Topics tagged with 'NZ Market Report'
Uncertainty keeps carbon prices down
5 Apr 2012
Carbon is suffering another down-leg as uncertainty and over-supply problems persist, OMFinancial reports.
Time for emitters to move
30 Mar 2012
While spot NZUs maintain a healthy premium over spot CERs and ERUs, we have seen the premium of NZU forwards narrow over CER forwards.
Rough ride for NZ carbon prices
20 Jan 2012
New Zealand carbon has certainly been for a ride in the past month.
Where to from here for NZUs?
16 Dec 2011
The NZU premium over CERs is being ground down – now close to 65 cents from over $1 a week ago, OMFinancial reports
Get used to it ... prices are low
9 Dec 2011
The local market is starting to accept that the price of NZUs “is what it is” and that prices may be in this region ($9 to $11) for some time to come, says OMFinancial.
Grim outlook for global carbon
2 Dec 2011
Spot and forward NZUs lost further ground this week, OMFinancial reports.
Spooked Europe slashes carbon price
14 Oct 2011
European carbon prices hit all-time lows overnight, partly on the back of weak European financial markets, OM Financial 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.
NZUs fall back toward $15
2 Sep 2011
NZUs fell back towards $15 this week - after trading over $16 at the end of last week - and continue to be led around by the European carbon market, OMFinancial reports.
NZUs trade above $16
26 Aug 2011
NZUs continued to track CERs higher through the week, touching a high of $16.35 on spot.
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.
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.
NZUs break below $14
5 Aug 2011
The NZU price has fallen literally fallen off a cliff – the price for spot NZUs was over $18 a tonne in mid-July and less than three weeks later we are below $14.
NZU trading grinds to a trickle
29 Jul 2011
Trading in NZUs has virtually come to a halt, OMFinancial says.
NZUs bounce from low $16s
22 Jul 2011
In what was a very low volume week, spot NZUs found support in the low to mid $16s as Global carbon prices halted their free fall and consolidated their losses, OMFinancial reports.
NZUs are going cheap
21 Apr 2011
The New Zealand carbon market has continued to trade a range this week, but it feels like it’s going to move higher in the short to medium term, driven by onshore and offshore factors.
Sell CERs and bank the profit, broker says
25 Feb 2011
Spot NZUs traded higher this week, touching a high of $19.60, OMFinancial reports.
Tight range covers NZU prices
18 Feb 2011
Spot NZU prices continue to trade a tight range, OMFinancial reports.
NZUs start to move upward ... slowly
4 Feb 2011
The price of NZUs has started to move up slowly from the low $19s to the mid-$19s on light volume, OMFinancial says.
Gap between NZUs and CERs widens
21 Jan 2011
The spot NZU market has weakened slightly this week, trading between $18.90 and $19.30 on about 300,000 tonnes, OMFinancial reports.
NZU prices likely to consolidate in the short-term
17 Dec 2010
A fairly quiet week over all, with subdued trading in both spot and forward NZUs, OMFinancial reports.
Spot and forwad NZU sellers begin to emerge
10 Dec 2010
NZUs traded at $20.38 early in the week and traded down to $20 as CERs continue to exert price pressure on the local unit, OMFinancial reports.
Spot market trades for up to $20.88
3 Dec 2010
The spot market traded between $20.56 and $20.88 this week for about 150,000 tonnes and the forwards for April 2011 delivery traded at $20.74 for 20,000 tonnes, OMFinancial reports.
Busy week for trades
19 Nov 2010
Both spot and forward NZU trades were reported this week, OMFinancial reports.
Few local sales of spot NZUs
5 Nov 2010
Locally, we have not seen much spot or forward sales emerge though we know units have been issued and holders are weighing up their options, OMFinancial reports.
Week of small volumes
29 Oct 2010
Another relatively quiet week saw small volumes trading across the strip, OMFinancial reports.
Expect more sales action in January
22 Oct 2010
While trading is still somewhat muted due to lack of supply, the spot market has traded at $20.05 and the forward market traded for April 2011 delivery at $20.40, OMFinancial reports.
Prices continue around the $20 mark
15 Oct 2010
Prices continue to trade in the high $19s for spot and the low $20s for March 2011 forwards, OMFinancial reports.
No change, little trading
8 Oct 2010
No real change this week with little trading reported in either spot or forward markets, OMFinancial reports.
Spot prices hover around $19 mark
1 Oct 2010
NZU Spot prices are moderating around the mid to high $19 level with emitters choosing not to bid a market that has no volume, reports OMFinancial.
Buyers wait for market to fill up
24 Sep 2010
Prices in the spot market have moderated around the $20 level as buyers pull back and wait for more volumes to appear, OMFinancial reports.
Light volumes crack $20 mark
17 Sep 2010
The spot market has pushed through the $20 level on very light volumes while the majority of trading has been in the forwards, OMFinancial reports.
Spot market climbs into the high teens
10 Sep 2010
The Spot NZU market has ploughed through $19 over the week, touching $19.80 late yesterday, OMFinancial reports.
Trades only small ... and hard to find
3 Sep 2010
Volume in spot continues to be hard to find, OMFinancial reports.
Lack of supply freezes market
27 Aug 2010
The local spot NZU market appears frozen due to a lack of supply, OMFinancial reports.
Market suffers from lack of supply
20 Aug 2010
A lack of supply persists in the market – about 200,000 tonnes has traded this week between $18.25 and $18.75, OMFinancial reports.
NZ market waiting for volume
13 Aug 2010
It was a pretty quiet week again as the market waits for more volume to come on stream, OMFinancial reports.
NZ market continues run in limbo
6 Aug 2010
The New Zealand market continues in limbo as it waits for more volume to appear, reports OMFInancial.
All quiet on the carbon front
23 Jul 2010
It’s been a quiet week in the local carbon market with little volume on offer, reports OMFinancial.
Market firm but drop on the way
16 Jul 2010
This week, we have seen about 120,000 tonnes trade between $18.30 and $18.45, though the entire market might be closer to 250,000 tonnes.
Sellers few and far between
9 Jul 2010
The New Zealand market remains firm as emitters continue to pick up units in the $18 range, reports OMFinancial.
Carbon price firm, but supply is short
2 Jul 2010
New Zealand spot carbon prices are firm and there appears to be a lack of supply at this point in the market, OMFinancial reports.
Demand builds in local market
25 Jun 2010
Demand continues to build in the New Zealand carbon market with the official start date for emitters less than one week away, OMFinancial reports.
Carbon moves up to mid $17s
11 Jun 2010
The New Zealand carbon market continues to grow in size, interest and activity as July 1 approaches, broker OMFinancial reports.
Carbon price consolidates
28 May 2010
The local carbon market consolidated over the past week, OMFinancial reports.
Carbon trading in the high teens
21 May 2010
Most of the New Zealand trading in the past week has been in the $17 to $18 range, reports OMFinancial.
NZUs have quiet week trading in the $17s
14 May 2010
It’s been a relatively quiet week overall with the majority of spot NZUs trading in the high $17s per tonne, OMFinancial reports.
Local market shows signs of maturing
7 May 2010
The New Zealand carbon market has taken some significant steps in the past week and looks to be developing into a market that both emitters and forest owners can use with some degree of confidence, OMFinancial reports.
Forces work on local market
30 Apr 2010
Three forces are at work in the local market at present, OMFinancial reports.
Good signs in emissions, credit applications
16 Apr 2010
New Zealand’s emissions edged lower in 2008 – mainly due to lower agricultural emissions and lower use of fossil fuels within the transport sector, OMFinancial reports.
Tairāwhiti needs proper Govt support to heal the land – not empty announcements for political optics
Tue 24 Feb 2026
OPINION: The Government’s answer to Tairāwhiti’s severe erosion crisis – that the region apply for modest, contestable funding rounds – while rejecting the region's own land transition business case, leaves our long-term resilience hanging in the balance, writes Manu Caddie.
Media round-up
Fri 20 Feb 2026
In our round-up of climate coverage in local media: 'Every tonne matters': The climate scientist who wants to give you hope; Minister says managed retreat is an option; and climate change is here – is New Zealand ready?
NZ’s government wants tourism to drive economic growth – but how will it deal with aviation emissions?
22 Oct 2025
By Robert McLachlan, Te Kunenga ki Pūrehuroa – Massey University | Following a brief dip during the COVID pandemic, aviation is back in a growth phase.
Singapore sets first ever sustainable aviation fuel levy, as Southeast Asia’s fuel industry grows
17 Feb 2026
Flying in and out of Singapore, home to Southeast Asia’s busiest airport, will get slightly more expensive this year as the city state begins imposing a levy of between 75 cents to $32 per ticket to fund sustainable aviation fuel.
Greens slam move to disband Environment Ministry
Fri 20 Feb 2026
The Green Party has joined climate and health advocates in condemning the Government's decision to disestablish the Ministry for the Environment as part of a multi-ministry merger.
Govt’s own modelling shows LNG leads to higher electricity prices than other solutions
Thu 19 Feb 2026
By Christina Hood | COMMENT: According to modelling conducted by Concept Consulting for MBIE, either developing the Tariki gas storage facility or managing electricity demand would deliver lower wholesale electricity prices than the Government’s preferred solution of an LNG import terminal.
New study looks to nature markets to accelerate climate response
18 Feb 2026
The Nature Conservancy is teaming up with local groups to study the most affordable and effective ways of restoring native habitats at the top of the South Island, including ways to fund the work using international voluntary carbon markets and biodiversity credits.
Trump tariff reversal could cut costs for US energy firms but will likely leave broader flows unchanged
Tue 24 Feb 2026
The U.S. Supreme Court's Friday decision to strike down trade tariffs imposed by President Donald Trump last year may ease costs for some oil producers and drillers, but experts and analysts told Reuters that broader energy flows would likely remain unchanged for now.
Carbon price drops as volatility continues
17 Feb 2026
By Liz Kivi | The carbon market is still displaying extreme volatility, with prices dropping back to below $40 yesterday, after trading as high as $46.25 last week.
Government invests $200m towards Genesis Energy's $400m capital raise
Mon 23 Feb 2026
The Government has confirmed it will buy up to $200 million of new Genesis Energy shares as part of a capital raise announced by the company this morning.
LNG: a rational choice compared to unpalatable alternatives
10 Feb 2026
By Pattrick Smellie | COMMENT: By deciding to underwrite the private construction of a liquefied natural gas import facility in Taranaki, the Government has made a rational choice in favour of energy security and affordability.
Sustainable retail-office project breaks ground under new Green Star framework
Thu 19 Feb 2026
Construction is set to begin on a new retail-office development in central Auckland, which is targeting a 40% reduction in embodied carbon and 25% lower energy.
Opposition attacks Govt over fossil fuel phaseout backdown
2 Feb 2026
By Liz Kivi | Revelations that Resources Minister Shane Jones ruled out New Zealand signing up to a 'road map' away from fossil fuels at last year’s global climate summit show the National Party’s minor coalition partners’ undue influence over the Government, according to Labour leader Chris Hipkins.
Carbon market rallies but auction floor still out of reach
13 Feb 2026
By Liz Kivi | The carbon market has rallied, with secondary market prices up more than 25% in the past two weeks, although current prices in the mid-$40s are still far below this year’s $71 auction floor, with the first auction of 2026 less than three weeks away.
World’s largest A/C firm to open multi-million dollar NZ facility
Tue 24 Feb 2026
Media release: Daikin NZ | A multi-million-dollar Christchurch facility to be opened by the world’s largest air conditioning manufacturer will integrate upcycled climate-damaging refrigerant from end-of-life heat pumps into its operations, preventing it from entering the waste stream.
Environmental groups call for ETS reform
Fri 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.
Hipkins rejects LNG terminal, backs renewables
Tue 24 Feb 2026
By Shannon Morris-Williams | Labour leader Chris Hipkins used his State of the Nation address to warn that worsening extreme weather and rising energy costs show climate change is no longer a distant threat.
Transport dominates NZ’s rising consumer emissions
10 Dec 2025
By Shannon Morris-Williams | Transport pollution was the biggest contributor to an increase in New Zealand’s consumption-based emissions in 2023, with emissions from household travel up 12%, and consumption-based emissions totalling 58.3 million tonnes – up 1.6% from the previous year.
Slash for cash turns storm debris into jobs and climate resilience
Thu 19 Feb 2026
A community-led initiative in Tairāwhiti is transforming storm-damaged forestry slash into jobs, soil regeneration and long-term climate resilience.
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.”
European Central Bank's green supervision grows teeth, but will banks avoid being bitten?
13 Feb 2026
After several years of issuing guidance and repeatedly calling on banks to take climate and environmental risk management seriously, the European Central Bank is moving from guidance and expectations to enforcement.
Green Member’s Bill aims to give whales legal ‘personhood’
9 Feb 2026
The Green Party wants to give whales legal rights, including the right to sue.
Claims that AI can help fix climate dismissed as greenwashing
18 Feb 2026
Tech companies are conflating traditional artificial intelligence with generative AI when claiming the energy-hungry technology could help avert climate breakdown, according to a report.
Govt missing opportunity to slash electricity prices, says expert
11 Feb 2026
By Liz Kivi | The Government’s fixation on eliminating the "dry-year risk margin" as a lever to reduce costs misses a much bigger opportunity to lower electricity prices, according to Christina Hood, head of Compass Climate.
Media round-up
13 Feb 2026
In our round-up of climate coverage in local media: Senior UK ministers have asked their New Zealand counterparts to explain new climate policies, National’s LNG blunders are a warning ahead of election campaign, and what are the lessons New Zealand should take from another summer of weather disasters?
Wales council to buy and demolish homes prone to flooding
4 Feb 2026
A row of homes in a village in south Wales is to be bought by a local authority and demolished as they can no longer be protected from flooding caused by the climate crisis.
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.
Australian gas producer Santos wins court fight over net zero claims
18 Feb 2026
An Australian court on Tuesday threw out a lawsuit against gas producer Santos that alleged the company misled the public on its plans to achieve net zero carbon emissions.
Govt unveils plans for carbon storage regulations – and ETS rewards
18 Dec 2025
By Liz Kivi | The Government has released plans to regulate carbon capture and storage in natural geological formations, which include Emissions Trading Scheme incentives, with the aim of introducing related legislation in 2026.
Mining permits surge as Jones touts revival – gold prices loom large
Mon 23 Feb 2026
Resources Minister Shane Jones is claiming early signs of success in his bid to boost the mining sector, citing new NZ Petroleum & Minerals data showing a rise in mineral permit applications and decisions in 2025. Though how much is driven by policy change and how much by very high prices for gold and other minerals is difficult to decipher.
Partnership to advance Pacific science and environmental leadership
Thu 19 Feb 2026
Media release | Waipapa Taumata Rau, University of Auckland, and the Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to strengthen collaboration in Pacific-led science, research and capacity-building, with a strong focus on environmental sustainability and ocean stewardship.
Calls for action to reduce emissions as extreme weather bites
17 Feb 2026
By Liz Kivi | Renewable energy advocates and environmental groups are calling for more action to reduce emissions and increase resilience as severe weather wreaks havoc across the country.
Australia-US minerals deal underpinned decision to allow mining company to clear threatened indigenous forest
Mon 23 Feb 2026
The Australian government’s decision to allow the US mining giant Alcoa to continue clearing swathes of Western Australian jarrah forest despite past illegal clearing practices was made in part due to a critical minerals deal reached between Australia and the Trump administration last year, a new document shows.
‘They pushed so many lies about recycling’: the fight to stop big oil pumping billions more into plastics
Tue 24 Feb 2026
Plastic production has doubled over the last 20 years – and will likely double again. For author Beth Gardiner, metal water bottles and canvas tote bags are not the solution. So what is?
Environmental groups boycott Bluegreens forum
Tue 24 Feb 2026
National’s Bluegreens forum in Wellington doubled as a small but telling election-year rehearsal: a bid to reclaim “moderate green” territory while parts of the environmental NGO ecosystem conspicuously stayed away.
78% of NZers want bottom trawling banned as Govt pushes to catch more coral in South Pacific
17 Feb 2026
Media release | New polling shows overwhelming support from New Zealanders for a ban on bottom trawling in the South Pacific high seas, says Greenpeace.
Brazil and India agree to boost cooperation on rare earths
Tue 24 Feb 2026
Brazil and India sealed a deal Saturday on critical minerals and rare earths, enhancing cooperation on crucial resources between two major countries of the global south as they seek to diversify their trading relationships.
Antarctic sediment core reveals past ice sheet retreat during warmer climates
18 Feb 2026
A record-breaking sediment core drilled from beneath the West Antarctic Ice Sheet is giving scientists new insight into how the ice sheet responded to warmer climates in the past — and what that could mean for future sea-level rise.
DOC trims costs and winds down jobs for nature
10 Nov 2025
The Department of Conservation (DOC) is entering a new phase of tighter budgets and structural change as it winds down the pandemic-era Jobs for Nature programme and reshapes its operations to absorb long-term cost pressures.
NZ-UAE partnership boosts advanced tech
9 Feb 2026
Media release | A new Antarctic science partnership with a leading UAE university will grow New Zealand’s advanced engineering and modelling capability, supporting high-value jobs, encouraging economic growth, and enabling smarter climate risk management, Science, Innovation and Technology Minister Dr Shane Reti says.
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.
NZ’s EV uptake decelerates
Mon 23 Feb 2026
By Liz Kivi | New Zealand’s EV uptake is lagging behind other countries, with a huge drop in EV sales since 2023 bucking international trends, at the same time the Government contemplates abolishing its standard for clean cars entirely.
Lawyers seek answers on climate impacts of LNG import facility
13 Feb 2026
By Shannon Morris-Williams | Lawyers for Climate Action has written to Climate Change and Energy Minister Simon Watts warning that the Government's plan for an LNG import terminal could be in conflict with New Zealand’s climate obligations and emissions reduction targets.
Infrastructure plan calls for ‘predictable approach’ to electrifying economy
18 Feb 2026
Aotearoa’s first National Infrastructure Plan, introduced to Parliament yesterday, calls for "a predictable approach to electrifying the economy" as one of ten priorities for the next decade.
New research on climate adaptation as severe weather hits
16 Feb 2026
As extreme weather batters the country yet again, researchers have published the first ever empirical study of climate adaptation justice in Aotearoa New Zealand.
Study finds warming world increases days when weather is prone to fires around the globe
Fri 20 Feb 2026
The number of days when the weather gets hot, dry and windy — ideal to spark extreme wildfires — has nearly tripled in the past 45 years across the globe, with the trend increasing even higher in the Americas, a new study shows.
India and UK launch offshore wind taskforce
Mon 23 Feb 2026
Constituted under Vision 2035 and the Fourth India-UK Energy Dialogue, the Taskforce is designed to provide strategic leadership and coordination for India’s nascent offshore wind ecosystem.
