CLIMATE CALENDAR
Today 11:00am
The Carbon News calendar of talks, events, conferences, consultations, and petitions related to climate change.
Online events
2025 De Carle Distinguished Lecture series hosted by Otago University, All lectures run 5:30pm to 7:00pm Dunedin and online:
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Tuesday 29 April: Does addressing climate change require us to shift our understanding of “the market”.
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Tuesday, 6 May: Reorienting our way of seeing nature as a path to solidarity.
From flowers to trees: Botany in a changing world, Otago University inaugural professorial lecture by Janice Lord, who studies the evolution, ecology and conservation of New Zealand's unique plants, and how they interact with pollinators, seed dispersers and microbial mutualisms. Livestream 5:25pm, Thursday, 1 May.
Lawyers for Climate Action Webinar: Being a climate-conscious lawyer in the midst of political turbulence, Friday 2 May, 9.00 am to 10.00 am.
Trump, Tariffs, and Trauma—Understanding the policies and impact of the new US administration. Join experts from the School of Government in a curated discussion of the policies and impact of the new US administration. Monday 5 May, 12:30 pm - 2:00 pm, Victoria University, Wellington, and online.
Webinar: New Zealand Emissions Trading Scheme 2025 advice: Climate Change Commission chief executive Jo Hendy and principal analysts Eva Murray and Matthew Smith discuss the Commission’s latest advice on the NZ ETS, covering the period 2026–2030, with an opportunity to ask questions after the presentation. Thursday 8 May, 12:00 – 1:00 PM, register via Eventbrite.
NZAGRC State of Science webinar series, Does seasonality affect how much methane an animal produces? Tuesday 13 May, 9am-10am.
Otago University Burns Lectures 2025: Christians, Consumption, and Climate Change, with Professor Brad Gregory, Professor of History at the University of Notre Dame, Indiana, USA. Lectures run from 5.15pm to 6.30pm, in-person at Otago University or Livestream available:
- Monday 19 May: Reinterpreting the Past in an Unprecedented Present: History and the Anthropocene
- Tuesday 20 May: Fortunes for the Few, Misfortunes for the Many: Constructing the Ancient Inhumanities
- Wednesday 21 May: Enduring the Way of the World: Covenant, Community, and Justice in Ancient Israel
- Tuesday 27 May: Subverting the Way of the World: The Oblique Radicalism of Jesus of Nazareth
- Wednesday 28 May: Accommodating the Way of the World: Making Room for Mammon, Making Peace with Rome
- Thursday 29 May: Extending the Way of the World: Western Christianity from Constantine to the Anthropocene
Climate Change and Business Conference, Monday 8 and Tuesday 9 September, Viaduct Events Centre, Auckland, online attendance available.
Adaptation Futures Conference, the United Nation's major conference aiming to accelerate climate adaptation, 13 to 16 October 2025, 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.
Regional events
Auckland
EDS 2025 Environmental Summit: Dollars & Sense, 12-14 May 2025, Grand Millennium.
EDS 2025 Environmental Summit: Oceans Symposium, Monday 12 May 2025, Grand Millennium/Online.
Carbon and Energy Professionals Conference, Grand Millennium 27 and 28 May.
Framing the Emergency: Climate Journalism in Aotearoa New Zealand Symposium, 10am to 4pm, 29 May, Auckland University of Technology
Climate Change and Business Conference, Monday 8 and Tuesday 9 September, Viaduct Events Centre, online attendance available.
Wellington
Trump, Tariffs, and Trauma—Understanding the policies and impact of the new US administration. Join experts from the School of Government in a curated discussion of the policies and impact of the new US administration. Monday 5 May, 12:30 pm - 2:00 pm, Victoria University, Wellington, and online.
Chapter Zero NZ Breakfast | What comes after what comes next? 7:00am - 9:00am, 26 May, Dentons, Level 4/40 Bowen Street, Pipitea, Wellington.
Interactive climate change exhibition at Te Papa.
Canterbury
Navigating Climate Challenges: Balancing Sustainability and Agricultural Productivity, 9.00am - 1.00pm, Tuesday 6 May, Memorial Hall, Lincoln University.
Decarbonisation and the circular economy – a strategic imperative for directors, 12:15 - 1:45pm, 12 August 2025, The George, 50 Park Terrace, Christchurch.
Adaptation Futures Conference, the United Nation's major conference aiming to accelerate climate adaptation, 13 to 16 October 2025, a hybrid event held in Otautahi Christchurch.
Otago
2025 De Carle Distinguished Lecture series hosted by Otago University, All lectures run 5:30pm to 7:00pm Dunedin and online:
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Tuesday 29 April: Does addressing climate change require us to shift our understanding of “the market”?
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Tuesday, 6 May: Reorienting our way of seeing nature as a path to solidarity.
ETS auctions 2025
18 June, 10 September, 3 December.
Consultation
The government is calling for submissions on the Land Transport Management (Time of Use Charging) Amendment Bill. Submissions close at 11.59pm on Sunday 27 April.
NPDC is seeking public input into its plan to manage the impacts of climate change. Submission close 5pm 15 May.
Ministry for the Environment has opened consultation on proposed amendments to waste legislation. Submission closes 1 June
Ministry for the Environment is seeking submissions on proposed product stewardship regulations for agrichemicals, their containers, and farm plastics. Submissions closes 1 June.
Petitions
The Future is Rail: Ensure replacement Cook Strait ferries can carry trains. Don’t cast the South Island adrift!
350 Aotearoa: Support community energy for a just transition, petition calling for a transition to community-owned renewable energy.
All Railways: Save Our National Passenger Rail Network.
Common Grace Aotearoa: Don't Subsidise Pollution: End Free Carbon Credits.
Consumer: petition for a product repairability label.
Greenpeace:
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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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EECA and Centre for Sustainable Finance partner to unlock private capital for clean energy
Today 11:00am
Media release | The Centre for Sustainable Finance: Toitū Tahua (CSF) and EECA (Energy Efficiency and Conservation Authority) have, today, announced a strategic partnership to accelerate private investment in New Zealand’s energy transition. This collaboration aims to address barriers to financing renewable energy projects and energy efficiency projects.
New VCMI guidance risks justifying carbon offsetting and delaying real corporate climate action, NGOs say
Today 11:00am
Media realease | In new guidance, the Voluntary Carbon Markets Integrity Initiative (VCMI) is promoting the use of carbon credits to camouflage the fact that companies grappling with their indirect (scope 3) emissions are off track to reach their commitments. But carbon credits must not replace direct emissions reductions, NGOs warn.
EDS releases concerning assessment of RMA reform proposals
Wed 30 Apr 2025
Media release | EDS has released its comprehensive analysis of the Government’s proposals for a new resource management system and, overall, finds the design concerning.
MEUG welcomes the launch of the Energy Transition Framework
Wed 30 Apr 2025
Media release | The Framework brings together generation, retail, the local lines companies and national grid operator Transpower to navigate toward a low-carbon electrified future.
AgriZeroNZ partners with Innovate UK to unlock new investment opportunities
Mon 28 Apr 2025
Media release | AgriZeroNZ has entered a new partnership with Britain’s national innovation agency, Innovate UK.
Lodestone Energy completes equity raise
24 Apr 2025
Media release | Lodestone Energy, New Zealand’s leading solar energy company, has recently completed a successful capital raise for an additional $50 million, adding to the $50 million development fund it raised in 2024.
Global livestock industry exposed for rampant rainforest destruction, despite no-deforestation pledges
23 Apr 2025
Media release | Greenpeace Aotearoa says a new investigation revealing that the world’s largest meat company, JBS, will fail to meet its deforestation-free commitment is yet more proof of false promises from the intensive livestock industry.
Balance needed in Waste Minimisation Act – Zero Waste Network
23 Apr 2025
Media release | The Government announced its proposals for updating the Waste Minimisation Act and the Litter Act.
Concern over climate change declining
22 Apr 2025
Ipsos New Zealand has released the findings of a new 32-country study for Earth Day, perceptions of the risks facing us from the climate crisis as well as where is the responsibility for greater action.
