Climate warnings mount as 2025 ranks among hottest years on record
Today 11:45am
By Shannon Morris-Williams
The world is entering an era of sustained record heat, with 2025 confirmed as one of the hottest years ever recorded and the past decade the warmest on record, as scientists warn climate impacts are accelerating.
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The decarbonisation agenda is (re)writing itself
Today 11:45am
By Pattrick Smellie | COMMENT: There’s one thing that a lot of greenies, as he would call them, get wrong about Resources Minister Shane Jones.
‘Significant’ shift as EECA backs commercial battery storage
Today 11:45am
By Shannon Morris-Williams | The Energy Efficiency & Conservation Authority is preparing to roll out co-funding for commercial battery storage projects, targeting businesses ready to deploy systems that can ease pressure on the grid.
Top scientist speaks out against Trump regime’s attack on premier research centre
Mon 23 Mar 2026
By Liz Kivi | Kevin Trenberth, one of the world’s leading climate scientists, now based in New Zealand, has told the Trump administration he is “appalled” at its attempt to break up the international research centre he has been associated with for nearly 50 years.
Govt's $50m EV charging boost to double network
Mon 23 Mar 2026
By Shannon Morris-Williams | More than 2,500 new EV chargers are set to be rolled out across New Zealand, more than doubling the public network – but still leaving the total at less than half the Government's 10,000 target.
Peters’ power pitch
Mon 23 Mar 2026
By Liz Kivi | NZ First leader Winston Peters promised he would intervene in the energy market to deliver cheaper prices if his party is re-elected, with a plan to split the gentailers into separate generators and retailers.
NZ–Ireland farm emissions deal labelled 'Greenwash Alliance'
Fri 20 Mar 2026
By Shannon Morris-Williams | A renewed research partnership between New Zealand and Ireland to tackle agricultural emissions is being promoted as a step forward for climate innovation – but Greenpeace says it risks becoming a distraction from meaningful cuts.
$30m airline fund risks ‘burning public money’ without lasting benefit – expert
Fri 20 Mar 2026
By Shannon Morris-Williams | A $30 million government package to support regional air routes risks delivering poor value for money while increasing emissions, according to transport strategist Tim Adriaansen.
Can oil crisis lead to the economic transformation we desperately need?
Fri 20 Mar 2026
COMMENT: The latest crisis has all the ingredients for the “wake-up call” we need to transform our economy to one fit for the future. But we thought that about COVID as well, writes Catherine Knight.
Media round-up
Fri 20 Mar 2026
In our round-up of climate coverage in local media: Crown lawyers agree High Court could quash emissions plan if found unlawful; NZ is locked in 'disaster inertia'; and climate change is notably absent from new development laws.
