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Our cities need attention, say planners

21 Mar 2014

More collaboration is needed to deal with the country’s burgeoning urban growth issues, says a new report by the New Zealand Planning Institute.

Farmers remain free of emissions obligations

14 Mar 2014

The Government is all but ruling out making agriculture responsible for its greenhouse gas emissions next year.

Energy-wise dairy farmers could save millions

28 Feb 2014

Dairy farmers could collectively save $42 million through electricity efficiency measures in the dairy shed, says the Government's energy efficiency agency.

Think green, builders urge Christchurch

21 Feb 2014

New commercial buildings in Christchurch must be designed for energy efficiency if they aren’t to become obsolete, says the Green Building Council.

Islands have three-pronged approach to climate change

25 Oct 2013

Carbon Market Solutions chief WAYNE KING continues his analysis of ways in which climate change is being addressed in the Pacific:

Fund managers minding climate risks

9 Aug 2013

Fund managers are incorporating climate risks into investment decisions, a new report shows.

Milford Dart quiet on tunnel appeal

19 Jul 2013

There is no word yet on whether the backers of a $180 million tunnel through the Fiordland and Mt Aspiring National Parks will fight to keep the project alive.

Mark Butler ... new taxes.

Australia makes early move to carbon trading

19 Jul 2013

Australian households will benefit from an average $380 reduction in the cost of living next financial year after the country moves to a floating price on carbon emissions, the Rudd Government says.

Govt dumps funding for RMA services

17 May 2013

The Government will cut funding of its Resource Management Act advice services, the Environmental Defence Society says.

EDS claims RMA information is flawed

5 Apr 2013

The Government’s discussion document on proposed changes to the Resource Management Act relies on out-of-date and incorrect information, the Environmental Defence Society says

Kennedy Graham ... huge issue.

Question for PM: UN is serious, are you?

22 Feb 2013

Green Party MP Kennedy Graham told Parliament this week that the United Nations Security Council is starting to consider climate change a serious risk.

Forest safety record could hurt industry

22 Feb 2013

New Zealand's forest exports are being put risk as the industry continues to drag the chain on a key aspect of its certification, a union for workers in the wood industries says.

Lizzie Chambers ... forestry the wild card.

NZ carbon in race to the bottom

15 Feb 2013

As the prices of UN carbon offsets fall to new lows, the New Zealand ETS is increasingly struggling for relevance, writes Carbon Match founder Lizzie Chambers.

Government mulls over binding target

1 Feb 2013

The Government is “considering advice on Doha outcomes” as it ponders what this country’s binding emissions reduction target will be.

EU credits could be junk, says power chief

1 Feb 2013

Europe is staring at a ‘lost decade’ that will make decarbonisation impossible and reduce carbon credits to the value of ‘junk bonds’ unless politicians back a carbon market reform package, says the head of Europe’s electricity industry association.

Why you should give up red meat, not flying

1 Feb 2013

People who want to have an effect on climate change would be better to give up red meat and changing lightbulbs than to stop taking flights, says a new study.

If the world burns, we burn

16 Nov 2012

A number of comments made by the public about the Government's decision to not sign up to the second commitment period of the Kyoto Protocol appear to be made from a position of lack of understanding of the global atmosphere, including the complex processes which the atmosphere undergoes, Carbon Market Solutions says.

Textile companies slash energy costs

9 Nov 2012

Ten New Zealand textile companies have cut energy costs by an average 17 per cent this year.

How to build green - for free

2 Nov 2012

The Government is offering free advice on designing low-energy buildings.

Millions back move to smarter energy use

2 Nov 2012

The Australian Government has announced new funding rounds for three energy efficiency grant programmes to drive smarter energy use in business, local government, households and communities.

Australian/European linkage causes spike

31 Aug 2012

Carbon markets started the week on a quiet note, with British markets closed on Monday for the final summer bank holiday of the year.

Forester forms safe haven for kiwi

27 Jul 2012

Forestry company Ernslaw One is promising to look after kiwi living in one of its forests.

Tonga solar plant ... Popua power.

NZ helps Tonga build solar plant

13 Jul 2012

Auckland Mayor Len Brown and a delegation of New Zealand business leaders this week visited a Tonga solar farm project will become the first utility-scale energy generation facility in the kingdom.

Gareth Hughes ... carbon questions.

Greens probe fossil-fuel subsidies

22 Jun 2012

The Government is being accused of undermining its own policy to cut fossil-fuel subsidies, by encouraging oil exploration and giving free carbon credits to internationally exposed emitters.

Farmers eye new deal on cow gases

15 Jun 2012

Australian dairy producers could soon earn carbon credits through the Federal Government’s Carbon Farming Initiative by capturing and destroying harmful greenhouse gases released by cow manure.

It's a game-changer, says Aquaflow

20 Apr 2012

Kiwi clean energy company Aquaflow Bionomic Corporation believes it is poised to make refining next generation biofuels a commercial reality in New Zealand and in overseas projects within three years.

Demand will stall if agriculture delay goes ahead

20 Apr 2012

The Government’s proposal to further delay bringing agriculture into the Emissions Trading Scheme could have serious consequences in the carbon markets, Carbon Market Solutions says

Margin attracts buyers

5 Apr 2012

The margin of NZUs over cheaper European units continues to attract sellers looking to swap credits, Westpac reports.

European market has attack of nerves

24 Feb 2012

European carbon is nervous, OMFinancial reports.

Australia sets up energy aid packages

17 Feb 2012

The Australian Government has announced a package of energy efficiency programmes designed to make it easier for everyone to access assistance and support in the transition to a low-carbon future.

Poor prices will hurt government income

16 Dec 2011

Collapsing carbon prices could leave a hole in the Government’s books.

Smart meters need study, says expert

2 Dec 2011

New Zealand's electricity industry and regulators could usefully collaborate with academic researchers on randomised testing to gain insights into household impacts of smart meters, says a visiting American researcher.

Coal mining to come under scientific scrutiny

25 Nov 2011

The Australian Government has moved to ensure that all future decisions about coal seam gas projects and large coal mining developments are based on rigorous scientific evidence.

Quake city to focus on energy-wise buildings

28 Oct 2011

A new programme to incentivise the building of energy-efficient commercial buildings will start with a focus on the Christchurch rebuild.

Dodgy ... that's Auckland City investment

28 Oct 2011

Council for Socially Responsible Investment chairman Dr ROBERT HOWELL questions Auckland City's investment strategy ...

Carbon heading south

21 Oct 2011

As strange as it may seem, NZUs are widening their premium over CERs, and the trend is likely to continue, says OMFinancial.

Carbon price hits all-time low

21 Oct 2011

It has been a rocky week for global carbon prices, with the CER price in EUR terms reaching new all-time lows below seven euros, Westpac reports.

Search starts for CDM replacement

7 Oct 2011

A new market-based mechanism is being mooted to replace the Clean Development Mechanism, Carbon Market Solutions reports.

Potential for a carbon bubble

7 Oct 2011

The marketl expects industrial gas CERs to be banned from January 1, 2013, with allowance for any forward contracts that fall within the May 31 surrender date, OMFinancial reports.

NZ Steel pockets close to $10m in credits

30 Sep 2011

New Zealand Steel was given nearly 500,000 free carbon credits last year - worth nearly $10 million – to cushion it from the impact of a price on carbon.

Number of positives in ETS review

23 Sep 2011

The Government’s release of the Emissions Trading Scheme review report and recommendations last week provides an interesting basis for all interested parties to detail analysis over whether the recommendations are “good” or “bad”, Carbon Market Solutions says.

Global prices driving NZUs

23 Sep 2011

It has been another relatively quiet week for the New Zealand carbon market, with fears of a global double-dip recession continuing.

Climate drives transport changes

16 Sep 2011

It is hard to overlook the issue of transport in New Zealand, particularly after the shambles that was Auckland’s public transport system for the Rugby World Cup opening ceremony last Friday.

Sales light, but price improves

16 Sep 2011

NZ Carbon prices have made some gains over the week to again trade in the $15 range, although trade volumes continued to be light, Westpac reports.

Tasman carbon trade still a long way off

2 Sep 2011

Australia passed the Carbon Farming Initiative into law last week, so what potential is there for interchangeable credits with the New Zealand Emissions Trading Scheme, Carbon Market Solutions asks.

NZ carbon back in the low $15s

2 Sep 2011

New Zealand carbon prices have given back much of their recent gains this week.

NZUs remain at premium over CERs

19 Aug 2011

NZUs recovered further through the week, with spot moving above $15 and trading seen in March 2012 & March 2013 forwards.

ETS report has a couple of surprises

12 Aug 2011

The Environment Ministry report on the Emissions Trading Scheme contains two surprising statistics – the number of CERs submitted for compliance, and the low number of applications for pre-1990 allocations, says Carbon Market Solutions.

At last, a little light relief

12 Aug 2011

It's better news for NZU sellers this week, as carbon prices have had a substantial correction, with NZD CERs above $15, Westpac says.

Carbon recovers - but medium-term outlook not good

12 Aug 2011

After trading in the low $13s at the beginning of the week, NZUs recovered back over the $14 level albeit on extremely light trading.

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

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

Today 11:00am

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

Agriculture
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Expert rejects farmers call to ditch green investment framework

Thu 17 Jul 2025

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

Airlines
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NZ Post drops science-based climate target

8 Jul 2025

By Liz Kivi | NZ Post has dropped its science-based emissions reduction target of 42% by 2030 with no plans to replace it.

Aviation
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Airlines risk legal challenges by advertising jet fuel as “sustainable”, NGO warns

Today 11:00am

Amid suspected fraud in the production of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF), a new report says the airline industry should stop calling all alternatives to kerosene “sustainable”.

Biodiversity
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Tipping points: Window to avoid irreversible climate impacts is ‘rapidly closing’

11 Jul 2025

In the midst of a record-breaking heatwave in Europe, the UK city of Exeter recently played host to the second international conference on “tipping points”.

Biofuels
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Sustainability claims questioned as renewable diesel surges

14 May 2025

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

Carbon Credits
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Prime Minister Christopher Luxon greets schoolchildren

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

Thu 17 Jul 2025

New Zealand once stood out as a world leader on climate change. In June it became the first country in the world to abandon a commitment to phase out oil, gas and coal.

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

Today 11:00am

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

Carbon prices
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Bearish sentiment lingers for carbon market

11 Jul 2025

By Liz Kivi | The compliance carbon market could be set for a gradual upward trajectory, however unsold volume from the quarterly Emissions Trading Scheme auctions continues to act as ‘a price ceiling,’ according to an expert.

Coal
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EU wants to see China take more ambitious climate action

Tue 15 Jul 2025

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

Comment
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NZ voluntary carbon market’s sad state

Mon 14 Jul 2025

By John O’Brien | OPINION: A combination of scandals, challenging economic times, and cheaper offshore carbon credits, mean that the domestic voluntary carbon market in New Zealand remains absolutely tiny.

Construction
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Common low-grade clay strengthens low-carbon concrete

5 Jun 2025

Media release | Engineers at RMIT University have converted low-grade clay into a high-performance cement supplement, opening a potential new market in sustainable construction materials.

COP
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Cuts to climate finance put exports in jeopardy: Lawyers

23 May 2025

By Liz Kivi | The government has halved international climate finance, a move aid organisations describe as “devastating,” and which lawyers say could put our Paris Agreement commitments and export market access at risk.

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

30 Jun 2025

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

Energy
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Importing LNG is feasible, but is it plausible?

Today 11:00am

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

Extinction
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Key orange roughy population on verge of collapse, govt considers closure

9 Jul 2025

Media release - Deep Sea Conservation Coalition | New data reveals that New Zealand’s main orange roughy fishery, accounting for half of the country’s total catch, is on the brink of collapse, with one model showing it may have reached that point already, and the government’s considering closing it.

Extreme weather
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Media round-up

Today 11:00am

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

Fishing
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Latest trawl bycatch numbers 'a grim wake-up call'

24 Jun 2025

Media release – Greenpeace | The latest fisheries bycatch data paints a grim picture, with trawlers hauling up thousands of kilograms of coral and killing hundreds of fur seals and seabirds over a 12 month period.

Forestry
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Illegal loggers profit from Brazil’s carbon credit projects

Thu 17 Jul 2025

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

Gas
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Megan Woods

Climate backtracking could impact trade relationships: Labour

9 Jul 2025

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

Geothermal
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Energy Minister Simon Watts addressing the CEP conference in Auckland this week

Watts talks big on energy reform, but barriers persist

29 May 2025

By Shannon Morris-Williams | Energy and Climate Change minister Simon Watts says the government is doubling down on efforts to boost renewable energy generation, streamline regulation, and drive private sector investment as New Zealand faces mounting energy security and affordability challenges.

Green finance
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Farmers slam proposed guidelines for sustainable finance

Wed 16 Jul 2025

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

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

Does Aussie court ruling hold lessons for NZ?

Thu 17 Jul 2025

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

Hydro power
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Methanex closure comes early this year

14 May 2025

The almost-now-annual closure of Methanex has come earlier this year, giving more confidence that the electricity system will get through the winter without a fuel shortfall.

Hydrogen
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Electric firebricks: decarbonising high-temperature industrial heat

13 Jun 2025

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

Insurance
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‘Significant gaps’ in proposed approach to climate adaptation

10 Jul 2025

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

Kyoto
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Will NZ walk away from the Paris Agreement?

20 Dec 2024

By Geoff Bertram | COMMENT: Unless the government can find very cheap offshore mitigation, the temptation to walk away from its Paris Agreement obligations may well be too strong to resist for a coalition government focused on fiscal austerity.

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

Today 11:00am

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

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

7 Jul 2025

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

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

Thu 17 Jul 2025

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

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

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

Wed 16 Jul 2025

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

NZ Market Report
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NZ's latest climate target 'weak' – Climate Action Tracker

24 Jun 2025

By Shannon Morris-Williams | New Zealand's new international climate target to 2035 is weak, and could even allow for higher emissions than the 2030 target, according to a global scientific project that tracks government climate action.

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

Tue 15 Jul 2025

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

Paris Agreement
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Riwaka Sandy Bay Road during recent flooding

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

11 Jul 2025

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

Planetary boundaries
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Former Climate Commission Chair Dr Rod Carr

Markets aren't going to save us – Carr

9 Jul 2025

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

Plastics
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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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Associate Energy Minister Shane Jones

Feedback sought on national fuel security plan

Wed 16 Jul 2025

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

Protest
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UK: Thousands lobby MPs to demand climate action

10 Jul 2025

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

Rare earth minerals
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New Zealand Minerals Council chief executive Josie Vidal

Straterra has a new name: the New Zealand Minerals Council

16 Apr 2025

Media release | Straterra has been renamed as New Zealand Minerals Council, says chief executive Josie Vidal.

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

Today 11:00am

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

Science
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Antarctica Scholarships 2025: Ocean detectives

Thu 17 Jul 2025

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

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

Thu 17 Jul 2025

Growing number of campaigners urge government to ensure green investment is not done ‘on backs of the poor’.

Technology
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Basis co-founders Danny Purcell and Julyan Collett

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

4 Jul 2025

NZ start-up Basis this week launched an ‘intelligent’ panel to replace traditional electrical switchboards in homes, which it says can save the average home $1,200 NZD annually on bills and lead to lower emissions.

The House
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United Nations carbon market rules agreed but concerns remain

25 Nov 2024

New carbon market rules agreed at the fractious UN climate summit will be a relief to New Zealand and Singapore, who were leading the negotiations, but concerns about greenwashing and disadvantaging nature-based solutions remain.

Transport
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Fast, sustained phase-out of fossil fuels: best-performing countries in coal and transport sectors

10 Jul 2025

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

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

11 Jul 2025

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

Waste
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Waste Levy risks becoming ‘slush fund’ under proposed changes – Commissioner

5 Jun 2025

By Shannon Morris-Williams | Proposed changes to New Zealand's waste legislation risk undermining public trust in the waste levy scheme, according to Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment Simon Upton.

Water
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The struggle for control of the Arctic is accelerating - and it's riskier than ever

11 Jul 2025

As the battle for one of the world’s coldest places heats up, an increasingly fragile security balance may be breaking down, leading to an escalating arms race.

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

13 Jun 2025

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

Wind energy
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For the first time, China invests more in wind and solar than coal overseas

29 May 2025

China’s Belt and Road Initiative, long derided for its heavy carbon footprint, was dominated by wind and solar power projects for the first time from 2022 to 2023, according to a new analysis. But coal plants financed in earlier years are still coming online.

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