Topics tagged with 'NZ Market Report'
Current carbon credits available
17 Sep 2008
Greened AAUs - December 2008 - 15 Million tonnes – refer for price & conditions
Latest strip of CERs 2008 – 2012 vintage – indicative mid-prices
17 Sep 2008
OM Financial is able to deal over the counter (OTC) on prices in size. Prices below are indicative, subject to change and subject to counterparty credit assessment.
Carbon prices follow energy market falls
16 Sep 2008
Carbon prices fell overnight in line with falls in other energy markets – oil, coal, gas and electricity all decline, OM Financial reports.
Current carbon credits available
16 Sep 2008
Greened AAUs - December 2008 - 15 Million tonnes – refer for price & conditions
Latest strip of CERs 2008 – 2012 vintage – indicative mid-prices
16 Sep 2008
OM Financial is able to deal over the counter (OTC) on prices in size. Prices below are indicative, subject to change and subject to counterparty credit assessment.
Carbon surges as utilities climb
15 Sep 2008
The price of carbon surged Friday on the back of European utilities buying and traders short-covering, OM Financial reports.
Current carbon credits available
15 Sep 2008
Greened AAUs - December 2008 - 15 Million tonnes – refer for price & conditions
Latest strip of CERs 2008 – 2012 vintage – indicative mid-prices
15 Sep 2008
OM Financial is able to deal over the counter (OTC) on prices in size. Prices below are indicative, subject to change and subject to counterparty credit assessment.
Carbon rallies strongly
12 Sep 2008
Carbon rose strongly in Europe (EUAs) overnight but the secondary CERs fell, OM Financial reports.
Current carbon credits available
12 Sep 2008
Greened AAUs - December 2008 - 15 Million tonnes – refer for price & conditions
Latest strip of CERs 2008 – 2012 vintage – indicative mid-prices
12 Sep 2008
OM Financial is able to deal over the counter (OTC) on prices in size. Prices below are indicative, subject to change and subject to counterparty credit assessment.
Carbon weakens again
11 Sep 2008
Carbon weakened again overnight with several factors weighing on prices, OM Financial reports.
Current carbon credits available
11 Sep 2008
Greened AAUs - December 2008 - 15 Million tonnes – refer for price & conditions
Latest strip of CERs 2008 – 2012 vintage – indicative mid-prices
11 Sep 2008
OM Financial is able to deal over the counter (OTC) on prices in size. Prices below are indicative, subject to change and subject to counterparty credit assessment.
Oil leads carbon down
10 Sep 2008
The collapsing oil price was the major contributor to a slump in the carbon price overnight.
Latest strip of CERs 2008 – 2012 vintage – indicative mid-prices
10 Sep 2008
OMFinancial is able to deal over the counter (OTC) on prices in size. Prices below are indicative, subject to change and subject to counterparty credit assessment.
Recession fears drive carbon down
9 Sep 2008
Carbon was driven lower overnight initially by oil but also reportedly fell on fears a recession is building within Europe which may impact carbon prices on the back of lower energy prices in general, OM Financial reports.
Current carbon credits available
9 Sep 2008
Greened AAUs - December 2008 - 15 Million tonnes – refer for price & conditions
Latest strip of CERs 2008 – 2012 vintage – indicative mid-prices
9 Sep 2008
OM Financial is able to deal over the counter (OTC) on prices in size. Prices below are indicative, subject to change and subject to counterparty credit assessment.
Market softness keeps lid on carbon
8 Sep 2008
Ongoing softness in energy markets conspired to keep a lid on carbon – oil, coal, electricity and gas all fell and carbon prices drifted lower across the curve, OM Financial reports.
Current carbon credits available
8 Sep 2008
Greened AAUs - December 2008 - 15 Million tonnes – refer for price & conditions
Latest strip of CERs 2008 – 2012 vintage – indicative mid-prices
8 Sep 2008
OM Financial is able to deal over the counter (OTC) on prices in size. Prices below are indicative, subject to change and subject to counterparty credit assessment.
Carbon in tight range
5 Sep 2008
Carbon has entered a rather tight trading range, with little direction coming from other energy markets.
Current carbon credits available
5 Sep 2008
Greened AAUs - December 2008 - 15 million tonnes – refer for price and conditions.
Latest strip of CERs 2008 – 2012 vintage – indicative mid-prices
5 Sep 2008
OMFinancial is able to deal over the counter (OTC) on prices in size. Prices below are indicative, subject to change and subject to counterparty credit assessment.
Correction expected in carbon
4 Sep 2008
A weak energy complex weighed on carbon prices overnight, reports broker OMFinancial.
Current carbon credits available from OMFinancial
4 Sep 2008
Greened AAUs - December 2008 - 15 million tonnes – refer for price & conditions.
Latest strip of CERs 2008 – 2012 vintage – indicative mid-prices
4 Sep 2008
OMFinancial is able to deal over-the-counter (OTC) on prices in size. Prices below are indicative, subject to change and subject to counterparty credit assessment.
Carbon falls along with oil
3 Sep 2008
Carbon couldn’t shake off the decline in oil overnight finally falling in sympathy though a correction and some consolidation in the carbon price was due given its rise over recent weeks, OM Financial reports.
Current carbon credits available
3 Sep 2008
Greened AAUs - December 2008 - 15 Million tonnes – refer for price & conditions
Latest strip of CERs 2008 – 2012 vintage – indicative mid-prices
3 Sep 2008
OM Financial is able to deal over the counter (OTC) on prices in size. Prices below are indicative, subject to change and subject to counterparty credit assessment.
Carbon holds up on weak energy market
2 Sep 2008
Despite a heavy fall in oil – carbon prices only fell slightly and actually held up well in the face of a weak energy complex – coal, gas and German power prices were all lower, OM Financial reports.
Current carbon credits available
2 Sep 2008
Greened AAUs - December 2008 - 15 Million tonnes – refer for price & conditions
Latest strip of CERs 2008 – 2012 vintage – indicative mid-prices
2 Sep 2008
OM Financial is able to deal over the counter (OTC) on prices in size. Prices below are indicative, subject to change and subject to counterparty credit assessment.
Light trading through holidays
1 Sep 2008
Greened AAUs are trading at €11. This equates to NZ$23.11 versus the December 2012 CER equivalent price of NZ$48.88. (€23.26), reports broker OMFinancial.
Latest strip of CERs 2008 – 2012 vintage – indicative mid-prices
1 Sep 2008
OMFinancial is able to deal over-the-counter (OTC) on prices in size. Prices below are indicative, subject to change and subject to counterparty credit assessment.
Carbon prices maintain recent gains
29 Aug 2008
Carbon prices held the gains of recent days, OM Financial reports.
Latest strip of CERs 2008 – 2012 vintage – indicative mid-prices
29 Aug 2008
OM Financial is able to deal over the counter (OTC) on prices in size. Prices below are indicative, subject to change and subject to counterparty credit assessment.
Current carbon credits available
29 Aug 2008
Greened European AAUs - December 2008 - 15 Million tonnes – refer for price
It's time to snap up AAUs
28 Aug 2008
First, news that NZ First will support the ETS means the New Zealand Government has the numbers to pass the bill.
Latest strip of CERs 2008 – 2012 vintage – indicative mid-prices
28 Aug 2008
OM Financial is able to deal over the counter (OTC) on prices in size. Prices below are indicative, subject to change and subject to counterparty credit assessment.
Current carbon credits available
28 Aug 2008
European (GIS) AAUs - December 2008 - 15 Million tonnes – refer for price
Carbon prices bounce back
27 Aug 2008
The carbon market was weaker overnight in early trade following on from the previous days lead and weaker gas prices but bounced later in the day when oil prices spiked, OM Financial reports.
Latest strip of CERs 2008 – 2012 vintage – indicative mid-prices
27 Aug 2008
OM Financial is able to deal over the counter (OTC) on prices in size. Prices below are indicative, subject to change and subject to counterparty credit assessment.
Current carbon credits available
27 Aug 2008
European AAUs - December 2008 – 5 Million tonnes – refer for price
Light volume, quiet day for carbon
26 Aug 2008
Carbon traded lower overnight albeit on light volume and amidst a UK holiday, OM Financial reports.
Latest strip of CERs 2008 – 2012 vintage – indicative mid-prices
26 Aug 2008
OM Financial is able to deal over the counter (OTC) on prices in size. Prices below are indicative, subject to change and subject to counterparty credit assessment.
Current carbon credits available
26 Aug 2008
European AAUs - December 2008 – 5 Million tonnes – refer for price
Light selling as carbon corrects
25 Aug 2008
Carbon prices corrected on Friday on light volume as oil prices surrendered recent gains, OM Financial reports.
Latest strip of CERs 2008 – 2012 vintage – indicative mid-prices
25 Aug 2008
OM Financial is able to deal over the counter (OTC) on prices in size. Prices below are indicative, subject to change and subject to counterparty credit assessment.
Bill to ban new coal mines fails at first reading
Fri 24 Oct 2025
By Shannon Morris-Williams | A bid to outlaw new coal mines was defeated at its first hurdle in Parliament this week, after a heated debate pitting climate imperatives against energy security and affordability.
'It was the start of a new movement': The Dutch rewilding project that took a dark turn
Fri 24 Oct 2025
In 2018, thousands of dead animals, emaciated from starvation, lay strewn across a famous Dutch rewilding project. Was it animal cruelty or just nature taking its course?
NZ’s government wants tourism to drive economic growth – but how will it deal with aviation emissions?
Wed 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.
Air NZ inks deal for its first internationally verified carbon credits
9 Oct 2025
By Liz Kivi | Air New Zealand has committed to buying 8000 tonnes of carbon removals by 2030, in partnership with local native forest investment platform My Native Forest.
Just 28% of countries have released nature pledges a year after UN deadline
Thu 23 Oct 2025
Only 28% of countries have met a UN call to submit new plans on addressing nature loss – a year after the original deadline.
Govt launches strategy backing wood-based heat sector
Thu 23 Oct 2025
By Pattrick Smellie | Forestry biomass could replace as much as 40% of fossil fuel-generated process heat by 2050, but access to supply, regulatory settings and business cases for converting to wood-based heat sources are required, the Government says in a series of documents released yesterday.
‘Plain old dull’: NZU market continues to limp sideways
Fri 24 Oct 2025
By Liz Kivi | The NZU market has been “plain old dull” in recent months, with activity driven mainly by credit opportunities or a specific need to raise cash, according to Lizzie Chambers of trading platform Carbon Match.
Is greenhushing the new greenwashing? Or something else entirely
Fri 24 Oct 2025
Companies used to be accused of faking sustainability via greenwashing. Now some are hiding actual climate progress.
Broker predicts all this year’s carbon auctions will fail
10 Oct 2025
By Liz Kivi | Marex New Zealand is forecasting that the government will sell no ‘pollution permits’ at the NZU auctions this year, with a significant gap continuing between secondary market prices and this year’s $68 auction floor price.
Genesis doubles down on Huntly as renewables ramp up
Fri 24 Oct 2025
Genesis Energy is doubling down on Huntly’s role as New Zealand’s energy backstop while accelerating one of the country’s largest pipelines of new renewable generation.
The merchants of doubt are back
3 Sep 2025
OPINION: If you don’t follow climate policy closely, you might not know that the Trump administration is launching an effort to overturn one of the most fundamental pillars of American climate policy.
Milestone for NZ Steel electrification
10 Sep 2025
By Pattrick Smellie | NZ Steel has passed an installation milestone for its new electric arc furnace, which will reduce emissions from the Glenbrook steel mill site by as much as one megatonne (1Mt) a year.
Carbon Finance Program upscales efforts to close climate investment gap in climate vulnerable nations
Wed 22 Oct 2025
Media release | The Climate Vulnerable Forum and its V20 Finance Ministers (CVF-V20) will work with the Voluntary Carbon Markets Integrity Initiative (VCMI) to upscale the Carbon Finance Program in reach and impact, supporting more climate-vulnerable countries to host high-integrity carbon projects that yield tangible climate, nature, and sustainable development benefits.
All carrot, no stick for farmers on methane
17 Oct 2025
By Pattrick Smellie | COMMENT: The abandonment of methane emissions pricing and the adoption of a weaker target is effectively the last nail in the coffin of the historic cross-parliamentary consensus embedded in the Zero Carbon Act 2019.
From nuisance to crisis: New report on pest wasps In Aotearoa
24 Sep 2025
Media release: Moths and Butterflies NZ Trust | Just published is the Final Report of the Pest Wasps Survey carried out by the Moths and Butterflies of NZ Trust (MBNZT) offering a comprehensive look at New Zealanders’ awareness, experiences, and attitudes toward wasps and the growing ecological, health, and social issues associated with them.
Media round-up
Fri 24 Oct 2025
In our round-up of climate coverage in local media: The Government planned to gut New Zealand's world-leading climate disclosure law - even as it bragged about it on the world stage; a new Indigenous climate adaptation network launches; and Climate Change Minister Simon Watts admits that the new methane target might breach the global 1.5C goal.
NZ marine heatwaves could double in intensity under high-emissions pathway
16 Oct 2025
By Shannon Morris-Williams | New projections show marine heatwaves will grow more intense around the North Island and more frequent around the South Island as the climate warms – raising risks for fisheries, aquaculture, coastal ecosystems and tourism.
EU plans deforestation delay only for small businesses
Wed 22 Oct 2025
The proposal will need approval of co-legislators, EU countries at the Council and MEPs, who can still push for more changes to the legislation.
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.”
Super Fund smashes decarbonisation goals
Thu 23 Oct 2025
By Pattrick Smellie | The New Zealand Superannuation Fund continues to blow through its self-imposed targets for decarbonising its investment portfolio, increasing its exposure to fast-growing green technology opportunities in the process, according to its 2025 climate statement.
No major banks have yet committed to stop funding new oil, gas and coal, research finds
Fri 24 Oct 2025
‘The objectives of the Paris agreement are slipping further out of reach,’ say researchers.
Climate credibility gap widening for Aussie firms
1 Oct 2025
By Pattrick Smellie | Australian public companies’ climate change commitments are in retreat, reflecting difficulty in achieving stated targets and increased fossil use, but not because of any pressure to make less effort, according to a study of major companies’ ESG reporting.
Coal imports up 650%
12 Sep 2025
By Shannon Morris-Williams and Liz Kivi | Coal imports are up 650% as generators stockpile the most polluting fossil fuel ahead of next winter.
Hiringa eyes green methanol plant near Whanganui
29 Jul 2025
By Pattrick Smellie | Green hydrogen pioneer Hiringa Energy is deep in planning to develop an “eight-to-nine figure” methanol plant near Whanganui, using a combination of biomass and hydrogen produced using renewable energy.
On Louisiana’s Gulf Coast, residents fume as insurers hike rates and invest in fossil fuel projects
Wed 22 Oct 2025
Locals face a perfect storm — they can’t afford insurance and climate change threatens their livelihood.
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.
Judge dismisses suit by young climate activists against Trump’s pro-fossil fuel policies
17 Oct 2025
Plaintiffs had ‘overwhelming evidence’ of climate crisis but a court injunction would be ‘unworkable’, ruling says.
Nelson commuters urged to ditch car once a week
Wed 22 Oct 2025
By Max Frethey, Local Democracy Reporter | Nelson has a bold carbon emission reduction target and residents are being encouraged to leave the car at home one day a week to help meet it.
US, Australia to invest $2 billion in critical minerals, advance Alcoa gallium project
Thu 23 Oct 2025
The United States and Australia extended financial support to several Australian companies as part of a wide-ranging critical minerals agreement aimed at countering China's hold over the industry.
Govt ‘captured by industry’ on methane – Carr
21 Oct 2025
By Liz Kivi | Former Climate Change Commission chair Rod Carr says that recent moves to weaken methane targets and halt plans for agricultural emissions pricing show the Government has been captured by industry.
Climate impacts hit NZ with increasing wild weather
Thu 23 Oct 2025
By Liz Kivi | New Zealand is facing a triple whammy of climate impacts today, with severe winds and rainfall predicted for much of the country while some areas are still dealing with wildfires ignited earlier in the week.
‘Weird and sad’ – Tuvalu Climate Minister condemns NZ halving methane target
15 Oct 2025
By Liz Kivi | Dr Maina Talia, Tuvalu’s Minister for Home Affairs, Climate Change, and Environment, says he’s surprised at New Zealand’s decision to weaken its target for reducing methane emissions – and is planning to take up the issue with his counterpart Climate Minister Simon Watts this week.
Lobby group launches ‘blueprint’ for ocean management reform
18 Sep 2025
The Environmental Defence Society yesterday released its plan to tackle widespread ecological decline in our oceans.
Students repeat request for Victoria University to divest from fossil fuel investments
24 Sep 2025
Media release | A group of students campaigning for climate action at Victoria University of Wellington have dropped a banner protesting against the university’s lack of action on its 2014 commitment to divest from fossil fuels.
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.
Difficult trade-offs ahead for climate adaptation
17 Oct 2025
By Shannon Morris-Williams | While climate impacts are already here, bringing the urgent need to accelerate effective adaptation now, the Government's newly minted adaptation framework still leaves important questions unanswered about who will pay.
Solar households to get little-noticed tax break
23 Sep 2025
A provision in the government’s latest tax bill would exempt households from paying tax on income they earn by selling excess electricity back to the grid.
Climate scientists and republican lawyers are taking aim at Big Tech’s emissions
17 Oct 2025
Technology companies have long been one of the biggest investors in clean energy, but new accounting rules could upend that.
Last minute change to oil and gas legislation over cleanup costs
31 Jul 2025
By Liz Kivi | The government is expected to repeal the oil and gas ban today, with a last-minute amendment handing discretionary power to two ministers over the controversial issue of decommissioning.
NZ abstains from vote on global shipping carbon tax
Wed 22 Oct 2025
By Shannon Morris-Williams | The Government says it held back from endorsing the International Maritime Organization’s Net-Zero Framework over fears the plan could raise costs for exporters and importers.
Fix it, don't ditch it: University of Auckland hosts first Repair Cafe
9 Oct 2025
Media release - Auckland University | The University's first-ever Repair Cafe is bringing students and staff together to give broken items a new lease on life, while promoting a culture of repair and reuse.
Council buys dairy farm to help clean up Lake Rotorua
21 Oct 2025
Bay of Plenty Regional Council has bought a 266-hectare dairy farm in the Lake Rotorua catchment and plans to retire it from production to reduce nitrogen entering the lake.
Adaptation plan at odds with public sentiment: survey
21 Oct 2025
By Liz Kivi | The Government’s position on climate adaptation buyouts shows a disconnect with public opinion, according to survey findings from insurer Suncorp NZ.
‘Damp squib’ – Govt energy plan slammed for locking in fossil fuels
2 Oct 2025
By Shannon Morris-Williams | Critics across business, climate groups and the opposition say the Government’s electricity reforms duck structural change, double down on LNG and gas, and offer little relief for soaring power prices – warning of an “expensive white elephant", deeper energy poverty and a missed chance to scale renewables.
