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FIRE FACT: Heat goes on the East Coast

10 Oct 2017

A large swathe of the East Coast will be at risk of fire for at least half of the year by the end of the century, a conference in Auckland has heard.

NZ cuts climate aid to Pacific, says report

6 Oct 2017

New Zealand is being accused of cutting climate finance to the Pacific.

Brisbane aims to be centre for aviation biofuel

6 Oct 2017

Brisbane is set to become a hub for sustainable aviation fuel under an agreement between Virgin Australia and United States-based biofuel producer Gevo.

Why we need a carbon price of $100 ... or more

5 Oct 2017

Carbon prices of $100 a tonne - and possibly as high as $225 – are being foreshadowed in a new report.

WATCHDOG WARNS: Act now or face 'great risk'

5 Oct 2017

New Zealand will be stuck with high-emitting technologies if it doesn’t move to cut emissions soon, the Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment is warning.

Powerco changes name and abandons fossil fuels

4 Oct 2017

Denmark's DONG Energy has fully abandoned power generation from oil and gas, and is changing its name to Ørsted to pledge its commitment to clean energy technologies.

Morocco to invest millions in solar projects

4 Oct 2017

Morocco is getting ready to launch a €200 million ($NZ326m) programme to spark investment in solar power projects in the agricultural sector by 2021.

US eyes help for struggling coal and nuclear plants

3 Oct 2017

US Energy Secretary Rick Perry has taken sweeping steps to buttress a pair of financially strapped nuclear plants under construction and to redefine how coal and nuclear plants are compensated for the electricity they provide.

E-vehicles could lead to more use of fossil fuels

2 Oct 2017

New Zealand will have to use fossil fuel-generated electricity to charge electric cars if it’s not careful, Canterbury electricity distribution company Orion is warning.

Z Energy backs car-sharing company

29 Sep 2017

Z Energy is investing in the carbon-positive car-sharing company Mevo.

Bruc Scott

Carbon credits key to finding project capital

27 Sep 2017

Issuing carbon credits for schemes that cut greenhouse gas emissions could tip the balance in favour of projects like public transport, a consultant says.

Getting energy from water evaporation is not just hot air

27 Sep 2017

Harvesting power from naturally evaporating water could become a new form of renewable energy, according to an American study.

WINSTON'S THE WORD: What NZ First leader wants

25 Sep 2017

A party which has vowed to get rid of the Emissions Trading Scheme now holds the balance of power in New Zealand’s Parliament.

First step is cut domestic emissions, says report

20 Sep 2017

New Zealand could meet a large chunk of its Paris Agreement emissions reduction target through cuts in emissions at home, a new report says.

United Future backs emissions trading

18 Sep 2017

United Future’s new leader says he supports the Emissions Trading Scheme, the Zero Carbon Act and wants New Zealand to be carbon netural by 2050.

Climate-change baddies doing business in NZ

14 Sep 2017

Companies operating in New Zealand have been named as some of the most obstructive to global action on climate change.

Nats vow to 'turbo-charge' farming grants

12 Sep 2017

National is promising to almost triple the money it allocates to the Sustainable Farming Fund if it is returned to power.

Jacinda Ardern

Coalition candidates want to rid us of ETS

11 Sep 2017

Two of the parties that could be involved in any centre-left coalition after the election want to scrap the Emissions Trading Scheme.

Gareth Morgan

What Morgan would have said ... if he'd had the chance

11 Sep 2017

The refusal by TVNZ to include The Opportunities Party in televised election debates does the public a disservice.

FUEL FACT: We're burning more oil than ever

8 Sep 2017

New Zealand is burning more oil than ever, despite pledges to cut greenhouse gas emissions.

CLIMATE CASE: National happy the way things are

6 Sep 2017

National is taking a business-as-usual approach to climate policy, warning that Labour and the Greens would go too far if they got into government.

Australian business gets the tech message

6 Sep 2017

Australian businesses are now starting to grasp the fact they need to cut greenhouse gas emissions, says a company that had to take its carbon dioxide-capture technology to Europe because there was no interest at home.

GAS GUZZLERS: Methanotrophs show their muscle

5 Sep 2017

The soil bacteria that help to keep methane emissions under control are tougher than scientists thought, opening new possibilities for converting greenhouse gases to fuels.

BLACK-OUT: What was ministry advice on Kiwirail?

1 Sep 2017

Heavily redacted documents give little clue what advice the Ministry for the Environment gave the Government on the scrapping of KiwiRail's electric engines.

Business body names sustainability award finalists

31 Aug 2017

Finalists in this year’s Sustainable Business Network awards have just been announced.

What the parties say about climate change

29 Aug 2017

Three-and-a-bit weeks out from the general election, what do we know about the parties’ approach to climate change?

EDITORIAL: Honestly, it just doesn't make sense

25 Aug 2017

By publisher ADELIA HALLETT | A plan to lift the speed limit on some roads to 110 kilometres an hour is the latest example of New Zealand’s lack of joined-up thinking on climate change.

IN THEIR OWN WORDS 2: Renewable energy.

25 Aug 2017

What will the political parties vying to run our country do about renewable energy?

Super fund goes 40% low-carbon

16 Aug 2017

Forty per cent of the New Zealand Super Fund is now low-carbon.

Government changes mind and pushes for e-cars

14 Aug 2017

The Government is promising to make a third of its car fleet electric by 2021 – despite saying last year that cash-strapped government departments couldn’t afford to replace petrol cars, let alone buy more expensive electric cars.

Nature deserves legal rights, say Greens

10 Aug 2017

A Green government would give nature legal recognition.

Emissions group might branch into ETS

9 Aug 2017

The Productivity Commission could recommend changes to the Emissions Trading Scheme.

MORGAN MESSAGE: Use ETS profits to fix rental homes

7 Aug 2017

Profits from a rejigged Emissions Trading Scheme would be used to insulate and improve heating in rental housing under a Gareth Morgan-influenced government.

Nuclear revival looks set to falter

7 Aug 2017

Hopes of a nuclear revival to combat climate change have been dashed as another prestige project runs into trouble.

More investors will spurn fossil fuels

2 Aug 2017

Oil and gas shares offer diminishing returns, and more investors will spurn fossil fuels, though finding a new home for their money is not easy.

THE COUNT: At last, a leader talks climate policy

31 Jul 2017

Seven weeks out from the general election, we’ve finally got a political leader talking climate change policy – and it’s Winston Peters.

To be sure, Ireland's long on words and short on action

28 Jul 2017

There’s no shortage of good intentions in Ireland’s climate plan, but they are too vague to cut emissions significantly.

Mayors demand English acts on climate change

25 Jul 2017

New Zealand’s mayors want a national emissions reduction plan and a stocktake of the likely cost to the country of climate change – something Prime Minister Bill English has steadfastly rejected.

Bunker down, El Nino summers will get worse

25 Jul 2017

Climate change will mean more extreme El Niño summers – the weather pattern that causes droughts in the east of New Zealand and storms in the west.

Environment officials quiet on new coal mines

24 Jul 2017

The Ministry for the Environment has given the Government no advice on the climate implications of developing 13 new coal mines.

World’s young face $535 trillion bill for climate

20 Jul 2017

The next generation will have to pay a $535 trillion bill to tackle climate change, relying on unproven and speculative technology.

Free footy tickets lure oil workers to renewables

19 Jul 2017

Redundant North Sea energy workers are being offered free football tickets to build revolutionary new electricity storage systems.

Greens put case for billion-dollar growth fund

17 Jul 2017

A billion-dollar Green Infrastructure Fund and New Zealand at net-zero emissions by 2050 will be priorities for the Green Party in government.

Ministers eye ways to beat mines planning rules

12 Jul 2017

The Government has been looking at approving new coal mines by creating special economic zones bypassing usual planning rules, Forest & Bird says.

E-cars selling, but not enough to make a difference

11 Jul 2017

New Zealanders are buying electric vehicles in “record” numbers, but they are not making a dent in the country’s greenhouse gas emissions.

Kim Campbell

EMA boots climate change off priority list

10 Jul 2017

Climate change policy is not a priority for the Employers and Manufacturers’ Association in this election.

G20 fossil fuel investment threatens Paris targets

5 Jul 2017

G20 countries have stepped up green finance, but their investment in fossil fuels remains so high that the “well below 2 degree” warming limits set in the Paris Agreement will be missed by a wide margin, a new report shows.

Climate change will worsen US poverty

5 Jul 2017

Yet another study has exposed the cruel cost of climate change as it increases US poverty. It could be worse than the Great Recession.

Political uncertainty the enemy of carbon markets

4 Jul 2017

Lack of political certainty is damaging the effectiveness of carbon markets, says new research.

Amazon dams plan is set to cost the Earth

4 Jul 2017

It’s one thing to harness a river. It’s quite another to build a series of Amazon dams and control the life of the planet’s richest habitat.

Adaptation
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'A sneeze in the night': Peters questions NZ's climate culpability

Mon 4 Aug 2025

New Zealand First seems to be vying with ACT and farming lobby group Groundswell to claim credit for being the first to call for New Zealand to withdraw from the Paris Agreement.

Agriculture
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Climate change policy growing concern for farming sector

Mon 4 Aug 2025

By Shannon Morris-Williams | While farmer confidence has hit an eight-year high, concerns about climate change policy and the Emissions Trading Scheme are growing in New Zealand’s rural sector, according to Federated Farmers.

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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Why plane turbulence is becoming more frequent - and more severe

Wed 6 Aug 2025

As climate change shifts atmospheric conditions, experts warn that air travel could become bumpier: temperature changes and shifting wind patterns in the upper atmosphere are expected to increase the frequency and intensity of severe turbulence.

Biodiversity
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Taking NZ biodiversity to the world

Wed 6 Aug 2025

Media release | Sanctuary Mountain Maungatautari and Ekos are making history by launching New Zealand biodiversity and conservation into the global marketplace.

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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Carbon prices slide as market awaits ETS decision

Fri 1 Aug 2025

By Liz Kivi | Volatility has returned to the secondary carbon market, with prices sliding again after plateauing in recent weeks, as the market waits for government decisions on Emissions Trading Scheme settings.

Carbon News world
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Divided nations start 'final' talks on UN plastics treaty

Wed 6 Aug 2025

The key divide is whether the new treaty includes a target to limit plastic production or just focuses on recycling and waste management.

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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Huntly Power Station

Gentailers to stockpile coal under new deal

Tue 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.

Comment
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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?

Construction
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Senior property lecturer Dr Michael Rehm

What does 'drier' really mean in 'green' homes?

Fri 1 Aug 2025

Media release - Waipapa Taumata Rau, University of Auckland | Researchers say green-rating systems could improve clarity and effectiveness by explicitly defining ‘drier’ and using two measures of humidity.

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.

Emissions trading
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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.

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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Insurers need to get ready for the next climate-fuelled disaster: FMA

Wed 6 Aug 2025

Insurers need to do more to improve their claims processes and services as climate-driven disasters increase in frequency and severity, according to the Financial Markets Authority.

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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Can the US timber industry and forest carbon credit programs coexist?

Wed 6 Aug 2025

The climate crisis is forcing society to rethink existing technological and ecological systems. At the nexus of this challenge is how the U.S. values and manages forests.

Gas
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Labour Energy spokesperson Megan Woods

Labour vows to reinstate oil and gas ban

Wed 6 Aug 2025

By Liz Kivi | The Labour Party is promising to reinstate a ban on new oil and gas exploration permits, but won’t say if they will go even further and commit to revoking permits if elected.

Geothermal
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Geothermal power station near Taupō

A modest geothermal strategy

31 Jul 2025

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

Green finance
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Barclays exits net zero banking alliance

Tue 5 Aug 2025

Barclays will exit the Net-Zero Banking Alliance, marking the second UK-based bank to withdraw from the UN-backed coalition dedicated to advancing global net zero goals through their financing activities, after the departure last month of HSBC.

Greenhouse Effect
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EU climate goals at risk as ailing forests absorb less CO2, scientists say

Tue 5 Aug 2025

Damage to European forests from increased logging, wildfires, drought and pests is reducing their ability to absorb carbon dioxide, putting European Union emissions targets at risk, scientists warn.

Greenwashing
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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”.

Hydro power
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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.

Hydrogen
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Hiringa chief executive Andrew Clennett

Hiringa eyes green methanol plant near Whanganui

29 Jul 2025

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

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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Oil well pumper, Texas

BlackRock, other fund managers lose bid to dismiss Texas climate collusion lawsuit

Tue 5 Aug 2025

A U.S. judge on Friday largely rejected a request by top asset managers including BlackRock, to dismiss a lawsuit filed by Texas and 12 other Republican-led states that said the companies violated antitrust law through climate activism that reduced coal production and boosted energy prices.

Low carbon
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Fund for low emissions transport winds up

31 Jul 2025

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.

Mining
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Backlash over govt conservation changes

Mon 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.

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

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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Resources Minister Shane Jones

Last minute change to oil and gas legislation over cleanup costs

31 Jul 2025

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

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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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

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.

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

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.

Protest
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Climate Liberation Aotearoa spokesperson Rach Andrews

Why I’m in a coal bucket

Mon 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.

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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Kōwhai Park solar farm reaches ‘golden row’ milestone, marking major step in delivery

Wed 6 Aug 2025

Media release – Christchurch Airport | Construction of one of New Zealand’s largest solar projects has reached a major milestone, with the installation of the first row of solar panels – known in the industry as the ‘Golden Row’ – now complete at Kōwhai Park solar farm.

Science
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Waitaki Hydro Dam

Warmer end to winter but dry spell expected over southern lakes

Tue 5 Aug 2025

As hydro lake levels hover just below average levels, climate forecasts indicate that warmer than usual weather conditions will reduce demand, but there will likely be less rain over the southern hydro lakes as New Zealand moves towards spring and summer.

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

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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Regional Council chair Peter Haddock

'Yet another rate': Franz Josef ratepayers balk at $2.8m stopbank extension

Mon 4 Aug 2025

By Lois Williams, Local Democracy Reporter | Franz Josef ratepayers have given the thumbs down to plans for a $2.8 million stopbank extension to protect the town’s sewerage plant from the Waiho River.

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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UN University report warns against carbon credits from REDD, tree planting, and improved forest management

13 Jun 2025

But the report stops short of recommending banning the trade in carbon temporarily stored in trees.

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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