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Green Party co-leader Chlöe Swarbrick

Green Party plans to bring back industry decarbonisation fund

6 May 2025

The Greens want to bring back the Government Investment in Decarbonising Industry (GIDI) Fund and use it to kickstart sustainable forestry for building and fuel.

Govt on track to ban farm-to-forest conversions - McClay

2 May 2025

Agriculture and Forestry Minister Todd McClay has confirmed that restrictions on full farm-to-forest conversions on LUC 1-6 farmland will be in place this year.

Experts question Climate Commission’s advice

30 Apr 2025

The Climate Change Commission’s latest advice on Emissions Trading Scheme auction settings is lacking important information, and fails to take into account the commission’s own advice to update the country’s climate targets, says an expert.

Indonesia food plan risks 'world's largest' deforestation

24 Apr 2025

Keen to end its reliance on rice imports, Indonesia wants to plant vast tracts of the crop, along with sugar cane for biofuel, in the restive eastern region.

Global livestock industry exposed for rampant rainforest destruction, despite no-deforestation pledges

23 Apr 2025

Media release | Greenpeace Aotearoa says a new investigation revealing that the world’s largest meat company, JBS, will fail to meet its deforestation-free commitment is yet more proof of false promises from the intensive livestock industry.

Climate change minister Simon Watts (centre)

Moribund carbon price underlines Emissions Trading Scheme’s low integrity

22 Apr 2025

By Liz Kivi | Experts are blaming declining carbon prices on weak policy settings and the government’s unwillingness to tackle continuing problems with the Emissions Trading Scheme.

Carbon price nosedives

16 Apr 2025

The carbon price graph dropped off a cliff yesterday, down 6% overnight to a ten-month low amidst continued selling from forest owners.

NZ's emissions fell 2% in 2023 - latest GHG inventory

15 Apr 2025

Aotearoa New Zealand’s gross greenhouse gas emissions reduced by 2% in 2023, according to the latest greenhouse gas inventory.

EDS chief exeuctive Gary Taylor

Environmental summit to tackle costs of economic reform

14 Apr 2025

As the government pushes ahead with sweeping reforms to unlock economic growth, the upcoming Environmental Defence Society annual summit will ask a critical question: at what cost?

Media round-up

11 Apr 2025

In our weekly round-up of climate coverage in local media: Auckland’s place in a global network of cities tackling climate action is in question; green groups say ministers are "dreaming" about the amount of suitable land for pine plantations; and is New Zealand’s climate credibility going down the plughole?

Honduras pays the climate cost as its forests disappear and storms rise

11 Apr 2025

Despite its high vulnerability to extreme weather events, Honduras continues to clear its forests, seen as one of its best protections against climate change and intensifying storms and hurricanes.

Commissioner calls for urgent reform of carbon forestry in ETS

10 Apr 2025

The Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment is calling on the Government to remove forestry from the New Zealand Emissions Trading Scheme, warning that the country’s flagship climate policy is entrenching risky land use decisions and undermining long-term emissions reductions.

Slash under the Mangatokerau Bridge on Paroa Road

East Coast advocates join calls to take forestry out of the ETS

10 Apr 2025

Sustainable land-use advocates in Tairāwhiti are demanding immediate government action on the Environment Commissioner's recommendation to phase forestry out of the Emissions Trading Scheme.

Experts back scepticism about carbon forestry

10 Apr 2025

Experts from around the country agree that the Environment Commissioner's 'Alt-F Reset' report is "incredibly timely" as the world faces unprecedented climate change.

Former NZGIF chair Cecilia Tarrant (left) with former chief investment officer Jason Patrick

Experts slam govt decision to wind down green investment bank

9 Apr 2025

The government’s move to scrap its green investment bank is a step backwards for emissions reductions and doesn’t stack up with the National Party’s economic and energy transition strategies, according to sustainable finance experts.

Question mark over Government modelling for pine planting on public conservation land

8 Apr 2025

Media release | Forest & Bird is concerned about modelling revealing that meeting the Government’s climate commitments would require planting vast areas of conservation and other Crown land in permanent pine forests, in a desperate attempt to meet Aotearoa New Zealand’s net zero emissions 2050 goal.

World’s largest deforestation project fells forests for bioethanol fuel, sugar and rice in Indonesia

8 Apr 2025

Indonesia plans to clear forests about the size of Belgium to produce sugarcane-derived bioethanol, rice and other food crops, potentially displacing Indigenous groups who rely on the land to survive.

Space probe to map carbon content of world’s remotest tropical forests

8 Apr 2025

Revolutionary scanner to be fired into Earth orbit this month to measure effects of deforestation.

Govt plan for forestry on Crown land raises questions for the Emissions Trading Scheme

4 Apr 2025

By Liz Kivi | The government’s latest plan for carbon forestry includes a large chunk of planting on Crown land, with 155,000 hectares of exotic forestry projected to enter the Emissions Trading Scheme by 2042.

Govt releases detail on ETS forestry restrictions

28 Mar 2025

The government has released more detail on new restrictions for farm conversions to exotic forestry in the Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS), which foresters say will prevent another planting boom.

Carbon price drops to 6-month low

26 Mar 2025

By Liz Kivi | The New Zealand Unit spot price has fallen dramatically in the wake of last week’s declined auction, with the Carbon News NZU Index closing at $54.67 yesterday, down 10% from prices above $60 at the start of last week.

UK: new national forest to see 20 million trees planted

24 Mar 2025

Twenty million trees will be planted and 2,500 hectares (6,178 acres) of new woodland created in the west of England as part of a "national forest" drive, the government has announced.

Carbon credit deal to provide windfall for Maori landowners

21 Mar 2025

By Moana Ellis, Local Democracy Reporting | An isolated Maori Land Trust in the central North Island has sealed a groundbreaking carbon credit deal, securing millions for its 4000 owners and tens of thousands of beneficiaries.

Time is not the driving influence of forest carbon storage, study finds

21 Mar 2025

It is commonly assumed that as forest ecosystems age, they accumulate and store (sequester) more carbon. A study based at the University of Michigan Biological Station has untangled carbon cycling over two centuries and found that it's more nuanced than that.

Greens call for agriculture in, forestry out of ETS

20 Mar 2025

Yesterday's failed Emission's Trading Scheme auction is 'another indictment' on the government's climate credibility, says Green Party co-leader and climate change spokesperson Chloe Swarbrick.

First ETS auction of the year fails

19 Mar 2025

The first Emissions Trading Scheme auction of 2025 has failed to sell any 'pollution permits,' with all 1.5 million NZUs rolling over to the June auction.

Tomorrow's ETS auction likely 'non-event'

18 Mar 2025

The spot price in the compliance carbon market dropped even further at the end of last week, with market watchers predicting that tomorrow's auction is odds-on to sell nothing.

Govt calls for tenders to improve remote sensing for carbon storage

18 Mar 2025

The government has issued a request for proposals to help it improve how carbon stored in forests can be measured by remote-sensing.

What next for carbon prices?

12 Mar 2025

NZUs are still hovering well below the auction price floor, with collateral due to be lodged by today for participants in the first Emissions Trading Scheme auction of 2025, on March 19.

Carbon auction unlikely to clear as spot price drops

11 Mar 2025

The carbon price on the spot market has dropped to its lowest level since December, with the first ETS auction of the year less than a week away now unlikely to sell any units at all.

Govt publishes draft land-use classification framework

7 Mar 2025

The government has developed a draft land-use classification framework, which distinguishes carbon forestry from indigenous and exotic forestry plantations.

Fonterra linked to illegal deforestation, claims Greenpeace

5 Mar 2025

Dairy giant Fonterra's supply chain is linked with illegal deforestation, according to Greenpeace Aotearoa, after New Zealand's major importers of palm kernel have been found to be illegally operating palm plantations in Indonesia.

Minister wrong about climate commitment: Lawyers

4 Mar 2025

By Liz Kivi | Lawyers for Climate Action has warned climate change minister Simon Watts that he was wrong to suggest New Zealand has no legal obligation to meet its international emissions reduction target.

Will March's carbon auction clear?

24 Feb 2025

With carbon prices on the secondary market trading in a tight range below the minimum auction price, it seems increasingly unlikely that March's Emissions Trading Scheme auction will clear.

Invasive pines triple seed supply to spread across Aotearoa

21 Feb 2025

Lodgepole pines, a major weed in Aotearoa, have three times more seeds here than in their native North America, according to new research.

Genesis stocks up on coal

18 Feb 2025

Genesis Energy is prepared to burn up to 1.2 million tonnes of coal at Huntly Power Station this winter.

Secondary market remains flat as carbon auction approaches

14 Feb 2025

With the first carbon auction of the year just over a month away, one broker is predicting trading will continue at prices below this year's $68 auction floor price.

Genesis and Foresta in biomass supply negotiation

12 Feb 2025

Media release | Genesis Energy Limited (GENESIS) and Foresta (NZ) Limited (FORESTA) have signed a term sheet to advance negotiations on the supply of torrefied black wood pellets for electricity generation at Huntly Power Station.

New AI tool to map planted pine

11 Feb 2025

Using AI to map New Zealand's forests could give more accurate and up-to-date data which will benefit policy-makers and infrastructure investments, as well as climate change reporting systems, according to researchers.

Pulling out of Paris Agreement could impact trade: Watts

10 Feb 2025

Climate change minister Simon Watts has reiterated the government's commitment to its international climate pledge, following comments from ACT leader and future deputy Prime Minister David Seymour, who floated the idea of pulling out of the Paris Agreement.

Foresters drop legal action over ETS fees

4 Feb 2025

Forestry minister Todd McClay has welcomed the sector's decision to drop legal action to fight new Emissions Trading Scheme fees.

'Disappointing' new climate target 'shockingly unambitious'

31 Jan 2025

Lawyers say it's 'highly questionable' whether the government's new climate target for 2035 meets requirements, while European politicians have started questioning New Zealand's climate commitments in light of trade deals.

Logging train revival to help 'deteriorating' Napier-Taihape road

29 Jan 2025

By Linda Hall, Local Democracy Reporter | Logging trains are back on the tracks running five days a week on the Napier-Palmerston North line to Napier Port, taking trucks off the 'deteriorating' Napier-Taihape Rd.

Science reforms could further erode climate expertise

24 Jan 2025

Foresters have welcomed the government’s sweeping science reforms, but leading climate scientist James Renwick fears a further erosion of expertise from the research sector.

Carbon price up - but still too low to drive decarbonisation

24 Jan 2025

Carbon prices on the secondary market went above the $64 mark yesterday for the first time since December’s partial auction clearance.

Media round-up

24 Jan 2025

In our weekly round-up of climate coverage in local media: Critics say a plan to put pine trees on DOC land is half-baked; a new study has found microplastics in compost; and an expert says it's not too late to rein in further warming as 2024 is confirmed as the warmest year on record.

Emissions trading scheme surplus over-estimated, says EY

20 Dec 2024

The emissions trading scheme has about 22% fewer surplus units than government figures suggest, according to a new report.

Waitangi Tribunal kicks off inquiry into climate change policy

20 Dec 2024

By Liz Kivi | The Crown has contributed to worsening the climate crisis as well as exacerbating impacts on Māori communities, a Waitangi Tribunal panel heard this week.

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.

NZ submits first Paris Agreement progress report

19 Dec 2024

New Zealand has submitted its first report to the UN on how the country is tracking towards its international climate target to 2030 under the Paris Agreement.

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Moanataiari, Thames, was built on reclaimed land

Climate adaptation plans welcomed, but funding remains the missing piece

Today 11:45am

By Oli Lewis | Experts are welcoming a proposal to make climate adaptation planning mandatory, but warn the plans may be ineffective without clarity around who will pay to implement them.

Agriculture
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Supreme Court

New legislation to bar climate torts proves polarising for submitters

Today 11:45am

By Liz Kivi | Opponents of legislation to block climate lawsuits say it could seriously damage investor confidence, while supporters of the same legislation argue that not passing it could be “devastating” for the New Zealand economy.

Airlines
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$30m airline fund risks ‘burning public money’ without lasting benefit – expert

20 Mar 2026

By Shannon Morris-Williams | A $30 million government package to support regional air routes risks delivering poor value for money while increasing emissions, according to transport strategist Tim Adriaansen.

Aviation
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Media round-up

9 Jul 2026

In our round-up of climate coverage in local media: The Government re-wrote fast-track law after mining companies pushed for change; costs from inland flooding are expected to rise by up to 53% by 2075; and is there such a thing as a sustainable tourist?

Biodiversity
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University launches worldwide search for nature-focused researchers

Wed 15 Jul 2026

Media release | As governments and businesses around the world grapple with climate change and biodiversity loss, Waipapa Taumata Rau, University of Auckland is launching an international search for ten PhD researchers to help shape a more nature positive economy.

Biofuels
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Inaction on shipping decarbonisation could cost NZ up to $94b by 2050, report says

30 Jun 2026

By Oli Lewis | Failing to support and enable the decarbonisation of the shipping industry could result in losses of $17.5 billion to $94.4b to the New Zealand economy by 2050, according to a report from the Aotearoa Circle.

Carbon Credits
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Emissions Trading Scheme ‘stockpile’ shrinking

9 Jul 2026

By Liz Kivi | The “stockpile” of NZUs in private accounts continues to shrink, with the latest Environmental Protection Authority figures showing the number has dropped by 9.5 million since this time last year.

Carbon News world
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UK withdraws millions in funding from world’s second-largest rainforest in Congo

Today 11:45am

The UK has abandoned projects worth tens of millions of pounds that were meant to help protect Congo rainforests and support local people.

Carbon prices
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Climate law introduced requiring adaptation plans and reducing Commission's role

Wed 15 Jul 2026

By Oli Lewis | The Government has introduced legislation to amend the Climate Change Response Act (CCRA), which includes stripping the Climate Change Commission of one of its core roles, adds a new requirement for councils to produce adaptation plans for higher-risk areas, and updates ETS settings.

Coal
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Coal is back in Australian Super’s portfolio. What happened to that net zero pledge?

Mon 13 Jul 2026

In 2020 Australia’s biggest super fund dumped its Whitehaven shares. Fast forward to 2026 and it is now the coalminer’s single biggest investor.

Comment
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Dr Rod Carr working in his previous role as Climate Change Commission chair

Politicians need to lead on climate: Carr

30 Jun 2026

As the election campaign heats up, former Climate Change Commission chair Rod Carr has a list of actions he's hoping to see from our aspiring leaders, which includes confronting climate denial as well as refusing funds or policy advice from vested interests.

Construction
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EMA pushes for steady hand on energy and regulation

Mon 13 Jul 2026

By Shannon Morris-Williams | The Employers and Manufacturers Association wants the next government to commit to a long-term energy plan and allow faster investment in renewable generation, at the same time as slowing the pace of policy change and providing businesses with greater certainty.

COP
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Parliament Buildings, Budapest

What Magyar’s defeat of Orbán in Hungary means for climate and energy

21 Apr 2026

Hungary has played a disproportionate role in EU climate and energy policy in recent years, by repeatedly vetoing climate action and by delaying the phaseout of Russian fossil-fuel imports.

Emissions trading
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Justice Minister Paul Goldsmith (right) with Prime Minister Christopher Luxon

Experts call on Govt to withdraw ‘repugnant’ legislation to block climate lawsuits

Mon 13 Jul 2026

By Liz Kivi | Lawyers and climate policy experts are calling on the Government to withdraw legislation intended to block climate lawsuits, with an adaptation expert arguing that the legislation could worsen the insurance protection gap.

Energy
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Government running out of time to lock in LNG import terminal deal before election

Thu 16 Jul 2026

By Oli Lewis | Procurement for a floating LNG import terminal in Taranaki is well advanced, the Government says, but the clock is ticking to sign contracts before the election.

Extinction
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WWF-New Zealand chief executive Kayla Kingdon-Bebb

Environmental groups call for ETS reform

20 Feb 2026

Several environmental organisations are calling on political parties to make climate and biodiversity central to the 2026 election campaign, with reforming the Emissions Trading Scheme seen as a key priority.

Extreme weather
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The heat waves are Andy Burnham’s problem now

Today 11:45am

Recent record-breaking hot weather in the U.K. has made a chunk of voters more worried about climate change and impatient for help from the government.

Fishing
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Tarakihi on verge of extinction: Stock collapse exposes major fisheries management failings

3 Jul 2026

Media release: Environmental Defence Society | Fisheries NZ is consulting on new sustainability measures for the country’s two tarakihi stocks.

Fossil fuels
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“It’s by stealth, isn’t it?” The multi-million dollar effort by Australian fossil fuel companies to get into schools

Thu 16 Jul 2026

Australian oil, gas and coal companies want to get into school to shape what kids learn about their industry and climate change. One group has been trying to map the scale of the problem.

Gas
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Clock ticks on Gas Security Fund as Tariki developer reports ongoing losses

Wed 15 Jul 2026

By Oli Lewis | A Canadian company advancing a major gas storage project in New Zealand continues to report ongoing losses.

Geothermal
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$3m Govt boost for Tauranga geothermal energy

Tue 14 Jul 2026

By Liz Kivi | Resources Minister Shane Jones has announced a $3 million grant for the Gas to Geoheat Tauranga Geothermal System Project as part of the Government's plan to double geothermal energy by 2040.

Green finance
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The arms race to climate calamity

Today 11:45am

COMMENT: Both Australia and New Zealand are justifying spending millions of dollars on high-end killing machines by hyping the so-called China threat, while downplaying the very real threat of climate change to the Pacific region, writes Jeremy Rose.

Greenhouse Effect
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Conservation bill risks climate goals, lawyers say

1 Jul 2026

By Shannon Morris-Williams | Lawyers for Climate Action NZ says the Government's plan to change the law to encourage economic development on conservation land could undermine New Zealand's climate goals by weakening the land's ability to store carbon, as well as allowing new sources of emissions such as mining.

Greenwashing
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Govt climate claims don't match reality, lawyers say

17 Jun 2026

By Shannon Morris-Williams | Lawyers for Climate Action has accused the Government of presenting an overly positive picture of New Zealand's climate progress at the United Nations climate summit in Bonn, arguing key claims on emissions reductions and support for the Paris Agreement's 1.5°C goal are not reflected in domestic policy.

Hydro power
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Lake Onslow

Lake Onslow pumped hydro consortium secures funding for consent push

26 Jun 2026

By Oli Lewis | The consortium behind Lake Onslow pumped hydro has secured funding to finalise its resource consent application, aiming to lodge it under the fast-track process before 2027.

Hydrogen
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Kapuni Project Wind Turbines in South Taranaki - Visual Simulation

Ballance secures gas for 2026 as it progresses energy transition plan

16 Jun 2026

By Oli Lewis | One of the largest industrial gas users in New Zealand is working on an energy transition plan to futureproof domestic fertiliser manufacturing, while continuing to secure ongoing gas supply contracts.

Insurance
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Climate change is here and we’re all paying for it

Wed 15 Jul 2026

By Raewyn Peart | COMMENT: Another week, another storm. Just days ago, Kaikōura saw two months of rain fall within 48 hours, the most recent in a long line of adverse weather events.

Kyoto
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Waitangi Treaty Grounds

Climate law change spanner in the works for Waitangi Tribunal Inquiry

19 Dec 2025

By Liz Kivi | The Government’s controversial changes to New Zealand’s legal framework for climate policy have thrown a spanner in the works for a long-running Waitangi Tribunal Inquiry into climate change.

Litigation
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BusinessNZ's director of advocacy Catherine Beard delivered the submission to the Justice Select Committee this week.

Sustainable Business Council listed on submission supporting climate torts bar

Today 11:45am

By Liz Kivi | Business New Zealand’s submission supporting legislation to block climate lawsuits raised eyebrows this week for listing the Sustainable Business Council as seemingly in support of the controversial law change.

Low carbon
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Planetary Facts dashboard aims to make environmental costs visible

Wed 15 Jul 2026

By Shannon Morris-Williams | Consumers can now compare the environmental impacts of everyday products with a new online dashboard designed to do for sustainability what nutrition labels have long done for food.

Market advice
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Climate risks could reshape business finances, new guidance warns

15 Apr 2026

By Shannon Morris-Williams | New guidance warns climate change is set to fundamentally reshape financial outcomes for businesses, including difficult-to-model climate “tipping points” – irreversible changes such as ice sheet collapse or ocean circulation shifts – which threaten severe and sudden financial impacts.

Methane
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UN chief says fossil fuel industry must cut methane for warming “relief”

25 Jun 2026

UN chief António Guterres called for stronger action to cut emissions of planet-heating methane, taking aim at the fossil fuel industry’s practices and profits, and pointing to coal, oil and gas as the root of today’s climate and energy crises.

Mining
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What’s next for Sams Creek after failed mining bid?

Wed 15 Jul 2026

Max Frethey, Local Democracy Reporter | A controversial gold mining application at Sams Creek has been declined, leaving question marks hanging over the future of the land.

Oceans
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Pacific coral reefs face mounting climate threat – experts

Thu 16 Jul 2026

By Shannon Morris-Williams | Coral reef scientists are warning that climate change is accelerating the decline of reef ecosystems across the Pacific, with rising ocean temperatures, marine heatwaves and sea-level rise threatening both biodiversity and the communities that depend on them.

Oil
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Ugandan farmers launch UK court case against East African oil pipeline

9 Jul 2026

Four Ugandan farmers filed a case with London’s High Court aiming to stop the East African Crude Oil Pipeline from starting to operate by asking the court to apply Uganda’s laws against the project’s UK-registered company.

Paris Agreement
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Biochar

Carbon markets and biochar: a golden opportunity for NZ?

1 Jul 2026

By John O’Brien | COMMENT: New Zealand’s abundant and increasing forestry waste could become a multi-billion dollar opportunity for biochar carbon sequestration – as long as the right policies, programmes, and incentives are in place.

Planetary boundaries
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A real ‘intergenerational equity’ budget would address Australia’s unceasing environmental decline

15 May 2026

Labor has unveiled a budget designed to tackle intergenerational equity in Australia through bold tax reform.

Plastics
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UN plastics pact talks restart amid fears production curbs will be left out

2 Jul 2026

Diplomats reconvene a year after negotiations collapsed, but campaigners fear the agenda risks burying tricky discussions on key elements.

Policy development
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Conservation bill could put development ahead of protection, commissioner warns

Today 11:45am

By Shannon Morris-Williams | Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment Simon Upton says the proposed law changes could give economic development greater weight than conservation, undermining the purpose of the Conservation Act.

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Northern Thai residents march for action on polluted rivers. ‘This is an emergency’

9 Jun 2026

More than 600 residents of Chiang Mai and Chiang Rai provinces embarked May 31 on a roughly 68-kilometer, six-day ‘peace walk’ to demand the Thai government take action on the river pollution crisis that has seen Thai rivers polluted with heavy metals.

Rare earth minerals
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Swarbrick slams $50m critical minerals funding as 'Trump's war machine' subsidy

7 Jul 2026

By Shannon Morris-Williams | The Green Party has criticised the Government's investment into two West Coast critical minerals projects, claiming the funding could ultimately support the United States defence industry rather than New Zealand's clean energy transition, while Shane Jones dismissed opponents as "flat earth idiots".

Renewable energy
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The Collie Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) in Western Australia

NZ lagging in energy storage investment – report

Tue 14 Jul 2026

Investment in energy storage is maturing globally, with the need for resilient and flexible power driving demand for storage, but New Zealand has some catching up to do, according to a new report.

Resource management
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Fast-track panel backs proposed Haldon Solar Farm

6 Jul 2026

By Shannon Morris-Williams | The proposed Haldon Solar Farm in the Mackenzie Basin has moved to the final stages of the Fast-track Approvals Act process after the Fast-track Panel proposed granting approval for the project.

Solar
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Mark Humphreys, chief revenue officer APAC at Gentrack

Shining a light on Trans-Tasman solar reforms

Tue 14 Jul 2026

OPINION: The real test of solar reforms is how fast retailers can turn new rules into working tariffs, writes Mark Humphreys.

Tax
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Associate Professor Ru Hong

Carbon trading schemes cut more emissions than carbon taxes, according to global study

20 Mar 2026

By Shannon Morris-Williams | Carbon trading schemes are more effective than carbon taxes at reducing emissions, cutting fossil fuel use, and accelerating the shift to renewable energy, a global study has found.

Technology
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Microsoft emissions surge 27% as AI buildout crimps climate goals

Mon 13 Jul 2026

Microsoft's greenhouse gas emissions jumped 27 percent in its latest fiscal year, the tech giant disclosed Thursday, adding to a wave of worsening environmental reports from an industry racing to build AI infrastructure.

The House
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Pacific climate response in question as NZ finance remains unclear

19 Dec 2025

By Shannon Morris-Williams | With New Zealand's $1.3 billion international climate finance commitment set to end with no clarity on what follows, the Auditor-General says oversight of that funding remains patchy and long-term outcomes are unclear.

Transport
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Govt backs hydrogen with national industry summit

9 Jul 2026

By Oli Lewis | The Government is convening a major hydrogen conference to promote awareness and uptake of the alternative fuel.

United Nations
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‘Those blocking climate science are not our friends': Pacific leaders warn at Bonn talks

23 Jun 2026

Pacific nations and civil society groups have united at UN climate talks, pushing back against efforts to weaken agreed language on global temperature limits as negotiations continue behind closed doors.

Waste
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Next Govt must restart action on plastic pollution

1 Jul 2026

Media release - Zero Waste Aotearoa | Plastic Free July begins with an urgent call to put plastic pollution back on the political agenda. Plastic Free July is a worldwide campaign to reduce plastic waste and eliminate single use plastics.

Water
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Green Party co-leaders Marama Davidson and Chlöe Swarbrick

Greens announce water policy, including nitrogen fertiliser phase-out

7 Jul 2026

By Liz Kivi | The Green Party announced its water policy yesterday, promising to phase out synthetic nitrogen fertiliser, as well as destructive fishing methods, if the party is elected in November.

Wildfires
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Canadian wildfire smoke chokes Toronto, threatens US cities

Today 11:45am

Toronto's air quality ranked the worst among major cities globally on Wednesday as wildfire smoke from northwestern Ontario blackened skies and spread into the northeastern United States, ‌prompting health warnings and calls for residents to limit outdoor activities.

Wind energy
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Faster consenting, harder trade-offs

7 Jul 2026

Faster consenting is starting to produce results, but this week's decisions show speed has not removed the harder trade-offs around electricity security, conservation, ecology and climate liability.

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