority, says we’re asking the wrong question.
Forestry consents and relaxed rules in erosion zones sow seeds of future disaster
Fri 13 Jun 2025
OPINION: The government’s move to restrict exotic forestry on our best food-growing soils will push even more forestry investment onto high erosion risk land on the East Coast, with the worst land becoming the only land left for the most intensive and destructive land use, writes Manu Caddie
Kiwi cleantech companies on the world stage
27 May 2025
Six New Zealand 'cleantech' companies were in Singapore earlier this month, along with a venture capital firm and the MacDiarmid Institute, to meet investors and multinational partners.
