10 YEARS AGO...
3 May 2021
TEN YEARS AGO, we were reporting that banks were starting to lend on carbon as forestry companies secured contracts as far forward as 2020.
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Forest owners welcome next step in India trade deal
Today 12:30pm
Media release | The New Zealand Forest Owners Association (NZFOA) welcomes confirmation that legal verification of the New Zealand-India Free Trade Agreement has been completed, with both countries confirming the agreement will be signed on 27 April in New Delhi.
CLIMATE CALENDAR
Today 12:30pm
The Carbon News calendar of talks, events, conferences, consultations, and petitions related to climate change.
Energy savings tool expands to help save businesses money and improve energy resilience
Mon 20 Apr 2026
Media release | New Zealand’s leading performance certification for office buildings, NABERSNZ is expanding into new sectors – and will soon include rating tools for shopping centres, retail stores, warehouses and cold stores.
Call to overturn damaging wild river decision
Fri 17 Apr 2026
Media release | Forest & Bird has joined the Federated Mountain Clubs and other environmental and recreation organisations in urging the Fast‑Track expert panel to reverse its draft decision approving the Waitaha Hydro Scheme.
LION commissions 3MW electric boiler at Speight’s brewery
Wed 15 Apr 2026
Media release | LION has commissioned a 3MW electric boiler at Speight’s Brewery, marking the completion of a $7.2 million project that will significantly reduce carbon emissions and increase energy demand flexibility and security for central Dunedin.
EDS says fast-track gold mine poses unacceptable environmental risks
14 Apr 2026
Media release | The Environmental Defence Society (EDS) has filed detailed legal submissions and expert evidence opposing the proposed Bendigo-Ophir Gold Project, warning that the mine presents significant environmental risks, major uncertainties, and overstated economic benefits.
Severe tropical cyclones Maila and Vaianu threaten communities in Solomon Islands, PNG and Fiji
8 Apr 2026
Media release: 350.org |Two Category 3 Tropical Cyclones are currently moving through the Solomon Islands, Papua New Guinea and Fiji, while experts watch a third system potentially developing in the North Pacific.
Fast-track approved project could deliver NZ’s largest wind farm
7 Apr 2026
Media release: New Zealand Government |Fast-track approval has been granted for New Zealand’s largest wind farm project.
Sci-tech prioritisation report is a joke that could cost NZ dearly, says NZ Association of Scientists
2 Apr 2026
Media release: New Zealand Association of Scientists | The Prioritisation Report released yesterday by the Prime Minister’s Science Innovation and Technology Council makes a poor case for further cuts and changes to our research system.
Fifty years of observations, no reversal of glacier climate damage
31 Mar 2026
Media release: Earth Sciences New Zealand | Fifty years on from the first aerial survey of our Southern Alps glaciers, late snow and variable summer weather delivered a temporary reprieve from rapid ice loss, says Earth Sciences New Zealand.
