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Help for SMEs to cut emissions

4 Nov 2020

A new tool for measuring carbon emissions in small and medium-sized businesses will help decarbonise the country’s supply chain, says Toitû Envirocare.

Which countries have a net-zero carbon target?

27 Oct 2020

Twenty-eight countries, one American state and the European Union says they are committed to being carbon-neutral by 2050.

Is New Zealand merely a climate-follower?

12 Oct 2020

Back in pre-COVID times last year, when New Zealand passed the Zero Carbon Act, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern insisted “New Zealand will not be a slow-follower” on climate change. But how has she performed?

York's green-home revolution

5 Oct 2020

The English city of York plans to build Britain’s biggest zero-carbon housing project, boasting 600 homes in car-free cycling paradises full of fruit trees and allotments.

Covid crisis not affecting climate investment drive

2 Oct 2020

Investors representing more $1.5 trillion in funds say their enthusiasm for low-carbon strategies hasn’t been dented by the economic impacts of the covid-19 pandemic.

The low-down on Australia's low-emissions roadmap

29 Sep 2020

Picking winners has been anathema to Australian policy-making for decades. The federal government’s technology investment roadmap bucks the trend, targeting public investments in specific low-emissions technologies.

Lentils can feed the world – and save wildlife too

29 Sep 2020

UNITED STATES scientists have worked out how to feed nine billion people and save wild life from extinction, both at the same time – thanks to healthy lentils.

Resources spokesman threatens to quit ALP over climate target

29 Sep 2020

Veteran New South Wales Labor right-winger Joel Fitzgibbon has threatened to quit the shadow cabinet if the opposition adopts a medium-term emissions reduction target he cannot live with.

China considers going ‘carbon neutral’, peaking emissions

18 Sep 2020

China is considering carbon neutrality as part of its long term climate plan, the country’s foreign ministry announced following a summit with EU leaders.

Asian multilateral bank to end coal-related financing

15 Sep 2020

The Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank is promising to end all coal financing, but has yet to write this into policy.

France seeks German collaboration on hydrogen in EU green recovery

11 Sep 2020

France hopes to collaborate with Germany on clean hydrogen projects as part of Europe’s green recovery from the pandemic, the country’s finance minister has said ahead of a meeting with his German counterpart today.

Doubts over green bonds’ impact in Asia’s low-carbon transition

28 Aug 2020

A new study has uncovered scant disclosure by green bond issuers of their environmental impact, and a lack of social safeguards to protect communities from unintended consequences of financed projects.

FOOTPRINT FANTASY: is it time to forget about carbon footprints?

28 Aug 2020

A new app tracks your carbon footprint in real-time. It’s funded by BP.

INDUSTRY: cut emissions by improving rubbish collection

26 Aug 2020

Cutting collection of household rubbish to fortnightly instead of weekly would reduce greenhouse gas emissions, the industry says.

Major investment firm dumps Exxon, Chevron and Rio Tinto

25 Aug 2020

A Nordic hedge fund worth more than $US90 billion (£68.6 billion) has dumped its stocks in some of the world’s biggest oil companies and miners responsible for lobbying against climate action.

Low-carbon alternative to concrete buildings

25 Aug 2020

Scientists have developed a method to 3D-print greener buildings using local soil that they say has the potential to revolutionise the construction industry.

Paper reveals why Govt went ahead with ETS overhaul

24 Aug 2020

Fifteen days into the first covid-19 lockdown, officials told the Government the new $20 price floor in the Emissions Trading Scheme was critical to protecting taxpayers from what the pandemic could do to carbon prices.

Covid-19 cuts our ecological footprint by 9.3%

24 Aug 2020

The rate at which humanity is consuming the Earth's resources declined sharply this year as a result of the covid-19 pandemic, according to researchers.

The Ranfurly Shield

ON THE BALL: Provincial pride could drive emissions goal

19 Aug 2020

Ranfurly Shield-style competition between provinces could get New Zealanders to finally cut greenhouse gas emissions, provincial local councils say.

Downstream turns on the power

4 Aug 2020

Pumped-hydro, a "blind" focus on renewable electricity instead of cutting emissions from all energy systems, and the closure of the Tiwai Point aluminium smelter are all on the agenda at this year's Downstream Conference. GAVIN EVANS of Businessdesk is there.

WORTH NOTING ...

28 Jul 2020

Today is the last day to enter the Sustainable Business Awards – get yours in by 5pm.

Prof Ralph Sims

Big Hydro not the only way, says energy expert

27 Jul 2020

Paying industry not to use electricity during peak demand should be considered as an alternative to a multi-billion-dollar new hydro scheme, an energy expert says.

Big emitters marshall carbon forces in Australia

27 Jul 2020

Companies responsible for 14 per cent of Australia’s industrial emissions are coming together to figure out how to decarbonise the sector.

Cars rule as virus shakes up travel trends

22 Jul 2020

As with other parts of the global economy, covid-19 has led to rapid changes in transport trends.

Australian flying car wins $1m grant

20 Jul 2020

The New South Wales government has awarded almost $1m from a regional grants fund to a company developing what deputy premier John Barilaro describes as an electric flying car.

How banks are trying to capture the green transition

17 Jul 2020

Private-sector banks in the UK should have a central role in financing climate action and supporting a just transition to a low carbon economy, says a new report.

Landfill costs will soar as dumping hits home

15 Jul 2020

The cost of dumping waste in landfills will rise as the Government tries to tackle the country’s mounting rubbish problem.

WHAT YOU SHOULD KNOW ...

15 Jul 2020

The Pre-Election Fiscal and Economic Update (known affectionately as the Prefu) will be released on August 20 – a month before the country goes to the polls.

Shane Jones

Future of Big Industry uncertain, warns minister

13 Jul 2020

The future of the Marsden Point oil refinery, the Glenbrook steel mill and large-scale wood processing are all at risk as New Zealand decarbonises, infrastructure and regional development minister Shane Jones is warning.

Greens put pressure on coal-fired boilers

13 Jul 2020

The Green Party wants coal-fired industrial boilers outlawed within five years.

Phil Taylor

We'll need more building wood, say growers

7 Jul 2020

A push to cut greenhouse gas emissions from the construction sector will inevitably lead to more wood in buildings, forest owners say.

Livestock under pressure for nitrogen pollution

7 Jul 2020

The livestock sector is being singled out in new research for hugely increasing global nitrogen pollution.

Shane Jones

Ministers advance with shovels at the ready

1 Jul 2020

Infrastructure minister Shane Jones says New Zealand should be focusing its climate-change action on preparing for the impacts of a warming climate.

Parker whips home third leg of climate trifecta

26 Jun 2020

The third leg of the Government’s climate change legislation trifecta came home this week.

Dr Rodd Carr

Make climate-risk a must, urges Carr

24 Jun 2020

The Climate Change Commission has again told the Government that assessing the climate impact of projects should be mandatory under a new fast-track consenting process.

Lobby group has work for $2b from ETS

22 Jun 2020

A powerful public-private lobby group – including the head of the Ministry for the Environment – wants money generated by the Emissions Trading Scheme put into a $2 billion fund to help companies to cut their energy emissions.

Green investment fund spreads its wings

19 Jun 2020

By GAVIN EVANS | New funding deals New Zealand Green Investment Finance is working up will show a variety of low-carbon benefits from a range of sectors, chief executive Craig Weise says.

Carolyn Mortland

Hands off our footprint, says Fonterra

18 Jun 2020

A report on the global dairy industry hugely overstates Fonterra’s carbon footprint, the New Zealand co-operative says.

We name this vessel ...

18 Jun 2020

New Zealand has its own version of Boaty McBoatface – Sparky the tugboat.

WHAT YOU SHOULD KNOW ...

18 Jun 2020

The Environment Committee today discusses annex VI of the International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships (known as the Marpol Convention).

Parliament does major job on ETS

17 Jun 2020

Parliament has passed major changes to the Emissions Trading Scheme, bringing agricultural emissions into the scheme and, for the first time, setting a cap on emissions.

New consent panels to OK fast-track jobs

17 Jun 2020

The Climate Change Commission will be consulted about projects being fast-tracked through resource consent as part of the covic-19 pandemic economic recovery.

Big Oil all talk about revolution, says report

16 Jun 2020

Fossil-fuel companies might be talking about an energy revolution, but their financial projections show they are largely ignoring it, a new report reveals.

Engineers make syngas out of cement-waste

11 Jun 2020

Chemical engineers have found a new way to turn carbon dioxide emissions from cement-making and other industrial processes into useful products like fuel and plastics.

Tough new water laws put heat on farmers

28 May 2020

Dairy farmers will have to disclose how much synthetic nitrogen fertiliser they are putting on their land under new rules expected to clean up waterways and cut greenhouse gas emissions.

Climate change keeps sustainability staff busy

28 May 2020

Climate change is the top priority for sustainability professionals working in New Zealand, new research shows.

Associate Professor Justin Chalker

Recyclable bricks and concrete the way of the future

26 May 2020

Bricks, concrete and other construction materials could one day be made from recycled PVC, waste plant-fibre or sand, thanks to a remarkable new kind of rubber polymer.

POLITICS: It looks like more of the same

22 May 2020

The outcome of National’s leadership stoush today is unlikely to affect the party’s approach to climate policy.

Waste operator cuts gas emissions

22 May 2020

Waste Management has cut greenhouse gas emissions from its own operations – but emissions from the rubbish it deals with are climbing.

Steve Goldthorpe

Hydrogen dream driven by greed, says expert

21 May 2020

New Zealand’s dream of a hydrogen-powered economy is being driven by greedy oil industry investors and “enchanted” government officials, an energy analyst says.0

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How flying can be a climate solution

Today 10:45am

By Paul Callister and Robert McLachlan - Planetary Ecology | How can aviation contribute to tackling climate change when no practicable technology-based solutions are on the horizon?

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

Fri 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

Airlines
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Greenwashing is rife in Australia, but could its days be numbered?

28 May 2025

COMMENT: Have you ever ticked the box to “fly carbon neutral”, had something delivered via “carbon-neutral shipping” or chosen to pay a bit extra to buy “carbon-neutral gas” from your energy retailer?

Aviation
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Help sustainable aviation fuels take off or delay targets, airlines warn EU

20 May 2025

Earmarked funding, risk-reduction tools, and simplified imports top Airlines for Europe’s wish list for the EU’s upcoming Sustainable Transport Investment Plan.

Biodiversity
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Sanctuary Mountain Maungatautari

'Time is right' for nature credits

Fri 13 Jun 2025

Media release | Sanctuary Mountain Maungatautari and Ekos are thrilled to be partnering with central government on the development of a voluntary Nature Credits Market pilot programme, announced by Associate Minister for the Environment Andrew Hoggard yesterday.

Biofuels
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Sustainability claims questioned as renewable diesel surges

14 May 2025

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

Carbon Credits
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Carbon auction odds-on to fail

Fri 13 Jun 2025

By Liz Kivi | The carbon price has rallied slightly in recent weeks, however with secondary market prices still hovering around the $57 mark, well below this year’s $68 auction floor price, next week’s Emissions Trading Scheme auction looks set to fail.

Carbon News world
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World leaders’ failure to act is pushing Earth past 1.5°C

Today 10:45am

Based on mounting evidence, some scientists now fear we’ve entered a new era of the climate emergency, characterized by accelerated warming and amplified disasters.

Carbon prices
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Govt mulls status quo for ETS auction settings

29 May 2025

By Liz Kivi | The government has released its consultation on the Climate Change Commission’s latest advice on Emissions Trading Scheme auction settings and volumes, putting forward the option to ignore the commission’s advice to boost auction volumes from 2028-2030.

Coal
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China's approvals of coal power plants grow after 2024 decline

Wed 11 Jun 2025

China approved 11.29 gigawatts of new coal power plants in the first three months of 2025, already exceeding the 10.34 GW approved in the first half of 2024.

Comment
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Credit: International Institute for Sustainable Development

A credible UN carbon market needs rules that count – we’ve just set them

Wed 11 Jun 2025

COMMENT: The broad standards for a more ambitious market are now in place. But without a steady flow of investment, this progress will remain largely on paper.

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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Climate Change and Energy minister Simon Watts (left) with Genesis Energy chief executive Malcolm Johns.

Legal experts sue Climate minister over ‘glaring holes’ in climate plan

Wed 11 Jun 2025

By Liz Kivi | Legal experts are taking the government to court over its Emissions Reduction Plan, alleging it fails to fulfil basic requirements of the law – with one of the arguments focussing on an over-reliance on tree-planting.

Energy
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Electric firebricks: decarbonising high-temperature industrial heat

Fri 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.

Extinction
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Gas tanks at Te Whakaraupō Lyttelton Harbour

Govt budgets $200m for would-be gas investors

23 May 2025

By Liz Kivi | Energy Resources Aotearoa has welcomed the government's plan to co-invest $200 million in fossil gas expansion, while environmental and climate groups have reacted with horror.

Extreme weather
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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.

Fishing
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Government undermines regional powers to protect coastal biodiversity

Today 10:45am

Media Release | The Environmental Defence Society opposes the Government’s decision to press ahead with amendments to the Resource Management Act that severely curtail the ability of regional councils to manage the impacts of fishing on coastal marine biodiversity.

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

Fri 13 Jun 2025

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

Gas
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Labor accused of ‘gaslighting’ Australians on climate crisis as fossil fuel projects keep getting approved

9 Jun 2025

‘They offer sympathy and then just go and approve massive fossil fuel projects anyway,’ one advocate says.

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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Electrification challenge for politicians, regulators

27 May 2025

Rewiring Aotearoa is calling for stronger political leadership to bring its vision of a cheaper, cleaner and stronger energy system to life, with the launch of its policy manifesto today.

Greenhouse Effect
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As methane climate impacts soar, NGOs, scientists, and advocates launch campaign to 'pull the methane emergency brake'

Fri 13 Jun 2025

Media release | International NGOs, scientists, and climate advocates are launching a global campaign calling for deep, rapid, mandatory cuts in methane emissions as the best way to lower near-term global temperature rise.

Greenwashing
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Professor Jane Kelsey

Govt uses climate change as ‘Trojan horse’ for other objectives

Tue 10 Jun 2025

By Shannon Morris-Williams | The Waitangi Tribunal has heard that the New Zealand Government’s international trade and investment agreements are failing to meet Tiriti o Waitangi obligations in the context of climate change – prioritising commercial interests while sidelining Māori rights and worldviews.

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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What happened to the hydrogen economy?

3 Jun 2025

The hydrogen car that was supposed to carry us into a cleaner future is still not in the driveway. In fact, outside of a few test markets, it’s not in anyone’s driveway.

Insurance
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Climate change could drive surge in foreclosures and lender losses, new study finds

22 May 2025

Extreme weather linked to climate change could spell financial ruin for many American homeowners and lead to billions in losses for lenders, a new study finds.

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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Members of the Parents for Climate group, and lawyer David Hertzberg, outside the federal court in Sydney. The advocacy group accused Energy Australia of greenwashing. The parties have now agreed to a settlement.

Energy Australia apologises to 400,000 customers and settles greenwashing legal action

22 May 2025

Energy retailer says carbon offsetting ‘not the most effective way’ to reduce emissions.

Market advice
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Carbon News launches price index

24 Jun 2024

Today’s issue is the first to feature Carbon News’ own carbon price index for secondary market spot prices for NZUs on New Zealand’s compliance market.

Mining
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Rachel Arnott with kaumatua Ngāpari Nui at the New Plymouth District Council committee

Tribunal asked to halt seabed mine fast-track

Today 10:45am

By Craig Ashworth, Local Democracy Reporter | South Taranaki hapū want the Waitangi Tribunal to halt a fast-track bid to mine the seabed off Pātea.

NZ ETS
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James Treadwell, president of the New Zealand Institute of Forestry

Foresters baulk at restrictions, land ballots

Wed 11 Jun 2025

By Liz Kivi | Forestry groups say that new legislation will introduce further uncertainty for planting plans and poses a threat to climate targets.

Oceans
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Ocean current ‘collapse’ could trigger ‘profound cooling’ in northern Europe – even with global warming

Fri 13 Jun 2025

A “collapse” of key Atlantic ocean currents would cause winter temperatures to plunge across northern Europe, overriding the warming driven by human activity.

Planetary boundaries
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Fight over coal mine heats up

30 May 2025

Forest & Bird is calling on the government to create a new scientific reserve covering the Denniston Plateau on the West Coast, which would stop a fast-tracked coal mine.

Plastics
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The microplastics found on a Waikato beach

Microplastics found in sand on dozens of NZ beaches

4 Jun 2025

Scientists have extracted microplastics from the sand of 22 beaches from the Far North to Banks Peninsula.

Policy development
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Legislation introduced to restrict farm-to-forest conversions

Tue 10 Jun 2025

Agriculture and Forestry Minister Todd McClay has today introduced a bill to Parliament that he says will put a stop to large-scale farm-to-forestry conversions.

Protest
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Israel deports activist Greta Thunberg after military seized Gaza Freedom Flotilla ship

Thu 12 Jun 2025

Israel deported activist Greta Thunberg on Tuesday, the country's Foreign Ministry said, a day after the Gaza-bound ship she was on with 11 other people was seized by the Israeli military.

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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Could Queenstown become the world’s most electric city?

Wed 11 Jun 2025

By Shannon Morris-Williams | Queenstown is set to become the focus of an ambitious initiative aiming to transform it into the world’s most electrified destination.

Science
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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.

Tax
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Green budget 'ludicrous la-la land' – govt

15 May 2025

Prime Minister Christopher Luxon said the budget was "clown show economics" and an "absolute circus".

Technology
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Biochar's negative emissions tech coming to Fieldays

6 Jun 2025

Biochar Network New Zealand will showcase its negative emissions technology biochar at this year's Forestry Hub at Fieldays 2025.

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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Richard Briggs

“It’s not the car – it’s how we move” – EECA

3 Jun 2025

By Shannon Morris-Williams| New Zealand’s transport emissions conversation has focused heavily on electric vehicles – but Richard Briggs, group manager, delivery and partnerships at the Energy Efficiency and Conservation Authority, says we’re asking the wrong question.

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Rapid action vital following UN Ocean Conference – experts

Thu 12 Jun 2025

New Zealand-based experts are calling for rapid and transformative action to restore nature - and our relationship with it - at the third UN Ocean Conference in France this week.

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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Govt's RMA overhaul sparks fears for nature and climate

30 May 2025

By Shannon Morris-Williams | The Government has opened public consultation on the biggest overhaul of environmental planning rules in New Zealand’s history, with critics warning it puts nature and climate at risk in favour of fast-tracked development and industry expansion.

Wildfires
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Tropical forest loss hit new heights in 2024; fire a major driver in Latin America

23 May 2025

Tropical forest loss skyrocketed in 2024, with vast swaths of primary forest consumed by fire, according to new satellite data.

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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