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Pacific debt surging as climate impacts hit

18 Nov 2024

Media release | With Pacific countries swamped by surging climate debt, New Zealand has the moral authority to head off a regional debt crisis, says Caritas Aotearoa New Zealand.

Ultra-rich using jets like taxis, climate scientists say

18 Nov 2024

The mega-rich are using private jets like taxis, warn climate scientists who tracked flights to calculate the planet-warming gases they release.

Will govt consult the public over climate target?

15 Nov 2024

The government seems to be planning to limit public consultation around its next international climate target, which must be set by early February.

Media round-up

15 Nov 2024

In our weekly round-up of climate coverage in local media: A spotlight on COP29; United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres says the world is in the final countdown to limit global temperature rise to 1.5 degrees Celsius; and NZ is warned against 'blood offsets'.

Shell wins landmark climate case against green groups in Dutch appeal

14 Nov 2024

Oil giant Shell has won a landmark case in the Dutch courts, overturning an earlier ruling requiring it to cut its carbon emissions by 45%.

Extreme weather events linked to climate change have cost the world $2 trillion over the past decade, report finds

14 Nov 2024

According to a new report by the International Chamber of Commerce and consultancy firm Oxera, extreme weather events over the past 10 years have cost a total of $2 trillion globally. The countries that have faced the biggest losses include the U.S., China and India.

Zero chance NZ pulls out of climate agreement: Upton

13 Nov 2024

If Donald Trump pulls the United States out of the Paris Agreement, it’s not likely other countries such as New Zealand will follow, according to Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment Simon Upton.

NZ experts on UN climate conference

12 Nov 2024

With the United Nations’ major climate summit kicking off in oil-rich Azerbaijan, New Zealand’s climate policy experts are divided over the value of the meeting.

Major Pacific climate study launches at COP29

12 Nov 2024

Climate adaptation strategies, including relocating households and villages, are already being employed across the Pacific region, according to a new study.

Govt could make significant domestic reductions towards second NDC - but needs to hurry up

8 Nov 2024

The government could find much of the needed emissions reductions for its next Paris Agreement pledge at home – but needs to get on with it, says new analysis from the Climate Change Commission.

NZ can do better on climate policy, says auditor general

8 Nov 2024

New Zealand’s legislative framework is a strength of its response to climate change, however it is not doing so well in other areas, according to a new report.

Constraints on forestry set to slash unit supply

8 Nov 2024

COMMENT: Carbon unit supply from forestry looks set to be limited by multiple factors - and by 2040 NZUs from new forestry are likely to fulfill only a fraction of demand, writes Ollie Batelier-Belton.

Deadlock over climate finance is undermining Paris agreement, Singapore minister says

8 Nov 2024

Efforts by the United States and others to persuade more countries to contribute to a new global climate financing initiative risks undermining the Paris agreement, Singapore's Environment Minister Grace Fu told Reuters on Wednesday.

Carbon price inching up as auction looms

7 Nov 2024

The carbon price is still inching up towards the auction floor, with the final auction for 2024 less than a month away. But the US election result means uncertain times for global environmental markets, according to an expert.

Nine years after the Paris Agreement, the UN confronts the world’s failure to reduce greenhouse gas emissions

4 Nov 2024

In one of three new reports on emissions, UN officials went as far as saying that the Paris Agreement’s goal of limiting warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius may be out of reach.

Govt should expect scrutiny over international climate targets

31 Oct 2024

The government should expect international scrutiny over progress towards its climate pledge, according to its own advisors.

Carbon credits essential part of decarbonisation toolkit: new report

31 Oct 2024

Carbon credits remain at the heart of global efforts to limit dangerous climate change, with prices predicted to rise towards US$125 by 2035, according to new analysis.

NZ adopts 'underwhelming' Commonwealth Ocean Declaration

30 Oct 2024

Commonwealth nations including Aotearoa and Pacific Island states have adopted the Apia Commonwealth Ocean Declaration.

Govt to invest $20 million for Pacific disaster and climate resilience

29 Oct 2024

New Zealand will contribute $20 million to the Pacific Resilience Facility.

Planet will warm as much as 3.1°C under current policies: UN Report

29 Oct 2024

Without greater action, the planet will warm as much as 3.1 degrees Celsius, with a “massive gap between rhetoric and reality” that must be closed by new climate pledges under the Paris Agreement, according to the UN.

Investors are ramping up climate advocacy, with all eyes on COP29

29 Oct 2024

Investors the world over are calling on governments to use every tool in their toolbox, from fiscal carrots to regulatory sticks, to ensure industries can pivot and prosper in a clean energy future.

Auckland remains off track to meet climate target

22 Oct 2024

Auckland Council remains off track to reach its own climate targets, according to a new progress report, which shows emissions are rising rather tracking down to zero by 2050.

Govt finances still don’t recognise climate liability

17 Oct 2024

Treasury has failed to recognise a liability for New Zealand’s international climate commitments in its latest financial statement, with its position unchanged on the multibillion dollar price tag of purchasing offshore mitigation.

NZ must work with other countries to reach climate goals: new research

14 Oct 2024

By Liz Kivi | Aotearoa’s international climate targets can only be met through funding significant emissions reductions in other countries. But a lack of public support to spend this money overseas is paralysing New Zealand’s progress towards its goal, according to researchers.

UN carbon trading expert group agrees deal on market framework

14 Oct 2024

A UN expert group has reached a compromise on key elements of a global carbon trading system, in a bid to resolve nearly a decade of talks on what is seen as an important tool for raising climate finance.

The EU’s (vague) climate aid stance: Want more money? Get more donors

14 Oct 2024

The bloc won’t say how much money it’s willing to put up before other details are firmed up.

Countries can transform global energy sector by fully implementing 2030 goals: IEA

26 Sep 2024

A new report from the International Energy Agency shows tripling renewables and doubling energy efficiency are possible with the right enabling conditions.

Why climate change investment pays off

25 Sep 2024

The cost of inaction on climate change far outweighs the cost of proactive investment, says new analysis issued at New York Climate Week.

Minister says buying offshore carbon credits ‘unrealistic’

12 Sep 2024

By Liz Kivi | Climate change minister Simon Watts says buying carbon mitigation offshore to meet the country’s international climate obligations is “unrealistic”.

Air NZ, Mitre 10 fall short in climate action rankings

10 Sep 2024

Air New Zealand and Mitre 10 have fallen short in a new ranking of 21 major companies based on their climate action targets.

UN-backed organisation approves Fonterra’s climate targets

19 Aug 2024

By Jon Rawlinson | The world’s top corporate climate-target verifier, the London-based Science Based Targets initiative, has approved Fonterra’s emissions reductions targets.

Govt keeping options open on international climate targets: Watts

15 Aug 2024

By Liz Kivi | The government is looking at multiple ways to meet New Zealand’s 2030 Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC), according to climate change minister Simon Watts.

Govt shifts goalposts for key climate target

8 Aug 2024

The government has told the Climate Change Commission to remove consideration of the 1.5 degrees target from a forthcoming report, a move expected to lead to significantly weaker climate ambition.

How is the draft Emissions Reduction Plan supposed to work?

5 Aug 2024

COMMENT: In its new climate plan, the coalition government seems to be setting New Zealand up to withdraw from the world carbon market before 2035, argues economist Geoff Bertram.

Singapore Carbon Market Alliance launches

1 Aug 2024

Media release | The Singapore Economic Development Board and IETA have launched the Singapore Carbon Market Alliance, the first platform in Singapore aimed at helping companies obtain access to high-quality Article 6 carbon credits.

Significant risk Aotearoa will not meet climate targets: Climate Commission

31 Jul 2024

There is a significant risk that New Zealand will not meet future emissions reductions targets, according to a new report from the Climate Change Commission.

Trans-Tasman ministers talk climate and finance

31 Jul 2024

Finance Minister Nicola Willis and Climate Change Minister Simon Watts were in Brisbane yesterday discussing climate and finance with their Australian counterparts.

New plan might see climate change minister in court

18 Jul 2024

Lawyers for Climate Action say there are “significant concerns” about whether the government’s new climate plan will achieve its climate targets, and could be in breach of the Climate Change Response Act.

What does Denmark’s carbon tax mean for NZ?

17 Jul 2024

By Nick Swallow | COMMENT: A few weeks back Denmark announced a proposal to introduce a tax on agricultural greenhouse gas emissions by 2030.

Climate strategy contradictory - or step in the right direction?

11 Jul 2024

A climate policy expert and IPCC lead author is concerned that progress on climate will be lost if the government doesn’t overhaul the Emissions Trading Scheme and introduce other complementary policies to reduce emissions.

Jones says he hopes Climate Commission CEO is removed

3 Jul 2024

Minister for Resources Shane Jones says he hopes that the chief executive of the Climate Change Commission will soon be removed from her job.

More carrot, less stick for ag sector emissions reductions?

1 Jul 2024

The Bank of New Zealand is the latest big business to become a shareholder of a public-private joint venture to reduce emissions from agriculture.

NZIER slams government’s climate approach in Budget 24

27 Jun 2024

The New Zealand Institute of Economic Research has found that just 1% of new expenditure in this year’s budget was favourable in terms of meeting the country’s climate commitments.

Exposing ‘risks hiding in plain sight’ – accounting for offshore carbon credits

20 Jun 2024

Media release | The McGuinness Institute has published a discussion paper on how New Zealand’s commitment to purchase offshore carbon credits under the Paris Agreement should appear in financial statements.

Carbon auction preview: Experts predict likely failure and govt lost revenue “own goal”

18 Jun 2024

Experts are picking tomorrow’s carbon auction will fail, with no incentive for participants to bid at prices more than 20% higher than the current secondary market price.

Humanity must extract seven to nine billion tonnes of CO2 from the atmosphere every year

5 Jun 2024

Media release | New State of Carbon Dioxide Removal report shows the need for a much stronger set of policies.

Govt looking at policy to restrict forestry in the ETS: Watts

7 May 2024

By Liz Kivi | The government is looking at complementary policies around land use to restrict forestry in the Emissions Trading Scheme, rather than making changes directly to the scheme.

Climate Change Minister now in Cabinet after reshuffle

26 Apr 2024

Climate Change minister Simon Watts now has a seat at the Cabinet table.

NZ to cooperate with Philippines on international climate target, pledges $41 million climate finance to Southeast Asia

23 Apr 2024

By Liz Kivi | New Zealand has made its first tentative step towards forging an international agreement to meet its United Nations climate target by buying offshore offsetting.

Fast-Track legislation wrong track for climate targets, say lawyers

22 Apr 2024

Fast-Track legislation will take New Zealand further off track from meeting climate change obligations - and places the country at risk of breaching them, according to Lawyers for Climate Action.

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Bid to review Kāpiti Coast climate emergency declaration fails

Mon 15 Jun 2026

By Justin Wong, Local Democracy Reporter | Kāpiti Coast councillors have rejected a motion to review the local district council’s climate emergency declaration.

Agriculture
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Myles Allen

EU climate policy ‘won’t survive’ its clash with EU farmer politics

Fri 12 Jun 2026

By Pattrick Smellie | European Union climate change policy is on a collision course with European farmer politics, exacerbated by the rise of populist right-wing parties in the UK and the Continent, says Oxford University professor of geosystem science, Myles Allen.

Airlines
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$30m airline fund risks ‘burning public money’ without lasting benefit – expert

20 Mar 2026

By Shannon Morris-Williams | A $30 million government package to support regional air routes risks delivering poor value for money while increasing emissions, according to transport strategist Tim Adriaansen.

Aviation
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Airline CEOs warn EU plan to expand carbon costs will raise fares

Wed 10 Jun 2026

Europe's ‌biggest airlines have urged the European Union not to extend its Emissions Trading System to cover international flights, warning the move would raise ticket prices, a letter seen by Reuters showed.

Biodiversity
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Millions of UK homes at risk of sinking as climate crisis worsens

Fri 12 Jun 2026

Millions of homes are at risk from climate-related subsidence, according to an analysis by the British Geological Survey.

Biofuels
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Huntly Power Station

Huntly biomass option no cheap fix, Genesis tells MPs

28 May 2026

Genesis Energy says biomass can be burned in Huntly's Rankine units, but current costs put it in roughly the same price range as imported LNG and extra Rankine capacity would be expensive and could take years.

Carbon Credits
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Govt looks to tighten ETS auction supply

Fri 12 Jun 2026

By Liz Kivi | The Government is consulting on auctioning fewer ‘pollution permits’ for 2027-2031, a move it says would help meet the country’s domestic emissions targets while also maintaining short-term confidence in the ETS.

Carbon News world
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El Niño under way and threatens weather extremes, scientists say

Mon 15 Jun 2026

The US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has declared that El Niño conditions are now under way in the tropical Pacific, with sea surface temperatures having risen sharply in recent months.

Carbon prices
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Prime Minister Christopher Luxon said the Government would not "send billions of dollars offshore"

Treasury says 2030 climate target could cost $5 billion

Thu 11 Jun 2026

By Liz Kivi | Treasury is predicting it could cost between $4.4 and $5 billion to buy the offshore mitigation needed to meet New Zealand’s 84-96 million tonne emissions reduction shortfall for its 2030 target under the Paris Agreement.

Coal
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Importing LNG would raise costs and emissions: it’s a terrible decision for New Zealand

9 Jun 2026

COMMENT: Today’s announcement from the Government is political smoke and mirrors, with electricity users’ wallets still set to bear the brunt of the proposed LNG facility, writes Christina Hood.

Comment
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Dr Manbo He, Professor of Finance at University Canada West and Adjunct Professor of Sustainable Finance at Griffith Business School

NZ’s sustainable finance credibility gap

5 Jun 2026

By Manbo He | COMMENT: New Zealand has built serious sustainable finance infrastructure - but risks failing to attract the global capital that infrastructure was designed for, because it lacks the practitioner capability to operate it credibly.

Construction
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Andrew Eagles, NZGBC chief executive (centre) launched the manifesto last week

Green building council calls for clean energy policies

18 May 2026

The New Zealand Green Building Council has released its 2026 election manifesto calling for policies to reduce energy waste in buildings, lower household and business energy costs, and improve New Zealand’s energy security.

COP
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Parliament Buildings, Budapest

What Magyar’s defeat of Orbán in Hungary means for climate and energy

21 Apr 2026

Hungary has played a disproportionate role in EU climate and energy policy in recent years, by repeatedly vetoing climate action and by delaying the phaseout of Russian fossil-fuel imports.

Emissions trading
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‘A shame’: experts on decision to send Govt carbon auctions offshore

Wed 10 Jun 2026

By Liz Kivi | Carbon market experts are questioning whether the Government has made the right decision in sending its auctions of carbon 'pollution permits' worth billions of dollars offshore.

Energy
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New Zealand faces $26b energy infrastructure challenge, report warns

Mon 15 Jun 2026

By Shannon Morris-Williams | New Zealand will need an additional $26 billion of investment in energy infrastructure over the next 30 years to meet its decarbonisation goals, with a new report warning that policy certainty is critical to unlocking the renewable generation needed to power a low-carbon economy.

Extinction
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WWF-New Zealand chief executive Kayla Kingdon-Bebb

Environmental groups call for ETS reform

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.

Extreme weather
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China warns of risk of 'extreme floods' in desert regions

Mon 15 Jun 2026

China warned communities in its ‌northwestern Xinjiang and nearby regions on Friday to prepare for "extreme floods" this summer, driven by abnormally high temperatures, heavy rainfall, and rapid glacier melt.

Fishing
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EDS urges MPs to scrap the Fisheries Amendment Bill

5 May 2026

Media release | The Environmental Defence Society today lodged a substantive submission on the Fisheries Amendment Bill.

Forestry
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GHG Protocol under fire as standards board member resigns

Thu 11 Jun 2026

At the heart of former GHG Protocol standards board member Danny Cullenward’s complaint is the protocol’s approach to forest carbon accounting.

Fossil fuels
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World’s largest banks pledged $906bn to fossil fuel companies in 2025

Fri 12 Jun 2026

The world’s largest banks committed $906bn in financing to the fossil fuel industry last year, an “unfathomable” increase in investment locking in years more of coal, oil and gas production as the world continues to overheat, a new report has found.

Gas
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Liebreich: Electrify first, insure second

Thu 11 Jun 2026

New Zealand is having an argument about gas while the rest of the world is building an electric future. That, in essence, is the challenge Michael Liebreich left behind after a visit to Wellington last week.

Geothermal
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Resources Minister Shane Jones at Marsden Point last week

Cabinet green-lights $55M super-critical geothermal drilling programme

9 Jun 2026

By Pattrick Smellie | Cabinet has agreed to release the $55 million unspent of the $60m secured by Resources Minister Shane Jones to drill up to 5 kilometres deep into super-critical geothermal heat under the Taupō volcanic zone.

Green finance
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Lack of finance stalling sustainable innovation – report

Fri 12 Jun 2026

By Shannon Morris-Williams | A lack of access to suitable finance is threatening growth in New Zealand's sustainable innovation sector, despite strong confidence and ambitious expansion plans among purpose-driven businesses, according to a new report.

Greenhouse Effect
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Antarctic surface melt set to increase dramatically this century, new study finds

Wed 10 Jun 2026

Media release – Victoria University | New research shows surface melting across Antarctica is set to intensify and spread dramatically over the 21st century, with melt increasing by 10 times and the area affected growing by more than 10 percent by 2100 if global temperatures continue to rise.

Greenwashing
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Why ‘greenhushing’ signals deeper issues with NZ’s climate risk reporting regime

15 May 2026

By Hang Pham, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington | Most of us are familiar with the concept of greenwashing: organisations exaggerating or overstating their environmental credentials. But in New Zealand, there are signs the country’s climate disclosure regime may inadvertently be driving a very different trend: not saying much at all.

Hydro power
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Political debate at Electrify Queenstown

Hipkins pans LNG plan as ‘massive step backwards’

19 May 2026

By Liz Kivi | Labour leader Chris Hipkins has told a Queenstown audience that a Government he leads would not proceed with a planned LNG import terminal, if elected at November’s election.

Hydrogen
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Farmer spreading fertiliser

Victorian Hydrogen announces Southland urea fertiliser project using coal

22 Apr 2026

By Liz Kivi | Australian-based Victorian Hydrogen has announced it is developing a new 1.5 million-tonne-a-year urea fertiliser operation in Southland, which it will apply for under fast-track legislation.

Insurance
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'Ad hoc, piecemeal, incomplete': NZ's approach to hazards not fit for purpose, says insurer

Wed 10 Jun 2026

By Shannon Morris-Williams | New Zealand's ability to manage natural hazard risks is failing to keep pace with the growing threat posed by floods, storms, earthquakes and climate change, according to a new report from IAG.

Kyoto
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Waitangi Treaty Grounds

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.

Litigation
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Associate Professor Vernon Rive, Auckland Law School

Media round-up

Fri 12 Jun 2026

In our round-up of climate coverage in local media: A legal expert labels the government's climate law change "constitutionally abhorrent", the first critical minerals project has applied for fast-track, and warming winters are changing New Zealand’s landscapes.

LNG
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LNG imports might not be needed for 'dry year' security: redacted report

Thu 11 Jun 2026

By Oli Lewis | The need for imported liquefied natural gas to provide security of supply in a dry year is low, according to newly released modelling, with some scenarios featuring higher levels of renewable generation requiring no gas imports at all.

Low carbon
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Changes to emissions factors prompt caution over climate claims

4 Jun 2026

By Shannon Morris-Williams | Organisations may need to revisit how they calculate and communicate their greenhouse gas emissions after the Ministry for the Environment released an updated version of its Measuring Emissions Guide, incorporating new emissions factors based on New Zealand's latest greenhouse gas inventory.

Market advice
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Climate risks could reshape business finances, new guidance warns

15 Apr 2026

By Shannon Morris-Williams | New guidance warns climate change is set to fundamentally reshape financial outcomes for businesses, including difficult-to-model climate “tipping points” – irreversible changes such as ice sheet collapse or ocean circulation shifts – which threaten severe and sudden financial impacts.

Methane
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'Terrible result': Emissions barely budged in 2024

5 Jun 2026

By Shannon Morris-Williams | New Zealand's greenhouse gas emissions were virtually unchanged in 2024, falling by 0.03%, despite the economy shrinking by ten times that amount during the same period, according to new data.

Mining
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Lack of demand leads to Bathurst pausing coal mine expansion

2 Jun 2026

By Liz Kivi | Bathurst Resources has confirmed it is struggling to find a market for coal from its planned extension of the Rotowaro coal mine in North Waikato, and is putting the project on ‘pause’.

NZ ETS
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Federated Farmers President Wayne Langford

Fed Farmers' election wish-list includes stopping whole-farm conversions to carbon forestry

9 Jun 2026

Federated Farmers has launched a five-point plan for the next government, setting out what it says should be a major focus for political parties heading into the November election.

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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Once-in-a-century floods routine as sea levels rise due to climate change

Thu 11 Jun 2026

By Shannon Morris-Williams | A coastal flood expected to occur just once every 100 years is now hitting Wellington about twice a year, according to new international research that scientists say offers clear evidence of how climate change is already reshaping New Zealand's coastline.

Oil
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Environmental groups sue Trump administration over approval of new ultra deep-water drilling project

23 Apr 2026

Environmental groups sued the Trump administration on Monday over its approval last month of oil company BP’s ultra deep-water drilling project in the Gulf of Mexico.

Planetary boundaries
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A real ‘intergenerational equity’ budget would address Australia’s unceasing environmental decline

15 May 2026

Labor has unveiled a budget designed to tackle intergenerational equity in Australia through bold tax reform.

Plastics
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Six NZ climate solutions up for 2026 Earthshot prize

21 May 2026

By Shannon Morris-Williams | Six New Zealand climate and sustainability initiatives have been nominated for the 2026 Earthshot Prize, with the shortlist showcasing Kiwi-led solutions tackling emissions, plastic waste and ocean restoration.

Protest
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Northern Thai residents march for action on polluted rivers. ‘This is an emergency’

9 Jun 2026

More than 600 residents of Chiang Mai and Chiang Rai provinces embarked May 31 on a roughly 68-kilometer, six-day ‘peace walk’ to demand the Thai government take action on the river pollution crisis that has seen Thai rivers polluted with heavy metals.

Rare earth minerals
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Why China's critical minerals strategy leaves the US behind

8 Jun 2026

The United States cannot realistically recreate that dominance overnight even if the political will existed.

Regulation
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Sustainable finance taxonomy for energy sector – consultation

8 Jun 2026

The Centre for Sustainable Finance is consulting on the sustainable finance taxonomy’s draft energy sector criteria.

Renewable energy
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Solar overtakes gas power in Asia for first time ever

Mon 15 Jun 2026

Solar has overtaken gas power in Asia to become the continent’s third-largest source of electricity, according to new analysis by Carbon Brief.

Resource management
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Cruise ship in Milford Sound

‘Landmark’ conservation reform bill – boost or bust for nature?

8 May 2026

By Liz Kivi | The Government has announced an overhaul of the country’s conservation system, which environmental organisation Forest & Bird says will undo the work of many generations of Kiwis to protect public conservation land.

Solar
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NZ’s largest rooftop solar switched on at Fisher & Paykel Healthcare

Thu 11 Jun 2026

Media release | Sunergise, New Zealand’s leading commercial solar company, has switched on the country’s largest-ever rooftop solar installation at Fisher & Paykel Healthcare’s East Tāmaki campus in Auckland.

Tax
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Associate Professor Ru Hong

Carbon trading schemes cut more emissions than carbon taxes, according to global study

20 Mar 2026

By Shannon Morris-Williams | Carbon trading schemes are more effective than carbon taxes at reducing emissions, cutting fossil fuel use, and accelerating the shift to renewable energy, a global study has found.

Technology
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Govt backs faster uptake of on-farm emissions tools with $51m fund

Thu 11 Jun 2026

By Shannon Morris-Williams | The Government is investing up to $51 million over three years to help accelerate the uptake of on-farm emissions reduction technologies, with a new AgriZeroNZ initiative aimed at getting proven tools into the hands of farmers sooner.

The House
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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.

Transport
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Labour pledges unlimited public transport for $20 a week

Wed 10 Jun 2026

The Labour Party is promising to cap weekly public transport fares at $20 in Auckland, Wellington and Christchurch, if elected in November.

United Nations
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Bonn Bulletin: Tackling climate crisis is “hardest” challenge ever, Stiell says

9 Jun 2026

The June Climate Meetings open with a reminder to delegates of the tough but ever-clearer imperative of shifting away from fossil fuels to clean energy.

Waste
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Project linking food waste to cutting methane emissions gets underway

27 May 2026

Media release | Kai Commitment is leading a New Zealand-first project to help understand the connection between food waste and methane emissions and identify effective interventions.

Water
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8,000 people were left without water supply in the coastal town of Whitstable, Kent

Record-breaking heat and dry spring leave parts of England without water

2 Jun 2026

Thousands of households in southeast England were left without water or facing low pressure during a record-breaking heatwave this week, ‌as high demand followed a dry spring to expose the failings in Britain's ageing infrastructure.

Wildfires
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Increase in wildfire-driven ozone linked to premature deaths across the U.S.

Wed 10 Jun 2026

Smog linked to wildfires is getting worse across much of the U.S., playing a role in more than 300 additional premature deaths every year since 2013, researchers say.

Wind energy
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Waikato launches vision for energy transition bringing $4.5 billion investment to the region

8 Jun 2026

By Shannon Morris-Williams | Waikato Regional Council has released a strategy aiming to position the region at the centre of New Zealand's energy transition, with plans to boost energy security, cut emissions and unlock billions of dollars in economic opportunities by 2050.

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