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Climate minister confirms commitment to international climate targets

8 Dec 2023

Climate Change minister Simon Watts confirmed New Zealand’s commitment to the Paris Agreement ahead of flying to Dubai for the annual United Nations climate summit.

Best by the rest...

8 Dec 2023

In our weekly round-up of the best climate coverage in local media: COP28’s first Health Day points to what needs to change in NZ; Protecting climate refugees is more urgent than ever; And Subsidising petro-states to stop drilling oil and gas.

Carbon price down following declined auction

7 Dec 2023

The carbon price is down following yesterday’s failed auction, which sent 15 million NZUs out of the ETS for good.

New Zealand criticised for dependence on offsetting

7 Dec 2023

New Zealand has been singled out, along with Japan and South Korea, for relying on offshore offsetting to meet its nationally determined contribution in the latest update by non-profit Climate Action Tracker.

Fourth consecutive carbon auction failure sends 15 million carbon units up in smoke

6 Dec 2023

The final ETS carbon auction of the year has failed, taking 15 million tonnes worth of carbon “pollution permits” out of the market - and a potential $1 billion out of the government’s coffers.

Controversial carbon credits flood COP28, yet still no rules

6 Dec 2023

The COP28 climate talks have been flooded with announcements hyping controversial carbon credits before rules for them have been hammered out, with environmental groups fearing "greenwashing" on a massive scale.

Carbon price up ahead of auction next week

1 Dec 2023

The carbon price is up to just under $75 ahead of the Emissions Trade Scheme auction on Wednesday next week.

Scrutiny on global voluntary carbon market and changes to ETS led to Toitū dropping NZUs

1 Dec 2023

By Ann Smith | OPINION: Toitū’s decision last week to transition away from accepting New Zealand carbon credits brought the global voluntary carbon market, and debates about its integrity, into sharp focus.

Massive native reforestation project proposed

29 Nov 2023

By Jeremy Rose | New Zealand could go from being a buyer of offshore carbon credits to an exporter of offsets, according to the promoters of an ambitious plan to reforest and restore 2.1 million hectares of indigenous forests over the next 10 years.

Toitū to stop accepting NZUs

23 Nov 2023

Toitū Envirocare, the government’s carbon certification service, announced today that it will transition away from accepting New Zealand carbon credits in its carbon certification programmes.

Carbon price steady amidst political uncertainty

16 Nov 2023

The carbon price has pushed through the $70 mark over the last past two months, from a low of $64 in late September to a high last week of $71.25.

Taskforce recommends continuous canopy forestry for Nelson

9 Nov 2023

A taskforce is calling for a halt to clear-felling on Nelson council land, and a transition to a continuous canopy of mixed species to replace the council’s commercial forestry operations, as part of a set of recommendations that will be presented to Nelson City Council today.

Carbon price predicted to go close to $100 in 2024

8 Nov 2023

An expert is picking a bump in the carbon price if the December auction doesn’t clear, predicting it will to go up to between $80 and $100 next year - with an expectation it will be closer to $100.

Best by the rest...

27 Oct 2023

In our weekly round-up of the best climate coverage in local media: Is a $90m project to cool cow burps working? an East Coast leader argues that indigenous reforestation is a Treaty right; and MetService defends its inability to forecast the extreme rainfall that led to Auckland’s deadly floods.

Australian carbon price set to double

17 Oct 2023

Analysts say Australia’s carbon price is set to double, with reforms underway affecting industrial greenhouse gas emitters who are responsible for about 28% of the country’s emissions.

NZX updates ETS auction calendars

13 Oct 2023

NZX has updated the Emissions Trading Scheme auction calendars, with new settings in line with Climate Change Commission recommendations.

NZ still has a long way to go to meet emission reduction targets: "This ship can sink"

10 Oct 2023

By Robert McLachlan | COMMENT: The 2016 Paris Agreement contains a built-in feedback mechanism to help ensure that its goals are met: the Global Stocktake. Every five years all pledges and progress are assessed and compared to the targets on warming, adaptation, and financing.

Govt releases Cabinet papers on ETS forestry charges

5 Oct 2023

The government has proactively released cabinet papers on controversial new charges for forestry in the Emissions Trading Scheme.

Wildfire conditions could be worst for 25 years

29 Sep 2023

By Liz Kivi | A wildfire expert says that New Zealand could be heading for the worst wildfire conditions for 25 years this summer, with El Niño and climate change combining to bring dry spells, high temperatures and high winds.

Likely ETS auction failure will eat into stockpile

29 Sep 2023

The likely failure of the final ETS auction of the year in December would result in a significant chunk of the current stockpile evaporating.

Differing visions for Climate Change Commission

27 Sep 2023

By Jeremy Rose | The Act Party wants it abolished, NZ First is calling for its head’s head, and Labour, the Greens and TOP want it given more powers.

Can ‘carbon offsets’ help to tackle climate change?

27 Sep 2023

Every day, people are invited to buy products and services with supposed climate benefits – whether this be “carbon-neutral flights”, “net-zero beef” or “carbon-negative coffee”.

Foresters say new ETS charges will discourage planting

22 Sep 2023

Foresters say that new charges for forestry in the ETS will penalise sustainable forestry and disincentivise planting when it is most needed.

Top carbon offset projects may not cut planet-heating emissions

21 Sep 2023

Majority of offset projects that have sold the most carbon credits are ‘likely junk’, according to analysis by Corporate Accountability and the Guardian.

Rainforest carbon credit schemes misleading and ineffective, finds report

18 Sep 2023

System not fit for carbon offsetting, puts Indigenous communities at risk and should be replaced with new approach, say researchers.

Carbon price hovers around $73

13 Sep 2023

The NZU price is up $2 since early last week, with a price bump both before and after last week’s auction.

European Energy Exchange launches Global Carbon Index Family

7 Sep 2023

Media release | The European Energy Exchange (EEX) has launched its Global Carbon Index (GCI) Family, offering a comprehensive view into the rapidly evolving global carbon markets. The new index bundle will introduce the EEX GCI Core, and the EEX GCI Extended.

Carbon price up ahead of Wednesday auction

4 Sep 2023

The carbon price pushed through the $70 mark at the end of last week, last fixing at $71 on Commtrade on Friday. It has climbed $6 in the past two weeks to its highest point since February - more than double the price just two months ago.

Sealord investing $10 million in Māori-led carbon forestry offsetting

4 Sep 2023

Fishing giant Sealord is investing $10 million over the next ten years in a carbon offsetting programme that it says will develop underutilised Te Arawa land in the Rotorua region into permanent forest.

Concerns around NZU reporting

1 Sep 2023

Emissions Trading Scheme participants are calling for better accuracy and transparency in NZU movement reporting, after two reporting glitches have led to serious questions.

Petition calls to end free carbon credits for big emitters

1 Sep 2023

A group of NGOs and activists have launched a petition calling for an end to free carbon credits for industry and for the system to be replaced by a carbon border mechanism.

National’s climate “dividend” isn’t really a dividend - and could increase emissions

31 Aug 2023

By Liz Kivi | Yesterday the National Party announced a “climate dividend” amid much fanfare as part of its $14.6 billion package of tax cuts.

Consultation on exotic hardwoods and carbon tables in the ETS

30 Aug 2023

The Ministry for Primary Industries is consulting on recognising space-plantings and exotic hardwoods in the New Zealand Emissions Trading Scheme.

Analysts predict carbon price will hit $140 by 2050

25 Aug 2023

Analysts are predicting the spot price of NZUs will rise to $150 by 2050 - a level they say will negatively affect some of New Zealand’s big energy gentailers and encourage behavioural change from carbon polluters.

Best by the rest...

25 Aug 2023

Is carbon forestry pushing farm prices out of reach? Auckland’s cyclone recovery funding deal; and why sustainability shouldn’t be just an afterthought in space exploration.

Kenya’s ‘green growth’ pitch for Africa Climate Summit sparks justice concerns

25 Aug 2023

Outcry over a fossil fuel consultancy taking a lead role, and unease over the Kenyan president’s focus on finance, raises questions as to whether the summit will truly be “by Africans for Africans”.

Unexplained anomaly in NZU surrenders

23 Aug 2023

An unexplained reporting anomaly suggests a big emitter - or emitters - are late submitting their NZU surrenders, with about 13 million units unaccounted for.

Secondary carbon market “pops” to 5-month high, ETS announcement later today

22 Aug 2023

The NZU price hit a 5-month high late last week, trading as high as $66.50 on Friday - up 10% for the week.

Updated bill “big win” for climate

17 Aug 2023

Activists are claiming a climate bill update as a significant win against big polluters - with 800,000 tonnes of subsidised carbon dioxide pollution now cut from free allocations.

International carbon crediting bodies explained

15 Aug 2023

Confused about who is part of shoring up the voluntary carbon market? Us too.

Best by the rest...

11 Aug 2023

In our weekly round-up of the best climate coverage in local media: What does the hottest month in human history mean for Aotearoa? Planning for the worst from climate change; and the Lake Onslow Battery Project's uncertain future.

ETS needs to incentivise gross emissions reductions: Consultations close tomorrow

10 Aug 2023

By Ann Smith | Although New Zealand has updated its international commitment to reduce emissions, it is still ranked as “Highly Insufficient” by Climate Action Tracker.

Meeting the long-term climate threat takes more than private investment – 10 ways NZ can be smart and strategic

10 Aug 2023

By Kevin Trenberth | The announcement of a partnership between the government and the world’s biggest investment manager BlackRock in a NZ$2 billion climate infrastructure fund suggests the company is expecting renewable energy in New Zealand to increase its own profitability.

From Kenya to England are carbon offsets all they’re cracked up to be?

10 Aug 2023

Carbon credits are suddenly everywhere, and they explain the hyper-financialization of climate policy.

Tender for forestry NZUs

9 Aug 2023

An unnamed buyer is in the market for a “significant volume” of forestry NZUs through a tender process.

Māori forestry lobby welcomes Nat’s commitment to leave ETS unchanged

7 Aug 2023

Māori forestry group Te Taumata has welcomed a National Party statement that they would not make major changes to the Emissions Trading Scheme if voted into government at the upcoming election.

Carbon price fluctuates with potential for more volatility

2 Aug 2023

It’s been a big week for NZUs on the secondary market, with the price rising almost $18 to $65 on Wednesday last week, hovering around $60 for several days, but then dipping below the $60 mark.

Energy Council releases wish list for the next govt

31 Jul 2023

The BusinessNZ Energy Council says the next government should set long-term energy goals and stick to them - without reactive kneejerk policy changes.

Foresters welcome ETS reset

27 Jul 2023

Foresters have welcomed the government’s reset of Emissions Trading Scheme auction settings, saying it should incentivise forestry and wood processing investors for the embattled industry.

Forestry consultations

27 Jul 2023

The Ministry for Primary Industries is consulting on two forestry-related issues, with the deadline for one just a week away.

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Auckland Council opens $1m Climate and Emergency Readiness Fund

4 Feb 2026

Community groups across Tāmaki Makaurau are being invited to apply for a new $1 million Climate and Emergency Readiness Fund, designed to support locally led action on climate change, disaster preparedness and climate adaptation.

Agriculture
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Kapuni Project wind turbines in South Taranaki (visual simulation)

Hydrogen plant to start construction

Tue 10 Feb 2026

Construction is set to start this month on Hiringa Energy’s long delayed green hydrogen project in South Taranaki, after years of consenting fights that culminated in the Court of Appeal rejecting Greenpeace’s challenge in late 2023.

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.

Aviation
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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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World fight against invasive species comes to Auckland

Tue 10 Feb 2026

Media release: University of Auckland | From countering invasive pink salmon in Norway to controlling feral cats in the Cayman Islands, knowledge on eradicating invasive species will be shared by international experts in New Zealand.

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 News world
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IPBES: Four key takeaways on how nature loss threatens the global economy

Today 11:30am

The “undervaluing” of nature by businesses is fuelling its decline and putting the global economy at risk, according to a major new report.

Carbon prices
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Climate Change Commission chair Dame Patsy Reddy with Climate Change Minister Simon Watts

Minister’s letters: Mildly positive or just virtue signalling?

Thu 5 Feb 2026

By Liz Kivi | The carbon market was buoyed slightly yesterday, after letters between the Government and the Climate Change Commission were proactively released.

Coal
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Climate Change and Energy Minister Simon Watts, left, with Resources Minister Shane Jones, centre, at a breakfast event yesterday hosted by fossil fuel lobby group Energy Resources Aotearoa

LNG plan risks fossil fuel dependency: Environment Commissioner

Today 11:30am

By Pattrick Smellie | Importing liquefied natural gas risks creating a “new path dependency on fossil fuel” unless LNG is ring-fenced for use only in the electricity system and only during extended periods of hydro-electricity water shortages, says the Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment, Simon Upton.

Comment
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LNG: a rational choice compared to unpalatable alternatives

Tue 10 Feb 2026

By Pattrick Smellie | COMMENT: By deciding to underwrite the private construction of a liquefied natural gas import facility in Taranaki, the Government has made a rational choice in favour of energy security and affordability.

Construction
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RMA’s successors hinge on two untested bets

17 Dec 2025

Two ideas sit at the heart of the Government’s replacement for the Resource Management Act: regulatory relief and spatial planning.

COP
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Resources Minister Shane Jones and New Zealand First deputy leader Shane Jones

Opposition attacks Govt over fossil fuel phaseout backdown

2 Feb 2026

By Liz Kivi | Revelations that Resources Minister Shane Jones ruled out New Zealand signing up to a 'road map' away from fossil fuels at last year’s global climate summit show the National Party’s minor coalition partners’ undue influence over the Government, according to Labour leader Chris Hipkins.

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EU weighing options to support industry in carbon market overhaul

Mon 9 Feb 2026

The European Commission is looking at various ways to support industries in an upcoming overhaul of the EU carbon market to prevent them moving to areas with lower pollution standards, the head of the Commission’s climate department said late on Wednesday.

Energy
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Climate Change and Energy Minister Simon Watts

Govt missing opportunity to slash electricity prices, says expert

Today 11:30am

By Liz Kivi | The Government’s fixation on eliminating the "dry-year risk margin" as a lever to reduce costs misses a much bigger opportunity to lower electricity prices, according to Christina Hood, head of Compass Climate.

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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$8.9m research project to map future ocean change around Aotearoa

Tue 10 Feb 2026

The major research project aims to better understand how warming oceans are driving extreme weather events around New Zealand, from heavy rainfall to tropical cyclones.

Fishing
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Transport dominates NZ’s rising consumer emissions

10 Dec 2025

By Shannon Morris-Williams | Transport pollution was the biggest contributor to an increase in New Zealand’s consumption-based emissions in 2023, with emissions from household travel up 12%, and consumption-based emissions totalling 58.3 million tonnes – up 1.6% from the previous year.

Forestry
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'Damning' report challenges forestry’s role in Tairāwhiti as sector rejects conclusions

4 Feb 2026

By Shannon Morris-Williams | New independent analysis commissioned by Mana Taiao Tairāwhiti challenges long-standing claims that industrial forestry underpins the Tairāwhiti economy.

Gas
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Australian ministers met Japanese gas companies 20 times amid fossil fuel lobbying push

Today 11:30am

Australian government ministers met Japanese gas company executives more than 20 times in the last term of parliament as Labor encouraged investment in the fossil fuel industry.

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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US is canceling almost $30 billion in Biden-era energy loans

27 Jan 2026

The Trump administration said it’s canceling almost $30 billion of financing from the Energy Department’s green bank after reviewing transactions approved under former President Biden.

Greenhouse Effect
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Green Member’s Bill aims to give whales legal ‘personhood’

Mon 9 Feb 2026

The Green Party wants to give whales legal rights, including the right to sue.

Greenwashing
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Govt slammed for weakening methane target

15 Dec 2025

By Shannon Morris-Williams The Government has pushed through legislation under urgency to almost halve New Zealand’s 2050 methane target – a move Opposition parties say disregards scientific advice, breaks the country’s hard-won political consensus on climate action, and shifts the burden of higher warming and higher future costs onto the next generation.

Hydro power
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Ralph Regenvanu (centre) at the COP30 climate summit.

COP30 microcosm of difficult geopolitics, says Vanuatu's Climate Minister

15 Dec 2025

By Liz Kivi | Despite ‘intransigent’ states blocking multilateralism and a disappointing official outcome, Vanuatu’s Climate Change Minister Ralph Regenvanu says he left the COP30 climate summit feeling more positive than after previous UN climate conferences.

Hydrogen
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Hydrogen emissions are ‘supercharging’ the warming impact of methane

19 Dec 2025

The warming impact of hydrogen has been “overlooked” in projections of climate change, according to authors of the latest “global hydrogen budget”.

Insurance
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Wales council to buy and demolish homes prone to flooding

4 Feb 2026

A row of homes in a village in south Wales is to be bought by a local authority and demolished as they can no longer be protected from flooding caused by the climate crisis.

Kyoto
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Waitangi Treaty Grounds

Climate law change spanner in the works for Waitangi Tribunal Inquiry

19 Dec 2025

By Liz Kivi | The Government’s controversial changes to New Zealand’s legal framework for climate policy have thrown a spanner in the works for a long-running Waitangi Tribunal Inquiry into climate change.

Litigation
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Greenpeace set to take UK Government to court over deep-sea mining licences

Thu 5 Feb 2026

Environmental NGO Greenpeace has kick-started a legal challenge against the UK Government’s decision to approve the transfer of two seabed exploration licences to a newly-formed mining company with US links.

Low carbon
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Govt unveils plans for carbon storage regulations – and ETS rewards

18 Dec 2025

By Liz Kivi | The Government has released plans to regulate carbon capture and storage in natural geological formations, which include Emissions Trading Scheme incentives, with the aim of introducing related legislation in 2026.

Mining
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Ministers celebrate fast-track milestone amid criticism

Tue 10 Feb 2026

By Shannon Morris-Williams | The government is marking the first anniversary of its fast-track approvals regime, saying it is helping “build New Zealand’s future”, despite continued criticism from environmental groups, opposition parties, and industry voices following several controversial project decisions.

NZ ETS
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Climate Change Minister Simon Watts

Govt looks to Commission for ways to shore up carbon price

4 Feb 2026

By Liz Kivi | The Government has asked the Climate Change Commission to look at lower auction volumes and an increase in the auction floor price as options to revive the Emissions Trading Scheme, as carbon prices remain weak.

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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A turning point for our ocean: why the High Seas Treaty matters for the Pacific

Tue 10 Feb 2026

Media release: UNDP | The global ratification of the Biodiversity Beyond National Jurisdiction (BBNJ) Treaty marks a decisive moment in international cooperation and ocean governance. Referred to as the High Seas Treaty, the agreement establishes a legally binding framework to protect marine biodiversity in areas of the ocean that lie beyond national jurisdiction.

Paris Agreement
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Out of Paris, but will the US formally quit the UN climate regime?

30 Jan 2026

The Trump administration has decided to withdraw the US from the broader UN climate convention, raising questions about the legality of the move and what it means in practice.

Planetary boundaries
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Commentators slam Govt inaction in aftermath of climate change-fuelled storms

30 Jan 2026

By Liz Kivi | Climate action - or inaction - is shaping up to be an election issue, with multiple commentators drawing a line between the Coalition Government’s backsliding on climate targets and the deadly extreme weather events of the past week.

Plastics
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Major health risks linked to plastics emissions set to soar by 2040

28 Jan 2026

The adverse health consequences stemming from the global plastics system are projected to more than double by 2040, driven by greenhouse gases, air pollutants and toxic chemicals released throughout its lifecycle.

Policy development
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Greg Severinsen

Rushed resource management reform bills unworkable: Environmental Defence Society

Today 11:30am

By Shannon Morris-Williams | The Environmental Defence Society says significant amendments are needed to the government’s Natural Environment and Planning Bills, warning the proposed reforms risk weakening environmental limits, public participation, and regulatory certainty.

Protest
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Three Greenpeace activists removed by police from Fonterra

17 Dec 2025

Media release | Three Greenpeace activists were removed by police from Fonterra’s downtown Auckland offices, following a protest on Monday at the Shareholders’ Fund meeting over the corporation’s role in the contamination of rural communities’ drinking water.

Rare earth minerals
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Critical minerals talks with US questioned in Waitangi Tribunal climate inquiry

Mon 9 Feb 2026

By Shannon Morris-Williams | New Zealand and the United States' negotiations over critical minerals have raised questions for the Waitangi Tribunal’s long-running inquiry into climate change.

Renewable energy
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Australia's renewables boom delivers coveted power price payoff

Today 11:30am

Australia's wholesale electricity prices fell to the lowest in four years in 2025, bucking the rising price trends seen elsewhere and validating claims that renewables-heavy power system overhauls can help lower consumer power costs.

Science
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Technology Minister Dr Shane Reti (centre)

NZ-UAE partnership boosts advanced tech

Mon 9 Feb 2026

Media release | A new Antarctic science partnership with a leading UAE university will grow New Zealand’s advanced engineering and modelling capability, supporting high-value jobs, encouraging economic growth, and enabling smarter climate risk management, Science, Innovation and Technology Minister Dr Shane Reti says.

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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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NZ hydrogen regulation to catch up with the world

18 Dec 2025

By Pattrick Smellie | The government has announced a regulatory reset for New Zealand’s emerging clean tech hydrogen sector.

The House
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Pacific climate response in question as NZ finance remains unclear

19 Dec 2025

By Shannon Morris-Williams | With New Zealand's $1.3 billion international climate finance commitment set to end with no clarity on what follows, the Auditor-General says oversight of that funding remains patchy and long-term outcomes are unclear.

Transport
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China maximises battery recycling to shore up critical mineral supplies

Today 11:30am

Beijing is bracing for a tsunami of spent EV batteries by taking steps to boost recycling – a strategy that could also cut its reliance on imports of clean energy minerals.

United Nations
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Ambassador Odo Tevi, Permanent Representative of Vanuatu to the United Nations.

Vanuatu introduces draft UN resolution on ICJ demanding full climate compensation

Today 11:30am

Media release: Vanuatu Government | Vanuatu has introduced the zero draft of a United Nations General Assembly resolution to endorse the International Court of Justice’s advisory opinion on the obligations of states in respect of climate change, delivered on 23 July 2025.

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

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.

Wildfires
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Argentina fires ravage pristine Patagonia forests, fueling criticism of Milei’s austerity

4 Feb 2026

The wildfires, among the worst to hit the drought-stricken Patagonia region in decades, have devastated more than 45,000 hectares (174 square miles) of Argentina’s forests in the last month and a half, forcing the evacuation of thousands of residents and tourists.

Wind energy
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World's first 20 MW offshore wind turbine powers grid in China

Tue 10 Feb 2026

The world's most powerful offshore wind turbine has begun feeding electricity into the grid off the coast of southeast China, marking a major technological leap in the country's wind power industry.

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