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India reported over 75,000 forest fires in April
7 May 2024
A senior official said a warmer than usual April and a drier winter this year are the reasons for sudden surge in forest fires.
Shell’s £6.1bn profits fuel fresh climate change row
7 May 2024
Oil giant says it will reward shareholders with US$3.5bn - as big investors threaten revolt over 'climate-wrecking' policies.
Corporate climate disclosure has passed a tipping point. Companies need to catch up.
7 May 2024
Until recently, companies could decide whether to share information about their greenhouse gas emissions and how climate change might affect their business models.
Climate change is making hurricanes more destructive
7 May 2024
Climate misinformers spend a lot of effort muddying the waters on whether climate change is making hurricanes more damaging.
UN approves complaint process for carbon credit projects
6 May 2024
The United Nations has introduced new rules to allow people harmed by projects under the global carbon credit market it is designing to file a formal appeal.
UK's new climate action plan unlawful due to delivery risk
6 May 2024
Britain's latest climate action plan is unlawful because ministers were not told of the risk that key policies could not be delivered, London's High Court ruled.
Coal’s future dims as new regulations pile on and former defenders retreat
6 May 2024
The industry’s most influential bipartisan backers are leaving, but others will take their place — at least among the GOP.
Big Oil misled public for decades about climate change
6 May 2024
A new report released details how oil companies knew the consequences of their emissions since at least the 1960s.
Climate risks ignored in National Defence Strategy, Australian former defence chief says
6 May 2024
A former chief of Australia's defence force says the federal government has failed to understand the risk climate change poses to the nation's security.
Kenya’s devastating floods expose decades of bad land management
6 May 2024
Floods in Kenya killed at least 169 people between March and April 2024, a result of decades of poor urban planning.
Top human rights court urged to tackle corporate climate crimes
3 May 2024
Historic hearing of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights asked judges to clarify the role of business in preventing human rights harms from climate change.
Drought behind Panama Canal’s 2023 shipping disruption ‘unlikely’ without El Niño
3 May 2024
Panama’s low rainfall last year caused water levels in Gatún Lake to drop to record-low levels.
Indian Ocean is heating up much faster than we think, at a rate of 1.7-3.8°C per century
3 May 2024
Future increase in heat content equivalent to adding energy of one Hiroshima atomic bomb detonation every second, all day, every day, for a decade.
Charge Big Oil with conspiracy, former tobacco prosecutor says
3 May 2024
Following the release of new internal documents, Sharon Eubanks told the Senate Budget Committee that there is evidence for a DOJ climate case against Big Oil.
Tensions grow as China ramps up global mining for green tech
3 May 2024
Earlier this year, Ai Qing was woken up in the middle of the night by angry chants outside her dormitory in northern Argentina.
Cows are just an environmental disaster
3 May 2024
OPINION: A decade ago, I was feeling pretty pessimistic about climate change. The politics of mitigating global warming just seemed impossible: asking people to make sacrifices, or countries to slow their development, and delay dreams of better, more prosperous lives.
EU investigates ‘greenwashing’ at 20 airlines
2 May 2024
Environmental claims come under scrutiny, including the benefits of offsetting emissions from flying.
Indonesian government revokes Rimba Raya REDD project’s license
2 May 2024
The Indonesian government has revoked the license of the Rimba Raya Biodiversity Reserve Project, which has issued more than 33.6 million carbon credits since 2013, for violating local regulations.
China climate chief says he’ll visit US to bolster key ties
2 May 2024
China’s new climate chief plans to visit the US in May for formal talks with his American counterpart.
Southern Africa drought flags dilemma for loss and damage fund
2 May 2024
Scientists blame the current drought on El Niño – which could exclude those affected from receiving aid for climate-change damage.
The end of coral reefs as we know them
2 May 2024
Years ago, scientists made a devastating prediction about the ocean. Now it’s unfolding.
Conservation efforts are succeeding overall at slowing biodiversity loss, global study confirms
2 May 2024
A first-of-its-kind study that analysed hundreds of conservation actions around the world has confirmed that efforts toward preserving wildlife are resulting in measurable achievements.
Why BYD's EV exports sell for twice the China price
1 May 2024
US and European politicians have raised alarms that their domestic auto industries could be destroyed by a wave of cheap Chinese electric vehicles.
G7 agrees to end coal-fired power plants by 2035
1 May 2024
The group of seven of the world’s biggest economies have agreed to put an end date on coal-fired power plants in a “historic” agreement.
Countries consider pact to reduce plastic production by 40% in 15 years
1 May 2024
Global leaders will gather in Canada's capital this week to discuss progress in drafting a first-ever global treaty to rein in soaring plastic pollution by the end of the year.
Torres Strait Islanders in landmark Australian federal court case
1 May 2024
Uncle Paul Kabai and Pabai Pabai are suing the Australian government for "failing its duty of care" to protect their ancestral lands from the impacts of climate change.
Fifty killed in Kenya floods
1 May 2024
About 50 people have died in Kenya in a deluge following heavy rains and flooding, a Red Cross official has said.
They turned cattle ranches into tropical forest — then climate change hit
1 May 2024
They brought forests back to life in Costa Rica. Their next challenge? Restoring ecosystems in a warming world.
US Federal Emergency Management Agency cracks down on flood insurance
30 Apr 2024
The housing bubble in climate-threatened areas is primed to burst in the United States as the federal agency responsible for emergency response finally cracks down on flood insurance.
In the rush to decarbonise, the shipping industry is exploring alternative fuels
30 Apr 2024
The shipping industry is finally embracing greener fuels, but which one, or ones, will they land on?
Climate change could become the main driver of biodiversity decline by mid-century
30 Apr 2024
Global biodiversity has declined between 2% and 11% during the 20th century due to land-use change alone, according to a large multi-model study published in Science.
Investigating climate-driven migration in rural Thailand
30 Apr 2024
Extreme weather events displace tens of millions of people every year, while multi-year droughts and rising sea levels are making many densely populated regions increasingly hostile to human habitation.
Is Russia ready for climate change? Mass floods expose lack of adaptation, campaigners say
30 Apr 2024
Mass floods in Russia have thrown a spotlight on the country’s approach to managing the increasing risks it faces from climate change.
UN Special Rapporteur on the rights of Indigenous Peoples calls for moratorium on carbon markets
29 Apr 2024
Francisco Calí Tzay was speaking at the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues in New York.
56 companies responsible for half of global plastic pollution that researchers could trace
29 Apr 2024
A new study on 84 countries has linked 24% of plastic waste to just five companies: Coca-Cola, PepsiCo, Nestlé, Danone and Altria.
EU votes to leave energy treaty as green rules pushed through
29 Apr 2024
EU lawmakers voted overwhelmingly for the bloc to exit a controversial international treaty that is seen by campaigners as protecting fossil fuel investments, in a series of positive votes on green legislation.
Extreme heat, heavy rain kill hundreds across Thailand, East Africa
29 Apr 2024
Extreme heat in Thailand has killed 30 people so far this year, meanwhile, East Africa has been battling torrential rain over the past month.
South Korean court hears children's climate change case against government
29 Apr 2024
South Korea's Constitutional Court is hearing a case that accuses the government of having failed to protect 200 people by not tackling climate change, in Asia's first climate-related litigation.
Mosquito-borne diseases spreading due to climate crisis
29 Apr 2024
Illnesses such as dengue and malaria to reach unaffected parts of northern Europe, America, Asia and Australia, conference to hear.
EU Policy: Rapid militarisation jeopardising climate, claim NGOs
26 Apr 2024
Impact of conflict-related carbon emissions should be accounted for and more data from military operations is needed, according to NGOs and lawmakers.
Tensions rise over who will contribute to new climate finance goal
26 Apr 2024
Germany wants all high-emitters, especially among G20 countries, to pitch in. But China and Saudi Arabia say it is only the responsibility of developed nations.
We might be closer to changing course on climate change than we realised
26 Apr 2024
Greenhouse gas emissions might have already peaked. Now they need to fall — fast.
Scientists say Oman, UAE deluge ‘most likely’ linked to climate change
26 Apr 2024
A new study has found climate change caused by fossil fuel emissions is the likely reason for the extreme weather events.
Asia is officially the most ‘disaster-prone’ region in the world
26 Apr 2024
Asia has to cope with more disasters than any other part of the world, according to the World Meteorological Organization.
Battling climate change, Japan looks to seagrass for carbon capture
26 Apr 2024
Some 100 volunteers gathered on a popular beach in the Japanese port city of Yokohama, wading in the shallows to plant strands of light-green eelgrass on the seabed.
‘Children won’t be able to survive’: inter-American court to hear from climate victims
24 Apr 2024
Historic hearing will receive submissions from people whose human rights have been affected by climate change.
Rooftop solar panels are flooding California’s grid. That’s a problem.
24 Apr 2024
As electricity prices go negative, the Golden State is struggling to offload a glut of solar power.
How can India hold elections when it’s too hot to vote?
24 Apr 2024
Sweltering heat is keeping some voters away. Changing the system is a risk worth taking.
UN labour agency report warns of rising threat of excess heat, climate change on world’s workers
24 Apr 2024
The UN labor organisation warned Monday that over 70% of the world’s workforce is likely to be exposed to excessive heat during their careers, citing increased concern about exposure to sunlight.
Floods swamp southern China sparking extreme weather fears
24 Apr 2024
Floods swamped cities in southern China's densely populated Pearl River Delta following record-breaking rains, sparking worries about the region's defences against bigger deluges induced by extreme weather events.
Environmental groups call for ETS reform
Fri 20 Feb 2026
Several environmental organisations are calling on political parties to make climate and biodiversity central to the 2026 election campaign, with reforming the Emissions Trading Scheme seen as a key priority.
Media round-up
Fri 20 Feb 2026
In our round-up of climate coverage in local media: 'Every tonne matters': The climate scientist who wants to give you hope; Minister says managed retreat is an option; and climate change is here – is New Zealand ready?
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.
Singapore sets first ever sustainable aviation fuel levy, as Southeast Asia’s fuel industry grows
Tue 17 Feb 2026
Flying in and out of Singapore, home to Southeast Asia’s busiest airport, will get slightly more expensive this year as the city state begins imposing a levy of between 75 cents to $32 per ticket to fund sustainable aviation fuel.
Greens slam move to disband Environment Ministry
Fri 20 Feb 2026
The Green Party has joined climate and health advocates in condemning the Government's decision to disestablish the Ministry for the Environment as part of a multi-ministry merger.
Govt’s own modelling shows LNG leads to higher electricity prices than other solutions
Thu 19 Feb 2026
By Christina Hood | COMMENT: According to modelling conducted by Concept Consulting for MBIE, either developing the Tariki gas storage facility or managing electricity demand would deliver lower wholesale electricity prices than the Government’s preferred solution of an LNG import terminal.
New study looks to nature markets to accelerate climate response
Wed 18 Feb 2026
The Nature Conservancy is teaming up with local groups to study the most affordable and effective ways of restoring native habitats at the top of the South Island, including ways to fund the work using international voluntary carbon markets and biodiversity credits.
Carbon price drops as volatility continues
Tue 17 Feb 2026
By Liz Kivi | The carbon market is still displaying extreme volatility, with prices dropping back to below $40 yesterday, after trading as high as $46.25 last week.
Flawed decision-making around taxing electricity to fund LNG import terminal
Mon 16 Feb 2026
By Simon Orme | COMMENT: The Government's decision to back an LNG import terminal exemplifies an egregious failure in public policy and energy sector governance.
LNG: a rational choice compared to unpalatable alternatives
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.
Sustainable retail-office project breaks ground under new Green Star framework
Thu 19 Feb 2026
Construction is set to begin on a new retail-office development in central Auckland, which is targeting a 40% reduction in embodied carbon and 25% lower energy.
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.
Carbon market rallies but auction floor still out of reach
13 Feb 2026
By Liz Kivi | The carbon market has rallied, with secondary market prices up more than 25% in the past two weeks, although current prices in the mid-$40s are still far below this year’s $71 auction floor, with the first auction of 2026 less than three weeks away.
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.
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.
Slash for cash turns storm debris into jobs and climate resilience
Thu 19 Feb 2026
A community-led initiative in Tairāwhiti is transforming storm-damaged forestry slash into jobs, soil regeneration and long-term climate resilience.
Calls for action to reduce emissions as extreme weather bites
Tue 17 Feb 2026
By Liz Kivi | Renewable energy advocates and environmental groups are calling for more action to reduce emissions and increase resilience as severe weather wreaks havoc across the country.
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.”
European Central Bank's green supervision grows teeth, but will banks avoid being bitten?
13 Feb 2026
After several years of issuing guidance and repeatedly calling on banks to take climate and environmental risk management seriously, the European Central Bank is moving from guidance and expectations to enforcement.
Green Member’s Bill aims to give whales legal ‘personhood’
9 Feb 2026
The Green Party wants to give whales legal rights, including the right to sue.
Claims that AI can help fix climate dismissed as greenwashing
Wed 18 Feb 2026
Tech companies are conflating traditional artificial intelligence with generative AI when claiming the energy-hungry technology could help avert climate breakdown, according to a report.
Govt missing opportunity to slash electricity prices, says expert
11 Feb 2026
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.
Media round-up
13 Feb 2026
In our round-up of climate coverage in local media: Senior UK ministers have asked their New Zealand counterparts to explain new climate policies, National’s LNG blunders are a warning ahead of election campaign, and what are the lessons New Zealand should take from another summer of weather disasters?
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.
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.
Australian gas producer Santos wins court fight over net zero claims
Wed 18 Feb 2026
An Australian court on Tuesday threw out a lawsuit against gas producer Santos that alleged the company misled the public on its plans to achieve net zero carbon emissions.
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.
Seabed miners quit South Taranaki fast-track bid
Fri 20 Feb 2026
By Craig Ashworth, Local Democracy Reporter | Would-be seabed miners have abandoned their fast-track bid to mine in South Taranaki waters, saying they can’t change the minds of the panel that rejected their application.
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.
Partnership to advance Pacific science and environmental leadership
Thu 19 Feb 2026
Media release | Waipapa Taumata Rau, University of Auckland, and the Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to strengthen collaboration in Pacific-led science, research and capacity-building, with a strong focus on environmental sustainability and ocean stewardship.
Lawyers seek answers on climate impacts of LNG import facility
13 Feb 2026
By Shannon Morris-Williams | Lawyers for Climate Action has written to Climate Change and Energy Minister Simon Watts warning that the Government's plan for an LNG import terminal could be in conflict with New Zealand’s climate obligations and emissions reduction targets.
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.
Kiwi startup takes on global plastic pollution
12 Feb 2026
A New Zealand startup is launching what it says is the world’s first plastic-free effervescent drink tablet, with the ambitious aim of eliminating bottled beverages to reduce global plastic pollution.
78% of NZers want bottom trawling banned as Govt pushes to catch more coral in South Pacific
Tue 17 Feb 2026
Media release | New polling shows overwhelming support from New Zealanders for a ban on bottom trawling in the South Pacific high seas, says Greenpeace.
Critical minerals talks with US questioned in Waitangi Tribunal climate inquiry
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.
IEA Declaration strengthens international co-operation on critical minerals
Fri 20 Feb 2026
Media release – NZ Government | New Zealand has joined international leaders at the 2026 International Energy Agency Ministerial meeting in committing to strengthen global co-operation on critical minerals to strengthen long‑term energy security.
Antarctic sediment core reveals past ice sheet retreat during warmer climates
Wed 18 Feb 2026
A record-breaking sediment core drilled from beneath the West Antarctic Ice Sheet is giving scientists new insight into how the ice sheet responded to warmer climates in the past — and what that could mean for future sea-level rise.
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.
NZ-UAE partnership boosts advanced tech
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.
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.
Infrastructure plan calls for ‘predictable approach’ to electrifying economy
Wed 18 Feb 2026
Aotearoa’s first National Infrastructure Plan, introduced to Parliament yesterday, calls for "a predictable approach to electrifying the economy" as one of ten priorities for the next decade.
Climate ambassador moves on
13 Feb 2026
By Liz Kivi | The Government is on the hunt for a new top climate diplomat, with previous climate ambassador Stu Horne moving on to a posting in Honolulu as New Zealand’s Consul General to Hawai’i.
EU to ban destruction of unsold clothes and shoes
12 Feb 2026
The European Commission has adopted new measures that will require medium and large companies to stop discarding unsold clothing and footwear, in the bloc’s latest move to target textile waste.
New research on climate adaptation as severe weather hits
Mon 16 Feb 2026
As extreme weather batters the country yet again, researchers have published the first ever empirical study of climate adaptation justice in Aotearoa New Zealand.
Study finds warming world increases days when weather is prone to fires around the globe
Fri 20 Feb 2026
The number of days when the weather gets hot, dry and windy — ideal to spark extreme wildfires — has nearly tripled in the past 45 years across the globe, with the trend increasing even higher in the Americas, a new study shows.
Hydrogen plant to start construction
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.
