Topics tagged with 'NZ Market Report'
Current carbon credits available
25 Aug 2008
European AAUs - December 2008 – 5 Million tonnes – refer for price
Firm energy prices help carbon
22 Aug 2008
A firm energy complex lent support to carbon prices though it gave up early gains as sellers emerged later in the day, OM Financial reports.
Latest strip of CERs 2008 – 2012 vintage – indicative mid-prices
22 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
22 Aug 2008
European AAUs - December 2008 – 5 Million tonnes – refer for price
Carbon prices jump overnight
21 Aug 2008
Carbon prices jumped overnight on the back of a sharp rise in gas prices, after a pipeline owned by Statoil in Norway started leaking, broker OM Financial reports.
Latest strip of CERs 2008 – 2012 vintage – indicative mid-prices
21 Aug 2008
OM Financial is able to deal over the counter (OTC) on prices in size. Prices are indicative, subject to change and subject to counterparty credit assessment.
Current carbon credits available
21 Aug 2008
European AAUs - December 2008 – 5 million tonnes – refer for price.
Carbon trend unchanged
20 Aug 2008
The carbon market virtually ended unchanged overnight after initially trading lower on the back of a weak oil market, OM Financial reports.
Latest strip of CERs 2008 – 2012 vintage – indicative mid-prices
20 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.
Latest strip of CERs 2008 – 2012 vintage – indicative mid-prices
19 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
19 Aug 2008
European (GIS) AAUs - December 2008 – 5 Million tonnes – refer for price
Carbon hits the holiday season blues
18 Aug 2008
Carbon prices were mixed on Friday in what can only be described as a totally lacklustre trading day, OM Financial reports.
Latest strip of CERs 2008 – 2012 vintage – indicative mid-prices
18 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
18 Aug 2008
European (GIS) AAUs - December 2008 – 5 Million tonnes – refer for price
Carbon falls back as coal price rises
15 Aug 2008
Carbon surrendered recent gains overnight on the back of a rising coal price, OM Financial reports.
Latest strip of CERs 2008 – 2012 vintage –indicative mid-prices
15 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
15 Aug 2008
European (GIS) AAUs - December 2008 – 5 Million tonnes – refer for price
Carbon well-supported at current levels
14 Aug 2008
Carbon prices were led higher by the European market, with EUAs finding good support on the back of high volumes, broker OM Financial reports.
Latest strip of CERs 2008 – 2012 vintage – indicative mid-prices
14 Aug 2008
OM Financial is able to deal over-the-counter on prices in size. Prices are indicative, subject to change and subject to counter-party credit assessment.
Current carbon credits available
14 Aug 2008
European (GIS) AAUs - December 2008 – 5 million tonnes – refer for price.
Carbon prices continue upward trend
13 Aug 2008
Carbon continued to gain ground even in the face of a weakening oil market and a rising coal price, OM Financial reports.
Stand-alone carbon crawls higher
12 Aug 2008
Carbon edged higher overnight in thin trade, reports OM Financial. The conflict in Georgia has had little impact on the energy complex.
Latest strip of CERs 2008 – 2012 vintage – indicative mid-prices
12 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
12 Aug 2008
European (GIS) AAUs - December 2008 – 5 Million tonnes – refer for price
Carbon drifts on quiet market
11 Aug 2008
Carbon prices drifted on Friday with European prices slightly weaker and the Secondary CERs all trading higher, OM Financial reports.
Latest strip of CERs 2008 – 2012 vintage – indicative mid-prices
11 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
11 Aug 2008
European (GIS) AAUs - December 2008 – 5 Million tonnes – refer for price
Latest strip of CERs 2008 – 2012 vintage – indicative mid-prices
8 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
8 Aug 2008
European (GIS) AAUs - December 2008 – 5 Million tonnes – refer for price
Carbon makes modest gains
7 Aug 2008
CERs and EUAs posted modest gains overnight, initially on the back of cheaper coal and higher gas prices, broker OM Financial reports.
Current carbon credits available
7 Aug 2008
European (GIS) AAUs - December 2008 – 5 million tonnes – refer for price.
Carbon in come-back rally
6 Aug 2008
A number of factors led to carbon staging a come-back rally, broker OM Financial reports.
Latest strip of CERs 2008 – 2012 vintage – indicative mid-prices
6 Aug 2008
OM Financial is able to deal over-the-counter (OTC) on prices in size. Prices are indicative, subject to change and subject to counterparty credit assessment.
Current carbon credits available
6 Aug 2008
European (GIS) AAUs - December 2008 – 5 million tonnes – refer for price.
Day seven of price falls for EUAs
5 Aug 2008
The prices of European allowances (EUAs) versus Secondary CERs diverged overnight with EUAs falling on the back of complete buyer disinterest and falls in oil and German power prices – it’s the seventh day of decline for EUAs, OM Financial reports.
Commodity prices keep carbon down
4 Aug 2008
The bearishness in carbon continues with prices sliding further on Friday, OM Financial reports.
Falling oil and coal prices make for carbon slide
1 Aug 2008
Carbon continues to slide with the bearishness mainly being attributed to rising coal prices, but oil fell again last night so there does appear to be a number of factors at work which are all conspiring to send carbon lower, reports OM Financial.
Latest strip of CERs 2008 – 2012 vintage – indicative mid-prices
1 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
1 Aug 2008
European (GIS) AAUs - December 2008 – 10 Million tonnes – refer for price
Carbon hits three-month low
30 Jul 2008
Carbon continued to weaken further, hitting a three-month low after oil prices slid further overnight, broker OM Financial reports.
Latest strip of CERs 2008 – 2012 vintage, indicative mid-prices
30 Jul 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
30 Jul 2008
European (GIS) AAUs - December 2008 to 2012 - 500,000 tonnes–indicative €13.15 (€/t)
Falling gas price weakens carbon price
29 Jul 2008
Carbon weakened overnight after gas prices fell, making it less expensive for power generators to run cleaner-burning gas, reports OM Financial.
Latest strip of CERs 2008 – 2012 vintage – indicative mid-prices
29 Jul 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 Jul 2008
European (GIS) AAUs - December 2008 to 2012 - 500,000 tonnes–indicative €13.15 (€/t)
Thin trading on the carbon market
28 Jul 2008
While carbon opened up firmer on the back of a higher initial oil price, the market traded lower through the day and finished down, mainly on the back of a firmer coal price and lower oil prices, broker OM Financial reports.
Latest strip of CERs 2008 – 2012 vintage – indicative mid-prices
28 Jul 2008
OM Finacial 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 Jul 2008
European (GIS) AAUs - December 2008 to 2012 - 500,000 tonnes–indicative €13.15 (€/t)
Carbon firms up as oil price holds ground
25 Jul 2008
Carbon was firmer across the board as oil prices held and German electricity prices moved higher, OM Financial reports.
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.
Look out for these 8 big ag greenwashing terms at COP30
Today 11:30am
Food and farming companies will claim agriculture is the solution to the climate crisis at the Brazil summit — even though food drives a third of global warming.
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.
Celebrities slam mining plans
Today 11:30am
Actor Sam Neill has slammed plans for a gold mine in Otago, while Denniston Rose author Jenny Pattrick is backing a petition that would stop a coalmine on the West Coast.
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.
EU leaders set conditions for new climate goal
Today 11:30am
The EU is trying to pass a new target to cut net greenhouse gas emissions 90% by 2040 to put the bloc on track for net-zero emissions by 2050.
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.
Philippines storm victims to seek damages from Shell in “unprecedented” climate claim
Today 11:30am
The case is the first civil claim to directly link an oil firm’s climate impact to deaths and personal injury in the Global South, its backers say.
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.
UN report: Five charts showing how global deforestation is declining
Today 11:30am
The amount of forest lost around the world has reduced by millions of hectares each year in recent decades, but countries are still off track to meet “important” deforestation targets.
Oil firm TotalEnergies made misleading green statements, court rules
Today 11:30am
A French oil company engaged in “misleading commercial practices” about the scope of its environmental commitments, a court has ruled.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Climate reporting rollback raises risk of 'flying blind', experts warn
Today 11:30am
By Shannon Morris-Williams | Government plans to drastically narrow mandatory climate disclosures may reduce compliance costs in the short term – but critics say it will leave New Zealand with major blind spots in tracking climate risk.
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.
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.
