Low hydro lake levels require continued reliance on coal and gas for electricity

Friday - Media release | The latest Energy Quarterly release from the Ministry of Business Innovation & Employment (MBIE) shows the difference weather conditions can make to energy generation in New Zealand.

Wood products pivotal to NZ meeting climate targets

Thursday - Media release | Government support for boosting wood processing as outlined in NZ’s second emissions reduction (ERP2) plan is a step in the right direction says the Wood Processors and Manufacturers Association.

New Zealand left behind as Australia invests a further $A500 million in energy efficiency

Wednesday - Media release | New Zealand investment in energy efficiency has fallen further behind Australia after the Albanese government doubled funding for energy efficiency retrofits of social housing.

$35,000 of Environmental Leaders Fund grants allocated

Wednesday - Media release | Twenty-three Northland schools and early childhood centres are to share in $35,000 of Northland Regional Council Environmental Leaders Funding for projects ranging from ecosourcing and propagating native plants to a solar panel project.

Not too late to fix controversial Fast-track Approvals Bill

Tuesday - Media release | Parliament is expected to pass the Fast-track Approvals Bill into law in the next few days.

Kāinga Ora’s ‘KO’ to the wool industry

Monday - Media release | Federated Farmers says Kāinga Ora’s decision to categorically rule out use of woollen carpets in social housing is a total slap in the face for struggling Kiwi sheep farmers.

New Zealand Green Investment Finance shares Ministers' concerns with SolarZero liquidation

6 Dec 24 - Yesterday representatives of New Zealand Green Investment Finance (NZGIF) met with its Shareholding Ministers to discuss matters relating to the voluntary liquidation of SolarZero.

Auckland Council awards grants to advance community climate action

4 Dec 24 - Media release | Auckland Council has approved $260,000 from a total funding pool of $372,451 to support 11 community-led initiatives addressing climate change projects from sustainable water...

Scientists find link between temperature and carbon storage rates

4 Dec 24 - Media release | A huge global study has used teabags to measure carbon storage in wetlands.

Pacific Youth hope historic hearing in the Hague delivers climate justice where COP did not

3 Dec 24 - Media release | Save the Children is urging world leaders to heed the call of Pacific children and young people as a landmark action to clarify states’ obligations to tackle the climate crisis gets...

New Zealand must step up and pay our fair share post-COP29

29 Nov 24 - Media release | World Vision New Zealand and Oxfam Aotearoa are urging the New Zealand Government to seize the momentum off the back of the global climate conference, Cop29, and pay our fair share...

Princess Cruises confronted by climate protestors

28 Nov 24 - Media release | Climate Liberation Aotearoa gave Diamond Princess cruise ship passengers an informative spirited welcome to Ōtepoti Dunedin on Tuesday.

Science minister 'asleep at the wheel' says science community, as reforms continually delayed

27 Nov 24 - Media release | Minister for Science, Innovation and Technology Judith Collins is further delaying reforms of the science sector, and ignoring pleas from the science community for resolutions, says...

Microbes behind unprecedented surge in methane emissions

26 Nov 24 - Media release | Microbes - such as those living in wetlands, landfills or the digestive tracts of livestock - are behind unprecedented spikes in methane emissions, according to new research from the...

Single agency needed to coordinate climate adaptation and recovery

25 Nov 24 - Media release: Infrastructure New Zealand is calling for the establishment of a single, central authority to coordinate climate adaptation and recovery efforts in New Zealand.

Complex Article 6 rules pave way to unruly carbon markets

25 Nov 24 - Media release | Despite the best efforts of activists and some climate negotiators, the agreement reached on Article 6 carbon markets at COP29 in Baku risks facilitating cowboy carbon markets at a...

New Zealand drops in global ranking on climate action

21 Nov 24 - Media release | Greenpeace is accusing the New Zealand government of ‘quiet quitting’ on climate change as the country drops seven points in the global rankings on climate action.

Scientists develop tool to monitor coastal erosion in fine detail

21 Nov 24 - Media release | An online tool developed by scientists at Waipapa Taumata Rau, University of Auckland allows for detailed monitoring of the nation’s coastal erosion from satellite imagery.

Youth call for NZ parliament to take urgent climate action

20 Nov 24 - Media release | World Vision youth advocacy ambassadors will this week deliver more than 2,000 postcards from Kiwi children and young people calling on the Government to take urgent climate action.

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