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Local government and climate minister Simon Watts (left) and transport minister Chris Bishop at the Local Government NZ conference this week

Local govt bill 'completely misses the point,' passes first reading

Today 11:00am

By Shannon Morris-Williams | The government’s bill making changes to the Local Government Act to "refocus" councils on their core functions passed its first reading in Parliament last night, with critics saying it will set back climate resilience.

Media round-up

Today 11:00am

In our round-up of the latest climate coverage in local media: with parts of the country still reeling from flooding exacerbated by climate change, debate heats up over who will pay for managed retreat from at-risk areas.

Government agency warns controversial bill could delay disaster response

Today 11:00am

Media release – Greenpeace | As the cleanup begins in flood-hit Tasman, fresh documents reveal a stark warning from Land Information New Zealand that the Regulatory Standards Bill could hinder the country’s ability to respond to climate-related disasters.

Why flash floods like those in Texas and New York are becoming more common

Today 11:00am

Storms sweeping through the U.S. this summer have dumped intense rain on cities across the country, left towns flood-ravaged and forced water rescues.

Communities can’t foot the bill for climate crisis

Thu 17 Jul 2025

Media release - Te Pāti Māori O Aotearoa | Te Pāti Māori sends aroha to whānau, and communities impacted by the recent severe weather across Nelson Tasman, Banks Peninsula, Northland and beyond.

Govt announces $600k package for flood-affected farmers in Nelson Tasman

Wed 16 Jul 2025

The government has announced a $600,000 support package for flood-affected farmers in the Nelson Tasman Region, a move Federated Farmers says is a lifeline.

Forest damage following recent weather events in the Nelson-Tasman region.

4000 hectares of forest uprooted by extreme winds in Nelson-Tasman storms

Tue 15 Jul 2025

By Liz Kivi | Foresters are facing a massive clean-up and tens of millions of dollars worth of damage from recent climate change-fuelled storms at the top of the South Island, with initial reports of 4000 hectares of wind-thrown production forestry.

Flooding in the Waimakariri district following the April 29 to May 2 rain event.

As the sea level rises, who will pay? Councils seek answers

Tue 15 Jul 2025

By David Hill, Local Democracy Reporter | North Canterbury's councils are seeking guidance from Government over who pays for protections from sea level rise, flooding and weather events.

Professor David Frame of the University of Canterbury

Extreme global weather events show urgent need for collective effort ahead of world’s premier climate adaptation event

Tue 15 Jul 2025

As the Northern Hemisphere experiences another major heatwave, and other parts of the world grapple with extreme weather events, experts are calling for the urgent acceleration of adaptation efforts to help manage the life-threatening impacts of a rapidly changing climate.

How heatwaves and soaring temperatures are changing tourism across Europe

Tue 15 Jul 2025

With unbearable heat and a worsening climate crisis becoming the norm, could the yearly summer holiday be a thing of the past?

Forestry slash in a river near Gisborne following Cyclone Gabrielle

‘Weaponised timber torpedoes’ – call for forestry changes after flooding

Mon 14 Jul 2025

By Liz Kivi | A climate scientist is calling for changes to forestry practices, after the second ‘one-in-one-hundred-year’ climate-fuelled flash flood to hit the top of the South Island in two weeks unleashed a torrent of pine forest waste, wiping out homes and a campground.

Rivers in southwest China breach warning levels, with thousands evacuated

Mon 14 Jul 2025

Twenty-five rivers in southwestern China exceeded safe levels, after more than 10,000 people were evacuated as the remnants of former typhoon Danas converged with East Asian monsoon rains.

1500 deaths in the recent European heatwave were due to climate change

Mon 14 Jul 2025

We now have the ability to rapidly assess the death toll of climate change after extreme heat – a first-of-its-kind analysis has shown that it nearly tripled the death toll from the most recent European heatwave

Riwaka Sandy Bay Road during recent flooding

'Back-to-basics' approach for councils ignores climate risk

11 Jul 2025

By Shannon Morris-Williams | While ACT is standing local government candidates to oppose councils' attempts to manage emissions and ministers are calling for local authorities to 'get back to basics' - or even suggesting scrapping regional councils altogether - one expert says this narrative is putting communities at risk in the face of climate change.

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”.

Urbanization is intensifying India’s summer heat and rain

11 Jul 2025

When 28-year-old Sonelal Prasad left home on the morning of June 16 for his job at a construction site in Mumbai—the financial capital of India—he didn’t know he’d be digging his own grave.

‘Significant gaps’ in proposed approach to climate adaptation

10 Jul 2025

A new report into climate adaptation doesn’t suggest how development in high-risk areas should be avoided - an issue that needs urgent action with thousands of homes still being built in hazardous areas, according to the Environmental Defence Society.

Regions in China take steps to ensure power supply amid heatwave-driven record demand

10 Jul 2025

China is battling intense heatwaves across multiple regions in recent days, with temperatures surpassing 40C in some areas, triggering yellow heat warnings and high-temperature health risk warnings.

Net-zero much cheaper than thought for UK – and unchecked global warming far more costly

9 Jul 2025

Reaching net-zero will be much cheaper for the UK government than previously expected – and the economic damages of unmitigated climate change far more severe.

Water contaminant levels can remain high for eight years after a wildfire, study finds

9 Jul 2025

Scientists are warning that wildfire pollutants can continue to contaminate local waterways for up to eight years after a wildfire event.

Mayor Nick Smith and chief executive Nigel Philpott had reservations about the target.

Nelson adopts ambitious target to slash emissions

8 Jul 2025

By Max Frethey, Local Democracy Reporter | After some of the most passionate debate seen in the chamber this triennium, Nelson City Council has adopted the more ambitious of two community greenhouse gas targets.

'Exactly what we would expect': climate scientists weigh in on deadly Texas flooding

8 Jul 2025

As the death toll from catastrophic flooding in Texas continued to rise, climate scientists this weekend underscored the link between more frequent and severe extreme weather events and the worsening climate emergency caused primarily by humans burning fossil fuels.

Asia warming at twice the global average: WMO Report

8 Jul 2025

The State of the Climate in Asia 2024 report shows the continent is heating up at twice the global average rate, leading to devastating impacts for ecosystems, societies and economies across the region.

Clear-sighted view to trade-offs crucial to reimagining our relationship with the land

7 Jul 2025

By Nick Swallow | COMMENT: New Zealand could see a 70% drop in the value of dairy land if we pursue our emissions targets for agriculture, according to a new report.

Recent droughts are 'slow-moving global catastrophe' - UN report

7 Jul 2025

From Somalia to mainland Europe, the past two years have seen some of the most ravaging droughts in recorded history, made worse by climate change.

Waihopai and Wairau rivers

Media round-up

4 Jul 2025

In our weekly round-up of climate coverage in local media: Proposed changes to forestry rules won’t solve the ‘slash’ problem; New Plymouth District Council officially opposes seabed mining; and is local media coverage of climate change lacking when reporting extreme weather events?

Central Chinese cities fight floods unleashed by record rain

4 Jul 2025

A record summer downpour in China's central province of Hubei dumped more than a month's worth of rain in just 12 hours on the city of Xianfeng, prompting authorities to move 18,000 people to safety, shut schools, and suspend bus services.

Record-breaking sea temperatures in the Mediterranean spark fresh warnings from scientists

4 Jul 2025

Intense marine heat can have devastating consequences for ecosystems with its ripple effects also extending onto land.

Warmer seas fuel dangerous ‘weather bomb’ in New South Wales

3 Jul 2025

If the storm shapes up as predicted, we can expect to see damage to houses and trees as well as significant beach erosion – especially in heavily populated areas exposed to the storm’s southern flank.

NZ urgently needs to change approach to flood management - experts

2 Jul 2025

Experts say climate change is squarely to blame for flooding in Nelson - but isn’t getting the media attention it deserves - and the country urgently needs to change its approach to flood management in the face of climate change.

NIWA forecaster Chris Brandolino tracking the 'subtropical river of moisture' that was set to drench the country

Govt policy going backwards on protecting communities from climate-fuelled flooding, say campaigners

1 Jul 2025

Extreme flooding at the top of the South Island demonstrates the dangers of the government’s ‘growth at any cost’ agenda, according to freshwater campaigners.

Pakistan slams climate ‘injustice’ as deadly floods hit country again

1 Jul 2025

Pakistan’s climate minister says country facing ‘crisis of injustice’ as more deadly flooding and extreme weather events hit the country.

Fires break out in France as southern Europe heatwave intensifies

1 Jul 2025

In France, wildfires broke out in the Corbières area in the southwest, where temperatures topped 40°C, forcing the evacuation of a campsite and abbey as a precaution.

US government cuts key data used in hurricane forecasting

1 Jul 2025

Weather experts are warning that hurricane forecasts will be severely hampered by the upcoming cutoff of key data from U.S. Department of Defense satellites, the latest Trump administration move with potential consequences for the quality of forecasting.

Europe on alert as first major heatwave of 2025 pushes temperatures to 42C

30 Jun 2025

Authorities across Europe are on alert as the first heatwave of the summer pushes temperatures up to 42C (107.6F), as the fastest-warming continent continues to suffer the effects of the climate emergency.

The new bund is providing some protection to Amberley Beach residents for now.

Council land banks to prepare for future disasters

27 Jun 2025

By David Hill, Local Democracy Reporter | In a "uniquely Hurunui" move, a North Canterbury council is land banking to prepare for future natural disasters and the threat of climate change.

Floods swamp cities in Southwest China with more storms due

26 Jun 2025

Citizens in Guizhou and other parts of southern China have been swamped by days of record-breaking rainfall as the East Asia monsoon kicked into high gear over the past week.

The true costs of climate disasters

24 Jun 2025

Scientists have linked extreme weather to climate change. Now they can quantify its impact on the damage, writes Chloé Farand.

90% of NZers expect more extreme weather disasters because of climate change

23 Jun 2025

A new climate change poll from AMI, State, and NZI shows New Zealanders are expecting more extreme weather events as a result of climate change.

Extreme heat is the biggest threat to insurers and businesses

18 Jun 2025

Deadly temperatures put great stress not just on human life but also on the economy, infrastructure, agriculture and health care

Forestry consents and relaxed rules in erosion zones sow seeds of future disaster

13 Jun 2025

OPINION: The government’s move to restrict exotic forestry on our best food-growing soils will push even more forestry investment onto high erosion risk land on the East Coast, with the worst land becoming the only land left for the most intensive and destructive land use, writes Manu Caddie

Extreme ocean warming engulfed South-West Pacific in 2024

6 Jun 2025

By Shannon Morris-Williams | Unprecedented ocean warming engulfed the South-West Pacific in 2024, with extreme heat and rainfall causing deadly and devastating impacts and sea level rise threatening entire islands.

Australian farmers face 'new world' of extreme weather as scientists urge action on climate change

6 Jun 2025

Scientists and politicians are warning big policy shifts are needed to mitigate extreme weather impacts, following what farmers describe as unprecedented flooding in the New South Wales Hunter and Mid North Coast regions last month.

Richard Hills

Climate progress slowing, says Auckland councillor

5 Jun 2025

By Shannon Morris-Williams | The devastating cyclone that tore through Tāmaki Makaurau in 2023 left behind more than just broken infrastructure, sparking calls to focus on facts over ideology in the fight against climate change.

Death toll from Nigeria flash floods rises to 151

3 Jun 2025

At least 151 people in central Nigeria are now known to have died following flash floods that destroyed homes and displaced thousands of residents earlier this week.

After the LA fires, scientists study the toxic hazards left behind

3 Jun 2025

Researchers from Harvard and universities in California and Texas are studying the long-term effects of the Eaton and Palisades fires on air, water, soils and surfaces of properties that didn’t burn.

Glacier collapse buries most of Swiss village

30 May 2025

The Swiss village of Blatten has been partially destroyed after a huge chunk of glacier crashed down into the valley.

India's monsoon rains arrive eight days early, earliest in 16 years

29 May 2025

Monsoon rains hit the coast of India's southernmost state of Kerala on Saturday, eight days earlier than usual, marking the earliest arrival in 16 years and providing the promise of a bumper harvest and relief from a gruelling heatwave.

New climate hazards report for Waikato region

26 May 2025

By Shannon Williams | A new hazards and risks report from Waikato Regional Council aims to help councils, iwi, businesses and communities in the region understand and respond to risks associated with climate change.

Dan Hikuroa

Water crisis on the horizon?

26 May 2025

Media release | Sewage contaminating Auckland oyster farms highlights the “dire state” of water infrastructure in Aotearoa, says University of Auckland Associate Professor Daniel Hikuroa.

Adaptation
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Local government and climate minister Simon Watts (left) and transport minister Chris Bishop at the Local Government NZ conference this week

Local govt bill 'completely misses the point,' passes first reading

Today 11:00am

By Shannon Morris-Williams | The government’s bill making changes to the Local Government Act to "refocus" councils on their core functions passed its first reading in Parliament last night, with critics saying it will set back climate resilience.

Agriculture
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Expert rejects farmers call to ditch green investment framework

Thu 17 Jul 2025

By Shannon Morris-Williams | Scrapping a proposed 'green' finance taxonomy before work on it is even finished would risk New Zealand being left behind in the transition to more sustainable systems, according to an expert.

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

Today 11:00am

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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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”.

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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Prime Minister Christopher Luxon greets schoolchildren

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

Thu 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.

Carbon News world
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EU seeks 'fair competition' with China on green energy

Today 11:00am

The European Union is seeking "fair competition" with China and not a race to the bottom in wages and environmental standards, the bloc's vice president for the clean transition told AFP in Beijing on Monday.

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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EU wants to see China take more ambitious climate action

Tue 15 Jul 2025

The world needs China to show more leadership on climate action, highlighting the importance of cutting planet-heating emissions and reducing the Chinese economy's reliance on coal.

Comment
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NZ voluntary carbon market’s sad state

Mon 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.

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.

Emissions trading
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Carbon price grinds higher - where to from now?

30 Jun 2025

By Liz Kivi | The carbon price has continued to grind slowly higher since this month’s failed auction, with prices at their highest since March, although still languishing well below this year’s auction floor price.

Energy
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Importing LNG is feasible, but is it plausible?

Today 11:00am

Importing liquefied natural gas (LNG) as a form of energy supply insurance is technically feasible, but an industry-commissioned report raises questions about whether it is financially plausible.

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.

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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Illegal loggers profit from Brazil’s carbon credit projects

Thu 17 Jul 2025

How a system designed to protect the world’s biggest rainforest is funding businesses with a track record of illegal deforestation.

Gas
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Megan Woods

Climate backtracking could impact trade relationships: Labour

9 Jul 2025

By Liz Kivi | Labour Party Energy spokesperson Megan Woods says the government needs to be upfront about how its energy policies will impact trade relationships, following revelations New Zealand was warned by other governments that backtracking on climate policies jeopardised its membership of an international alliance.

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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Farmers slam proposed guidelines for sustainable finance

Wed 16 Jul 2025

By Liz Kivi | Federated Farmers is calling on the government to scrap its proposed framework for ‘green’ finance, saying it is ideologically driven, unworkable, and risks harming rural communities.

Greenhouse Effect
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Paul Kabai and Pabai Pabai on the boardwalk in Boigu.

Does Aussie court ruling hold lessons for NZ?

Thu 17 Jul 2025

By Liz Kivi | A recent Australian court ruling should serve as a warning to New Zealand's decision-makers on how important it is to align climate targets and climate policies with the best available science, according to a climate litigation expert.

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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Electric firebricks: decarbonising high-temperature industrial heat

13 Jun 2025

By Ian Mason | A new technology could offer a more cost-effective solution than hydrogen to decarbonise one ‘hard-to-abate’ sector of New Zealand’s economy, as well as having ample potential for demand response as the electricity grid becomes more renewable.

Insurance
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‘Significant gaps’ in proposed approach to climate adaptation

10 Jul 2025

A new report into climate adaptation doesn’t suggest how development in high-risk areas should be avoided - an issue that needs urgent action with thousands of homes still being built in hazardous areas, according to the Environmental Defence Society.

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

Today 11:00am

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

Low carbon
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Clear-sighted view to trade-offs crucial to reimagining our relationship with the land

7 Jul 2025

By Nick Swallow | COMMENT: New Zealand could see a 70% drop in the value of dairy land if we pursue our emissions targets for agriculture, according to a new report.

Mining
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Rio Tinto urges Albanese govt to reimpose carbon tax, boost green energy subsidies

Thu 17 Jul 2025

The mining giant has used it’s submission to the Productivity Commission ahead of the Albanese government’s economic roundtable to lobby for the re-imposition of a carbon pricing scheme and bolstered green energy subsidies.

NZ ETS
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NZ Forest Owners Association CEO Dr Elizabeth Heeg presented to the environment select committee.

Foresters seek time; end to using ETS as a land use tool

Wed 16 Jul 2025

By Pattrick Smellie | Production and carbon forestry owners have begged the environment select committee to at least give the sector more time to come up with workable rules for legislation intended to cap forest planting on farmland.

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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Media round-up

Today 11:00am

In our round-up of the latest climate coverage in local media: with parts of the country still reeling from flooding exacerbated by climate change, debate heats up over who will pay for managed retreat from at-risk areas.

Paris Agreement
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Riwaka Sandy Bay Road during recent flooding

'Back-to-basics' approach for councils ignores climate risk

11 Jul 2025

By Shannon Morris-Williams | While ACT is standing local government candidates to oppose councils' attempts to manage emissions and ministers are calling for local authorities to 'get back to basics' - or even suggesting scrapping regional councils altogether - one expert says this narrative is putting communities at risk in the face of climate change.

Planetary boundaries
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Former Climate Commission Chair Dr Rod Carr

Markets aren't going to save us – Carr

9 Jul 2025

By Shannon Morris-Williams | Consumerism is reaching its ecological and economic limits, and only systemic change - not market tweaks - can steer us away from climate catastrophe, according to former Climate Change Commission chair Rod Carr.

Plastics
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Millions of tons of tiny plastic particles are polluting the ocean, study finds

Tue 15 Jul 2025

At least 27 million tonnes of nanoplastics are estimated to be floating in the North Atlantic Ocean, weighing more than all wild land mammals combined.

Policy development
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Associate Energy Minister Shane Jones

Feedback sought on national fuel security plan

Wed 16 Jul 2025

Media release - Beehive: The Coalition Government is seeking feedback on a draft Fuel Security Plan that provides a long-term strategy to ensure New Zealanders have reliable access to fuel in times of domestic and global disruption, Associate Energy Minister Shane Jones says.

Protest
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UK: Thousands lobby MPs to demand climate action

10 Jul 2025

More than 5,000 people from across the UK arrived in Westminster on Wednesday to meet their MPs and demand urgent climate action to protect their communities.

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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Germany's wind power expansion picks up, but targets still missed, says lobby

Today 11:00am

Germany's onshore wind power sector recorded its strongest half-year since 2017, but the expansion still falls short of the legally mandated targets, the BWE wind power lobby said on Tuesday.

Science
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Antarctica Scholarships 2025: Ocean detectives

Thu 17 Jul 2025

Media release – Antarctica New Zealand | Antarctica’s Southern Ocean is full of unanswered questions, and this year’s Antarctica New Zealand scholarship recipients are on a mission to help solve them.

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

Thu 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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Basis co-founders Danny Purcell and Julyan Collett

Kiwi ‘smart panel’ startup aiming to reduce energy bills and emissions

4 Jul 2025

NZ start-up Basis this week launched an ‘intelligent’ panel to replace traditional electrical switchboards in homes, which it says can save the average home $1,200 NZD annually on bills and lead to lower 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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Fast, sustained phase-out of fossil fuels: best-performing countries in coal and transport sectors

10 Jul 2025

By Robert McLachlan | It’s true that climate change is getting worse – it will continue to get worse until emissions fall to near zero. But is action on phasing out fossil fuels really stalling?

United Nations
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Can you trust climate information? How and why powerful players are misleading the public

11 Jul 2025

The climate crisis is more urgent than ever, so why is there a disconnect between stated policies and actual practices?

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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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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