CLIMATE CALENDAR
Today 11:00am
The Carbon News calendar of talks, events, conferences, consultations, and petitions related to climate change.
Select committees
Electoral Amendment Bill, Thursday 18 September, 9:50am-1:40pm.
Online events
Dark Times Academy’s online courses for 2025 feature globally renowned guest speakers including international climate activist Bill McKibben, environmental journalist Amy Westervelt, and New Zealand climate scientist James Renwick. The courses will focus on taking action on climate, learning about practical activism, and creating visions for the future. 17 September to 12 November.
How creative thinking and creative art powers can achieve radical change, 7pm, Thursday 18 September.
Ōtautahi in 2050 with Rod Carr, former Chair of the Climate Change Commission, and James Baigent, Resilience Leader, Insurance Council of New Zealand, 6.00pm to 7.30pm, Tuesday 23 September, virtual attendance options. Free public event with bookings required.
Adaptation Futures Conference, the United Nation's major conference aiming to accelerate climate adaptation, 13 to 16 October, a hybrid event held in Otautahi Christchurch and online.
Fresk events: These workshops are open to the general public and are run by Climate Fresk volunteers. The workshops will teach you how climate change works and empower you to take effective action as a citizen.
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| Award-winning American investigative climate journalist Amy Westervelt |
Regional events
Auckland
Oceania Renewable Power Summit,16-17 September.
Sustainability Leaders Summit, 5 November, Grand Millennium, Auckland.
Taranaki
Climate change, technology, and attentiveness: Living with hope in an age of anxiety, public lecture delivered by Dr Andrew Shepherd, Theology Programme, University of Otago. Monday 22 September, 7:00pm to 9:00pm, Te Whare Hononga, Taranaki Cathedral, 37 Vivian Street, Ngāmotu, New Plymouth.
Wellington
Energy Resilience and Affordability Conference, 8-9 October with pre-workshop on 7 October from 1pm - 4pm, at Harbourside Function Centre.
International Conference on Urban Health (ICUH) 2025, Tuesday 18 November to Thursday 20 November, Takina Wellington Convention and Exhibition Centre, 50 Cable Street, Te Aro.
Interactive climate change exhibition at Te Papa.
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Bill McKibben, veteran climate activist and author, features in Dark Times Academy's 2025 courses. |
Ōtautahi Christchurch
Ōtautahi in 2050 with Rod Carr, former chair of the Climate Change Commission, and James Baigent, Resilience Leader, Insurance Council of New Zealand, 6.00pm to 7.30pm, Tuesday 23 September, TSB Space, Level 1 of Tūranga, 60 Cathedral Square, in-person and virtual attendance options. Free public event with bookings required.
Water New Zealand Conference and Expo 2025, 29 September to Friday 3, October, Te Pae Convention Centre and Christchurch Town Hall.
Adaptation Futures Conference, the United Nation's major conference aiming to accelerate climate adaptation, 13 to 16 October, a hybrid event.
ETS auctions 2025
Upcoming: 3 December
Consultation
The External Reporting Board is consulting on amending the Aotearoa New Zealand Climate Standards to give climate-reporting entities more time to adopt anticipated financial impacts reporting and scope 3 greenhouse gas emissions reporting and assurance. The consultation closes at 5pm Wednesday 24 September 2025.
Petitions
350 Aotearoa: Support community energy for a just transition
Green Party: Restore passenger rail
Action Station: Bring back the Southerner train
Climate Action & Resistance VUW: Call for Victoria University of Wellington to divest from fossil fuels
The Future is Rail: Ensure replacement Cook Strait ferries can carry trains. Don’t cast the South Island adrift!
All Railways: Save Our National Passenger Rail Network.
Change.org: Save Kaipara District's Climate Adaptation Programme
Common Grace Aotearoa: Don't Subsidise Pollution: End Free Carbon Credits.
Consumer: petition for a product repairability label.
Greenpeace:
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To Environment Canterbury: Clean drinking water now!
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To House of Representatives: Bring back the Container Return Scheme
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To NZ Parliament: Cut climate pollution from big dairy
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To the Foreign Affairs Minister and the NZ Government: Create Global Ocean Sanctuaries
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To Waimate District Council and Environment Canterbury: Oppose the Waste-to-Energy incinerator in the Waimate District
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