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New platform sets new record price
22 Feb 2021
THE COUNTRY’S newest carbon platform has done its first trade.
Sign up for first carbon auction now
18 Feb 2021
The Government’s new carbon-auctioning website is live.
Deadline set for auction collateral
16 Feb 2021
If you are planning on taking part in the country's first carbon auction, you have until March 10 to hand over your collateral.
MARKET LATESTl NZUs $39.10
10 Feb 2021
Spot NZUs opened at $38.60 bid and $39.60 offered on CommTrade this morning, after last fixing at $39.10.
Carbon hits new record-high
2 Feb 2021
Carbon prices are trading at record prices in the wake of the release of draft recommendations for the country's first carbon budgets.
$50 is not a price cap, says NZX
29 Jan 2021
Domestic carbon prices could go above $50 a tonne even if the new cost-containment reserve is triggered.
Auction platform passes first test
28 Jan 2021
New Zealand’s new carbon-auctioning seems to be working smoothly.
Auctioning system to be tested
13 Jan 2021
Simulated auctions of NZUs will be held on January 27 and 28 to test whether the country is ready for the new auctioning regime.
MARKEST LATEST: NZUs $37.62
23 Dec 2020
Spot NZUs opened at $37.50 bid and $37.75 offered on CommTrade this morning, after last fixing at $37.62.
Carbon continues its bull run
10 Dec 2020
Spot NZUs have hit $38 just two days after reaching $37, tempting sellers back into the market.
Carbon hits yet another high
9 Dec 2020
Carbon prices crashed through the $37.50 mark yesterday, closing at a record $37.55 on both CommTrade and Carbon Match.
Carbon prices keep climbing
8 Dec 2020
Carbon prices pushed higher again yesterday, making daily gains of 1.64 per cent on both major trading platforms.
Carbon on a barn-storming run
7 Dec 2020
Carbon prices are continuing their climb, recording gains of almost 50 per cent for the year.
Surging prices see carbon up 47% in a year
4 Dec 2020
Carbon prices continued their upward charge yesterday, gaining 25 cents to contribute to a phenomenal 47 per cent rise over a year.
Record price for NZ carbon
3 Dec 2020
New Zealand carbon prices have broken through a new price barrier, with spot NZUs now trading more than $1 above the fixed-price option.
Big prices but little supply in NZ carbon market
19 Nov 2020
Carbon prices are continuing to climb, with sellers now seeking up to $35.90 for spot NZUs.
Reluctant sellers push carbon to a new high
18 Nov 2020
Carbon prices are hitting new highs, with spot NZUs trading at $35.70 on CommTrade this morning.
US and Europe want our carbon credits
16 Nov 2020
International interest is growing in New Zealand’s carbon market as units hit record prices.
Carney calls for credible voluntary carbon market
12 Nov 2020
United Nations special envoy and former Bank of England Governor Mark Carney wants stronger quality control on voluntary carbon markets to meet growing business demand.
NZX wants 'efficient' links to secondary market
22 Oct 2020
The Government’s new carbon-auctioning site could be connected to platforms in the secondary market.
Carbon auctioning platform operator revealed
21 Oct 2020
NZX has won the right to set up and operate the Government’s carbon-auctioning platform.
Election has little impact on carbon markets
20 Oct 2020
Carbon markets have barely reacted to the general election, which returned Labour to power with an absolutely majority and arguably an endorsement of its actions on climate change.
MARKEST LATEST: NZUs $35
17 Sep 2020
Spot NZUs opened at $34.90 bid and $35.20 offered on CommTrade this morning after last fixing at $35.
Carbon hits a new high and looks set to go higher
16 Sep 2020
New Zealand carbon prices have broken through the $35 expected to act as a price cap and are being tipped to go higher.
ANZ cracking down on customers' carbon footprints
10 Sep 2020
A major New Zealand bank is asking its biggest-emitting customers to explain how they will reduce their carbon footprints.
Where the Redd went wrong
18 Aug 2020
International conservation is known for its pursuit of global, ‘win-win’ solutions that seek to simultaneously address multiple environmental and social issues. But few proposed solutions have offered as much hope, and been so energetically embraced, as REDD+.
Has our 2030 carbon debt just got bigger?
14 Aug 2020
More than a fifth of New Zealand’s greenhouse gas emissions last year were covered by the fixed-price option, potentially increasing the size of the country’s 2030 carbon liability.
John Kerry backs new carbon-price ETF
4 Aug 2020
John Kerry is betting that Wall Street will succeed where governments failed in the fight against climate change.
Carbon sets yet another price record
31 Jul 2020
Spot NZUs are through $34 as they continue to smash records.
Domestic carbon prices continue to climb
23 Jul 2020
Domestic carbon prices hit another record yesterday, with spot NZUs trading at $33.55.
MARKET REPORT: NZUs $33.55
23 Jul 2020
Spot NZUs opened at $33.15 bid and $33.55 offered on the CommTrade platform this morning, after last fixing at $33.55.
Carbon prices climb to new high
22 Jul 2020
New Zealand carbon prices continue their record run and are set to go higher, if Europe is anything to go by.
MARKET LATEST: NZUs $33.00
21 Jul 2020
Spot NZUs opened at $32.50 bid and $33.25 offered on the CommTrade platform this morning, after last fixing at $33.00.
How banks are trying to capture the green transition
17 Jul 2020
Private-sector banks in the UK should have a central role in financing climate action and supporting a just transition to a low carbon economy, says a new report.
Carbon falls on smelter news
10 Jul 2020
Carbon prices have reacted to yesterday’s news that one of the country’s biggest electricity users and emitters of greenhouses gases is shutting up shop.
Carbon climbs to another new high
9 Jul 2020
New Zealand carbon prices are at a new high – but sellers are still not coming to the party.
Pundits predict carbon is going higher
2 Jul 2020
New Zealand carbon prices are at record levels, but how high are they going?
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.
Carbon News publishes ten-year NZU forward curve
10 Dec 2025
Carbon News has published a new ten-year NZU forward curve mapping how carbon prices could evolve through to 2035 under a range of policy and market conditions.
