CLIMATE CALENDAR
Mon 15 Dec 2025
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.
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
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 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
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:
-
To Environment Canterbury: Clean drinking water now!
-
To House of Representatives: Bring back the Container Return Scheme
-
To NZ Parliament: Cut climate pollution from big dairy
-
To the Foreign Affairs Minister and the NZ Government: Create Global Ocean Sanctuaries
-
To Waimate District Council and Environment Canterbury: Oppose the Waste-to-Energy incinerator in the Waimate District
This page is publicly available via Carbon News – please feel free to share with your network.
Let us know if you have an event you'd like listed: news@carbonnews.co.nz
print this story
Story copyright © Carbon News 2025
South Island marine reserves get the go ahead
Mon 15 Dec 2025
Media release: Environmental Defence Society | A new network of marine reserves off the Otago and south-Canterbury coast is being finalised after years of effort.
Mission for ancient climate clues beneath 500m of antarctic ice gets underway
Mon 15 Dec 2025
Media release: Antarctica New Zealand | An international team has set up a remote camp on the ice 700 km from the nearest base (New Zealand’s Scott Base) to attempt to drill for mud and rocks holding critical insights about the fate of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet in our warming world.
High risk of economic losses from Cook Islands nodule extraction and sales – new study
Fri 12 Dec 2025
Media release: Greenpeace | The economic potential of seabed polymetallic nodules in the Cook Islands has been overstated, according to a new independent study commissioned by Greenpeace International.
NZ and US studying "huge unknown" in Antarctic climate science
Thu 11 Dec 2025
Media release: Earth Sciences New Zealand | Scientists are measuring a huge unknown in climate science: how much heat Antarctica emits into space.
Oil and gas majors would create $78bn more value by stopping exploration
Thu 11 Dec 2025
Media release | Ten of the world’s largest oil and gas companies would create significantly more shareholder value by ending exploration and sharply curtailing upstream development, according to new analysis released today by ACCR.
RMA replacement bills introduced – fixes are needed
Wed 10 Dec 2025
Media release: Environmental Defence Society | In a massive shakeup of our core environmental and planning laws, the Government has introduced legislation to Parliament to replace the Resource Management Act 1991 (RMA).
Auckland Council launches $1m grant to supercharge community climate action and emergency readiness
9 Dec 2025
Media release | Auckland Council is investing big in community climate action with the launch of Te Ara Urutau – Climate and Emergency Ready Fund, offering more than $1million to help community organisations across Tāmaki Makaurau take bold, practical steps to tackle climate change and be emergency ready.
Carbon market conduct pioneer passes on the baton
8 Dec 2025
Media release | The International Carbon Reduction and Offsetting Alliance (ICROA), a pioneer in early voluntary carbon market conduct, has announced that it will wind down operations by late 2026.
More Aucklanders than ever taking climate action
8 Dec 2025
Media release: Auckland Council | Aucklanders are embracing climate action in record numbers, with more people getting involved each year and the momentum is building.
