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EU carbon price hits record

22 Aug 2022

The price of carbon in the EU’s emissions trading system hit a new all-time high on Friday, August 19, as traders warned coal was becoming “re-embedded” in Europe’s electricity generation because of tight supplies of gas.

Best by the rest...

19 Aug 2022

In our weekly round-up of the best climate coverage in the local media: Olivia Wannan’s coverage of the “Polluting 7” hearing; massive insurance cost rises predicted in line with climate risks; and Greater Wellington commits to a stringent climate target.

Australia may be heading for emissions trading between big polluters

19 Aug 2022

Could Australia soon have a form of emissions trading? Yes, if Labor's much-anticipated paper on fixing Australia's mediocre emissions-reduction framework, released yesterday, is any guide.

Bill to come on free allocation of NZUs

15 Aug 2022

By Ian Llewellyn - Energy & Environment | The government intends to introduce a bill by the end of the year to reset the industrial allocation under the Emissions Trading Scheme and reduce what it assesses as a $60 million over allocation.

Forestry policy juggling competing priorities

8 Aug 2022

By Ian Llewellyn - Energy & Environment | The finance and expenditure committee has reported back the Overseas Investment (Forestry) Amendment Bill, highlighting the Government’s attempt to grapple with competing priorities in the sector.

Best by the rest...

5 Aug 2022

In our weekly round-up of the best climate coverage in the local media: Former Green Party leader Russel Norman on greenwashing and He Waka Eke Noa; political journalist Branko Marcetic on why the pundits are getting the Green Party leadership stoush all wrong; and land use expert Keith Woodford underlines the significance of recent government announcements for forestry rules and carbon pricing.

India developing a carbon market

5 Aug 2022

India is developing its carbon market by undergoing several climate action plans in just a matter of days. The world’s 3rd-biggest emitter planned to set up a carbon credit market for the hard-to-abate sectors. These would initially include energy, steel, and cement industries.

Future governments could sell offshore carbon credits into ETS

4 Aug 2022

The government could purchase carbon credits from another government and then sell them through the ETS, Climate Change Commission commissioner Catherine Leining told an open Zoom session on Tuesday.

Consultation open on penalties for small foresters in ETS

4 Aug 2022

The Ministry for Primary Industries and the Ministry of the Environment are consulting on two options to change the penalty for small foresters in the New Zealand Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS) who fail to surrender or repay units by the due date.

Government’s decision to delay permanent forestry decision slammed

2 Aug 2022

Beef + Lamb NZ and farming protest group 50 Shades of Green have slammed the government’s move to put off a decision on removing exotics from the permanent forest category of the Emissions Trading Scheme.

Carbon market wakes from its slumber following Climate Change Commission advice

28 Jul 2022

The price of NZUs on the secondary market reached $82.50 – a jump of close to 13% on its opening price – following yesterday’s release of the Climate Change Commission’s advice to government on the NZ ETS settings.

Climate Change Commission recommends reducing number of NZUs on offer

27 Jul 2022

The Climate Change Commission has recommended the government reduces the number of NZUs on offer at auction and an increase in the trigger price of the cost containment reserve, in advice to the climate change minister released this morning.

Best by the rest...

22 Jul 2022

In our weekly round-up of the best climate coverage in the local media: How not to solve the climate crisis; Are carbon markets hurting farming communities? Plus the government’s $9.8 million climate-wrecking stimulus.

MPI calls for submissions on changes to ETS forestry regulations

20 Jul 2022

The Ministry for Primary Industries is calling for submissions on draft changes to forestry regulations in the Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS).

Five buyers gobbled up 95% of NZUs at June’s ETS auction

18 Jul 2022

The top five participants in June’s ETS auction bought more than 96% of the 6,125,000 NZUs up for grabs, the interim NZETS auction monitoring report reveals.

Kenyan bourse brings carbon exchange to East Africa

14 Jul 2022

Climate change mitigation efforts in Kenya have received new impetus after the Nairobi Securities Exchange (NSE), inked a deal with the AirCarbon Exchange (ACX) and the Nairobi International Finance Centre (NIFC) to set up Kenya’s first carbon offset exchange.

Hong Kong launches international carbon council, to support cross-border trading

7 Jul 2022

Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited, or HKEX, has launched the Hong Kong International Carbon Market Council, the exchange said in a statement late July 5, with developing an international carbon market as its principal focus.

Review of Australia’s carbon credit units announced

5 Jul 2022

The Australian government has announced the appointment of an independent panel (Panel) to review the integrity of Australian Carbon Credit Units (ACCUs).

New voluntary carbon unit will incentivise landowners to preserve regenerating native bush

28 Jun 2022

A new voluntary carbon unit, launched today, will incentivise landowners to protect areas of regenerating native bush currently ineligible for NZUs under the ETS.

Best by the rest...

23 Jun 2022

In our weekly round-up of the best climate coverage in the local media: New Zealand’s offshore energy revolution; climate policy’s winners and losers; and how climate change is putting marae at risk.

Transport-related GHG emissions cost society $1.68 billion a year

22 Jun 2022

By Liz Kivi | Transport-related greenhouse gas emissions (GHGs) are costing society $1.68 billion a year, according to a recent report commissioned by the Ministry of Health.

Carbon Markets set to continue growth as countries double down on climate ambition: IETA Survey

22 Jun 2022

Carbon markets around the world are set to continue growing rapidly as countries double down on climate ambition, and as corporates continue to pursue net-zero goals, finds IETA’s latest annual Market Sentiment Survey

CCR trigger price likely to get a boost next year

20 Jun 2022

With the Cost Containment Reserve fully depleted at last week’s second ETS auction of the year market commentators are picking the Climate Change Commission will advise the government to up the trigger price.

Tomorrow’s carbon auction expected to empty the Cost Containment Reserve

14 Jun 2022

With the spot price of carbon trading more than $6 above the Cost Containment Reserve’s $70 trigger price the remaining 1.306 million NZUs in the CCR are expected to be snapped up at tomorrow’s ETS auction.

Rebooting China’s carbon credits: What will 2022 bring?

10 Jun 2022

Carbon market players are watching closely to see how China’s version of carbon credits, the China Certified Emission Reductions (CCER) scheme, will be rebooted.

HWEN: Experts and lobby groups react

9 Jun 2022

A climate change expert says He Waka Eke Noa’s recommendations for pricing agricultural emissions, released yesterday, are surprisingly unambitious, and there appears to be “a significant gap” in the reductions needed to meet government targets.

Canada unveils carbon emissions offset market

9 Jun 2022

Canada unveiled Wednesday a national carbon emissions market to help it meet its climate goals by allowing cities, farmers and others to sell credits for CO2 reductions to heavier polluters.

HWEN proposes burp levy with proceeds recycled to agricultural research

8 Jun 2022

He Waka Eke Noa, the Primary Sector Climate Action Partnership, is proposing a farm-level split gas levy as its preferred alternative to pricing agriculture emissions through the Emissions Trading Scheme.

Best by the rest...

3 Jun 2022

In our weekly round-up of the best climate coverage in the local media: The farming lobby split over climate policy; the Reserve Bank takes on fuel prices; and Australia pledges climate action in the Pacific.

China's Carbon Emission Allowance price at $8.76/mtCO2e

31 May 2022

The daily weighted average price of a Carbon Emission Allowance, or CEA, under China's national carbon market was at Yuan 59/mtCO2e (US$8.76/mtCO2e) on May 27, and weekly trade volume totaled 551,351 mtCO2e, according to data from Shanghai Environment and Energy Exchange, or SEEE.

Australia’s first carbon credit ETF excludes NZUs from mix

26 May 2022

Australia’s first carbon credit ETF, announced this week, won't be including NZUs in the mix as its limiting itself to the four most actively traded and largest carbon markets.

No done deal on EU carbon market reform

26 May 2022

Lawmakers in the European Parliament’s environment committee voted on a major overhaul of the EU’s carbon market last week, but it’s a long and possibly bumpy road to EU legislators shaking hands on the final deal.

Price of NZUs edging higher

25 May 2022

The price of NZUs on the spot market has edged past the $77 mark this week for the first time since the middle of last month.

Labor spokesperson for Climate Change and Energy Chris Bowen addressing the National Press Club in Canberra.

Fossil fuel industry loses its grip over Australia’s climate and energy policies

24 May 2022

Australia has a new Labor government and a significant climate-focused cross bench, and it might just mark the beginning of the end of an almost decade-long grip the fossil fuel industry has held over national climate change and energy policy.

Kiwi founded company aiming to shake up global carbon markets

23 May 2022

By Liz Kivi | A Kiwi founded tech company, launched last month, is aiming to revolutionise the global carbon market with new technology that can accurately measure emissions in real-time and is much cheaper than current methods.

MEPs raise ambition on EU carbon market reform

18 May 2022

The European Parliament environment committee on Tuesday (17 May) agreed on reform of the European carbon market — including its expansion to buildings and transport.

ERP: Oppposition politicians respond

17 May 2022

The National Party has condemned much of the first Emissions Reduction Plan, released yesterday, as corporate welfare but welcomed the announcement that $710 million had been earmarked for helping agriculture to lower its emissions.

Berlin pushes for a €60 minimum price on EU carbon markets

17 May 2022

Discounting allegations of speculation on the EU carbon market, Berlin is throwing its weight behind a minimum price of €60 per tonne of CO2, saying it will ensure this through national measures if the EU does not take action.

Australian carbon market splits as buyers pay more for “high integrity” units

17 May 2022

Australia’s carbon offset market is showing signs of splitting in two, analysts say, as buyers show they are willing to pay a premium for “higher integrity” offsets.

Wellington's electric ferry Ika Rere on the morning the first emissions reduction plan is revealed.

$2.9 billion allocated to reducing emission over the next four years

16 May 2022

Critics will dismiss it as little more than a speed bump on the highway to climate catastrophe while its supporters will welcome it as a multi-modal map to a net carbon zero New Zealand in 2050.

California $19Bn carbon market not good enough to curb emissions

16 May 2022

California’s carbon market was supposed to be a model for the US, harnessing the power of capitalism to fight climate change in the world’s fifth-biggest economy.

Big players snaffle up bulk of NZUs at auction

11 May 2022

The top five successful bidders at the last NZ ETS auction snaffled up 78% of the NZUs on offer.

European carbon prices tumble, failing to scale new highs as gas drops

11 May 2022

There may be no fresh risks of an escalation in the Ukraine war and in the standoff between the EU and Russia regarding its fossil fuels, but recession fears spilled over to the carbon market. The price of a ton of CO2 equivalent within the EU ETS fell more than 5% after challenging recent record highs.

Photo from ACT's alternative budget

ACT proposes blitzkrieg of climate bureaucracy

10 May 2022

The ACT Party says it would scrap the Climate Change Commission and Energy Efficiency and Conservation Authority and ditch all climate change related subsidies and environment-related job schemes, in its alternative budget launched yesterday.

Singapore carbon exchange targets futures trading with German bourse

10 May 2022

A Singapore carbon exchange is teaming up with Germany's main bourse to launch futures trading for carbon offsets as early as this year to meet the growing demand from companies to hedge their risks from greenhouse gas emissions.

Best by the rest...

6 May 2022

In our Weekly round-up of the best climate coverage in the local media: Sea levels are rising and Kiwi communities are sinking - who will pay for the damage? And Green MP Chlöe Swarbrick argues for collective responsibility on climate change.

Winner of Australian election must fix carbon market: report

5 May 2022

The next federal government has been urged to review the carbon market as experts question the integrity of credits used by companies to balance their books on emissions.

"The EPP must start playing ball," said Pascal Canfin, the chairman of the European Parliament's environment committee. "The last thing we want is for such an important decision to depend on five votes in plenary,” he told EURACTIV.

‘Money time’ for EU carbon market reform in the European Parliament

3 May 2022

The lawmaker overseeing the adoption of a key package of EU climate legislation in the European Parliament has urged colleagues to stop fighting over the proposed reform, saying Europe must rise to the occasion in the current geopolitical context.

The too-invisible hand of the EU emissions market

28 Apr 2022

When European Union policy-makers envisaged the Emissions Trading System (ETS) in 2003 as their single tool to drive down greenhouse-gas emissions (GHG), it looked like a win-win approach. Industry, non-governmental organisations and public authorities welcomed the directive with its market-based mechanism, putting a price on greenhouse gases, to reduce emissions in a ‘cost-effective’ way.

Now we know the flaws of carbon offsets, it’s time to get real about climate change

26 Apr 2022

Last month former Australian carbon market watchdog Andrew MacIntosh blew the whistle on Australia’s carbon offset market. He described the scheme as a “rort” with up to 80% of carbon offsets “markedly low in integrity”.

Adaptation
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Governments must vote in favour of moratorium on deep sea mining

Tue 29 Jul 2025

Media release - Greenpeace | The 30th session of the International Seabed Authority (ISA) has ended with Greenpeace saying governments are continuing to fall short in protecting the deep sea.

Agriculture
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Awarua-Waituna Wetlands

Does NZ need a national incentive scheme for wetlands?

Fri 25 Jul 2025

By Liz Kivi | An expert is calling for a national incentive programme to restore New Zealand’s wetlands and wants to stop schemes to drain these vital carbon-sequestering ecosystems.

Airlines
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NZ Post drops science-based climate target

8 Jul 2025

By Liz Kivi | NZ Post has dropped its science-based emissions reduction target of 42% by 2030 with no plans to replace it.

Aviation
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Airlines risk legal challenges by advertising jet fuel as “sustainable”, NGO warns

18 Jul 2025

Amid suspected fraud in the production of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF), a new report says the airline industry should stop calling all alternatives to kerosene “sustainable”.

Biodiversity
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Challenges persist in bid to mine the deep sea, even after boost from Trump

Tue 29 Jul 2025

After years of delay, the deep-sea mining plans of Canadian firm The Metals Company (TMC) now appear to be progressing as it pursues a controversial new path to securing a license to mine in international waters under U.S. jurisdiction.

Biofuels
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Sustainability claims questioned as renewable diesel surges

14 May 2025

Critics are sceptical about industry claims of renewable diesel life-cycle greenhouse gas emission cuts and warn renewable diesel carbon releases will surge if sourcing is scaled up, triggering tropical deforestation as producers convert forests to energy crops, such as oil palm and soy.

Carbon Credits
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Huntly Power Station, the largest thermal power plan in New Zealand.

Is extending Huntly power station to 2035 in consumers’ best interest?

22 Jul 2025

By Simon Orme | COMMENT: Genesis Energy is proposing a cartel to keep high-emitting Huntly Power Station in business to 2035. If extending Huntly has economic benefits, is a cartel necessary?

Carbon News world
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Trump administration moves to repeal scientific declaration on dangers of greenhouse gases

Today 10:45am

In one of its most significant reversals on climate policy to-date, the Trump administration on Tuesday proposed to repeal a 2009 scientific finding that human-caused climate change endangers human health and safety.

Carbon prices
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Bearish sentiment lingers for carbon market

11 Jul 2025

By Liz Kivi | The compliance carbon market could be set for a gradual upward trajectory, however unsold volume from the quarterly Emissions Trading Scheme auctions continues to act as ‘a price ceiling,’ according to an expert.

Coal
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Multi-day protest continues at coal mine

Wed 30 Jul 2025

Bathurst Resources has been forced to truck coal from its Stockton mine as climate activists occupy coal buckets at the mine for a third day.

Comment
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Forestry can be a big plus for sheep and beef farmers – but there are caveats

22 Jul 2025

By Keith Woodford | OPINION: These are good times for sheep and beef farmers with record product prices for meat, which is precisely why now is the time for sheep and beef farmers to be looking again at farm forestry.

Construction
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Common low-grade clay strengthens low-carbon concrete

5 Jun 2025

Media release | Engineers at RMIT University have converted low-grade clay into a high-performance cement supplement, opening a potential new market in sustainable construction materials.

COP
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Cuts to climate finance put exports in jeopardy: Lawyers

23 May 2025

By Liz Kivi | The government has halved international climate finance, a move aid organisations describe as “devastating,” and which lawyers say could put our Paris Agreement commitments and export market access at risk.

Energy
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Geothermal power station near Taupō

A modest geothermal strategy

Today 10:45am

By Pattrick Smellie | The Government has unveiled a far more modest geothermal energy strategy than its primary backer, Resources Minister Shane Jones, had sought.

Extinction
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Key orange roughy population on verge of collapse, govt considers closure

9 Jul 2025

Media release - Deep Sea Conservation Coalition | New data reveals that New Zealand’s main orange roughy fishery, accounting for half of the country’s total catch, is on the brink of collapse, with one model showing it may have reached that point already, and the government’s considering closing it.

Extreme weather
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2025 on track to be second or third warmest year on record

Today 10:45am

As it passes its midway point, 2025 is on track to be the second or third warmest year on record. However, it is very unlikely to beat 2024 as the hottest year.

Fishing
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Latest trawl bycatch numbers 'a grim wake-up call'

24 Jun 2025

Media release – Greenpeace | The latest fisheries bycatch data paints a grim picture, with trawlers hauling up thousands of kilograms of coral and killing hundreds of fur seals and seabirds over a 12 month period.

Forestry
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Jim Ward, manager of Molesworth station for 24 years, resigned amid frustration with wilding pines and uncertainty about the station’s future.

Wilding pines threaten Molesworth Station

Mon 28 Jul 2025

By Shannon Morris-Williams | Without increased support, the unchecked spread of wilding pines will continue to creep across Marlborough’s high country – putting iconic landscapes and one of New Zealand’s top five biodiversity hotspots at serious risk, according to an expert.

Gas
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Resources Minister Shane Jones

Last minute change to oil and gas legislation over cleanup costs

Today 10:45am

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.

Geothermal
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Energy Minister Simon Watts addressing the CEP conference in Auckland this week

Watts talks big on energy reform, but barriers persist

29 May 2025

By Shannon Morris-Williams | Energy and Climate Change minister Simon Watts says the government is doubling down on efforts to boost renewable energy generation, streamline regulation, and drive private sector investment as New Zealand faces mounting energy security and affordability challenges.

Green finance
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European Central Bank to consider 'climate factor' when lending to banks

Today 10:45am

The European Central Bank will add climate change considerations to its lending operations from late 2026, raising pressure on banks to channel financing towards greener sectors as the euro zone seeks to reduce its carbon footprint.

Greenhouse Effect
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Deepsea brittle star species from New Zealand, part of the Earth Sciences New Zealand's invertebrate collection in Wellington

NZ part of hidden global deep-sea network beneath the waves

Fri 25 Jul 2025

Media release - Earth Sciences New Zealand | A world-first study of marine life, including sea creatures found in New Zealand's dark, cold, pressurised ocean depths, has revealed that deep-sea life is surprisingly more connected than previously thought.

Greenwashing
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Prime Minister Christopher Luxon greets schoolchildren

‘Ideological sludge’: How NZ is quiet quitting climate action

17 Jul 2025

New Zealand once stood out as a world leader on climate change. In June it became the first country in the world to abandon a commitment to phase out oil, gas and coal.

Hydro power
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Methanex closure comes early this year

14 May 2025

The almost-now-annual closure of Methanex has come earlier this year, giving more confidence that the electricity system will get through the winter without a fuel shortfall.

Hydrogen
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Hiringa chief executive Andrew Clennett

Hiringa eyes green methanol plant near Whanganui

Tue 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.

Insurance
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Climate catastrophes are creating a ‘new market reality’ for insurance carriers

23 Jul 2025

Raging wildfires and severe storms contributed to record-high global insurance losses — totalling an estimated US$84 billion — for the first six months of the year.

Kyoto
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Will NZ walk away from the Paris Agreement?

20 Dec 2024

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

Litigation
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Newcastle is one of the largest coal export ports in Australis

The ICJ’s ruling means Australia and other major polluters face a new era of climate reparations

Fri 25 Jul 2025

By Harj Narulla | OPINION: Australia has found itself on the wrong side of history.

Low carbon
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Fund for low emissions transport winds up

Today 10:45am

New Zealand’s Low Emission Transport Fund has officially wrapped up, ending a nine-year programme that put hundreds of millions of dollars towards accelerating the country’s shift to cleaner transport.

NZ ETS
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Urgent action needed to get on track for climate goals - commission

Fri 25 Jul 2025

By Shannon Morris-Williams | New Zealand is making progress on reducing greenhouse gas emissions, but more work is needed – urgently – to set up for future reductions, according to the latest report from the Climate Change Commission.

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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Toxic algae are turning South Australia’s coral reefs into underwater graveyards

Tue 29 Jul 2025

Since March, a harmful algal bloom, fueled by a marine heat wave, has been choking South Australia’s coastline.

Paris Agreement
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The landmark advisory, which significantly transforms the obligation of states regarding climate change, being delivered at the International Court of Justice in the Hague.

NZ govt’s fossil fuel plans could break international law

24 Jul 2025

By Liz Kivi | The government could be breaching international law with its plans to subsidise and expand fossil fuel extraction, following a ruling overnight from the world’s highest court.

Planetary boundaries
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Tipping points: Window to avoid irreversible climate impacts is ‘rapidly closing’

11 Jul 2025

In the midst of a record-breaking heatwave in Europe, the UK city of Exeter recently played host to the second international conference on “tipping points”.

Plastics
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‘Total infiltration’: How plastics industry swamped vital global treaty talks

Mon 28 Jul 2025

Petrostates and well-funded lobbyists at UN-hosted talks are derailing a deal to cut plastic production and protect people and the planet.

Policy development
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Media round-up

Fri 25 Jul 2025

In our round-up of the climate coverage in local media: Dairy conversions surge; Gore is hit with a drinking water crisis; meanwhile farming lobby groups Groundswell and Federated Farmers are up in arms about a plan to classify environmental impacts in the agriculture and forestry sector.

Politics
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The EU’s ‘fantasy’ $750B energy promise to Trump

Today 10:45am

The EU has narrowly avoided a full-blown trade war with Donald Trump by pledging to buy $750 billion of U.S. oil and gas by the end of his term. But achieving that will be almost impossible.

Protest
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Activists sue US development bank over $4.6bn loan to massive Mozambique gas project

18 Jul 2025

Environmental groups claim loan is ‘unlawful’ in legal filing.

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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Tilting at windmills? Trump’s claims about turbines fact-checked

Today 10:45am

The US president has taken a swipe at wind power as the blades visible from his Turnberry golf course turn.

Science
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Ocean heatwaves may signal climate tipping point

Fri 25 Jul 2025

A recent study that tapped into satellite data has revealed that 2023 marked an unprecedented year for marine heatwaves, with record-breaking levels of duration, reach and intensity across the world's oceans.

Tax
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Climate groups want UK wealth tax to make super-rich fund sustainable economy

17 Jul 2025

Growing number of campaigners urge government to ensure green investment is not done ‘on backs of the poor’.

Technology
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Can robot taxis solve NZ's transport woes?

23 Jul 2025

By Shannon Morris-Williams | The Ministry of Transport has tested the idea of driverless taxis as a futuristic fix. But while new modelling explores how "robotaxis" could ease congestion and reduce car ownership, critics say it misses a crucial point – the country’s worsening transport emissions.

The House
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United Nations carbon market rules agreed but concerns remain

25 Nov 2024

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

Transport
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EV sales fall, but it’s complicated

Tue 29 Jul 2025

Imports of fully electric vehicles fell over 50% in value during the 12 months to June 2025, compared with the year ended June 2024, according to Stats NZ.

Waste
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Waste Levy risks becoming ‘slush fund’ under proposed changes – Commissioner

5 Jun 2025

By Shannon Morris-Williams | Proposed changes to New Zealand's waste legislation risk undermining public trust in the waste levy scheme, according to Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment Simon Upton.

Water
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The struggle for control of the Arctic is accelerating - and it's riskier than ever

11 Jul 2025

As the battle for one of the world’s coldest places heats up, an increasingly fragile security balance may be breaking down, leading to an escalating arms race.

Wildfires
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NZ voluntary carbon market’s sad state

14 Jul 2025

By John O’Brien | OPINION: A combination of scandals, challenging economic times, and cheaper offshore carbon credits, mean that the domestic voluntary carbon market in New Zealand remains absolutely tiny.

Wind energy
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For the first time, China invests more in wind and solar than coal overseas

29 May 2025

China’s Belt and Road Initiative, long derided for its heavy carbon footprint, was dominated by wind and solar power projects for the first time from 2022 to 2023, according to a new analysis. But coal plants financed in earlier years are still coming online.

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