Green finance

NZ submits first Paris Agreement progress report

19 Dec 24 - New Zealand has submitted its first report to the UN on how the country is tracking towards its international climate target to 2030 under the Paris Agreement.

NZGIF chair quits following SolarZero collapse

13 Dec 24 - NZ Green Investment Finance chair Cecilia Tarrant has resigned in the wake of the SolarZero debacle.

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 infrastructure to increasing access to bikes.

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 underway before the International Court of Justice.

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 toward global climate action.

Investment lagging in climate action – report

27 Nov 24 - A new report looks at the barriers to investment at the core of the priorities of COP29.

‘Underwhelming’: Poor countries push for way more climate funding than the EU is floating

21 Nov 24 - Privately, however, some conceded they may have to settle for the lower figures for now as COP29 talks amble toward the finish line.

New carbon market rules could lock out forestry

19 Nov 24 - By Liz Kivi | New carbon market rules negotiated at the United Nations climate summit could have negative consequences for carbon forestry in New Zealand, experts are warning.

What is the ‘new collective quantified goal’ on climate finance?

19 Nov 24 - Countries need to invest trillions of dollars to build clean-energy systems, prepare for an increasingly hotter world and deal with the aftermath of climate change-fuelled disasters, and the UN...

Pacific debt surging as climate impacts hit

18 Nov 24 - Media release | With Pacific countries swamped by surging climate debt, New Zealand has the moral authority to head off a regional debt crisis, says Caritas Aotearoa New Zealand.

XRB delays obligations on Scope 3

15 Nov 24 - The External Reporting Board has decided to delay the obligation to report and assure scope 3 emissions - indirect emissions from an organisation's supply chain - but has retained its requirement for...

NZ experts on UN climate conference

12 Nov 24 - With the United Nations’ major climate summit kicking off in oil-rich Azerbaijan, New Zealand’s climate policy experts are divided over the value of the meeting.

Carbon markets could boost climate action in least developed countries

6 Nov 24 - Media release | UNCTAD’s Least Developed Countries Report 2024 highlighted on Monday that the group of 45 least developed countries (LDCs) could use carbon market projects to enhance climate action...

COP29: What is the ‘new collective quantified goal’ on climate finance?

6 Nov 24 - As nations assemble at COP29 in Baku, Azerbaijan, one issue is expected to dominate the summit: climate finance.

Biodiversity summit makes some breakthroughs but fails to progress finance

5 Nov 24 - COMMENT: The UN’s biodiversity summit ended in a race against the clock at the weekend, writes David Hall, who was at the conference representing Aotearoa start-up the Toha Network.

Carbon credits essential part of decarbonisation toolkit: new report

31 Oct 24 - Carbon credits remain at the heart of global efforts to limit dangerous climate change, with prices predicted to rise towards US$125 by 2035, according to new analysis.

NZ adopts 'underwhelming' Commonwealth Ocean Declaration

30 Oct 24 - Commonwealth nations including Aotearoa and Pacific Island states have adopted the Apia Commonwealth Ocean Declaration.

Use KiwiSaver for climate action, urges charity

25 Oct 24 - Media release | New Zealand charity Mindful Money is calling on Kiwis to drive climate action with their investments.