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Is cleantech dead in the water?

5 Aug 2011

By Nick Hodge.- Every gambler knows the secret to surviving is knowing what to throw away and knowing what to keep.

Carbon sheds $2

5 Aug 2011

The spot and Dec 11 NZDCER closed below NZD14 last night (mid $13s), and we're expecting to see the local unit trade in the NZD13s today.

CERs still the unit of choice

29 Jul 2011

The week began slowly for NZ carbon, with the European Union Commission's plans to bail out Greece providing a little reprieve from the global debt crisis, Westpac reports.

Sedate prices for NZ carbon

22 Jul 2011

It has been a quieter week for carbon prices this week, with carbon units trading in a relatively sedate $16.40 to $16.90 range on light volume, Westpac reports.

The market is over-sold, says OMF

15 Jul 2011

Spot NZUs continue to be under pressure, trading around the low $17 level, OMFinancial reports.

Group to eye benefits of green brand

8 Jul 2011

New Zealand needs to consider how it leverages off its clean green brand in global markets and how new technologies can be developed to reduce environmental impacts, Environment Minister Nick Smith and Acting Minister for Economic Development David Carter say.

Big is not always best

8 Jul 2011

The New Zealand Government has set a target of a 50 per cent reduction in greenhouse gas emissions from 1990 levels by 2050, reports Carbon Market Solutions.

A slow week on the NZU market

8 Jul 2011

NZUs have traded in an $18 to $19 range (spot equivalent) this week as the the NZD CER price hovers in the low $19s, acting as the effective cap on NZU prices, Westpac reports.

NZUs look to retest the $18 level

8 Jul 2011

Spot NZUs will retest the $18 level today following further weakness in Europe, OMFinancial reports.

NZU prices struggle to hold around $18

1 Jul 2011

Carbon is hovering around the $18 mark as local players watch volatility in the European market.

Europe collapse rocks NZ prices

1 Jul 2011

The spot NZU prices melted through the week, after European carbon collapsed on the back of the situation in Greece and concerns over the integrity of the EU emissions trading scheme, OMFinancial reports.

All's not well after Bonn climate talks

24 Jun 2011

A two-week United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change meeting held in Bonn, Germany, this month drew 3500 people representing 190 nations, Carbon Market Solutions reports.

NZUs look to retest the $18 level

24 Jun 2011

Spot NZUs will retest the $18 level today following further weakness in Europe, OMFinancial reports.

Lizzie Chambers ... emissions trading works.

The Carbon Traders: Lizzie Chambers, Carbon Match

17 Jun 2011

The newcomer to the New Zealand carbon trading scene believes it is a market destined to grow.

Lack of demand drops NZU prices

17 Jun 2011

The buyer-seller stalemate was broken this week, with a flurry of activity causing the NZU price to move lower, Westpac reports.

Headwinds for New Zealand carbon

17 Jun 2011

The spot NZU market has weakened in line with global carbon prices through the week and traded to the mid $19s, says OMFinancial.

Market settles into Mexican stand-off

10 Jun 2011

The past few weeks in the NZU market can best be described as lacklustre, Westpac reports.

Little demand on spot market

10 Jun 2011

Another quiet week trading-wise for the NZUs as prices hold a tight range, $19.65 to $19.85, on light volume, OMFinancial reports.

Hopes dim for safe emissions levels

3 Jun 2011

Greenhouse gas emissions increased by a record amount last year, to the highest carbon output in history, putting hopes of holding global warming to safe levels all but out of reach, according to unpublished estimates from the International Energy Agency, says Carbon Market Solutions.

Slow market waits for new direction

3 Jun 2011

The NZU market has been fairly subdued this week as participants wait for a new, clear signal to drive the market forward, Westpac reports.

Surrender date passes without a whimper

3 Jun 2011

Another quiet week trading-wise for the NZU; prices slipped under $20 per tonne but trading was light, OMFinancial reports.

No danger of Australia leading the world

27 May 2011

A common argument used by people in NZ and in other countries to avoid becoming involved in climate change mitigation and carbon pricing is the”why should we lead the world on this issue” argument.

NZU price drops on murky market

27 May 2011

The NZU price has softened again this week, with prices slipping a further $0.20 amidst an increasingly murky market backdrop, Westpac reports.

Government eyes fewer NZU allocations

20 May 2011

The Government expects to allocate 25 per cent fewer NZUs under the Emissions Trading Scheme next year than this year.

Chris Huhne ... setting course to slash emissions.

UK carbon budget sets course for cuts

20 May 2011

While the New Zealand Government is grappling with its 2011 financial budget, the British Government is setting its fourth carbon budget.

Weaker NZUs demand comes as surprise

20 May 2011

Demand for NZUs appears to have weakened in the past seven days.

Game-changing events on the horizon

20 May 2011

The theme of last week has continued; the spot NZU market has traded a very tight range on very little volume, OMFinancial reports.

Public has no say in southern lignite plant

13 May 2011

The public will not have a chance to object to Solid Energy's plan to build a lignite processing plant near Gore.

Vicki Treadwell ... deeply unfair.

FORUM: It's time to shut up and pay up

6 May 2011

It's time to put our money where our mouths are and stump up with the cash, writes British High Commissioner Vicki Treadwell.

Prices creep higher

6 May 2011

Prices for NZUs have moved slowly higher this week, with several buyers transacting ahead of the May 31 surrender date, Westpac reports.

ETS review eyes ban on gas CERs

29 Apr 2011

Industrial gas CERs could be banned from New Zealand.

Stable week for NZUs

29 Apr 2011

Another short week has seen continued stability in the NZU price, and trading remains sub-$20.50, Westpac reports.

Buy carbon, says OMF

29 Apr 2011

Locally, pressure continues to build in the NZU market, OMFinancial reports.

Looming surrender date affects prices

21 Apr 2011

NZUs again traded in the low-to-mid $20s, failing to break through either $20 or $20.50, Westpac reports.

Solid Energy hits out at Pike gas advice

15 Apr 2011

Solid Energy says the Government was wrong to listen to Pike River Coal's advice on methane gas emissions from coal mines.

Mexican standoff continues

15 Apr 2011

Moribund would be one word to describe the New Zealand carbon market this week, OMFinancial reports.

Firms under pressure to manage carbon

8 Apr 2011

Companies are facing increasing pressure from shareholders, employees, competitors, and consumers to put in place strategies to manage carbon, Carbon Market Solutions reports.

EU emissary talks aviation

1 Apr 2011

Jill Duggan, who has been instrumental in the set up of the European ETS, spoke to a number of New Zealand audiences this week, offering some interesting insights into the future of emissions trading, CMS reports.

NZUs only credit in frame for emitters

1 Apr 2011

The NZU market consolidated further this week; spot volumes were very light and most of the trading activity was around $20.20, OMFinancial reports.

Will dialogue influence the outcome of the review?

25 Mar 2011

Stakeholders have begun meeting with ETS review panel, but one cannot help but wonder whether the results of this consultation will in fact find their way into the final recommendations, says Carbon Market Solutions.

NZU prices stabilise in the low $20s

25 Mar 2011

The NZU price has softened this week, with prices trading in the high $20s at the start of the week and into the low $20s (and even breaking through the $20 mark) by the end of the week, Westpac reports.

A lack of buying or selling

25 Mar 2011

Consolidation was the message throughout the week, with spot NZUs settling back towards $20.50 on small volumes, OMFinancial reports.

Quake shakes makets to core

18 Mar 2011

What a difference a week makes; last week we thought NZUs would consolidate, CERs would weaken and that the NZD was cheap, OMFinancial reports.

NZUs bust through $20

11 Mar 2011

The bullishness we saw at the end of last week has continued, with the spot market busting through $20 and trading up to $20.30 yesterday, OMFinancial reports.

Emissions target unrealistic, says lobbyist

4 Mar 2011

The natural resources sector is warning the Government that it’s unlikely to meet its target of halving greenhouse gas emissions by 2050.

Tim Flannery ... building the consensus.

Flannery to head Climate Commission

18 Feb 2011

Respected science communicator Professor Tim Flannery has been named head of an independent Climate Commission in Australia.

Ag emissions calculator updated

11 Feb 2011

The group giving neutral climate change advice to agriculture has updated its online emissions calculator.

California set to sign up for cap-and-trade

17 Dec 2010

California today is expected to adopt the United States’ most comprehensive carbon trading regime, creating a market-based way to lower greenhouse gas emissions at a time when similar efforts have stalled in Congress.

Landcare gives Scottish parliament the nod

17 Dec 2010

New Zealand’s Landcare Research has certified the Scottish Parliament’s greenhouse gas emissions.

Greg Combet ... Australia doing more with 5 per cent.

Climate minister defends 5 per cent target

3 Dec 2010

The Australian Government has defended its target of a 5 per cent cut to greenhouse gas emissions by 2020, saying the country’s history of cheap, carbon-heavy coal electricity makes reducing emissions a tougher task than in other countries.

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

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

Today 11:00am

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

Agriculture
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Expert rejects farmers call to ditch green investment framework

Thu 17 Jul 2025

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

Airlines
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NZ Post drops science-based climate target

8 Jul 2025

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

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

Today 11:00am

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

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

11 Jul 2025

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

Biofuels
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Sustainability claims questioned as renewable diesel surges

14 May 2025

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

Carbon Credits
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Prime Minister Christopher Luxon greets schoolchildren

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

Thu 17 Jul 2025

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

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

Today 11:00am

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

Carbon prices
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Bearish sentiment lingers for carbon market

11 Jul 2025

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

Coal
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EU wants to see China take more ambitious climate action

Tue 15 Jul 2025

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

Comment
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NZ voluntary carbon market’s sad state

Mon 14 Jul 2025

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

Construction
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Common low-grade clay strengthens low-carbon concrete

5 Jun 2025

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

COP
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Cuts to climate finance put exports in jeopardy: Lawyers

23 May 2025

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

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

30 Jun 2025

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

Energy
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Importing LNG is feasible, but is it plausible?

Today 11:00am

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

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

9 Jul 2025

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

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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