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10 YEARS AGO...
9 Nov 2021
Ten years ago, a major international study found that wind power generation was being hampered by a lack of available capital.
Australasia’s biggest ever electric bus order
9 Nov 2021
Media Release - AUSTRALAISA'S biggest electric bus order has been announced, in a partnership between Auckland Transport (AT) and NZ Bus.
Electric revolution for Christchurch’s Orbiter fleet
9 Nov 2021
Media Release - The popular Orbiter bus route has, from this week, seven new electric vehicles joining its ranks, as Christchurch’s fleet of electric and ultra-low emission vehicles grows.
The Warehouse and Westpac NZ Sign $70m sustainability-linked loan
9 Nov 2021
Media Release - The Warehouse Group will have to meet five sustainability performance goals including sustainable packaging, carbon emissions and gender targets to receive discounted rates, under a trailblazing Sustainability-Linked Loan agreed with Westpac NZ.
10 YEARS AGO...
8 Nov 2021
Ten years ago, professor Ralph Sims, an IPCC author, called on Solid Energy to ditch its lignite mining plans.
Advocating household climate actions reduces support for more effective policy
8 Nov 2021
Media Release - Telling people how to save energy lowers their support for government policy on climate change, new research has found.
Over 560 groups worldwide endorse ‘People’s Declaration’ for radical food systems
8 Nov 2021
Media Release - Amid the ongoing COP 26 in Glasgow, the Global People’s Summit (GPS) on Food Systems announced that 566 groups from 78 countries have endorsed its resulting Declaration that calls for people’s rights to just, equitable, healthy, and sustainable food systems and the end of corporate monopoly control.
10 YEARS AGO...
5 Nov 2021
Ten years ago, Carbon News was reporting that internal Labour Party polling showed the environment was likely to be a vote winning issue in the upcoming election.
Australia’s climate obstruction in the Pacific revealed: Greenpeace
5 Nov 2021
The Australian government uses bullying tactics in regional negotiations on climate change, according to former Pacific Island leaders interviewed by Greenpeace Australia Pacific, including former Kiribati President Anote Tong and Bikenibeu Paeniu, Former Prime Minister of Tuvalu.
10 YEARS AGO...
4 Nov 2021
Ten years ago, a major gas outage that resulted in Fonterra shutting down 15 milk processing plants, saw the Forestry Association encouraging energy users to replace fossil fuels with biofuels.
UN secretary-general issues new global roadmap
4 Nov 2021
Media Release - As pressure mounts for urgent climate action, UN Secretary-General António Guterres today issued a global roadmap to achieve a radical transformation of energy access and transition by 2030, while also contributing to net zero emissions by 2050.
10 YEARS AGO...
3 Nov 2021
Ten years ago, Straterra, the mining and minerals lobby group, were promoting a report that claimed carbon capture was a viable option for decarbonising New Zealand's fossil fuel energy generators.
University of Canterbury researches decarbonising Antarctic science
3 Nov 2021
Media Release - A UC research project evaluating the feasibility of hydrogen production in Antarctica could help to reduce carbon emissions in the future by replacing fossil fuels with a zero-carbon alternative.
10 YEARS AGO...
2 Nov 2021
Ten years ago, the then-PM John Key conceded that- despite what he had told the BBC's Hardtalk programme earlier in the year - many New Zealand rivers were polluted.
Climate-friendly Let's Get Wellington Moving options revealed
2 Nov 2021
Media Release - Let’s Get Wellington Moving has officially unveiled four options to help transform the Capital, focused on mass rapid transit, improvements at the Basin Reserve and an extra Mt Victoria Tunnel as part of a multi-billion dollar plan to move more people with fewer vehicles, enable more housing, and help reduce carbon emissions.
Aotearoa joins International Climate Council Network
2 Nov 2021
He Pou a Rangi, New Zealand’s Climate Change Commission has joined forces with a group of international evidence-based climate advisors in an effort to deliver on global climate action.
10 YEARS AGO...
1 Nov 2021
Ten years ago, the New Economic Party was launched. It claimed to be based on green business principles and included former Green Party members among its founders.
10 YEARS AGO...
29 Oct 2021
Ten years ago, a conference of international climate change scientists held in Wellington called for the establishment of an international auditing system to measure the emissions of individual countries.
New Zealand public housing pilot to feature at COP26
29 Oct 2021
Media Release - An innovative new Kâinga Ora public housing pilot tackling climate change in the built environment will feature on the world stage at the United Nations Climate Conference (COP26).
10 YEARS AGO...
28 Oct 2021
Ten years ago, a leak at the Maui gas field saw dairy companies unable to process milk and farmers forced to dump unprocessed milk.
Wellington joins global race for climate action
28 Oct 2021
Media Release - Wellington has been welcomed into the global Cities Race to Zero initiative, joining cities around the world in a collective pledge to halve carbon emissions by 2030 – and become a net zero carbon capital by 2050.
10 YEARS AGO...
27 Oct 2021
Ten years ago, submissions on whether industrial gas CERs - sometimes called hot air credits - should be banned from the NZ ETS were about to close.
UN praises updated NDCs but still"nowhere near goal"
27 Oct 2021
Media release - New or updated climate action plans by governments can be effective in reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, but greater efforts are needed to keep global warming at bay, the UN climate change office says.
10 YEARS AGO...
26 Oct 2021
Ten years ago, Dr Pieter Tans, of the Earth System Research Laboratory in Boulder, Colorado, visited Aotearoa with a stark warning: It's not possible for economic growth to continue indefinitely. (A decade later, it's not clear anyone was listening.)
'Landmark Decision’ gives legal teeth to protect environmental defenders
26 Oct 2021
Media Release - A 46-strong group of countries across the wider European region has agreed to establish a new legally binding mechanism that would protect environmental defenders, the UN Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) says.
10 YEARS AGO...
22 Oct 2021
Ten years ago, a plan to power Stewart Island with 100% renewable energy - including a wave-energy plant - was announced.
NZ dairy industry linked to illegal Indonesian palm oil plantations: Greenpeace
22 Oct 2021
Media Release - A new report released today by Greenpeace Indonesia, " Deceased Estate: Illegal palm oil wiping out Indonesia’s national forest", reveals that illegal palm oil plantations are destroying protected Indonesian rainforests and other habitats, and New Zealand’s industrial dairy sector is a major beneficiary.
10 YEARS AGO...
21 Oct 2021
Ten years ago, Australia's CSIRO released research indicating that the amount of methane emitted from cattle fed on tropical grasses in northern Australia was up to 30% less than those emitted in the non-tropical south.
10 YEARS AGO...
20 Oct 2021
Ten years ago, forestry owners who hadn't taken advantage of an opt out clause in the ETS were being warned they could be hit with huge bills come harvesting and the compulsory surrender of carbon credits.
Victoria University Prof joins Bill Gate's Breakthrough Energy Fellows
20 Oct 2021
Media Release - Dr Franck Natali, Associate Professor at Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington and Wellington UniVentures’ Innovator-in-Residence, has been accepted on to the inaugural Breakthrough Energy Fellows Program to develop his work into revolutionising the way ammonia is produced.
10 YEARS AGO...
19 Oct 2021
Ten years ago, Waikato University released research which revealed a "sustainability divide" between those businesses responding to the recession by dropping their environmental commitments and those that doubled down on them.
Climate aid boost the wrong move at the wrong time: National
19 Oct 2021
Media Release - The Government’s decision to commit $1.3 billion over four years to support poorer countries to deal with climate change is the wrong one, given New Zealand is still struggling with lockdowns which have no end in sight, National’s Climate Change Spokesperson Stuart Smith says.
Climate aid boost a fantastic outcome: Oxfam
19 Oct 2021
Media Release - Today's announcement is a fantastic outcome for communities on the frontlines of climate change, Oxfam Aotearoa Executive Director Rachael Le Mesurier said in response to the $1.3 billion the Government has promised in climate finance over the next four years.
10 YEARS AGO...
18 Oct 2021
Ten years ago, a Waikato University report warned that accountants would lose business to other experts if they didn't pick up their game when it came to including sustainability in their accounts.
10 YEARS AGO...
15 Oct 2021
Ten years ago, the Gillard Government in Australia announced a $10 billion Clean Energy Finance Corporation.
Sustainable transport key to combating climate change: UN
15 Oct 2021
Media Release - From electric cars and buses to zero-carbon producing energy sources, new and emerging technologies along with innovative policy changes, are critical for combating climate change. But to be effective, they must ensure that transport strategies benefit everyone, including the poorest, a multi-agency UN report says.
10 YEARS AGO...
14 Oct 2021
Ten years ago, the Gillard government in Australia passed green energy legislation that put a price on carbon for the first time. It was described as an "historic moment."
Contract awarded to power NZ Battery investigation
14 Oct 2021
A consortium of specialist firms has been awarded a major contract to advance the New Zealand Battery Project’s feasibility investigation into a pumped hydro storage scheme at Lake Onslow, the Minister of Energy and Resources Megan Woods has announced.
Cash injection For ‘pine to natives’ forest conversion project
14 Oct 2021
The country’s largest ‘pine to natives’ forest conversion project has been given a $15,000 cash injection by a leading producer of radiata pine products.
10 YEARS AGO...
13 Oct 2021
Ten years ago, an Australian forestry investors predicted there would be growing interest in our forest as carbon sinks from across the Tasman.
Trade can play pivotal role in tackling climate change: UN
13 Oct 2021
A new United Nations report has underscored an urgent need for economies in the Asia-Pacific region to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, including to maintain their trade competitiveness as carbon taxes at borders become more likely.
10 YEARS AGO...
12 Oct 2021
Ten years ago, Philips received a UN-back award for its work in developing LED lighting.
States can be held accountable for climate change effects on the young: UN Child Rights Committee
12 Oct 2021
Media Release - In a historic ruling on the harmful effects of climate change on children’s rights, the Child Rights Committee has found that a State party can be held responsible for the negative impact of its carbon emissions on the rights of children both within and outside its territory.
45,000,000 doctors call for urgent action on climate change
12 Oct 2021
Media Release - Ambitious national climate commitments are crucial for States to sustain a healthy, green recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a new UN health agency report launched on Monday in the lead-up to the COP26 climate change conference in Glasgow, Scotland.
10 YEARS AGO...
11 Oct 2021
Ten years ago, Treasury reported that due to a drop in emissions, New Zealand was $17 million better off in terms of its Kyoto position than it was the previous year.
10 YEARS AGO...
8 Oct 2021
Ten years ago, a report was predicting chocolate would become a luxury only the wealthiest could afford due to climate change.
Hack the planet competition 2021 finalists announced
8 Oct 2021
Media Release - After an unprecedented pan-Commonwealth search for innovative satellite-driven solutions to tackle the challenges of the climate emergency and ocean sustainability, the Satellite Applications Catapult and the Commonwealth Secretariat are delighted to announce the inaugural finalists of the Hack the Planet competition 2021.
New million dollar waste sorting facility to open in Taranaki
8 Oct 2021
Media Release - A game-changing $1.2 million rubbish facility for building and business waste is coming to New Plymouth District. The New Plymouth District Council (NPDC) will open a waste sorting facility on Colson Road for business waste in the first half of next year. The Ministry for the Environment is paying $420,550 with the rest coming from NPDC’s Solid Waste fund and user charges.
10 YEARS AGO...
7 Oct 2021
Ten years ago, the UN was warning that climate change would lead to tens of millions of refugees if action was taken urgently.
New courses focus on climate action, activism and creating vision
Fri 12 Sep 2025
Media release | Dark Times Academy’s final lineup of courses for 2025, launching in mid-September, will focus on taking action on climate, learning about practical activism, and creating visions for the future.
