CLIMATE CALENDAR

19 Dec 2025

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The Carbon News calendar of talks, events, conferences, consultations, and petitions related to climate change.

Online events


The challenge of aviation and shipping emissions, Our Climate Declaration webinar presented by Robert McLachlan, Thursday 12 February at 7:00pm.


Climate Health Aotearoa is running three online, half-day courses in February as part of its Public Health Summer School programme:


New Zealand Climate Litigation Conference, March 26-27, co-hosted by Lawyers for Climate Action, the New Zealand Centre for Environmental Law, and the Legal Research Foundation, online and in-person.


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


New Zealand Climate Litigation Conference, March 26-27, co-hosted by Lawyers for Climate Action, the New Zealand Centre for Environmental Law, and the Legal Research Foundation, online or in-person at Fale Pasifika, University of Auckland.


Environmental Defence Society and Forest & Bird's environmental summit, Grand Millennium Hotel, 24–25 June 2026.


The Climate Change and Business Conference, organised by the Environmental Defence Society, the Sustainable Business Council and the Climate Leaders Coalition, is scheduled to take place at the Viaduct Events Centre on 7-8 September 2026.


Wellington


Interactive climate change exhibition at Te Papa.


ETS auctions 2026

3 March, 9 June, 8 September, 1 December

 


Consultation


The Government is consulting on legislation changes related to its plan for New Zealand’s weather-forecasting system:

Make a submission on the bill by 11:59PM on 14 January 2026.


The Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade Committee is calling for submissions on its international treaty examination of agreement to establish a Pacific resilience facility. Submissions close 21 January 2026, with the committee intending to hold hearings on the examination on Thursday, 28 January 2026.


Petitions



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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