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Today 10:30am - Ten years ago, the government was expected to restrict the flow of cheap foreign carbon credits into New Zealand.

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Monday - Ten years ago, fuel retailer Gull New Zealand said the NXT Fuels biofuels refinery project would be a breakthrough for the industry.

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Friday - Ten years ago, a study showed that glaciers of the central Southern Alps were set to reduce by up to 60 per cent by the end of this century.

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Thursday - Ten years ago, a motoring organisation earned national recognition for leading the way with energy-efficient buildings and cutting carbon emissions in Australia.

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29 Nov 23 - Ten years ago, Foodstuffs was looking to cut emissions and energy costs by switching to natural refrigeration.

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28 Nov 23 - Ten years ago, a study said that economic losses from climate impacts in the Pacific region could reach 12.7% percent of annual GDP by 2100.

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27 Nov 23 - Ten years ago, New Zealand dealt with what was claimed to be the world’s first climate change refugee by throwing his case out of court.

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24 Nov 23 - Ten years ago, the author of a new book launched in Warsaw said the REDD scheme alone would not combat deforestation – business needed to step up to the plate.

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23 Nov 23 - Ten years ago, then transport Minister Gerry Brownlee released a draft Intelligent Transport Systems Action Plan.

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22 Nov 23 - Ten years ago, the Christchurch rebuild was recognised internationally as the best example of urban regeneration.

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21 Nov 23 - Ten years ago, Australia’s Emissions Reduction Fund was likely to cost its government $A20 a tonne, and possibly $40 a tonne, an analyst said.

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20 Nov 23 - Ten years ago, a New Zealand second generation-biofuels company was in the market for funding to build a refinery.

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17 Nov 23 - Ten years ago, the Green Party said COP19 would be the critical test of the international community’s will to prevent dangerous climate change.

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16 Nov 23 - Ten years ago, the UN Convention to Combat Desertification executive-secretary warned of imminent social chaos if we continued to ignore the impacts of climate change.

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15 Nov 23 - Ten years ago, according to the World Meteorological Organization that year was on course to be among the top 10 warmest since modern records began in 1850.

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14 Nov 23 - Ten years ago, a leading international climate scientist said the New Zealand Government was ignoring “inconvenient” evidence about climate change.

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13 Nov 23 - Ten years ago, the government was under fire over its apparent lack of belief in human-induced climate change.

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10 Nov 23 - Ten years ago, a cross-government group approved five new carbon capture and storage projects.

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9 Nov 23 - Ten years ago, Dunedin City Council was one of the first local authorities in the country to measure its carbon footprint against the global greenhouse gas standard.

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