What should carbon offsets really cost?

20 Dec 24 - By Jamie Heather | COMMENT: Today’s carbon prices would seem absurd in any other context.

Dame Patsy Reddy appointed Climate Change Commission chair

9 Dec 24 - Dame Patsy Reddy has been appointed the new chair of the Climate Change Commission, Climate Change Minister Simon Watts announced this morning.

Why rich countries are ‘reluctant’ on coal-to-clean deals

9 Dec 24 - UK and German officials have said there will likely be no more Just Energy Transition Partnerships, as the focus shifts to “country platforms” instead.

Commission recommends ‘net negative’ 2050 target

6 Dec 24 - The Climate Change Commission has recommended the government adopt more ambitious climate targets, including updating ‘net zero’ to be net negative -20 MtCO2e by 2050, as well as moving to include emissions from international shipping and aviation.

Billionaires, frequent flyers, oil and gas: Who could fund COP29’s $1tn finance target?

21 Nov 24 - “It makes common sense to tax mega polluters and the mega-rich to ensure that we have the money needed for climate action at home and globally” according to one campaigner.

Company merger to electrify marine technology

20 Nov 24 - Marine technology companies ZeroJet and Tectrax, both specialists in electric systems, are set to merge.

Why (and how) I’m taking the two tonne challenge

15 Nov 24 - OPINION: By Emily Mabin Sutton | To meet our “fair share” of international climate targets, every person on Earth needs to emit less than 2.5 tonnes of carbon each year by 2030. But what does this look like in reality in New Zealand?

A wind power crisis is holding back the world’s green energy goal

25 Oct 24 - While solar deployment is accelerating, bottlenecks in the wind industry are jeopardising the chance to meet a global target to triple renewable capacity by 2030.

Slight increase in EV sales - but uptake lagging behind other countries

22 Oct 24 - Electric vehicle sales staged a modest revival along with a mild increase in overall vehicle sales, according to an analysis by Forsyth Barr.

Solar surge will send coal power tumbling by 2030, IEA data reveals

22 Oct 24 - Global electricity generation from solar will quadruple by 2030 and help to push coal power into reverse, according to analysis of data from the International Energy Agency (IEA).

Genesis deal with ChargeNet gets mixed reaction

10 Oct 24 - Genesis Energy last week announced its intention to take a 65% shareholding in ChargeNet, New Zealand’s largest public electric vehicle (EV) charging network.

How the US lost the solar power race to China

3 Oct 24 - It all starts with a crystal.

NZ’s decision to restart fossil fuel exploration will be ‘hard to explain to future generations’: leading climate scientist

19 Sep 24 - By Liz Kivi | The government’s plan to restart oil and gas exploration is set to lock in higher levels of global warming, according to a leading Australian climate scientist.

Electrification could save households $10 billion a year and slash climate pollution

28 Aug 24 - Electrification could save New Zealand households $10.7 billion per year by 2040 and drastically reduce emissions.

NZ and UK set to partner on offshore wind

26 Aug 24 - Favourable winds may see New Zealand collaborating with the UK on renewable offshore power generation.

Could geothermal power stations go carbon-negative?

12 Aug 24 - Retrofitting a geothermal power station could allow carbon capture from other sources like forestry residue, according to a new study.

Solar and battery use continues to rise

15 Jul 24 - Solar generation and battery storage are rising rapidly according to analysts.

Farms could be the backbone of Aotearoa’s renewable energy future

17 May 24 - If each of New Zealand’s 50,000 farms installed a midsize solar array they would generate about two-thirds of the country’s current electricity needs.

Aotearoa gives $17 million for PNG renewable energy

15 May 24 - A $17 million contribution to a renewable energy project on the Island of Bougainville is part of a $44.9 million package announced by foreign minister Winston Peter in Port Moresby earlier this week.

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