Paris Agreement

Will NZ walk away from the Paris Agreement?

20 Dec 24 - By Geoff Bertram | COMMENT: Unless the government can find very cheap offshore mitigation, the temptation to walk away from its Paris Agreement obligations may well be too strong to resist for a coalition government focused on fiscal austerity.

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.

Second emissions reduction plan still off-track

11 Dec 24 - The government has released its final emissions reduction plan for 2026-30, copping criticism for relying on unproven technology such as carbon capture and storage, as well as failing to meet crucial climate targets.

Changes to limit ETS forestry will have 'dire consequences' - foresters

5 Dec 24 - Foresters say that new rules limiting farm to forestry conversions under the Emissions Trading Scheme are set to have dire consequences for forest growers as well as for the country’s ability to meet climate targets.

Govt releases controversial methane review

5 Dec 24 - The Government “will carefully consider” the findings of an independent review on New Zealand’s biogenic methane science and targets, it announced yesterday.

Auction preview: experts predict partial clearance tomorrow

3 Dec 24 - The secondary carbon market is trading just above the $64 auction floor, as tomorrow’s highly anticipated auction looms - the fourth and final of 2024.

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.

Luxon noncommittal on 2030 climate target

2 Dec 24 - Christopher Luxon was put in the hot seat on Q&A with Jack Tame over the weekend, with Tame grilling the prime minister about his party's promises to meet climate change targets.

United Nations carbon market rules agreed but concerns remain

25 Nov 24 - New carbon market rules agreed at the fractious UN climate summit will be a relief to New Zealand and Singapore, who were leading the negotiations, but concerns about greenwashing and disadvantaging...

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...

COP29 ends with deal on climate finance after bitter fight

25 Nov 24 - Nearly 200 countries agreed to triple the amount of money available to help developing countries confront rapidly warming temperatures.

Minister at fraught summit as NZ downgraded in global climate rankings

21 Nov 24 - Climate change minister Simon Watts reaffirmed his commitment to New Zealand’s emission reduction targets at the global climate summit at the same time as the country was downgraded in global climate...

Delaying agricultural emissions pricing comes with a cost

20 Nov 24 - Holding back on agricultural emissions pricing could cost New Zealand hundreds of millions more in future offshore climate mitigation.

Govt opens consultation on next international climate target

20 Nov 24 - The government has opened public consultation on its international climate change target, which needs to be set by February 2025.

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.

Ultra-rich using jets like taxis, climate scientists say

18 Nov 24 - The mega-rich are using private jets like taxis, warn climate scientists who tracked flights to calculate the planet-warming gases they release.

Will govt consult the public over climate target?

15 Nov 24 - The government seems to be planning to limit public consultation around its next international climate target, which must be set by early February.