New Zealand: Carbon emissions

Consultation on standard for measuring biogas and biomethane carbon intensity

19 Feb 2025

As biomethane and biogas become more common, New Zealand needs a consistent approach to measuring the carbon intensity of these fuels, according to the Bioenergy Association.

Genesis stocks up on coal

18 Feb 2025

Genesis Energy is prepared to burn up to 1.2 million tonnes of coal at Huntly Power Station this winter.

Finding the recipe for a low carbon diet

3 Dec 2024

COMMENT: The majority of New Zealanders could easily blow their entire two-tonne carbon budget just on food. However, not all foods are created equal, writes Emily Mabin Sutton.

Why (and how) I’m taking the two tonne challenge

15 Nov 2024

OPINION: By Emily Mabin Sutton | To meet our “fair share” of international climate targets, every person on Earth needs to emit less than 2.5 tonnes of carbon each year by 2030. But what does this look like in reality in New Zealand?

Emissions down for 2022

18 Apr 2024

Aotearoa New Zealand’s gross greenhouse gas emissions fell by 4% in 2022, according to new figures.

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Emissions down slightly for December 2023 quarter - but gross annual emissions up slightly for the year

12 Apr 2024

Seasonally adjusted greenhouse gas emissions for industry and households went down 0.5% in the December 2023 quarter, according to the latest figures released from Stats NZ.

Emissions down overall - but we're still burning too much oil

19 Mar 2024

By Robert McLachlan | OPINION: New Zealand is making progress on meeting its renewable electricity targets but failing to come close to what’s required when it comes to decarbonising transport.

Total GHG emissions increase 0.2% in June quarter

20 Oct 2023

New Zealand’s seasonally adjusted greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions increased 0.2% (33 kilotonnes) in the June 2023 quarter, after a 0.1% increase (26 kilotonnes) in the March 2023 quarter, according to figures from Stats NZ.

NZ’s climate emissions at historic low

20 Sep 2023

New Zealand is set to announce its lowest emissions this century, Climate Change minister James Shaw told the Climate Change and Business Conference in Auckland yesterday.

NZ needs better emissions data: research

3 Aug 2023

New research shows that New Zealand isn't doing enough to keep track of greenhouse gas emissions and climate change mitigation, with lacking data and modelling capacity in some sectors.

Annual emissions fall

21 Jul 2023

Greenhouse gas emissions fell 3.1% (2,369 kilotonnes) for the year to December 2022, according to new figures from Stats NZ.

China's Carbon Emission Allowance price at $8.76/mtCO2e

31 May 2022

The daily weighted average price of a Carbon Emission Allowance, or CEA, under China's national carbon market was at Yuan 59/mtCO2e (US$8.76/mtCO2e) on May 27, and weekly trade volume totaled 551,351 mtCO2e, according to data from Shanghai Environment and Energy Exchange, or SEEE.

Vermont brewery turns carbon emissions into beer bubbles

19 Oct 2021

Fans of Heady Topper, one of Vermont’s first popular craft beers, can now consume the brewery’s carbon emissions.

Only policy action can burst the carbon bubble: experts

1 Oct 2021

While strides are being made to use investment as a route to transition away from fossil fuels, policy action is what will really turn the dial, according to experts.

The net zero trap

1 Oct 2021

As more countries pledge to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions to zero by midcentury, one could be forgiven for thinking that the world is finally making real progress on climate change.

Carbon zero claims come under scrutiny

20 Jul 2021

Companies are buying carbon offsets like never before. They’re also facing unprecedented scrutiny over whether helping to fund green projects elsewhere really makes up for their heat-trapping emissions.

Shopify backs underground sequestration of GHGs

30 Mar 2021

Canadian e-commerce operator Shopify plans to pay a Texas venture to pull carbon dioxide from the sky and store it underground.

Proof it's business-as-usual for emissions

17 Feb 2021

New Zealand’s greenhouse gas emissions shot back to pre-lockdown levels as soon as restrictions were lifted last year, new data shows.

Help for SMEs to cut emissions

4 Nov 2020

A new tool for measuring carbon emissions in small and medium-sized businesses will help decarbonise the country’s supply chain, says Toitû Envirocare.

Covid-19 cuts our ecological footprint by 9.3%

24 Aug 2020

The rate at which humanity is consuming the Earth's resources declined sharply this year as a result of the covid-19 pandemic, according to researchers.

Helping Chile cut emissions could help us

18 Aug 2020

New Zealand and Switzerland are helping Chile develop an emissions reduction programme that could pay dividends for this country.

Synethic gases net taxpayers $12 million

17 Aug 2020

The Government has collected nearly $12 million in levies for synthetic greenhouse gases imported into the country over the past year.

Waste operator cuts gas emissions

22 May 2020

Waste Management has cut greenhouse gas emissions from its own operations – but emissions from the rubbish it deals with are climbing.

Rising prices push up free-credits cost

15 May 2020

Rising carbon prices are pushing up the on-going cost of giving free carbon credits to emitters.

Emissions drop is not all good news

1 May 2020

Experts have cautioned that a drop of nearly 8 per cent in greenhouse gas emissions should not be seen as good news for efforts to tackle climate change.

Professor Alan Brent

Covid could cut transport emissions by 10%

23 Apr 2020

The covid-19 pandemic could see New Zealand’s transport emissions fall 10 per cent this year, an expert says.

Shell plans to be net-zero carbon by 2050

17 Apr 2020

Royal Dutch Shell plans to become a net zero-carbon company by 2050 or sooner by selling more green energy to help to reduce the carbon intensity of its business.

Fewer emissions, but we need to be doing more

15 Apr 2020

New Zealand’s emissions fell slightly in 2018 – but not because the country has changed its behaviour.

Emissions from fossil fuels could fall 5% this year

14 Apr 2020

Global carbon emissions from the fossil fuel industry could fall by a record 2.5 billion tonnes this year, a reduction of 5 per cent, as the coronavirus pandemic triggers the biggest drop in demand for fossil fuels on record.

Virus could trigger record fall in carbon emissions

6 Apr 2020

Carbon dioxide emissions could fall by the largest amount since World War Two this year as the coronavirus outbreak brings economies to a virtual standstill, according to scientists.

Pandemic clears the air

31 Mar 2020

The covid-19 pandemic shutdown is improving New Zealand’s air quality.

Deadline nears for emissions return extensions

27 Mar 2020

Businesses struggling to complete a 2019 emissions return because of the state of emergency in New Zealand must apply for an extension before Tuesday.

Treasury cuts carbon footprint

11 Mar 2020

Treasury says it is putting its best foot forward in a bid to cut its own greenhouse gas emissions.

Past failures put pressure on emissions deadlines

5 Mar 2020

Global failure to address climate change a decade ago means emissions must now drop at 7 per cent a year to meet the Paris Agreement, prompting scientists to call for the world to switch into crisis mode.

Air NZ emissions climbing, says global report

18 Feb 2020

Air New Zealand’s greenhouse gas emissions are rising faster than its emissions-reduction schemes are coping with, a new paper shows.

ETS deal cuts oil refinery gas emissions

17 Feb 2020

Greenhouse gas emissions from the Marsden Point oil refinery have fallen 20 per cent as a result of a deal exempting the refinery from the Emissions Trading Scheme, the company says.

Emissions ‘business as usual’ story is misleading

4 Feb 2020

Stop using the worst-case scenario for climate warming as the most likely outcome — more-realistic baselines make for better policy.

Nick Smith

NICK SMITH: How National's ETS did the job

31 Jan 2020

National MP and former climate minister Nick Smith says his Emissions Trading Scheme has seen New Zealand out-perform Australia on emissions reduction.

Down the track, our emissions rate will fall

19 Dec 2019

New Zealand’s projected greenhouse gas emissions are falling.

Flying less plays a small but positive part in climate fight

30 Oct 2019

As the notion of flight shame is taking off around the world, emissions from aviation are making a small but growing contribution to global warming.

Paula Bennett

FACT CHECK: Is that right, Paula?

29 Oct 2019

National Party deputy leader and former climate minister Paula Bennett says when it was in power, her party stabilised greenhouse gas emissions, while under this Government they will keep rising until 2025. Is she right?

Govt signs global agreement to cut HFCs

4 Oct 2019

New Zealand has today ratified the Kigali Amendment to the Montreal Protocol, promising to reduce the use of climate-damaging hydrofluorocarbons.

Reaching net-zero might not be all it's cracked up to be

5 Sep 2019

Reaching net zero emissions is easy for us to aim for but much more difficult to deliver – and worse, we might be focusing on the wrong objective.

At last, say students, Auckland toes the line

2 Sep 2019

Auckland University students have won their five-year campaign to get the institution to stop investing in fossil fuels.

Cash for credits could cause taxpayer headache

12 Aug 2019

Money instead of carbon credits was used to offset half the greenhouse gas emissions liable under the Emissions Trading Scheme last year - creating a potential financial liability for taxpayers.

We're worried and pessimistic about climate future

25 Jul 2019

New Zealanders are getting more worried about climate change, and most don’t think we’ll be able to cut our emissions in time to avoid its impacts.

Funds managers urge cement makers to act

25 Jul 2019

European funds managing $2 trillion in assets have called on cement companies to slash their greenhouse gas emissions, warning that a failure to do so could put their business models at risk.

Major polluter plans to cut emissions

23 Jul 2019

A New Zealand company whose products are responsible for more than a million tonnes of greenhouse gas emissions a year says it is setting emissions reduction targets in line with the Paris Agreement.

One flight emits as much as many people do in a year

23 Jul 2019

Taking a long-haul flight generates more carbon emissions than the average person in dozens of countries around the world produces in a whole year.

POWERHOUSE: Pentagon gas emissions higher than Portugal

14 Jun 2019

The US creates more planet-warming greenhouse gas emissions through its defense operations alone than industrialised countries such as Sweden and Portugal.

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