Carbon News
  • Members
    • Login
      Forgot Password?
    • Not a member? Subscribe
    • Forgot Password
      Back to Login
    • Not a member? Subscribe
  • Home
  • New Zealand
    • Politics
    • Energy
    • Agriculture
    • Carbon emissions
    • Transport
    • Forestry
    • Business
  • Markets
    • Analysis
    • NZ carbon price
  • International
    • Australia
    • United States
    • China
    • Europe
    • United Kingdom
    • Canada
    • Asia
    • Pacific
    • Antarctic/Arctic
    • Africa
    • South America
    • United Nations
  • News Direct
    • Media releases
    • Climate calendar
  • About Carbon News
    • Contact us
    • Advertising
    • Subscribe
    • Service
    • Policies

Topics tagged with 'Greenhouse Effect'

More in: Greenhouse Effect
Previous 1 ... 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 ... 137 16 of 137 Next

Bonn climate conference: World is "cooked" if we carry on with coal: US

7 Jun 2022

The US envoy on climate change John Kerry has warned that the war in Ukraine must not be used as an excuse to prolong global reliance on coal.

Best by the rest...

3 Jun 2022

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

Urgent and additional measures are needed if Ireland is to meet the climate targets it has set for itself

3 Jun 2022

Urgent and additional measures are needed if Ireland is to meet the climate targets it has set for itself, the country’s Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has said in a newly released report.

What is black carbon, and what does it mean for climate change?

3 Jun 2022

Antarctica, the vast and frozen continent that holds much of the world’s freshwater, appears to the imagination as an unchanging giant. Indeed, most of this remote territory remains free of human habitation and landscape changes.

Wetland regulations welcomed by industry, attacked by Forest and Bird

2 Jun 2022

Forest and Bird says the government’s announcement that it will allow coal mining and other industries to operate on remaining wetlands is disastrous for the climate and biodiversity.

Auckland's billion-dollar climate budget

2 Jun 2022

Auckland Council's billion-dollar package to help tackle the climate crisis is a step closer, with the proposed annual budget for 2022-2023 released yesterday.

Record methane spike boosts heat trapped by greenhouse gases

2 Jun 2022

Greenhouse gases trapped 49 percent more heat in 2021 than in 1990, as emissions continued to rise rapidly, according to NOAA.

Cities need new types of pavement capable of absorbing a flood. This team has a customized recipe

2 Jun 2022

Climate change is altering rainfall patterns, making storms more intense in many locations. Meanwhile, more people are moving to cities around the world. The combination of those two trends adds up to an increased risk of urban flooding.

Canterbury cuts its planting programme

1 Jun 2022

Canterbury’s regional council is cutting nearly $3 million from its planting programme, almost two-thirds of the planned spend over 2 years, in a bid to reduce a predicted 24% rate rise.

The US has fallen way behind on climate goals

1 Jun 2022

The US is doing a pretty horrible job of following through on promises it’s made to tackle climate change, according to two separate new studies.

China’s climate change Pacific reset

31 May 2022

By Jeremy Rose | Last month saw the opening of the China-Pacific Island Countries Climate Action Cooperation Centre in Liaocheng City, Shandong Province. It’s opening, perhaps not surprisingly, barely rated a mention in the New Zealand and Australian media.

Climate breakdown threatens economic breakdown

31 May 2022

Climate breakdown impacts could cause damage to the UK equivalent to cutting the size of the economy by at least 7.4 percent by the end of this century, unless there are stronger reductions in global greenhouse gas emissions.

Millions of lives at stake amid unprecedented challenges: UN experts

31 May 2022

Media Release - Five decades after the world’s first conference to make the environment a major issue, UN human rights experts call on States to redouble efforts to protect the imperilled planet for current and future generations amid unprecedented challenges.

‘We are in danger now’: Vanuatu declares climate emergency

30 May 2022

Vanuatu’s parliament has declared a climate emergency with the low-lying island nation’s prime minister flagging a $1.2bn cost to cushion global warming’s impacts on his tiny Pacific country.

Climate change effect on Peruvian glaciers debated in German court

30 May 2022

German judges and experts have arrived at the edge of a melting glacier high up in the Peruvian Andes to examine a complaint made by a local farmer who accuses energy giant RWE of threatening his home by contributing to global warming.

Think climate action is expensive? Inaction could cost $178 trillion.

26 May 2022

For centuries, fossil fuels have been associated with prosperity, progress, and growth. But more and more economists say that the continued use of coal, oil, and gas is now driving the world in the opposite direction — toward a lower standard of living and a global economic slump.

G20 climate goals just won't do the job, claims new report

25 May 2022

None of the G20 countries have made climate commitments consistent with limiting global temperature rise to 1.5 degrees Celsius, as the Paris Agreement stipulates, data from a new report showed

'A sign of things to come': India and Pakistan heatwave made 30 times more likely by climate change, study finds

25 May 2022

The savage heatwave that has scorched India and Pakistan in recent months was made more likely by climate change and is a harbinger of the region's future, scientists have said in a new study.

Redwood could help NZ reach net-zero: Scion

24 May 2022

Redwood could be a carbon capture hero for New Zealand, sequestering double the amount of CO2 captured by pine in some areas, according to new research.

Failure to save the Congo Basin forest ‘would mean world loses climate fight’

24 May 2022

Failing to conserve the carbon-rich forests of the Congo Basin would mean the world loses the fight against climate change, officials in Gabon have warned.

Farmer sues VW over climate change; German court has doubts

23 May 2022

A court in Germany cast doubt Friday on claims by a German farmer that automaker Volkswagen is partly responsible for the impact that global warming is having on his family business.

Trees are dying much faster in northern Australia

20 May 2022

The rate of trees dying in the old-growth tropical forests of northern Australia each year has doubled since the 1980s, and researchers say climate change is probably to blame.

Suicides indicate wave of ‘doomerism’ over escalating climate crisis

20 May 2022

It was a stunning, grisly act. A man, a climate activist and Buddhist, had set himself on fire on the steps of the US supreme court. He sat upright and didn’t immediately scream despite the agony. Police officers desperately plunged nearby orange traffic cones into the court’s marbled fountain and hurled water at him. It wasn’t enough to save him.

Four key measures of climate change set records in 2021

19 May 2022

Four key measures of climate change hit record highs last year, the United Nations said yesterday.

Microplastics could worsen climate change

18 May 2022

By Liz Kivi | An environmental physicist says plastics could be influencing climate change, potentially compounding the effect of greenhouse gases.

Report highlights risk of climate-induced statelessness and nationality loss in the Pacific

18 May 2022

Kiribati-born Tiibea Baure moved to Australia in 2008 as a nursing student with a plan for her extended family's future.

EU climate emissions higher than before pandemic

18 May 2022

The EU's greenhouse gas emissions in the last quarter of 2021 were higher than any quarter since late 2018, scrubbing out the apparent gains made during the pandemic.

Water crisis, power cuts worsen misery in Pakistan’s hottest city

17 May 2022

By the time Pakistani schoolboy Saeed Ali arrived at the hospital in one of the world’s hottest cities, his body was shutting down from heatstroke.

Over 90 million Indians at risk of hunger due to climate change: report

16 May 2022

The effects of climate change will put 9.06 crore [90 million] Indians at risk of hunger in the next eight years, according to the Global Food Policy Report 2022 on ‘Climate change and food systems’ by the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI).

Even if we miss the 1.5°C target we must still fight to prevent every single increment of warming

13 May 2022

Is it game over for our attempts to avert dangerous climate change? For millions of people in India and Pakistan the answer is clearly yes as they continue to suffer from a record-breaking spring heatwave that is testing the limits of human survivability.

Kiwis confident about move to low carbon economy

12 May 2022

Media Release - New Zealanders are feeling confident about the nation’s transition to a low carbon economy, according to Mercury’s survey of electricity consumers.

'Fifty-fifty chance' of breaching 1.5C warming limit

11 May 2022

UK Met Office researchers say that there's now around a fifty-fifty chance that the world will warm by more than 1.5C over the next five years.

Atmospheric CO2 hits another all-time high

10 May 2022

Atmospheric carbon dioxide levels measured at Hawai’i’s Mauna Loa Observatory breached 420 parts per million (ppm) in April for the first time in human history.

Bangladeshi children leaving school to work due to climate crisis

10 May 2022

Twelve-year-old Alamin’s house rested on the bank of the Ilsha River in southern Bangladesh until last year, when the surging river eroded it and the family’s farmland away, forcing them to flee to a slum in Keraniganj, close to the capital Dhaka

India and Pakistan heatwave is 'testing the limits of human survivability' - expert

4 May 2022

Temperatures in parts of India and Pakistan have reached record levels, putting the lives of millions at risk as the effects of the climate crisis are felt across the subcontinent

Scorching weather forces India to face climate change head on

3 May 2022

New Delhi, India – Construction worker Gujral Singh tears up as he voices his concerns about toiling in India’s searing heat this summer.

In Switzerland, parliamentarians have requested training on global warming

3 May 2022

SEVERAL IPCC experts spoke for three hours at the Swiss Federal Palace yesterday. An event prompted by a hunger-striking dad.

Owhiro Bay after a storm

Sea level rise the stuff of nightmares

2 May 2022

By Jeremy Rose | In the early 1990s I bought by first house – one of the original houses in Wellington’s Owhiro Bay. I still occasionally have a nightmare where the sea is washing through my lounge.

Pacific community pleads for Australian climate action amid regional tension

2 May 2022

Former Pacific island leaders have called on Australia to take “credible and urgent actions on climate change” and criticised a lack of consultation with the region after Solomon Islands’ shock decision to sign a security pact with China.

Climate change is making India’s brutal heat waves worse

29 Apr 2022

Heat waves are scorching India and Pakistan this week, breaking records as the region enters the hottest time of the year.

Anything but green: NZ near the bottom of international index

28 Apr 2022

New Zealand has been ranked 60th out of 76 nations in the “green society” section of MIT’s annual Green Future Index 2022.

Heat wave in India threatens residents and crucial wheat harvest

28 Apr 2022

A record-breaking heat wave in India exposing hundreds of millions to dangerous temperatures is damaging the country’s wheat harvest, which experts say could hit countries seeking to make up imports of the food staple from conflict-riven Ukraine.

Global poll finds concensus on need to ditch fossil fuels

28 Apr 2022

The overwhelming majority of global respondents to a recent survey said it is important to them that their countries shift off fossil fuels, but people in emerging economies were “especially adamant,” the Ipsos organization reports.

Government releases draft climate change adaptation plan

27 Apr 2022

A half metre rise in sea levels would result in 36,000 buildings, 350 square kilometres of land and an extra 48,900 people in Aotearoa being exposed to flooding during extreme events – those startling figures give a glimpse of the challenges the just released draft National Adaptation Plan is attempting to deal with.

Rich countries need to decrease meat consumption by 75%: new research

27 Apr 2022

New findings published in the Annual Review of Resource Economics suggest a 75% drop in meat consumption is necessary to meet climate targets.

Climate activist dies after setting himself on fire outside US Supreme Court

26 Apr 2022

The man who died after setting himself on fire outside the Supreme Court building on Friday sacrificed his life to protest climate change, according to friends posting on social media.

Stronger climate action needed: Forest and Bird

21 Apr 2022

The government’s new biodiversity strategy implementation plan, launched yesterday, needs stronger action from government economic agencies to protect New Zealand from the impacts of climate change, according to Forest and Bird.

Deforestation of Brazil's Indigenous lands a threat to country's climate target

20 Apr 2022

Indigenous lands in the Brazilian Amazon are under constant pressure, and deforestation of these areas has accelerated in recent years.

Seven new oil and gas projects approved since IPCC report called for an end to fossil fuels

14 Apr 2022

It’s “now or never,” said the latest report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). It called on governments to start staving off emissions to save the planet from irreversible climate disaster.

Wealthy nations responsible for 74% of ecological harm: study

13 Apr 2022

Wealthy nations are responsible for nearly three-quarters of ecological damage worldwide, according to research published in the journal Lancet Planetary Health.

Adaptation
More >

'Terrible result': Emissions barely budged in 2024

Fri 5 Jun 2026

By Shannon Morris-Williams | New Zealand's greenhouse gas emissions were virtually unchanged in 2024, falling by 0.03%, despite the economy shrinking by ten times that amount during the same period, according to new data.

Agriculture
More >
Gisborne mayor and Local Government New Zealand president Rehette Stoltz

Media round-up

Fri 5 Jun 2026

In our round-up of climate coverage in local media: The government must stop delaying decisions on funding climate adaptation, says Gisborne mayor; insurance conference exposes poor preparation for climate change; and Labour questions whether a disappearing climate briefing note was part of a deliberate cover-up.

Airlines
More >

$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
More >

Europe's green jet fuels see upside in Iran war

Wed 3 Jun 2026

Interest in synthetic propellants is growing as the Iran war pushes Europe to reassess its dependencies, raising hopes of a turnaround for the struggling sector, according to industry experts.

Biodiversity
More >

Govt injects $10 million into Auckland predator-free projects

Fri 5 Jun 2026

Conservation projects across Auckland will share in a $10 million Government funding package designed to accelerate predator eradication efforts and restore native biodiversity.

Biofuels
More >
Huntly Power Station

Huntly biomass option no cheap fix, Genesis tells MPs

28 May 2026

Genesis Energy says biomass can be burned in Huntly's Rankine units, but current costs put it in roughly the same price range as imported LNG and extra Rankine capacity would be expensive and could take years.

Carbon Credits
More >
Prime Minister Christopher Luxon and Finance Minister Nicola Willis

Willis touting mysterious ‘new approaches’ to meet Paris Agreement

Tue 2 Jun 2026

By Liz Kivi | Finance Minister Nicola Willis has again said that New Zealand is unlikely to buy significant offshore mitigation to meet the country’s international climate targets.

Carbon News world
More >

Dutch court agrees to hear Greenpeace lawsuit against US energy company

Fri 5 Jun 2026

Judges in Amsterdam handed Greenpeace a preliminary victory on Wednesday in an anti-intimidation court case, rejecting a request from fossil fuel pipeline company Energy Transfer to toss the complaint out.

Carbon prices
More >

‘Fiscal hole’ likely to deepen as another carbon auction looms

28 May 2026

By Liz Kivi | A broker is picking the NZU price will push towards $60 in the coming weeks on the back of improved confidence, however prices on the secondary market are still lagging well below the auction floor, with the second auction of this year less than two weeks away.

Coal
More >

Lack of demand leads to Bathurst pausing coal mine expansion

Tue 2 Jun 2026

By Liz Kivi | Bathurst Resources has confirmed it is struggling to find a market for coal from its planned extension of the Rotowaro coal mine in North Waikato, and is putting the project on ‘pause’.

Comment
More >
Dr Manbo He, Professor of Finance at University Canada West and Adjunct Professor of Sustainable Finance at Griffith Business School

NZ’s sustainable finance credibility gap

Fri 5 Jun 2026

By Manbo He | COMMENT: New Zealand has built serious sustainable finance infrastructure - but risks failing to attract the global capital that infrastructure was designed for, because it lacks the practitioner capability to operate it credibly.

Construction
More >
Andrew Eagles, NZGBC chief executive (centre) launched the manifesto last week

Green building council calls for clean energy policies

18 May 2026

The New Zealand Green Building Council has released its 2026 election manifesto calling for policies to reduce energy waste in buildings, lower household and business energy costs, and improve New Zealand’s energy security.

COP
More >
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
More >

NZ’s ‘light‑touch’ approach to voluntary carbon and nature markets may unlock finance but risks credibility

Tue 2 Jun 2026

By Jennifer Campion, University of Waikato | The government’s recent announcement of support for voluntary carbon and nature markets effectively offers a “warrant of fitness” to signal which markets can be trusted, without directly regulating them.

Energy
More >

EU wants households to cut peak time energy use as demand from industry and AI soars

Fri 5 Jun 2026

A new law will aim to use artificial intelligence to boost efficient use of power as electricity demand threatens to overwhelm Europe’s grids.

Extinction
More >
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
More >
Rod Carr, former chair of the Climate Change Commission

Seven ‘new approaches’ to avoid our Paris commitments: Carr

Thu 4 Jun 2026

Praying for “new approaches” to materialise to meet our international climate obligations isn’t a strategy, writes Rod Carr.

Fishing
More >

EDS urges MPs to scrap the Fisheries Amendment Bill

5 May 2026

Media release | The Environmental Defence Society today lodged a substantive submission on the Fisheries Amendment Bill.

Forestry
More >

Nature-based solutions – such as forestry – crucial for carbon removal

Fri 5 Jun 2026

COMMENT: Transitioning from erodible pasture to well-managed forest can yield substantial environmental benefits, writes James Treadwell.

Fossil fuels
More >

LNG isn’t the best 'dry year' solution – new report

Thu 4 Jun 2026

By Liz Kivi | The Government’s proposed LNG import terminal isn’t the best solution for ‘dry year’ electricity security, according to a new report.

Gas
More >

Govt legislates for more gas market transparency

Tue 2 Jun 2026

The Government has passed its Gas Market Transparency Bill through all stages under urgency, giving itself stronger powers to see into a gas market where tightening supply is creating significant uncertainty for businesses.

Geothermal
More >

RMA to speed up fossil fuel consents

18 Aug 2025

By Liz Kivi | An energy lobby group has welcomed a last-minute amendment to the RMA that puts fossil fuels on the same footing as renewables, however a sustainable energy expert says the move “beggars belief.”

Greenwashing
More >

Why ‘greenhushing’ signals deeper issues with NZ’s climate risk reporting regime

15 May 2026

By Hang Pham, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington | Most of us are familiar with the concept of greenwashing: organisations exaggerating or overstating their environmental credentials. But in New Zealand, there are signs the country’s climate disclosure regime may inadvertently be driving a very different trend: not saying much at all.

Hydro power
More >
Political debate at Electrify Queenstown

Hipkins pans LNG plan as ‘massive step backwards’

19 May 2026

By Liz Kivi | Labour leader Chris Hipkins has told a Queenstown audience that a Government he leads would not proceed with a planned LNG import terminal, if elected at November’s election.

Hydrogen
More >
Farmer spreading fertiliser

Victorian Hydrogen announces Southland urea fertiliser project using coal

22 Apr 2026

By Liz Kivi | Australian-based Victorian Hydrogen has announced it is developing a new 1.5 million-tonne-a-year urea fertiliser operation in Southland, which it will apply for under fast-track legislation.

Insurance
More >

Media round-up

24 Apr 2026

In our round-up of climate coverage in local media: What is the real cost of storm-hit infrastructure? Urgency is needed over climate adaptation funding; and a community conservation group has won a legal victory against multinational mining company OceanaGold.

Kyoto
More >
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
More >

Appeals Court affirms dismissal of youth climate case against Trump

Fri 5 Jun 2026

The lead attorney for the 22 plaintiffs said the court has “slammed the courthouse doors on children fighting for their lives.”

LNG
More >

LNG vital to prevent economic damage as gas leaves NZ economy

27 May 2026

By Pattrick Smellie | Importing natural gas will make the difference between an “orderly” or “chaotic and unnecessarily costly" decline as domestically produced gas runs out, the chief executive of the Gas Industry Company, David Prentice, said yesterday.

Low carbon
More >

Changes to emissions factors prompt caution over climate claims

Thu 4 Jun 2026

By Shannon Morris-Williams | Organisations may need to revisit how they calculate and communicate their greenhouse gas emissions after the Ministry for the Environment released an updated version of its Measuring Emissions Guide, incorporating new emissions factors based on New Zealand's latest greenhouse gas inventory.

Market advice
More >

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
More >

Move to block lawsuits could strengthen climate case against Govt

14 May 2026

By Liz Kivi | The Government’s plan to block climate lawsuits – while potentially fatal for one groundbreaking climate case – could actually bolster claims in another live climate case underway against the Government.

Mining
More >

Wetland protections failing to stop losses

28 May 2026

By Shannon Morris-Williams | New mapping commissioned by the Environmental Law Initiative shows wetlands across New Zealand are still being converted to pasture, forestry and mining despite stronger national protections introduced in 2020, with researchers warning enforcement gaps may be undermining the rules.

NZ ETS
More >

Renewables alone won’t fix ‘broken’ electricity prices

Thu 4 Jun 2026

COMMENT: While many people agree the electricity market is broken, simply adding more renewables to a broken system isn’t the fix we need, writes Geoff Bertram.

NZ Market Report
More >

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
More >
Ōkaihae Marine Reserve

Deep South marine reserves boost protection by nearly 50%

Wed 3 Jun 2026

Five new marine reserves protecting more than 300 square kilometres of ocean habitat along the Otago and south Canterbury coast will come into force next month, marking one of the largest expansions of mainland New Zealand's marine reserve network in decades.

Oil
More >

Environmental groups sue Trump administration over approval of new ultra deep-water drilling project

23 Apr 2026

Environmental groups sued the Trump administration on Monday over its approval last month of oil company BP’s ultra deep-water drilling project in the Gulf of Mexico.

Paris Agreement
More >

Climate takes back seat in Budget 2026

29 May 2026

By Shannon Morris-Williams | Climate change featured only lightly in Budget 2026, with most climate-related spending focused on resilience and disaster recovery rather than emissions reduction, while the Government again left out any updated estimate of the cost of meeting New Zealand’s Paris Agreement obligations.

Planetary boundaries
More >

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
More >

Six NZ climate solutions up for 2026 Earthshot prize

21 May 2026

By Shannon Morris-Williams | Six New Zealand climate and sustainability initiatives have been nominated for the 2026 Earthshot Prize, with the shortlist showcasing Kiwi-led solutions tackling emissions, plastic waste and ocean restoration.

Policy development
More >
Jo Hendy

Climate Commission consulting on update to emissions budget advice

Fri 5 Jun 2026

By Shannon Morris-Williams | The Climate Change Commission is consulting on updating its 2024 emissions budgets advice, with the update needed after the Government changed the biogenic methane target last year.

Protest
More >

New breed of political prisoner arises in Britain as anti-protest sentences rise

27 May 2026

More people are being jailed in England and Wales as a result of acting to prevent climate breakdown and the war in Gaza, research reveals.

Rare earth minerals
More >
Green Party co-leader Marama Davidson

Green Party calls for national electrification plan

20 Apr 2026

By Liz Kivi | The Green Party is calling for a national plan to electrify homes, transport and industry using renewable energy, to reduce fossil fuel dependence in response to the Middle East crisis.

Regulation
More >

US to ‘kill’ climate disclosure rule

Tue 2 Jun 2026

In the latest action to undo Biden-era regulations on climate change, the Securities and Exchange Commission has proposed repealing a rule that requires some public companies to report their greenhouse gas emissions and the risks they face from global warming.

Renewable energy
More >

China’s CO2 climbs 2% in early 2026 due to ‘wasted’ wind and solar

Fri 5 Jun 2026

The country used more coal and gas to generate electricity than in the same quarter a year earlier, despite a record amount of new wind and solar capacity being built.

Resource management
More >
Cruise ship in Milford Sound

‘Landmark’ conservation reform bill – boost or bust for nature?

8 May 2026

By Liz Kivi | The Government has announced an overhaul of the country’s conservation system, which environmental organisation Forest & Bird says will undo the work of many generations of Kiwis to protect public conservation land.

Science
More >

World-first trial turns NZ pine into bitumen alternative

Thu 4 Jun 2026

New Zealand researchers have successfully developed a road surfacing binder made entirely from pine trees, a world-first breakthrough that could reduce the country's reliance on imported petroleum-based bitumen.

Tax
More >
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
More >

Energy, water use and pollution of AI and data centres rival most countries

Fri 5 Jun 2026

The environmental footprint of data centres already rivals some of the world’s largest countries, according to a United Nations University report, which also predicts their water and energy use and pollution will double in just four years as use of artificial intelligence grows.

The House
More >

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.

United Nations
More >

Prepare for imminent return of El Niño, UN warns

Thu 4 Jun 2026

The world must prepare for the imminent return of El Niño and the supercharged weather extremes it brings, the UN has warned.

Waste
More >

Project linking food waste to cutting methane emissions gets underway

27 May 2026

Media release | Kai Commitment is leading a New Zealand-first project to help understand the connection between food waste and methane emissions and identify effective interventions.

Water
More >
8,000 people were left without water supply in the coastal town of Whitstable, Kent

Record-breaking heat and dry spring leave parts of England without water

Tue 2 Jun 2026

Thousands of households in southeast England were left without water or facing low pressure during a record-breaking heatwave this week, ‌as high demand followed a dry spring to expose the failings in Britain's ageing infrastructure.

Wildfires
More >

Why is Northern Ireland facing a growing threat from wildfires?

7 May 2026

Figures show that spring drought events are happening more often while there has been a sharp rise in "fire weather" - a mix of warmth, dryness, and wind that allows fires to ignite and spread rapidly. Experts warn this combination, along with climate change, is creating a longer and more volatile wildfire season.

Wind energy
More >

Waves with world's first wind power undersea data center

Thu 4 Jun 2026

China has begun operations of the world's first undersea data center directly powered by offshore wind, as the country races to solve the soaring energy demands of artificial intelligence with greener and more efficient infrastructure.

More in: Greenhouse Effect
Previous 1 ... 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 ... 137 16 of 137 Next
Carbon News

Subscriptions, Advertising & General

manager@carbonnews.co.nz

Editorial

news@carbonnews.co.nz

We welcome comments, news tips and suggestions - please also use this address to submit all media releases for News Direct).

Useful Links
Home About Carbon News Contact us Advertising Subscribe Service Policies
New Zealand
Politics Energy Agriculture Carbon emissions Transport Forestry Business
International
Australia United States China Europe United Kingdom Canada Asia Pacific Antarctic/Arctic Africa South America United Nations
Home
Markets
Analysis NZ carbon price
News Direct
Media releases Climate calendar

© 2008-2026 Carbon News. All Rights Reserved. • Your IP Address: 18.97.9.170 • User account: Sign In

Please wait...
Audit log: