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3,600 times faster: China is shaking up the steel industry

25 Feb 2026

For over a century, making steel meant coal, heat, and hours of waiting. A Chinese research team now reports collapsing that process into just three to six seconds; no coal, near zero emissions, and a vortex lance already moving toward commercial production. The technology is called flash ironmaking, and in February 2026, its implications are still unfolding.

Genesis Energy chief executive Malcolm Johns

Government invests $200m towards Genesis Energy's $400m capital raise

23 Feb 2026

The Government has confirmed it will buy up to $200 million of new Genesis Energy shares as part of a capital raise announced by the company this morning.

Indonesia coal plant closure U-turn sows energy transition doubts

23 Feb 2026

A reversal in 2025 cast fresh doubts on Jakarta’s energy transition plans and dashed the hopes of locals who blame the plant for environmental and health problems.

Govt’s own modelling shows LNG leads to higher electricity prices than other solutions

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.

Flawed decision-making around taxing electricity to fund LNG import terminal

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.

Former Climate Change Commission Chair Dr Rod Carr

NZ still lacking coherent energy strategy

13 Feb 2026

By Rod Carr | COMMENT: The government’s levy-funded foreign gas proposal for an LNG terminal shows New Zealand’s politicians being outmanoeuvred yet again by the multi-trillion dollar energy industry.

India will use more coal over the next 25 years, report says

13 Feb 2026

India's coal consumption could more than double by mid-century before plunging sharply as the country shifts toward cleaner energy, long‑term projections published by government think-tank NITI Aayog show.

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

11 Feb 2026

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.

Prime Minister Christopher Luxon and Climate Change Minister Simon Watts made the announcement yesterday.

Govt backs LNG imports

10 Feb 2026

By Pattrick Smellie | The Government will rush to put in place contracts for the construction of a liquefied natural gas import facility by mid-year, claiming it will smooth electricity price volatility and underpin investment in renewable energy projects.

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.

IEA calls peak coal, even as 'Age of Electricity' takes hold to boost global power demand

10 Feb 2026

A new IEA report published on Friday, Electricity 2026, says electricity demand will increase by an average of 3.6 per cent each year over the remainder of the decade, driven by rising consumption from industry, electric vehicles, air conditioning, and data centres.

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.

Annual emissions fell to lowest in 15 years in Sept 2025

5 Feb 2026

By Pattrick Smellie | New Zealand’s greenhouse gas emissions fell to their lowest annual total in the year to September 2025 since records began 2010, according to Statistics New Zealand data published this morning.

‘Rush’ for new coal in China hits record high in 2025 as climate deadline looms

4 Feb 2026

Proposals to build coal-fired plants in China reached a record high in 2025, finds a new study.

Indonesia’s massive captive coal plans are putting climate targets and economy at risk: study

28 Jan 2026

Operational and planned industrial coal capacity to fuel the nickel boom has tripled since 2023, surpassed Australia’s entire coal fleet and is nearing Germany’s total, raising concerns over emissions and long-term competitiveness.

Global coal demand hit record high this year but is set to decline by 2030

18 Dec 2025

Global coal demand reached a record high in 2025 but is expected to decline by 2030 as renewables, nuclear power and abundant natural gas squeeze its dominance in power generation.

Kommi performing on Saturday

KiwiRail pauses coal trains amid rising climate protests

9 Dec 2025

By Shannon Morris-Williams | Climate activists are ramping up actions this week, with a Christchurch protest leading to KiwiRail pausing some coal train operations on Saturday, and another protest against the Fast-Track Amendment Bill planned for parliament today.

Hello, foreign oligarchs and corporations! Please come and sue the UK for billions

3 Dec 2025

COMMENT: The case of a planned Cumbrian coalmine shows how governments around the world are being threatened by litigation in shadowy offshore courts.

Energy outlook shows complex picture of NZ energy transition

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.

Media round-up

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.

Act Party leader David Seymour

Act-NZ First split over future of the energy sector

14 Nov 2025

Act leader David Seymour has set out an energy policy platform that diverges sharply from coalition partner NZ First, arguing New Zealand must accept coal-fired backup generation, consider nuclear power, remove political interference from the electricity sector and sell down the government’s majority stakes in the gentailers.

Huntly Power Station

Regulator signs off on deal to retain Huntly capacity

11 Nov 2025

The Commerce Commission has authorised the Huntly Firming Option (HFO), allowing Contact Energy, Meridian Energy and Mercury NZ to pay Genesis Energy to keep one of its ageing Rankine units available as backup generation until December 2035.

Climate Change and Energy Minister Simon Watts

Scrutiny on energy security

3 Nov 2025

A special debate in Parliament put the Government’s energy security agenda under scrutiny, with parties splitting sharply over the role of gas, the place of an LNG import terminal, and how far to push market reform to ease pressure on power bills.

Sam Neill

Celebrities slam mining plans

28 Oct 2025

Actor Sam Neill has slammed plans for a gold mine in Otago, while Denniston Rose author Jenny Pattrick is backing a petition that would stop a coalmine on the West Coast.

Huntly Power Station

Genesis doubles down on Huntly as renewables ramp up

24 Oct 2025

Genesis Energy is doubling down on Huntly’s role as New Zealand’s energy backstop while accelerating one of the country’s largest pipelines of new renewable generation.

No major banks have yet committed to stop funding new oil, gas and coal, research finds

24 Oct 2025

‘The objectives of the Paris agreement are slipping further out of reach,’ say researchers.

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.

The Government will decide by December whether to go ahead with an LNG import facility.

Electricity to remain in ETS

1 Oct 2025

By Pattrick Smellie | The Government has rejected Frontier Economics' recommendation that electricity should be removed from the Emissions Trading Scheme.

Genesis inks coal deal for domestic supply at Huntly

23 Sep 2025

Genesis Energy will increase domestic coal supplies for Huntly Power Station under a new deal with BT Mining.

Nations’ plans to ramp up coal, gas and oil extraction ‘will put climate goals beyond reach’

23 Sep 2025

New data shows governments now planning more fossil fuel production in coming decades than they were in 2023.

Industry struggles with double-digit power price hikes

15 Sep 2025

As power prices surge by double-digit amounts for the second year in a row, industrial users can’t keep absorbing cost increases, the Major Electricity Users’ Group says.

Coal imports up 650%

12 Sep 2025

By Shannon Morris-Williams and Liz Kivi | Coal imports are up 650% as generators stockpile the most polluting fossil fuel ahead of next winter.

Meridian Energy water level guage at Lake Tekapo

La Niña set to prolong NZ hydro shortfall

9 Sep 2025

By Shannon Morris-Williams | With La Niña favouring a drier-than-normal spring across much of the South Island, hydro lakes are unlikely to recover without substantial rain and late snowmelt – keeping national storage levels below average.

Foresta head of project development and delivery Alex Johnson, Putauaki Trust chief executive John O’Brien, Foresta executive chairman Henry Chang, Kawerau Mayor Faylene Tunui, Foresta executive director Maurice Fabiani, business development manager

Kawerau's new hope: Plan to replace coal with pine ramps up

8 Sep 2025

By Diane McCarthy, Local Democracy Reporter | Construction on a $300 million wood pellet plant in the Eastern Bay of Plenty is expected to start next month, with hopes it could cut the use of coal in New Zealand.

Marginal drop in last year's regional emissions

27 Aug 2025

Regional greenhouse gas emissions were down slightly last year, with a fall in gas supply leading to a big drop in Taranaki, but more coal burnt leading to higher emissions in Waikato, according to new figures from Stats NZ

Profound shifts in our changing energy system – new data

27 Aug 2025

New Zealand’s energy system is undergoing a profound shift as falling gas production and a dry hydro year reshaped the electricity market in 2024, according to data from the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment’s Energy in New Zealand 2025.

Two energy paths: China locks in renewables, U.S. clings to coal

27 Aug 2025

China’s clean energy build out is about more than panels and wind turbines. It includes new transmission lines, storage, grid upgrades and planning that prevents waste.

A coal-fired plant in Michigan was to close. But Trump forced it to keep running at $1m a day

25 Aug 2025

Donald Trump has made several unusual moves to elongate the era of coal, such as giving the industry exemptions from pollution rules. But the gambit to keep one Michigan coal-fired power station running has been extraordinary – by forcing it to remain open even against the wishes of its operator.

Coal mining company continuing with fast-track plans despite costly protest

22 Aug 2025

By Shannon Morris-Williams | A marathon 23-day coal bucket occupation protesting Bathurst Resources' plan to mine the Denniston Plateau ended on Tuesday, when Climate Liberation Aotearoa activists Rachel Andrews and Tāmati Taptiklis climbed down from the 80-metre high Stockton mine ropeway and were taken into custody.

Africa’s top climate change challenges: a fairer deal on phasing out fossil fuels and mobilising funds

22 Aug 2025

African countries have made binding commitments to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions. To do this, they will need to shift to renewable energy and stop mining and using fossil fuels like oil and coal.

Vans were subject to an arson attack at Denniston Plateau

Activists facing intimidation tactics at Bathurst mine

19 Aug 2025

By Shannon Morris-Williams | Climate Liberation Aotearoa activists suspended 80m high in a coal bucket at a the Stockton mine on the West Coast say coal mining company Bathurst Resources is using ‘hostile’ tactics to try and remove them.

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.”

Resources Minister Shane Jones

Shane Jones on climate change – it’s real, but…

15 Aug 2025

By Pattrick Smellie | New Zealand First deputy leader Shane Jones believes climate change is real, but is uninterested in what is causing it and primarily focused on adapting to it.

Why China is still building new coal – and when it might stop

14 Aug 2025

Last year, China started construction on an estimated 95 gigawatts (GW) of new coal power capacity, enough to power the entire UK twice over.

Carbon price underperforming: Environment secretary

13 Aug 2025

By Liz Kivi | The government has been focussed on reducing the Emissions Trading Scheme ‘stockpile’ and carbon prices should rise soon, according to the Secretary for the Environment.

Govt rejects Te Kuha coal mine fast-track bid

13 Aug 2025

By Shannon Morris-Williams | The controversial Te Kuha coal mine on the West Coast has had its application for fast-track approval declined, after failing to meet seven of the application criteria.

Media round-up

8 Aug 2025

In our round-up of climate coverage in local media: Former minister of forestry Stuart Nash condemns "lock and leave" carbon farming; Fonterra's convenient omission about its switch from coal; and KiwiRail’s bold electrification plans.

Huntly Power Station

Gentailers to stockpile coal under new deal

5 Aug 2025

By Shannon Morris-Williams | An agreement between New Zealand’s four major electricity generators to establish a 10-year fuel reserve is being labelled a 'climate change stockpile', and could undermine momentum for renewable energy investment.

Backlash over govt conservation changes

4 Aug 2025

By Shannon Morris-Williams | The government’s proposed changes to the Conservation Act are the most significant roll back in conservation protections in a generation, according to the Green Party.

Climate Liberation Aotearoa spokesperson Rach Andrews

Why I’m in a coal bucket

4 Aug 2025

By Rach Andrews | OPINION: People might wonder why a 53-year-old grandmother would choose to climb into a 80 metre high stinky coal bucket on the rainy West Coast and settle in for the long haul.

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Professor Peter Macreadie measuring carbon sequestration in mangrove forests around Cairns

Carbon markets risk penalising Indigenous stewardship, researchers warn

Thu 5 Mar 2026

Carbon markets designed to reward environmental restoration may be unintentionally disadvantaging Indigenous communities who have long protected intact ecosystems, according to new research.

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Grasslands and wetlands are being gobbled up by agriculture, mostly livestock

Wed 4 Mar 2026

A new study takes a first-of-its kind look at how farming converts non-forested areas and major carbon sinks into cropland and pasture.

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Air NZ joins Marsden Point SAF project

Tue 3 Mar 2026

By Pattrick Smellie | Air New Zealand has quietly added its name to a consortium exploring the viability of green hydrogen production for sustainable aviation fuel at Channel Infrastructure’s Marsden Point energy hub.

Aviation
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Singapore sets first ever sustainable aviation fuel levy, as Southeast Asia’s fuel industry grows

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.

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Half of nations meet UN deadline for nature-loss reporting

Wed 4 Mar 2026

Half of nations have met a UN deadline to report on how they are tackling nature loss within their borders, Carbon Brief analysis shows. This includes 11 of the 17 “megadiverse nations”, countries that account for 70% of Earth’s biodiversity.

Biofuels
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Govt’s own modelling shows LNG leads to higher electricity prices than other solutions

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.

Carbon Credits
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Unusual scarcity drives early 2026 NZU rally

Thu 5 Mar 2026

By Pattrick Smellie | The New Zealand carbon price has recovered since its late 2025 collapse, although the rally is driven by scarcity rather than confidence in market settings.

Carbon News world
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Global oil and gas prices soar as Iran crisis disrupts shipping, production

Thu 5 Mar 2026

Global oil and gas prices jumped on Tuesday as the U.S.-Israeli war on Iran halted energy exports from the Middle East, with Tehran attacking ships and energy facilities, closing navigation in the Gulf and forcing production stoppages from Qatar to Iraq.

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Bidders no-show at carbon auction – again

Tue 3 Mar 2026

By Liz Kivi | As predicted, today’s carbon auction yet again failed to attract any bidders, with NZUs currently trading hands on the secondary market at a 35% discount on this year’s auction floor price.

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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.

Construction
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Sustainable retail-office project breaks ground under new Green Star framework

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.

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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Italy calls for suspension of EU carbon market

Mon 2 Mar 2026

The Italian Minister said the Emissions Trading System (ETS) has a "perverse effect" and is condemning European companies from being competitive with other countries, urging other member states to back the suspension.

Energy
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Funding first: Genesis reinforces the balance sheet

Thu 5 Mar 2026

Genesis Energy’s $400 million equity raise landed alongside a record first half, but the capital decision rather than the earnings headline is the more revealing signal about how the company intends to navigate the next phase of the build cycle.

Extinction
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WWF-New Zealand chief executive Kayla Kingdon-Bebb

Environmental groups call for ETS reform

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.

Extreme weather
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Global coastal sea-level risks may be underestimated, say scientists

Thu 5 Mar 2026

By Shannon Morris-Williams | Coastal communities across the Pacific and Southeast Asia could be facing greater sea-level rise risks than previously estimated, researchers say.

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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The 15 foods destroying rainforests, in one simple chart

25 Feb 2026

It’s pretty much impossible to live a life free of environmental harm. But there is one thing you could do immediately that would help the planet a heck of a lot: eat less beef.

Gas
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A gas shock – not an oil shock – from the Iran war looks more threatening

Wed 4 Mar 2026

Europe and Asia will take an economic hit if the supply of Qatari LNG is halted by the closure of the strait of Hormuz.

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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Gaps in adaptation taxonomies hinder climate finance in Asia: report

Thu 5 Mar 2026

Without clearer criteria and metrics in adaptation taxonomies, Asia risks widening its climate financing gap, warns a new report by the Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis (IEEFA).

Greenhouse Effect
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Surviving on Trump's dangerous planet

Mon 2 Mar 2026

COMMENT: Yet another war, and yet another argument for an end to oil.

Greenwashing
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Claims that AI can help fix climate dismissed as greenwashing

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.

Hydro power
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Climate Change and Energy Minister Simon Watts

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.

Hydrogen
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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?

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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.

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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.

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EDS puts environmental lawmaking under the spotlight

26 Feb 2026

Media Release |The Environmental Defence Society has launched the first in a series of investigative pieces into how environmental laws are being made in Aotearoa New Zealand.

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New Zealand Climate Foundation CEO Izzy Fenwick

Climate 'dream team' launches foundation targeting 100 million tonnes in emissions cuts

25 Feb 2026

By Shannon Morris-Williams | The New Zealand Climate Foundation, which has the ambitious aim of cutting 100 million tonnes of greenhouse gas emissions by 2035, had its official launch on Monday.

Mining
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China has a new competitor? Kazakhstan reveals huge rare Earth deposit that could power the next tech boom

25 Feb 2026

China’s grip on rare earths might finally see some competition, and the world is already taking notice.

NZ ETS
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Carbon auction set to be another non-event

Mon 2 Mar 2026

By Liz Kivi | Tomorrow’s Emissions Trading Scheme auction – the first for 2026 – is set to be a non-event, with secondary market prices more than $25 below this year’s $71 auction floor price.

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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Kiwis overly optimistic about state of environment

27 Feb 2026

By Shannon Morris-Williams | New research suggests many New Zealanders believe the environment is in better shape than it really is, with public perceptions often out of step with scientific evidence.

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Pacific climate advocates welcome pre-COP31 meeting in Fiji and Tuvalu

27 Feb 2026

Media release – 350.org | Climate advocates across the Pacific will now prepare for the Pre-COP31 meetings in Fiji and Tuvalu, with the Pacific Islands Forum confirming the hosts yesterday.

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Australia-US minerals deal underpinned decision to allow mining company to clear threatened indigenous forest

23 Feb 2026

The Australian government’s decision to allow the US mining giant Alcoa to continue clearing swathes of Western Australian jarrah forest despite past illegal clearing practices was made in part due to a critical minerals deal reached between Australia and the Trump administration last year, a new document shows.

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‘They pushed so many lies about recycling’: the fight to stop big oil pumping billions more into plastics

24 Feb 2026

Plastic production has doubled over the last 20 years – and will likely double again. For author Beth Gardiner, metal water bottles and canvas tote bags are not the solution. So what is?

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‘Expect the unexpected’: Commission calls for long-term modelling to manage extreme weather risk

Wed 4 Mar 2026

By Shannon Morris-Williams | New Zealanders must prepare for extreme weather that defies historical patterns, according to the Natural Hazards Commission.

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UK Green Party/Facebook

UK Greens win by-election as anti-data centre protests mount

Tue 3 Mar 2026

The Green Party's Hannah Spencer won the contest for the vacant parliamentary seat of Gorton and Denton, with Nigel Farage's populist Reform UK party coming second, and Labour pushed into third place.

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Media round-up

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?

Rare earth minerals
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Brazil and India agree to boost cooperation on rare earths

24 Feb 2026

Brazil and India sealed a deal Saturday on critical minerals and rare earths, enhancing cooperation on crucial resources between two major countries of the global south as they seek to diversify their trading relationships.

Renewable energy
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Trump hates renewables. The Iran war may help them.

Thu 5 Mar 2026

Higher gas prices in Europe and the U.S. could create economic and political incentives for solar, wind, batteries and other clean technology.

Science
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The High Altitude and Long-Range Observatory (HALO)-South mission seeks to address critical shortcomings in climate modelling.

High-tech flights tackle climate modelling dilemma

Mon 2 Mar 2026

Media release – University of Canterbury | An ongoing challenge in global climate modelling is being addressed by HALO-South a German-Christchurch collaboration.

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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.

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Technology Minister Dr Shane Reti (centre)

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.

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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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Solar-powered truck charging gains ground on South Africa’s freight corridors

Wed 4 Mar 2026

Africa’s freight corridors, long dominated by diesel trucks and constrained by unreliable power grids, are emerging as a new frontier in the global shift toward clean logistics, with solar-powered charging hubs designed specifically for heavy-duty electric trucks.

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World leaders invited to see Pacific climate destruction before COP31

Tue 3 Mar 2026

The leaders and climate ministers of governments around the world will be invited to meetings on the Pacific islands of Fiji, Palau and Tuvalu in the months leading up to the COP31 climate summit in November.

Waste
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Infrastructure plan calls for ‘predictable approach’ to electrifying economy

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.

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The Wairau River during the July 2025 flood event. Minor damage from the June flooding was made worse by more flooding two weeks later.

Empty emergency reserve forces $6.1m flood repair loan

Mon 2 Mar 2026

By Kira Carrington, Local Democracy Reporter | A depleted emergency fund has forced Marlborough to borrow $6.1 million to repair damage from last year's floods.

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Study finds warming world increases days when weather is prone to fires around the globe

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.

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India and UK launch offshore wind taskforce

23 Feb 2026

Constituted under Vision 2035 and the Fourth India-UK Energy Dialogue, the Taskforce is designed to provide strategic leadership and coordination for India’s nascent offshore wind ecosystem.

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