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Topics tagged with 'Adaptation'

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Govt slashes environmental funding by $1 billion

25 Nov 2025

By Shannon Morris-Williams | Central government funding for the environment is set to fall by a quarter in 2025/26, prompting warnings that hard-won environmental improvements may now stall or reverse.

Climate Change Minister Simon Watts (right) with the Prime Minister of Niue, Dalton Tagelagi.

NZ fails to back ‘roadmap’ to phase out fossil fuels at COP

24 Nov 2025

By Liz Kivi | Eighty-six countries including Australia, the UK, Germany, and Ireland backed a proposal at COP30 for national plans on how to quit oil, gas and coal – but New Zealand wasn’t one of them.

NZ drops in global climate rankings as govt 'propels country backwards'

19 Nov 2025

By Shannon Morris-Williams | New Zealand has fallen to 44th place in global climate rankings, with the country’s climate policy rated “very low” amid widespread rollbacks of environmental protections.

Media round-up

14 Nov 2025

In our round-up of climate coverage in local media: Simon Watts acknowledges he may face ‘challenging’ conversations with Pacific nations at COP30, New Zealand's climbdown on its methane emissions target is "embarrassing", and corporates are the real winners of the gutting of the Zero Carbon Act this week.

Distinguished Professor Philippa Howden-Chapman

Building resilient cities in a time of climate change

13 Nov 2025

Media release: Otago University | Local and international experts are meeting in Wellington this month to share their knowledge on creating healthier, more resilient cities in the face of the challenges posed by climate change.

Oxfam urges NZ to renew climate funding as Pacific projects face closure

12 Nov 2025

By Shannon Morris-Williams | Oxfam Aotearoa is calling on the Government to urgently renew New Zealand’s climate finance commitments, warning that vital projects supporting Pacific communities’ resilience are running out of funding.

New national dataset to unlock blue carbon potential in NZ’s coastal wetlands

12 Nov 2025

By Shannon Morris-Williams | The Ministry for the Environment and the Nature Conservancy have collaborated on a dataset to inform a framework to potentially include coastal wetlands into compliance and voluntary carbon credit schemes.

Is climate law change a first nail in the coffin for Climate Commission?

6 Nov 2025

The Government’s sweeping overhaul of New Zealand’s climate laws has drawn sharp condemnation, with one expert predicting it's another step towards 'the beginning of the end' for the Climate Change Commission.

Govt weakens climate legislation, strips CCC’s powers

5 Nov 2025

By Liz Kivi | The Government has announced sweeping changes to key climate legislation, including stripping the independent Climate Change Commission of one of its core roles, and removing the requirement that Emissions Trading Scheme settings align with international climate targets.

Te Ngaengae Pool and Fitness aimed to be New Zealand’s most sustainable pool when it opened last year, through reduced carbon emissions and lower energy use.

Hutt City Council slashes gas emissions

3 Nov 2025

By Shannon Morris-Williams | Hutt City Council is set to cut its gas emissions by 60% by 2026 as it speeds up phasing out fossil fuels from public facilities.

Ardern: 'We must not give up on 1.5'

31 Oct 2025

By Shannon Morris-Williams | Former prime minister Dame Jacinda Ardern says the world must not abandon the Paris Agreement’s 1.5°C goal, warning that a decade on from COP21 “too many of the debates we thought were settled are still being had.”

'Little to be hopeful about' – NZ scientists caution ahead of COP30

31 Oct 2025

By Shannon Morris-Williams | Record heat, worsening climate impacts and global backsliding on emission reduction commitments have left some New Zealand climate experts with little optimism as COP30 approaches.

Media round-up

31 Oct 2025

In our round-up of climate coverage in local media: A controversial seabed mining project could lead to sediment flows knocking over rigs and damaging wind turbines; weather-related insurance claims climb; and is the government playing Russian Roulette with our future over methane targets?

Photo by Iqro Rinaldi on Unsplash

Developing countries will need US$310 billion annually for climate adaptation by 2035

31 Oct 2025

Media release - UN Environment Programme: Slow climate adaptation is threatening lives and economies.

Waimauku flooding during Cyclone Gabrielle

$235 billion worth of NZ buildings exposed to flooding

30 Oct 2025

More than 750,000 New Zealanders live in locations exposed to one-in-100-year floods, according to a nationwide study which shows escalating flood risk.

Matthew Cowie, climate change and sustainability services at EY

Taxonomy seen as key to shaping NZ’s voluntary nature credit market

30 Oct 2025

By Shannon Morris-Williams | Experts say aligning the New Zealand Sustainable Finance Taxonomy with the development of voluntary nature credit markets could strengthen credibility, streamline investment, and support high-integrity environmental outcomes.

Vero warns losses to rise 26% by 2050 over extreme weather

29 Oct 2025

By Shannon Morris-Williams | Extreme weather could drive a 19–26% spike in annual insurance losses by 2050, fuelled by rising seas and more intense flooding, according to Vero’s latest Climate-Related Disclosures Report.

Green Party MP Julie Anne Genter

Bill to ban new coal mines fails at first reading

24 Oct 2025

By Shannon Morris-Williams | A bid to outlaw new coal mines was defeated at its first hurdle in Parliament this week, after a heated debate pitting climate imperatives against energy security and affordability.

Carbon Finance Program upscales efforts to close climate investment gap in climate vulnerable nations

22 Oct 2025

Media release | The Climate Vulnerable Forum and its V20 Finance Ministers (CVF-V20) will work with the Voluntary Carbon Markets Integrity Initiative (VCMI) to upscale the Carbon Finance Program in reach and impact, supporting more climate-vulnerable countries to host high-integrity carbon projects that yield tangible climate, nature, and sustainable development benefits.

‘Pathetic': experts slam govt’s approach to adaptation

20 Oct 2025

By Liz Kivi | The government has signalled it will step back from full property buyouts if assets are hit by climate disasters, a move adaptation experts say will condemn hundreds of thousands of New Zealanders to a “dismal” future.

Govt unveils National Adaptation Framework

16 Oct 2025

By Shannon Morris-Williams | Minister of Climate Change Simon Watts has revealed the first actions under New Zealand’s National Adaptation Framework, which sets out the Government's approach to the rising risks from natural hazards such as floods and storms.

Climate Change Minister Simon Watts (front right) alongside Agriculture Minister Todd McLay announcing the controversial new methane target on Sunday.

Where’s Watts? Climate Minister no-show at climate conference

16 Oct 2025

By Liz Kivi | Opposition parties have slammed the Climate Change Minister’s failure to front up to a major international conference in Christchurch, saying it shows that climate adaptation is a low priority for the National Party.

Dr Maina Talia, Tuvalu’s Minister for Climate Change, speaking at the Adaptation Futures 2025 Conference in Christchurch on Monday.

‘Weird and sad’ – Tuvalu Climate Minister condemns NZ halving methane target

15 Oct 2025

By Liz Kivi | Dr Maina Talia, Tuvalu’s Minister for Home Affairs, Climate Change, and Environment, says he’s surprised at New Zealand’s decision to weaken its target for reducing methane emissions – and is planning to take up the issue with his counterpart Climate Minister Simon Watts this week.

Who pays – and who makes them pay – for climate adaptation?

15 Oct 2025

By David Hall | COMMENT: How do you make a person, or organisation, invest in climate adaptation?

Tom Logan

New tool to map risk, plan climate adaptation

14 Oct 2025

Researchers from the University of Canterbury have unveiled a new platform that aims to help communities, councils and organisations navigate climate change and plan for future events.

Northland builds momentum on climate resilience and adaptation

13 Oct 2025

By Shannon Morris-Williams | Northland Regional Council’s Annual Report cites major gains in climate action – highlighting stronger flood resilience, an expanded Climate Resilient Communities Fund, and a region-wide adaptation strategy.

Amnesty International calls for climate visas for Pacific peoples

10 Oct 2025

Amnesty International is calling on the government to offer dedicated humanitarian visas to Pacifica peoples displaced by climate change, and to urgently reform immigration policies to align with a rights-based approach to climate displacement.

Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment Simon Upton

Policy churn ‘bewildering and costly’: Commissioner urges cross-party fix for environmental management

9 Oct 2025

By Shannon Morris-Williams | Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment Simon Upton warns that fragmented, stop–start policy and constant law reform are stalling progress on climate, freshwater and biodiversity.

Nick Cradock-Henry

$12m climate-adaptation research push to turn plans into action

9 Oct 2025

The five-year Accelerating Adaptation to Climate Change programme, led by Earth Sciences New Zealand, aims to accelerate action on adaptation to climate impacts.

Climate change puts $180 billion of coastal property at risk – report

8 Oct 2025

By Shannon Morris-Williams | New Zealand's sea temperatures are rising faster than the global average, marine heatwaves are intensifying, and more than 200,000 properties now sit in flood-prone areas – putting ecosystems, communities and the marine economy at risk.

Eliminating contrails from flying could be incredibly cheap

8 Oct 2025

Eliminating CO2 emissions from flying is going to be expensive, regardless of the solution the world adopts.

WASP chairperson Chizuru Aoki,

Major UN climate conference in Christchurch next week

7 Oct 2025

By Shannon Morris-Williams | A major United Nations climate conference is coming to Christchurch next week, with organisers aiming to spotlight Pacific realities, Indigenous innovation, and the policies needed to scale climate adaptation across policy, finance and on-the-ground practice.

Gisborne District Council Mayor Rehette Stoltz

Emerging biodiversity and carbon markets part of Gisborne plan for land-use change

6 Oct 2025

Gisborne District Council has endorsed a plan to shift up to 100,000 hectares of the region’s most erosion-prone land into permanent vegetation cover and is calling on the Government to make urgent changes to the Emissions Trading Scheme to aid the transition.

$1.5m for climate action

6 Oct 2025

The Wilding Pine Network, Rewiring Aotearoa, Papawhakaritorito Charitable Trust, 800 Trust and 350 Aotearoa, have received grants from a total pool of more than $1.5m over two years from of Climate Action Aotearoa's Kaupapa of National Significance Climate Action Fund.

UC wins top international award for civics education

6 Oct 2025

Media release | A University of Canterbury research group has received international recognition at the highest level of political science.

Responsible Investment Association Australasia's Dean Hegarty

Aotearoa must 'stay the course’ on credible climate reporting – experts

2 Oct 2025

By Shannon Morris-Williams | The External Reporting Board’s proposal to push Scope 3 emissions and related financial-impact disclosure back by two years has been branded "a big disappointment", prompting calls for New Zealand to stick with robust, credible climate-risk reporting.

Eraring power station is a black coal-fired power station on the shores of Lake Macquarie, southeast of Newcastle, NSW

Climate credibility gap widening for Aussie firms

1 Oct 2025

By Pattrick Smellie | Australian public companies’ climate change commitments are in retreat, reflecting difficulty in achieving stated targets and increased fossil use, but not because of any pressure to make less effort, according to a study of major companies’ ESG reporting.

Dr Sasha Maher (University of Auckland, Business School)

Study warns climate leadership falling short in NZ

1 Oct 2025

Media release - Waipapa Taumata Rau, University of Auckland | Research suggests New Zealand’s climate leadership is falling short, with current adaptation efforts focused on property and cost-cutting rather than protecting communities.

Govt needs to plan for catastrophes

25 Sep 2025

Media release - Otago University | Two thirds of New Zealanders support the idea of the Government developing specific plans to deal with catastrophic risks, such as a Northern Hemisphere nuclear war or the release of a bioengineered infectious disease, University of Otago research has found.

More shoreline adaptation plans confirmed for Tāmaki Makaurau

24 Sep 2025

Auckland Council has now confirmed 18 of a total of 20 shoreline adaptation plans, which look at how council-owned assets and land can be managed in response to coastal hazards and a changing climate over the next 100 years.

Climate Change Minister Simon Watts

Govt considers cutting Climate Commission’s role

22 Sep 2025

By Liz Kivi | The Government is weighing up cutting the Climate Change Commission’s role of advising on emissions reduction plans, a move that legal experts say could increase the risk of litigation.

An Indigenous activist during demonstrations at the COP28 opening in Dubai, 2023.

UN limits staff at COP30 climate summit over accommodation concerns

19 Sep 2025

High hotel prices for Brazil's COP30 climate summit in November have prompted the United Nations to urge its staff to limit attendance, while government delegations are still scrambling to find rooms within their budgets.

Lobby group launches ‘blueprint’ for ocean management reform

18 Sep 2025

The Environmental Defence Society yesterday released its plan to tackle widespread ecological decline in our oceans.

Award-winning American investigative climate journalist Amy Westervelt

New courses focus on climate action, activism and creating vision

12 Sep 2025

Media release | Dark Times Academy’s final lineup of courses for 2025, launching in mid-September, will focus on taking action on climate, learning about practical activism, and creating visions for the future.

Heather Peacocke speaking at this week's Climate Change and Business Conference

'Reframe' climate conversations - focus on thriving together, says advisor

11 Sep 2025

By Shannon Morris-Williams | New Zealand must mirror its Covid-19 response if it wants to get buy-in from the public on climate action, according to Ministry for the Environment chief advisor Heather Peacocke.

Solomon Islands Prime Minister, Jeremiah Manele

Pacific Islands leaders meet with climate change, security on agenda

9 Sep 2025

China and the US are barred from the Pacific Islands Forum as leaders gather for the annual summit in the Solomon Islands.

Bleak future for skifields due to climate change - expert

8 Sep 2025

Winter snowfall was well below average for much of the country, with multiple skifields remaining closed due to a lack of snow, offering a glimpse into a "dire" future for snowsports in New Zealand, according to an expert.

Are New Zealanders anti-climate?

29 Aug 2025

By Shannon Morris-Williams | A global study claims New Zealanders have relatively anti-climate attitudes due New Zealand's "stable" climate belief systems – but one expert argues Kiwis accept the reality of climate change.

Haukapuanui Vercoe at the 2025 Esri User Conference in San Diego, US.

Marae resilience research takes global stage

29 Aug 2025

Media release | University of Auckland - Waipapa Taumata Rau | Marae are central hubs for whānau, hapū, and iwi across Aotearoa New Zealand.

Hotter, longer, more frequent: NZ’s escalating heat risk

26 Aug 2025

By Shannon Morris-Williams | Heat extremes in New Zealand will intensify faster than previously thought, according to a new study.

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NZ backs climate-resilient horticulture project for Cambodia

Tue 2 Dec 2025

New Zealand has launched a major climate-resilient horticulture initiative in Cambodia, investing NZD$12 million in a multi-year project designed to boost rural incomes, strengthen food security and reduce child labour as communities face increasing climate pressures.

Airlines
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NZ’s government wants tourism to drive economic growth – but how will it deal with aviation emissions?

22 Oct 2025

By Robert McLachlan, Te Kunenga ki Pūrehuroa – Massey University | Following a brief dip during the COVID pandemic, aviation is back in a growth phase.

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Air NZ inks deal for its first internationally verified carbon credits

9 Oct 2025

By Liz Kivi | Air New Zealand has committed to buying 8000 tonnes of carbon removals by 2030, in partnership with local native forest investment platform My Native Forest.

Biodiversity
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Wilding pines threaten Kaikōura ranges in ‘looming catastrophe’

Thu 27 Nov 2025

Kira Carrington, Local Democracy Reporter | Wilding pines are threatening to make their way into the Kaikōura ranges, as their rampant spread sparks a renewed call for more central government funding.

Biofuels
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Govt launches strategy backing wood-based heat sector

23 Oct 2025

By Pattrick Smellie | Forestry biomass could replace as much as 40% of fossil fuel-generated process heat by 2050, but access to supply, regulatory settings and business cases for converting to wood-based heat sources are required, the Government says in a series of documents released yesterday.

Carbon Credits
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Carbon auction tipped to be a non-event

Tue 2 Dec 2025

By Liz Kivi | Tomorrow’s Emissions Trading Scheme auction is all but certain to fail, with participants blaming the government for destroying confidence as NZUs continue to change hands on the secondary market at a 40% discount on the $68 auction floor.

Carbon News world
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Shipping movements disrupted as climate change protesters block coal ships

Tue 2 Dec 2025

NSW police have arrested 141 people who attempted to block the shipping channel in Newcastle Harbour during Rising Tide protests, which began on Thursday.

Carbon prices
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Elevated volatility continues for carbon market despite govt reassurances

26 Nov 2025

By Liz Kivi | While carbon prices have recovered somewhat from recent lows, the market is still plagued by low prices and volatility, despite soothing words from the government intended to calm rattled participants.

Coal
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Energy outlook shows complex picture of NZ energy transition

Mon 1 Dec 2025

Simpson Grierson’s latest Energy Outlook 2025 paints a more complicated picture of New Zealand’s energy transition than the Government’s public narrative of momentum and accelerated delivery.

Comment
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Rob Campbell

Investors must support positive climate-tech

Fri 28 Nov 2025

OPINION: We need better leadership than the current ‘climate opportunism’ that is rife in the Beehive, and we need to back a marketplace that will make it happen, writes Rob Campbell.

Construction
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Waimauku flooding during Cyclone Gabrielle

$235 billion worth of NZ buildings exposed to flooding

30 Oct 2025

More than 750,000 New Zealanders live in locations exposed to one-in-100-year floods, according to a nationwide study which shows escalating flood risk.

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Lessons for climate advocates from the Bill Gates ‘climate hack’

Mon 1 Dec 2025

OPINION: Many were frustrated, justifiably, by Bill Gates’ ability to steal headlines ahead of this year’s just-concluded round of U.N. climate talks, COP30.

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Rabobank announces new partnership to generate carbon income for rural customers

Mon 1 Dec 2025

Dutch multinational Rabobank has announced it is partnering with a company which specialises in restoring indigenous forests in a bid to generate voluntary carbon credits for farmers through planting on lower-producing farmland.

Energy
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Tribunal warns govt geothermal strategy risks Treaty breach

Tue 2 Dec 2025

By Shannon Morris-Williams | The government's geothermal development strategy risks breaching the Treaty of Waitangi, according to a report from the Waitangi Tribunal released last week.

Extinction
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Conservation Minister Tama Potaka

DOC trims costs and winds down jobs for nature

10 Nov 2025

The Department of Conservation (DOC) is entering a new phase of tighter budgets and structural change as it winds down the pandemic-era Jobs for Nature programme and reshapes its operations to absorb long-term cost pressures.

Extreme weather
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Floods in Indonesia, Sri Lanka, Thailand leave more than 1,140 dead

Tue 2 Dec 2025

Flooding and landslides have killed more than 1,140 people across Indonesia, Sri Lanka, Thailand and Malaysia following tropical storms in recent days, with efforts under way to help thousands affected by the extreme weather.

Fishing
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NZ marine heatwaves could double in intensity under high-emissions pathway

16 Oct 2025

By Shannon Morris-Williams | New projections show marine heatwaves will grow more intense around the North Island and more frequent around the South Island as the climate warms – raising risks for fisheries, aquaculture, coastal ecosystems and tourism.

Forestry
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Europe must defend its deforestation law – for forests, business and its reputation

Tue 2 Dec 2025

Constant weakening and delays to the landmark EU regulation pose a threat to rainforests and erode Europe’s credibility as a stable, predictable market.

Gas
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Canada rolls back climate rules in energy deal with Alberta

Mon 1 Dec 2025

Under the agreement, the federal government will scrap a planned emissions cap on the oil and gas sector and drop rules on clean electricity.

Geothermal
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RMA to speed up fossil fuel consents

18 Aug 2025

By Liz Kivi | An energy lobby group has welcomed a last-minute amendment to the RMA that puts fossil fuels on the same footing as renewables, however a sustainable energy expert says the move “beggars belief.”

Green finance
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$3 billion in KiwiSaver funds fuelling ocean degradation

Mon 1 Dec 2025

Mindful Money has launched a new campaign urging New Zealanders to use their investment power to protect the ocean, warning that billions of dollars in KiwiSaver funds are currently backing companies driving marine pollution, habitat destruction and climate-related ocean impacts.

Greenhouse Effect
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Climate Change Minister Simon Watts onstage at the COP climate summit in Brazil this week

Govt’s rejection of CCC’s advice on climate targets undermines independent watchdog’s role, says opposition

21 Nov 2025

By Liz Kivi | The Government’s latest dismissal of Climate Change Commission advice shows they have their heads in the sand about the reality of meeting climate targets, according to the Labour Party, while the Greens say Government decisions were an embarrassment on the world stage at COP30 this week.

Greenwashing
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TotalEnergies loses in Paris court, marking a turning point for fossil fuel truth-in-advertising

5 Nov 2025

TotalEnergies was found to have misled consumers about its role in the energy transition.

Hydro power
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The current Onslow Dam and reservoir

Lake Onslow battery project set for revival?

29 Oct 2025

A newly formed private consortium has emerged with plans to finance and build the massive Lake Onslow pumped-hydro project, despite the coalition government’s decision to abandon the scheme.

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Hiringa chief executive Andrew Clennett

Hiringa eyes green methanol plant near Whanganui

29 Jul 2025

By Pattrick Smellie | Green hydrogen pioneer Hiringa Energy is deep in planning to develop an “eight-to-nine figure” methanol plant near Whanganui, using a combination of biomass and hydrogen produced using renewable energy.

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Insurers welcome govt decision to keep NHC levy unchanged

21 Nov 2025

Media release |The Insurance Council of New Zealand | Te Kāhui Inihua o Aotearoa (ICNZ) has welcomed the Government’s decision to leave the Natural Hazards Commission levy unchanged, amid ongoing concerns around the cost-of-living.

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Prime Minister Christopher Luxon with US President Donald Trump in South Korea last week.

Why I’m not outraged at the Govt’s latest climate backsliding

7 Nov 2025

COMMENT: The Government’s latest climate rollbacks underline New Zealand’s long history of a lack of genuine desire to cut emissions, writes Geoff Bertram.

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Climate Change Minister Simon Watts delivering New Zealand's national statement at COP30 last week.

Minister warned over lack of rationale for climate policy

25 Nov 2025

By Liz Kivi | Climate Change Minister Simon Watts’ formal explanation of why the Government isn’t going to follow the independent Climate Change Commission’s advice on climate targets is still in the pipeline, the Minister has confirmed.

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Climate Change Minister Simon Watts (right) with the Prime Minister of Niue, Dalton Tagelagi.

NZ fails to back ‘roadmap’ to phase out fossil fuels at COP

24 Nov 2025

By Liz Kivi | Eighty-six countries including Australia, the UK, Germany, and Ireland backed a proposal at COP30 for national plans on how to quit oil, gas and coal – but New Zealand wasn’t one of them.

Mining
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Media round-up

Fri 28 Nov 2025

In our round-up of climate coverage in local media: How the oil and gas industry helped rewrite New Zealand’s drilling rules, confusion reigns as the climate minister appears unaware of his own announcement, and the fierce battle over mining on Denniston Plateau.

NZ ETS
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Govt's emissions ‘buffer’ an illusion with all NZ's carbon budgets off track

Fri 28 Nov 2025

By Shannon Morris-Williams | Dr Christina Hood, head of consultancy Compass Climate, says the Government’s claim that New Zealand has a comfortable emissions “buffer” to absorb higher agricultural pollution is misleading, with projections showing emissions budgets are actually set to be missed in real terms.

NZ Market Report
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NZ's latest climate target 'weak' – Climate Action Tracker

24 Jun 2025

By Shannon Morris-Williams | New Zealand's new international climate target to 2035 is weak, and could even allow for higher emissions than the 2030 target, according to a global scientific project that tracks government climate action.

Oceans
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Heatwaves, downpours and droughts – Auckland on track for more extreme weather

Mon 1 Dec 2025

By Shannon Morris-Williams | New projections show Auckland will face more heatwaves, heavier downpours, worsening droughts and growing coastal threats as climate extremes intensify, according to a new report from Earth Sciences New Zealand.

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Marex invests in methane-busting biotech, hopes to kickstart NZ methane credits

Thu 27 Nov 2025

By Liz Kivi | NASDAQ-listed financial services group Marex has taken a minority stake in Ruminant Biotech, an Auckland-based agritech startup, with a view to kick-starting Marex’s methane-based carbon credits trading business in New Zealand.

Planetary boundaries
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Carbon Finance Program upscales efforts to close climate investment gap in climate vulnerable nations

22 Oct 2025

Media release | The Climate Vulnerable Forum and its V20 Finance Ministers (CVF-V20) will work with the Voluntary Carbon Markets Integrity Initiative (VCMI) to upscale the Carbon Finance Program in reach and impact, supporting more climate-vulnerable countries to host high-integrity carbon projects that yield tangible climate, nature, and sustainable development benefits.

Plastics
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Lobby group launches ‘blueprint’ for ocean management reform

18 Sep 2025

The Environmental Defence Society yesterday released its plan to tackle widespread ecological decline in our oceans.

Protest
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Thousands march outside COP30 summit in call for action

18 Nov 2025

Marching to the beat of pounding sound systems, thousands of climate protesters have been bringing their message to the gates of the COP30 climate talks in Brazil.

Rare earth minerals
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New Zealand Minerals Council chief executive Josie Vidal

Straterra has a new name: the New Zealand Minerals Council

16 Apr 2025

Media release | Straterra has been renamed as New Zealand Minerals Council, says chief executive Josie Vidal.

Renewable energy
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North Canterbury solar farm consent to be considered in February

Mon 1 Dec 2025

David Hill, Local Democracy Reporter | A Hurunui District Council hearings panel will consider a consent application for solar farm near Waipara in February, while Environment Canterbury has already granted consents which were not notified.

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Professor Saeid Baroutian is focused on reducing healthcare waste.

New invention cleans up greenhouse gases

Mon 1 Dec 2025

Media release: University of Auckland | A new device that removes greenhouse gases released during surgery has been successfully trialled at an Auckland hospital.

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Solar households to get little-noticed tax break

23 Sep 2025

A provision in the government’s latest tax bill would exempt households from paying tax on income they earn by selling excess electricity back to the grid.

Technology
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Pollution from coal plants was dropping. Then came Trump and AI.

Mon 1 Dec 2025

Data centres’ hunger for electricity is prompting some states to keep their coal-burning power plants from closing – while DC relaxes air pollution limits.

The House
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Resources Minister Shane Jones

Last minute change to oil and gas legislation over cleanup costs

31 Jul 2025

By Liz Kivi | The government is expected to repeal the oil and gas ban today, with a last-minute amendment handing discretionary power to two ministers over the controversial issue of decommissioning.

Transport
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Singapore sets course for 'green' methanol ship fuel supplies

26 Nov 2025

Singapore will start issuing bunkering licences next year to companies supplying methanol as marine fuel, in an effort to help global shipping cut carbon emissions.

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Govt must do the work to close gap to NZ’s Paris Agreement goal

Thu 27 Nov 2025

OPINION: New Zealand needs to wake up to the fact that under current policies we are not going to meet our international climate target and this comes with commercial and diplomatic consequences: risking our European and UK free trade agreements; risking carbon border charges; and threatening the reputation of our ‘clean and green’ export brand, writes Nigel Brunel.

Waste
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Kaicycle celebrates ten years of collective climate action in Pōneke

14 Nov 2025

Media release: Kaicycle | Since 2015, Kaicycle has grown from a humble pilot project growing kai and collecting compost on bicycles into the thriving urban farm and composting hub that Wellingtonians know and love.

Water
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Study provides a step-change in understanding NZ’s groundwater

Fri 28 Nov 2025

Media release | Earth Sciences New Zealand has developed a world-first National Groundwater Age Map and a powerful suite of tools to support the sustainable management of our hidden groundwater resources, from national through to local scales.

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Amid the ashes

26 Nov 2025

This year the LA wildfire came for my hometown. What happened next is a warning for us all.

Wind energy
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NZ’s energy system at a crossroads – report

21 Nov 2025

A new report says New Zealand’s rapid shift toward a 95% renewable electricity system is at a critical turning point, urging faster consenting, stronger firming solutions and better grid planning.

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