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Oceanic and coastal water temperatures highest recorded

10 Jul 2024

Media release | Between 2022 and 2023, oceanic and coastal waters around Aotearoa New Zealand reached their warmest annual temperatures since the series began in 1982, according to data released by Stats NZ today.

Climate change is making scientists reassess what is "normal"

4 Jul 2024

Media release | NIWA has completed a major project to analyse how New Zealand’s "climate normals" are shifting.

Contact to develop a grid-scale 100 MW battery in Auckland

3 Jul 2024

Media release | Contact Energy has answered calls for more energy storage by contracting with Tesla to build a 100-megawatt battery.

EQC becomes Natural Hazards Commission under new legislation

2 Jul 2024

Media release | The Earthquake Commission (EQC) has today become the Natural Hazards Commission Toka Tū Ake.

Report urges broader focus beyond household food waste

1 Jul 2024

Media release | The Prime Minister's Chief Science Advisor (PMCSA), Dame Juliet Gerrard, has issued 27 recommendations to the government to reduce the billions of dollars of food wasted each year in New Zealand.

Cookstove projects on hold as Verra investigates allegations

27 Jun 2024

Media release | Verra has been informed of allegations concerning actions by Ken Newcombe, the former CEO of C-Quest Capital (C-Quest), reportedly resulting in the overissuance of carbon credits across 27 clean cookstove projects.

Wellington region's new low carbon transport strategy

26 Jun 2024

Media release | A new strategy released by Greater Wellington sets out a pathway to a low-carbon, resilient future, and the urgent action required to get there.

Kiwi drivers ready to embrace wireless EV technology

25 Jun 2024

Media release | Dynamic wireless charging technology allows electric vehicles to charge while in motion, offering a promising solution to the limitations of fixed charging stations.

Mayors come together to celebrate climate resource

24 Jun 2024

Media release | Two district mayors have come together to celebrate the partnership between their councils on a resource to help people wanting to think more about how they live.

Global survey reveals consensus for stronger climate action

24 Jun 2024

Media release | The overwhelming majority of people around the world want an end to geopolitical differences when it comes to fighting climate change, the results of a landmark public opinion poll conducted by the UN Development Programme.

Lodestone Energy partners with Haldon Station for continued expansion in the South Island

21 Jun 2024

Media release | Lodestone Energy, New Zealand’s leading solar generation company, has today announced a partnership with Haldon Station, located in the heart of the Mackenzie District, to build and operate a 220 MW utility-scale solar farm.

Energy transition momentum slowing amid rising global volatility, new report finds

21 Jun 2024

Media release | European countries lead the World Economic Forum Energy Transition Index 2024 rankings; Sweden comes top, followed by Denmark, Finland, Switzerland and France.

Exposing ‘risks hiding in plain sight’ – accounting for offshore carbon credits

20 Jun 2024

Media release | The McGuinness Institute has published a discussion paper on how New Zealand’s commitment to purchase offshore carbon credits under the Paris Agreement should appear in financial statements.

FMA and XRB issue user guides to help users of climate statements

20 Jun 2024

Media release | A jointly produced a set of guides have been designed to help people understand the Climate-related Disclosures regime, which are now starting to be published by climate reporting entities.

Conservation minister slammed for branding marine protection commitments “an aspiration, not an obligation”

19 Jun 2024

Media release | The World Wide Fund for Nature NZ has hit back at Conservation Minister Tama Potaka’s outrageous claim that protecting 30% of the ocean by 2030 is purely “an aspiration”.

NZGIF’s investment in rural energy boosting uptake of solar on dairy farms

17 Jun 2024

Media release | New Zealand Green Investment Finance’s (NZGIF) investment in Rural Energy is already helping accelerate the uptake of solar electricity generation on farms.

University of Canterbury research 'curbing our carbon conundrum'

14 Jun 2024

Media release | Crushing rocks, injecting CO underground, and burning trees; UC researchers are finding solutions to Aotearoa New Zealand’s 100 million tonne carbon problem.

Rangatahi gear up to tackle climate change in World Vision challenge

12 Jun 2024

Media release | A rugby star, prominent TikTok content creators, singer, actor, teacher and climate activist are just some of the well-known New Zealanders putting their names behind this year’s World Vision 40 Hour Challenge.

Basic income can double global GDP while reducing carbon emissions

11 Jun 2024

Media release | Giving a regular cash payment to the entire world population has the potential to increase global gross domestic product (GDP) by 130%.

Government signs Indo-Pacific economic agreements to boost trade

7 Jun 2024

Media release | Trade Minister Todd McClay and Climate Change Minister Simon Watts, today signed three Indo Pacific Economic Framework (IPEF) agreements that will boost investment, grow New Zealand’s digital and green economies and increase trade between New Zealand and the 14 IPEF partners.

Octopus Energy to pay households to use less power during winter

7 Jun 2024

Media release | Octopus Energy will pay its customers who reduce their electricity usage at peak times this winter under a newly launched scheme to help take pressure off the national grid and ensure security of supply when demand is highest.

No "silver bullet" for methane reduction on dairy farms, but...

7 Jun 2024

Media release | Last week, Te Puna Umanga Venture Taranaki, the regional development agency for Taranaki, hosted Mooving on Methane.

NZ to invest $20 million in renewable energy project for Niue

6 Jun 2024

Media release | Prime Minister Christopher Luxon and Niue Premier Dalton Tagelagi have agreed to enhance the special relationship that exists between their two countries.

Humanity must extract seven to nine billion tonnes of CO2 from the atmosphere every year

5 Jun 2024

Media release | New State of Carbon Dioxide Removal report shows the need for a much stronger set of policies.

National’s climate cuts will take us backwards

4 Jun 2024

Media release | The National Government has shown all their talk about meeting climate targets is just hot air as they cut more than $3 billion in climate-related work, said Labour climate spokesperson Megan Woods.

Tiwai smelter to stay open in 20-year deal

31 May 2024

Media release | The aluminium smelter at Tiwai in Southland has secured energy supply from three generators until at least 2044.

Huge gap between net zero and real zero: analysis

31 May 2024

Media release | Government overreliance on carbon dioxide removals to avoid the urgent need to make rapid deep cuts in emissions prolongs the use of fossil fuels.

New programme offers planet-friendly guidance for NZ’s not-for-profits

30 May 2024

Media release | Carbon footprint tracking expert Cogo has collaborated with the Terra Nova Foundation on a trailblazing ‘Earth positive’ (Earth+) programme.

Hutt City Council announces low carbon acceleration fund recipients

28 May 2024

Media release | Five organisations with a keen eye for reducing their emissions have been given the green light on their reduction initiatives.

Climate Change Commission chair to retire

27 May 2024

Media release | The Climate Change Commission Chair, Dr Rod Carr, has confirmed his plans to retire at the end of his term later this year, Climate Change Minister Simon Watts says.

Flood damage a growing risk for NZ’s kelp forests

27 May 2024

Media release | Timber slash and debris from flooding events is decimating Aotearoa New Zealand’s vital underwater kelp forests, a nationwide study shows.

New project targets methane reduction in dairy effluent ponds

23 May 2024

Media release | A new project led by Lincoln University and Ravensdown marks the next step towards providing farmers with a cost-effective tool to reduce methane emissions from effluent storage ponds.

Over 60% bounty increase for refrigerant recovery

22 May 2024

Media release | Cool-Safe is increasing Bounty Buy-Back payments from $25.00/kg to $40.00/kg for recovered synthetic refrigerants to help meet their target of 90% reduction of greenhouse gas emissions from F-gas discharge, by 2035.

Antarctica likely storing more carbon than previously thought

21 May 2024

Media release | Antarctica is likely a carbon storage powerhouse, according to NIWA.

Improving buildings could save NZ almost $40 billion

20 May 2024

Media release | Improving buildings could slash emissions equivalent to taking half our country’s petrol cars off the road.

Carbon pricing works: major meta-study

17 May 2024

Media release | Carbon pricing systems achieve between 5% and 21% emission reductions in their first few years of operation, according to a new study.

Fast-track applicant to pay $216,000 for failed mine bid

16 May 2024

Media release | A mining company that lobbied Resources Minister Shane Jones and RMA Reform Minister Chris Bishop to be fast-tracked has been ordered to pay more than $200,000 in court costs.

AgriZeroNZ invests $9.9M in US company in race for ‘holy grail’ methane vaccine

13 May 2024

Media release | AgriZeroNZ, the joint venture fast-tracking emissions reduction tools for Kiwi farmers, is doubling down on efforts to deliver a methane vaccine with an investment in US ag-biotech start-up, ArkeaBio.

Boost energy efficiency to slash coal imports and high power bills – it’s a no brainer

10 May 2024

Media release | Energy efficiency is an obvious way to fix New Zealand’s struggling power system, an energy efficiency expert says.

Climate now a housing issue: research reveals a whopping 90% want flood info when buying

9 May 2024

Media release | New nationwide research from insurers AMI, State and NZI released today reveals that climate concerns have grown to the point that 86% of people would now consider climate risk when choosing a home, compared to 55% only two years ago.

Low gas production threatens energy security

8 May 2024

Media release | Simeon Brown, Minister for Energy, and Shane Jones, Minister for Resources - There has been a material decline in gas production according to figures released today by the Gas Industry Co.

Midwives vital part of the solution to climate challenges

6 May 2024

Media release| Midwives may not be the first profession you think of when it comes to climate change but in a climate crisis they are an essential part of the emergency healthcare response.

Air New Zealand announces changes to Sustainability Advisory Panel

2 May 2024

Media release | Former Green Party co-leader and minister for climate change, James Shaw, is joining Air New Zealand's Sustainability Advisory Panel.

Contract awarded to recloak Coronet Forest

1 May 2024

Media release | The contract to deliver an aspirational vision to “recloak” Coronet Forest with native planting has been awarded to Te Tapu o Tāne and e3Scientific Limited.

Updated standard paves the way for introducing biomethane into existing gas pipeline network

30 Apr 2024

Media release: Gas NZ | The recent updating of the standard for reticulated natural gas by Standards New Zealand to allow for renewable gas to be injected into gas pipelines is a significant step towards New Zealand’s transition to renewable gas, GasNZ chief executive Jeffrey Clarke says.

Tzay is right to raise human rights concerns about carbon markets

29 Apr 2024

Media release | Amnesty International’s Advisor on Indigenous Rights, Chris Chapman has reacted to a call by the UN Special Rapporteur on the rights of Indigenous Peoples to consider a moratorium on carbon markets.

Ipsos Earth Day Report 2024 - NZ Edition

23 Apr 2024

Media release | Ipsos, one of the world’s leading market research companies, has released a 33-country study as part of Earth Day, looking at how attitudes to climate change are changing.

AgriZeroNZ investment in Biolumic to shine light on low emissions pasture solution

19 Apr 2024

Media release | AgriZeroNZ, the joint venture fast-tracking emissions reduction tools for farmers, is investing up to $5 million (USD $3million) in BioLumic, an agriculture biotech company utilising ultraviolet (UV) light to develop a low emissions farm pasture with increased productivity gains.