Carbon Credits

MARKET LATEST: NZUs $60.18

Monday - The Carbon News NZU Index closed at $60.18 on Friday, down 65 cents on the previous day's close.

MARKET LATEST: $60.83

Friday - The Carbon News NZU Index closed at $60.83 yesterday, down 79 cents on the previous day's close.

Shifting climate behaviours tops conference agenda

Friday - Carbon and Energy Professionals (CEP) has just announced the first Keynote speaker for its conference in Auckland in May as Professor Lorraine Whitmarsh, MBE.

MARKET LATEST: $61.63

Thursday - The Carbon News NZU Index closed at $61.63 yesterday, down 19 cents on the previous day's close.

What next for carbon prices?

Wednesday - NZUs are still hovering well below the auction price floor, with collateral due to be lodged by today for participants in the first Emissions Trading Scheme auction of 2025, on March 19.

MARKET LATEST: $61.82

Wednesday - The Carbon News NZU Index closed at $61.82 yesterday, up 11 cents on the previous day's close.

Carbon auction unlikely to clear as spot price drops

11 Mar 25 - The carbon price on the spot market has dropped to its lowest level since December, with the first ETS auction of the year less than a week away now unlikely to sell any units at all.

MARKET LATEST: $61.71

11 Mar 25 - The Carbon News NZU Index closed at $61.71 yesterday, down 12 cents on the previous day's close.

EU carbon market on course for highest CO2 price in the world by 2030: report

11 Mar 25 - Media release | LONDON: Europe's new Emissions Trading System is expected to have the world's highest carbon price in 2030 at 149EU, BloombergNEF forecast reveals.

Demand reduction deal as hydro lakes drop

10 Mar 25 - The electricity sector's preparations for a potential energy shortage this winter have continued with Meridian and Tiwai Point aluminium smelter agreeing for it to reduce demand.

NZ CARBON MARKET: $61.83

10 Mar 25 - The Carbon News NZU Index closed at $61.83 on Friday, down 37 cents on the previous day's close.

Govt publishes draft land-use classification framework

7 Mar 25 - The government has developed a draft land-use classification framework, which distinguishes carbon forestry from indigenous and exotic forestry plantations.

MARKET LATEST: $62.20

7 Mar 25 - The Carbon News NZU Index closed at $62.20 yesterday, down 35 cents on the previous day's close.

MARKET LATEST: $62.55

6 Mar 25 - The Carbon News NZU Index closed at $62.55 yesterday, down 20 cents on the previous day's close.

MARKET LATEST: $62.75

5 Mar 25 - The Carbon News NZU Index closed at $62.75 yesterday, down $0.26 on the previous day's close.

MARKET LATEST: $63.01

4 Mar 25 - The Carbon News NZU Index closed at $63.01 yesterday, down $0.21 on the previous day's close.

NZ and Viet Nam sign up to cooperate on climate

3 Mar 25 - New Zealand has signed a partnership agreement with Viet Nam, including a Memorandum of Arrangement on climate change cooperation aiming to strengthen cooperation on adaptation and mitigation,...

MARKET LATEST: $63.22

3 Mar 25 - The Carbon News NZU Index closed at $63.22 on Friday, down $0.01 on the previous day's close.

MARKET LATEST: $63.23

28 Feb 25 - The Carbon News NZU Index closed at $63.23 yesterday, up $0.14 on the previous day's close.