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Ministry won’t investigate pre-announcement price drop

Today 10:45am

By Liz Kivi | The Ministry for the Environment won’t be investigating a drop in the price of NZUs on the secondary market just days before the government announced a policy change causing carbon prices to plummet.

Media round-up

Fri 14 Nov 2025

In our round-up of climate coverage in local media: Simon Watts acknowledges he may face ‘challenging’ conversations with Pacific nations at COP30, New Zealand's climbdown on its methane emissions target is "embarrassing", and corporates are the real winners of the gutting of the Zero Carbon Act this week.

Kayla Kingdon-Bebb

NZ’s shameful new role as ‘international climate pariah’

Thu 13 Nov 2025

OPINION: New Zealand has ratcheted up its climate backsliding in the past month – losing any shred of climate credibility we once had and showing the world we’re giving up on a net zero future, writes Kayla Kingdon-Bebb.

Climate Change Minister Simon Watts

Carbon price’s dead cat bounce

Wed 12 Nov 2025

By Liz Kivi | The carbon price rebounded briefly in what looked like a ‘dead cat bounce’ last week, following the Government’s announcement it was unlinking the Emissions Trading Scheme from international climate targets.

It’s been a dangerous decade since the Paris Climate Agreement, but there’s still reason for hope

Tue 11 Nov 2025

A decade ago, the world got together and decided to fix the climate crisis by adopting the Paris Agreement.

Big ag processors coy about govt changing climate policy

10 Nov 2025

By Liz Kivi | While some economists are predicting that government backsliding on agricultural methane goals could hurt exporters’ access to premium markets, New Zealand’s major processors are remaining tight-lipped over the potential implications.

EU’s new climate target lines up multibillion dollar boost for carbon markets

10 Nov 2025

Analysts estimate the EU will buy at least 50 billion euros worth of carbon credits in the 2030s to help meet its emissions-cutting goals.

Does NZ's 2035 NDC meet Paris Agreement obligations?

7 Nov 2025

By Christina Hood | COMMENT: New Zealand’s 2035 Paris Agreement Target needs strengthening, with multiple reasons the 51 to 55% emissions reduction target does not meet our obligations under the accord.

Prime Minister Christopher Luxon with US President Donald Trump in South Korea last week.

Why I’m not outraged at the Govt’s latest climate backsliding

7 Nov 2025

COMMENT: The Government’s latest climate rollbacks underline New Zealand’s long history of a lack of genuine desire to cut emissions, writes Geoff Bertram.

UN chief scolds nations for failing climate goals ahead of COP30 summit

7 Nov 2025

U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres tore into nations for their failure to limit warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius, as Brazil hosted world leaders for a summit ahead of the COP30 climate conference in the rainforest city of Belem.

Carbon market tanks off the back of Govt’s proposed climate law changes

6 Nov 2025

By Liz Kivi | Secondary market prices dropped 20% in early morning compliance carbon trading yesterday, as the market woke up to Tuesday’s late-breaking government announcement of proposed law changes to climate policy.

Is climate law change a first nail in the coffin for Climate Commission?

6 Nov 2025

The Government’s sweeping overhaul of New Zealand’s climate laws has drawn sharp condemnation, with one expert predicting it's another step towards 'the beginning of the end' for the Climate Change Commission.

Rod Carr at last year's Climate Change and Business Conference

Govt climate policy set by vested interests to delay emissions cuts - Carr

6 Nov 2025

By Liz Kivi | Rod Carr, former Climate Change Commission chair, says the Government’s move to unlink the Emissions Trading Scheme from our international climate target to 2030 undermines the credibility of emissions pricing as a tool for climate action – and is yet another Coalition Government policy designed to benefit vested interests rather than ordinary New Zealanders.

Govt weakens climate legislation, strips CCC’s powers

5 Nov 2025

By Liz Kivi | The Government has announced sweeping changes to key climate legislation, including stripping the independent Climate Change Commission of one of its core roles, and removing the requirement that Emissions Trading Scheme settings align with international climate targets.

Another hit to market as Govt uncouples ETS from international climate target

5 Nov 2025

By Liz Kivi | The Government’s surprise move to break the connection between the Emissions Trading Scheme and New Zealand’s Paris Agreement climate target is a brutal hit to confidence in an already moribund market.

Boost for voluntary carbon markets in Watts’ surprise package

5 Nov 2025

By Pattrick Smellie | Voluntary carbon market development gets a solid push in the package of climate change legislative reforms dropped by Climate Change Minister Simon Watts early last evening.

Ardern: 'We must not give up on 1.5'

31 Oct 2025

By Shannon Morris-Williams | Former prime minister Dame Jacinda Ardern says the world must not abandon the Paris Agreement’s 1.5°C goal, warning that a decade on from COP21 “too many of the debates we thought were settled are still being had.”

'Little to be hopeful about' – NZ scientists caution ahead of COP30

31 Oct 2025

By Shannon Morris-Williams | Record heat, worsening climate impacts and global backsliding on emission reduction commitments have left some New Zealand climate experts with little optimism as COP30 approaches.

Matthew Cowie, climate change and sustainability services at EY

Taxonomy seen as key to shaping NZ’s voluntary nature credit market

30 Oct 2025

By Shannon Morris-Williams | Experts say aligning the New Zealand Sustainable Finance Taxonomy with the development of voluntary nature credit markets could strengthen credibility, streamline investment, and support high-integrity environmental outcomes.

Green Party MP Julie Anne Genter

Bill to ban new coal mines fails at first reading

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.

‘Plain old dull’: NZU market continues to limp sideways

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.

No major banks have yet committed to stop funding new oil, gas and coal, research finds

24 Oct 2025

‘The objectives of the Paris agreement are slipping further out of reach,’ say researchers.

Carbon Finance Program upscales efforts to close climate investment gap in climate vulnerable nations

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.

Rod Carr

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.

Methane pledge in question following NZ weakening targets

20 Oct 2025

By Liz Kivi New Zealand’s new methane target puts the Global Methane Pledge – and ultimately climate targets – at risk, according to an international expert.

Dr Maina Talia, Tuvalu’s Minister for Climate Change, speaking at the Adaptation Futures 2025 Conference in Christchurch on Monday.

‘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.

NZ’s biggest ever climate meeting kicks off

14 Oct 2025

By Liz Kivi | The world's largest climate adaptation conference kicked off in Christchurch yesterday, with nearly 2000 attendees expected, making it potentially the biggest international climate meeting Aotearoa New Zealand will ever host.

Govt releases updated emissions projections

13 Oct 2025

By Liz Kivi | The Ministry for the Environment has released updated emissions projections to 2050, which show significant differences to the Climate Change Commission's recent projections for the same period.

Farmers face heightened solvency risks as climate changes: research

10 Oct 2025

By Pattrick Smellie | Increasingly volatile weather patterns, higher insurance costs driven by climate change risk and global financial volatility represent risks to New Zealand farmers’ capacity to service debt and remain solvent, according to new research by Christchurch-based research firm Kōmanawa Solutions.

While many other countries sent leaders and ministers to the event, Carolyn Schwalger, New Zealand's Permanent Representative to the United Nations, spoke on the Government's behalf.

NZ quiet on climate target at UN meeting

2 Oct 2025

By Liz Kivi | New Zealand didn't mention its recently minted – but widely criticised – climate target for 2035 at a major multilateral climate meeting in New York last week, at an event which was ostensibly billed as a platform for leaders to present their new targets.

China calls EU hypocritical over criticism of climate goal

1 Oct 2025

The EU climate chief's criticism of China's new climate pledges shows "double standards and selective blindness," China's foreign ministry said on Friday, accusing the bloc of being slow to act on its own climate targets.

‘Beyond embarrassing’ – Peters’ Paris remarks draw fire for talking down Pacific climate diplomacy

26 Sep 2025

By Shannon Morris-Williams | Foreign Minister and NZ first leader Winston Peters says he wants to revisit the Paris Agreement with Pacific leaders because some may be unaware of how it’s structured.

China's new target unlikely to drive down emissions

26 Sep 2025

Media release - Climate Action Tracker | China’s new 2035 climate target, announced at the UN, marks a shift from emission and energy intensity targets to setting absolute emission reduction targets for the first time.

‘Con,’ ‘scam,’ ‘hoax’: Trump’s UN speech on climate

24 Sep 2025

The president used a large chunk of his hour-long speech to world leaders to condemn climate science and clean energy policies.

Australia leapfrogs NZ on climate ambition

19 Sep 2025

By Liz Kivi | Lawyers for Climate Action say Australia’s new 2035 climate target should be a wake-up call for ‘clean, green’ New Zealand.

Govt passes law to limit farm-to-forest conversions

19 Sep 2025

By Shannon Morris-Williams | The Government has passed legislation intended to limit farm-to-forest conversions in the Emissions Trading Scheme, with ministers saying the changes “restore balance,” while opponents call it a band-aid that risks climate targets.

Australia's 2035 climate targets on path to net zero judged by the experts

19 Sep 2025

After much anticipation, Australia has set its new climate targets: a reduction of 62 to 70 per cent within the next 10 years.

An Indigenous activist during demonstrations at the COP28 opening in Dubai, 2023.

UN limits staff at COP30 climate summit over accommodation concerns

19 Sep 2025

High hotel prices for Brazil's COP30 climate summit in November have prompted the United Nations to urge its staff to limit attendance, while government delegations are still scrambling to find rooms within their budgets.

Lord Adair Turner

'Non-negotiable' – EU carbon pricing to hit Kiwi exporters, expert warns

11 Sep 2025

By Shannon Morris-Williams | High carbon exports will inevitably face a high carbon tax at the EU border, possibly in the next five years, and high methane agricultural products might not be exempt, an international expert told a local audience yesterday.

Kathryn Ryan and Energy and Climate Change Minister Simon Watts at yesterday's Climate Change and Business Conference

Watts full-throated in National’s support for Paris

10 Sep 2025

By Pattrick Smellie | Climate Change Minister Simon Watts came to this week’s Climate Change and Business Conference with nothing to announce.

Labour leader Chris Hipkins speaking at the Climate Change and Business Conference in Auckland yesterday

‘Pick up the phone’ on climate change action, Hipkins urges Luxon

9 Sep 2025

By Pattrick Smellie | Prime Minister Christopher Luxon should reach out to the Labour Party if he wants  get a political deal on methane reductions and the Paris agreement rather than his two coalition partners, Labour leader Chris Hipkins says.

'Atrocious' and 'bizarre': experts slam Act Party's climate policy

3 Sep 2025

By Liz Kivi | The Act Party is promising to challenge New Zealand’s Paris Agreement climate target, while the coalition Government’s other minor partner, NZ First, also says it wants to reevaluate the country’s commitment to the international treaty.

Former Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern

Media round-up

22 Aug 2025

In our round-up of climate coverage in local media: The climate advice the government didn't want you to see; New Zealand's  groundbreaking climate law has become ‘a shell’; and could the Electricity Authority be about to inadvertently increase power prices?

Brazil issues last-ditch plea for countries to submit climate plans ahead of COP30

20 Aug 2025

Only 28 countries have submitted carbon-cutting proposals to the UN, with some of the biggest emitters yet to produce plans.

Govt opts for status quo for ETS auctions

19 Aug 2025

By Liz Kivi | The government has chosen not to increase auction volumes in the Emissions Trading Scheme, a decision applauded by carbon market insiders and climate campaigners alike, despite it contradicting the Climate Change Commission’s advice.

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.”

Resources Minister Shane Jones

Shane Jones on climate change – it’s real, but…

15 Aug 2025

By Pattrick Smellie | New Zealand First deputy leader Shane Jones believes climate change is real, but is uninterested in what is causing it and primarily focused on adapting to it.

Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment chief economist Geoff Simmons

Forestry the source of all ETS risk, says top economist

15 Aug 2025

By Shannon Morris-Williams | Forestry is the source of all of the risk in New Zealand's Emissions Trading Scheme and it's inevitable that the scheme has to be reformed, according to Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment chief economist Geoff Simmons.

Carbon price underperforming: Environment secretary

13 Aug 2025

By Liz Kivi | The government has been focussed on reducing the Emissions Trading Scheme ‘stockpile’ and carbon prices should rise soon, according to the Secretary for the Environment.

Labour Energy spokesperson Megan Woods

Labour vows to reinstate oil and gas ban

6 Aug 2025

By Liz Kivi | The Labour Party is promising to reinstate a ban on new oil and gas exploration permits, but won’t say if they will go even further and commit to revoking permits if elected.

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Media round-up

Fri 14 Nov 2025

In our round-up of climate coverage in local media: Simon Watts acknowledges he may face ‘challenging’ conversations with Pacific nations at COP30, New Zealand's climbdown on its methane emissions target is "embarrassing", and corporates are the real winners of the gutting of the Zero Carbon Act this week.

Agriculture
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South Korean growers sue state power utility, blaming climate change for crop damage

Today 10:45am

Five South Korean farmers recently sued the state utility Korea Electric Power Corporation and its power-generating subsidiaries, alleging that their reliance on coal and other fossil fuels has accelerated climate change and damaged their crops.

Airlines
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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.

Aviation
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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.

Biodiversity
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Kayla Kingdon-Bebb

NZ’s shameful new role as ‘international climate pariah’

Thu 13 Nov 2025

OPINION: New Zealand has ratcheted up its climate backsliding in the past month – losing any shred of climate credibility we once had and showing the world we’re giving up on a net zero future, writes Kayla Kingdon-Bebb.

Biofuels
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Govt launches strategy backing wood-based heat sector

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.

Carbon Credits
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Ministry won’t investigate pre-announcement price drop

Today 10:45am

By Liz Kivi | The Ministry for the Environment won’t be investigating a drop in the price of NZUs on the secondary market just days before the government announced a policy change causing carbon prices to plummet.

Carbon News world
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Fossil fuel lobbyists outnumber all COP30 delegations except Brazil, report says

Today 10:45am

One in every 25 participants at 2025 UN climate summit is a fossil fuel lobbyist, according to Kick Big Polluters Out.

Carbon prices
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Climate Change Minister Simon Watts

ETS price spike fears drove NDC decoupling

Thu 13 Nov 2025

By Pattrick Smellie | Fears about the economic and fiscal costs of failure to buy enough offshore carbon credits to meet New Zealand’s Nationally Determined Contribution drove last week’s key climate change policy decision.

Coal
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Act Party leader David Seymour

Act-NZ First split over future of the energy sector

Fri 14 Nov 2025

Act leader David Seymour has set out an energy policy platform that diverges sharply from coalition partner NZ First, arguing New Zealand must accept coal-fired backup generation, consider nuclear power, remove political interference from the electricity sector and sell down the government’s majority stakes in the gentailers.

Comment
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'Little to be hopeful about' – NZ scientists caution ahead of COP30

31 Oct 2025

By Shannon Morris-Williams | Record heat, worsening climate impacts and global backsliding on emission reduction commitments have left some New Zealand climate experts with little optimism as COP30 approaches.

Construction
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Waimauku flooding during Cyclone Gabrielle

$235 billion worth of NZ buildings exposed to flooding

30 Oct 2025

More than 750,000 New Zealanders live in locations exposed to one-in-100-year floods, according to a nationwide study which shows escalating flood risk.

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A fossil fuel fight brews at COP30 as delegates draft road map

Today 10:45am

Brazil’s President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva surprised many at the opening ceremony of the COP30 leaders summit in Belém last week when he called for world leaders to prepare a road map to “overcome dependence on fossil fuels.”

Emissions trading
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NZ backs international government push for high-integrity carbon markets

Thu 13 Nov 2025

By Shannon Morris-Williams | New Zealand has joined a coalition of governments aiming to strengthen corporate demand for voluntary carbon credits.

Energy
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Clean energy could become a huge political winner

Wed 12 Nov 2025

Rising power bills quietly shaped this year’s races – and gave Democrats a new attack line on climate.

Extinction
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Conservation Minister Tama Potaka

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.

Extreme weather
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A rural Masterton district house in Te Kanuka Rd during a flooding event, which is likely to happen more often in Wairarapa in the future

Rural Wairarapa communities on climate change frontline

Today 10:45am

By Sue Teodoro, Local Democracy Reporter | Droughts, long hot days, more pests and invasive plants and increasingly severe weather are all risks faced by the Wairarapa rural community, leaders heard this week.

Fishing
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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.

Forestry
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Foresters warn ETS reforms could fell innovation

Today 10:45am

By Shannon Morris-Williams | Elizabeth Heeg, chief executive officer for the Forest Owners Association, says forestry must not be stripped from the Emissions Trading Scheme, arguing that carbon income underpins forest management and rural resilience.

Gas
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Govt gas expansion 'climate vandalism' – Greens

7 Nov 2025

By Shannon Morris-Williams | The Green Party has labelled the Government’s move to broaden the scope of its $200 million fossil gas investment fund as vandalism, accusing Prime Minister Christopher Luxon of breaking trust with New Zealanders.

Geothermal
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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.”

Green finance
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Oxfam urges NZ to renew climate funding as Pacific projects face closure

Wed 12 Nov 2025

By Shannon Morris-Williams | Oxfam Aotearoa is calling on the Government to urgently renew New Zealand’s climate finance commitments, warning that vital projects supporting Pacific communities’ resilience are running out of funding.

Greenhouse Effect
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Distinguished Professor Philippa Howden-Chapman

Building resilient cities in a time of climate change

Thu 13 Nov 2025

Media release: Otago University | Local and international experts are meeting in Wellington this month to share their knowledge on creating healthier, more resilient cities in the face of the challenges posed by climate change.

Greenwashing
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TotalEnergies loses in Paris court, marking a turning point for fossil fuel truth-in-advertising

5 Nov 2025

TotalEnergies was found to have misled consumers about its role in the energy transition.

Hydro power
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The current Onslow Dam and reservoir

Lake Onslow battery project set for revival?

29 Oct 2025

A newly formed private consortium has emerged with plans to finance and build the massive Lake Onslow pumped-hydro project, despite the coalition government’s decision to abandon the scheme.

Hydrogen
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Hiringa chief executive Andrew Clennett

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.

Insurance
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Media round-up

31 Oct 2025

In our round-up of climate coverage in local media: A controversial seabed mining project could lead to sediment flows knocking over rigs and damaging wind turbines; weather-related insurance claims climb; and is the government playing Russian Roulette with our future over methane targets?

Kyoto
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Prime Minister Christopher Luxon with US President Donald Trump in South Korea last week.

Why I’m not outraged at the Govt’s latest climate backsliding

7 Nov 2025

COMMENT: The Government’s latest climate rollbacks underline New Zealand’s long history of a lack of genuine desire to cut emissions, writes Geoff Bertram.

Litigation
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Z Energy settles greenwashing case over ‘quitting petrol’ claims

4 Nov 2025

By Shannon Morris-Williams | Z Energy has settled a landmark greenwashing case over claims it misled the public about moving away from petrol – a result Lawyers for Climate Action NZ says delivers long-overdue accountability.

Low carbon
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Jim Sinner is leading a new initiative, Swap One, that aims to get commuters out of their car one day a week.

Nelson commuters urged to ditch car once a week

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.

Mining
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Supermarket fast-track a ‘cynical ploy’, risks climate and environmental protections

5 Nov 2025

By Shannon Morris-Williams | The Government’s “express lane for supermarkets” announcement has been met with fierce backlash, with critics calling the Fast-track Approvals Amendment Bill a Trojan horse that strips environmental protections, sidelines communities, and hands sweeping powers to ministers at the expense of democracy.

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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A crucial system of ocean currents may be on course to collapse. This country just declared it a national security threat

Today 10:45am

As evidence mounts these currents could be on course for collapse, Iceland’s government has made the unusual move of designating the risk a national security threat.

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Carbon Finance Program upscales efforts to close climate investment gap in climate vulnerable nations

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.

Plastics
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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.

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The road leading to Wairarapa coastal village Mataikona in Masterton District is under repair.

Coastal roads in the climate spotlight

Fri 14 Nov 2025

By Sue Teodoro, Local Democracy Reporter | Vulnerable coastal roads across New Zealand, including in Masterton district, are coming under the spotlight as the Government works on a plan to address the cost of climate-related damage.

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Protesters and UN security clash at climate summit in Brazil

Thu 13 Nov 2025

Activist groups and United Nations security clashed in chaotic scenes late Tuesday after protesters appeared to force their way into the COP30 climate conference venue, in the most serious act of unrest seen in years inside one of the annual gatherings.

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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Scotland's first wind farm 'supercharged' after upgrade

Tue 11 Nov 2025

Scotland's first commercial wind farm will be able to deliver five times more clean power than before after being upgraded.

Science
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New national dataset to unlock blue carbon potential in NZ’s coastal wetlands

Wed 12 Nov 2025

By Shannon Morris-Williams | The Ministry for the Environment and the Nature Conservancy have collaborated on a dataset to inform a framework to potentially include coastal wetlands into compliance and voluntary carbon credit schemes.

Tax
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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.

Technology
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AgriZero backs first nitrous oxide solution with $1.2m investment

6 Nov 2025

By Shannon Morris-Williams | A Kiwi ag-tech start-up developing a device for cows to wear to drastically cut nitrous oxide emissions has secured $1.2 million in government-industry funding.

The House
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Resources Minister Shane Jones

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.

Transport
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EV and hybrid sales soar in Australia as internal combustion cars fall below 70% market share for first time

Thu 13 Nov 2025

Data from peak motoring body shows battery-electric vehicles accounted for 9.7% of new cars sold in September quarter, the highest proportion on record.

United Nations
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EU’s new climate target lines up multibillion dollar boost for carbon markets

10 Nov 2025

Analysts estimate the EU will buy at least 50 billion euros worth of carbon credits in the 2030s to help meet its emissions-cutting goals.

Waste
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Kaicycle celebrates ten years of collective climate action in Pōneke

Fri 14 Nov 2025

Media release: Kaicycle | Since 2015, Kaicycle has grown from a humble pilot project growing kai and collecting compost on bicycles into the thriving urban farm and composting hub that Wellingtonians know and love.

Water
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Climate impacts hit NZ with increasing wild weather

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.

Wildfires
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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.

Wind energy
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We have more renewable energy than ever before. Why are we switching it off?

Tue 11 Nov 2025

Experts say until more storage is installed to soak up the waves of renewable energy flooding the grid, much of that power will occasionally have to be curtailed.

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