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Dickon Posnett ... utterly uneconomic.

Biofuels player pulls $100m plug on New Zealand plant

1 Aug 2008

A British biofuels company is pulling its $100-million investment out of New Zealand, blaming the Government’s Biofuels Bill.

Silicon ... under the microscope as a power source.

Silicon-fuelled power stations one solution, says NZ scientist

1 Aug 2008

A Waikato University scientist has reached for his periodic table - which shows that carbon and silicon are in the same family - and has outlined what is being applauded as the most cogent argument to date for a silicon economy, powered by silicon fuel.

Nick Smit ..wanted to know how the ETS will will be changed, but got told to change his own position

Words in the House over ETS support talks

1 Aug 2008

So how are the support talks going to get votes to pass the emissions trading bill?

China ... getting serious about emissions.

China enters pact with UK carbon trading player

1 Aug 2008

British carbon exchange specialist Climate Exchange has confirmed that it has signed an agreement with the Chinese authorities to start an emissions trading scheme in the country.

Australians strongly back carbon trade scheme, poll shows

1 Aug 2008

Australians overwhelmingly back government plans to introduce one of the world's biggest carbon trading schemes, a poll found this week.

Firms found to be ill-prepared for cap-and-trade scheme

1 Aug 2008

Many UK firms remain unprepared for the introduction of a cap-and-trade scheme, and have little experience of the IT systems and trading processes that will be required to comply with the new legislation.

Former UN man joins IDEAcarbon

1 Aug 2008

A former under secretary general for economic and social affairs at the United Nations in New York, Nitin Desai, has joined IDEAcrbon as an advisor to its board of directors.

New members for GIAB announced

29 Jul 2008

Twelve new members representing some of New Zealand's leading businesses and research organisations have been appointed to the government's Growth and Innovation Advisory Board

Roger Dickie ... ready to wage war.

We'll fight for our forest rights, owners warn ETS policy-makers

25 Jul 2008

Kyoto Forest Owners say they will wage war if either major political party reneges on promises over carbon credits worth millions of dollars.

John Key ... rolled by his backbench, decided to delay, and can't govern alone on ETS

ANALYSIS: Heavy emitters and National scoring major own goal

25 Jul 2008

The little-covered press release issued by the Kyoto Forestry Association this week, seeking major-party assurances its members will still get hundreds of millions of dollars worth of carbon credits, speaks of the unspeakable position anti-emissions trading campaigners have got themselves and others into.

David Parker ... won't reveal numbers.

Minister stays mum on support for Biofuels bill

25 Jul 2008

The Government says that its Biofuel bill has the backing of industry, but is not saying whether it has the backing of Parliament.

California ... major effort to cut emissions.

California joins major North American effort to curb greenhouse gases

25 Jul 2008

California, six other Western states and four Canadian provinces will launch a market-based carbon trading system in a major North American effort to cut greenhouse gas emissions that cause global warming, according to a draft proposal released yesterday.

Kyoto foresters seek assurances on Labour and National's carbon credit promises

25 Jul 2008

The Kyoto Forestry Association (KFA) is seeking assurances from the Labour and National parties that their 2007 promises to post-1989 forest owners, worth hundreds of millions of dollars, can continue to be relied upon.

Stephen Harper ... climate change plan under pressure.

Canadian PM under pressure as major province signs up with US emissions group

22 Jul 2008

The Canadian government faces new pressure to adopt a more aggressive climate-change plan after its largest province threw its considerable political weight behind a North American initiative to tackle global warming.

Rupert Penry-Jones ... from Spooks to the oil industry.

BBC TV about to air climate change the thriller

22 Jul 2008

Climate change joins mainstream television this week with the screening in Britain of the environmental thriller Burn Up.

Peter Neilson

Tell us how to cope with ETS, Business Council urges Government

18 Jul 2008

The Government would win more political support for emissions trading scheme if it told New Zealanders how it will help them to cope with the costs of the scheme, says the New Zealand Business Council for Sustainable Development.

Stephen Franks ... why are we burning Indonesian coal?

National Party hopeful targets Indonesian coal used at Huntly

18 Jul 2008

The importing of “safe” coal from Indonesia as a substitute for our own plentiful – but more politically sensitive - variety is a National Party plank that will resonate between now and the general election.

Maori Party sticks to polluters-should-pay stance on ETS fuel plans

18 Jul 2008

The Maori Party is unlikely to push for an Australian-style buffer against the effects of increased fuel prices under New Zealand’s proposed emissions trading scheme.

Long-haul airlines to get carbon relief from Europe

18 Jul 2008

Airlines flying long-haul to Europe will get extra allocations of carbon credits under the European emissions trading scheme, says the European Commission to New Zealand.

US power giant will spend $10b to slash gas emissions

18 Jul 2008

The United States’ largest electricity and gas utility, Exelon, has released a $10 billion plan to eliminate or offset its carbon dioxide emissions, positioning itself ahead of expected federal climate change legislation.

Consider Aussie ETS before passing bill, say Nats

18 Jul 2008

New Zealand needs to give careful consideration to the design of the Australian emissions trading scheme before passing the current bill, says National Party Climate Change spokesman Nick Smith.

Parker, Swan meet tomorrow to talk emissions trading

16 Jul 2008

Australia’s proposed emissions trading scheme will be top of the agenda for a meeting between New Zealand Climate Change Minister David Parker and Australian Treasurer Wayne Swan tomorrow.

REACTION: Green Paper gives cold comfort to those wanting to delay emissions trading

16 Jul 2008

The Green Paper outlining the Australian Government’s thinking on emissions trading shows it is well aligned with New Zealand’s plans, says the New Zealand Business Council for Sustainable Development

REACTION: NZ emission scheme should pick up some Aussie ideas, say forest owners

16 Jul 2008

Forest owners have welcomed the release by the Australian Government of its preferred policies to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

World won't buy ETS dream, top economist tells Aussies

15 Jul 2008

Australians are being told by one of the world’s leading economists that the world will never support an emissions trading regime.

ANALYSIS: Australian Green Paper: Will faces here go green or red?

15 Jul 2008

ANALYSIS: The Green Paper on Australia’s emissions trading scheme, being published tomorrow, could have policy and political repercussions in New Zealand.

Bush administration slams door on climate change

15 Jul 2008

Arguing that it's the wrong tool for the job, the Bush Administration has said that it will not use the nation's leading clean air law to regulate emissions of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases.

Poll shows most of us want action on climate change

11 Jul 2008

Another poll has confirmed that most New Zealanders believe that climate change is human-induced and want to take action.

Peter Neilson ... could be a rogue poll, but ETS policy could affect coalition-making.

NZIER-funded polling shows coalition deal may have to deliver ETS policy

11 Jul 2008

Emissions trading is an issue of great concern to Maori and Green party voters - and the major parties might need them to form a coalition after this year's election.

ANALYSIS: The NZIER and friends' poll slip is showing

11 Jul 2008

A close-call election result is probably not what the NZIER and its major emitter study funders would have most liked in the results of their June TNS Conversa poll.

Roundtable: NZIER survey confirms ETS proposals lack support

11 Jul 2008

“The New Zealand Institute of Economic Research survey confirms what the Business Roundtable has been saying: that the government has failed to make a robust case to the public that further action against climate change is in New Zealand’s interests, and that without public support any action is likely to be politically unsustainable”, Roger Kerr, executive director of the New Zealand Business Roundtable said.

Tasman mill at Kawerau ... the worst case is that Norske Skog walks away.

Paper giant might fold and flee if NZ emissions scheme 'hostile'

8 Jul 2008

International paper giant Norske Skog might quit New Zealand if it is confronted by what it regards as a hostile emissions regime, sources say.

David Rhodes ... clearly harvested wood products have a role.

Forest owners urge NZ to follow Garnaut carbon storage action

8 Jul 2008

Australia’s emissions trading scheme is likely to recognise carbon stored in wood products – something New Zealand’s own forest industry would like to see on the table for the second commitment period of the Kyoto Protocol.

Garnaut review releases draft report

8 Jul 2008

Australians are facing risks of damaging climate change. Without strong and early action by Australia and all major economies we are likely to face severe and costly impacts on Australia’s prosperity and enjoyment of life, according to the Garnaut Climate Change Review’s Draft Report, released on Friday.

Dutch report: best response to increase the number of emission-abating countries

Did the ETS really cause big business to leak?: the Dutch evidence

8 Jul 2008

Everywhere emissions trading is being considered, heavy emitters are saying they will relocate to countries without a price on carbon.

India shapes up as second-biggest emitter, says report

8 Jul 2008

India, with a rising demand for crude oil and coal, is likely to overtake the US as the second-largest emitter of carbon from energy use by 2050 after China, a new study says.

Fraser Clark ... NZ must invest in transmission capacity.

Wind-generated electricity blows past 2007 figures

4 Jul 2008

The contribution of wind energy to New Zealand’s electricity supply has increased significantly, figures released yesterday by the Ministry of Economic Development show.

ANALYSIS: The Labour-National negotiation that should be under way

4 Jul 2008

National and Labour are not far apart on the adjustments needed to make the emissions trading bill acceptable to both and restore multi-party support for the measure.

Bill English ... flushes out single-isse deal talks response from Peters

No horse trading on other issues in Govt - NZ First ETS negotiations

4 Jul 2008

Winston Peters has revealed his negotiating position over the emissions trading bill does not involve any other issue.

Aussies ... what's up, sport?

What’s it all about, mate, ask bewildered Aussies

4 Jul 2008

Australia takes a big step into the brave new world of climate change and greenhouse gas emissions with the release today of Professor Ross Garnaut’s draft report for the Rudd government on carbon trading.

Andrew Little ... Government must show leadership.

Get on with it, unions tell business and politicians

1 Jul 2008

Unions are climbing into the emissions trading debate, using two of their heavy-weights to send a clear message to business and political leaders that it’s time to pass the bill.

Nick Smith ... questions.

Questions over SOE-funding of ETS reports

1 Jul 2008

Three State-owned enterprises are in the political spotlight for funding reports being used on either side of the lobby campaign on the Government’s emissions trading scheme.

Ban Ki-moon ... ambitious targets must be set.

UN chief uses Kyoto to call for new climate change agreement by end of 2009

1 Jul 2008

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said yesterday that the world must galvanise its will and reach a new agreement on measures to fight climate change by the end of 2009.

Tony Blair ... 2020 a pretty tall order

Blair calls for 'short steps' to climate change

1 Jul 2008

Governments trying to hammer out a post-Kyoto deal on climate change should not become “fixated on precise targets” but concentrate on practical short-term steps towards halving emissions by 2050, says former UK prime minister Tony Blair.

Send ETS back to select committee, says Roy

1 Jul 2008

ACT New Zealand Deputy Leader Heather Roy today put her support behind those businesses and individuals pressuring the Government to put the brakes on the Emissions Trading Scheme - a major piece of legislation with wide-ranging effects that should not be rammed through before the election.

Tokyo bourse carbon-permit trade hinges on Japan plan

27 Jun 2008

The introduction of carbon permits trading on the Tokyo Stock Exchange will hinge on a government plan for compulsory emission curbs, Atsushi Saito, the president of the world's second-largest bourse, said yesterday.

Sustainable New Zealand: Rhetoric or Reality?

27 Jun 2008

Hurry up’ report based on generalised assumptions

24 Jun 2008

A report claiming big investment gains from quickly passing emissions trading legislation is based on generalised assumptions and some questionable logic, says Business NZ.

David Parker ... saying nothing about negotiations.

Pressure builds as minor parties decide where to stand on ETS

24 Jun 2008

The emissions trading bill is top of the agenda for most minor political party caucus meetings today as pressure builds to get the scheme passed before the election.

Biofuels Manufacturers Association chairman Dickon Posnett

No local biofuel under proposed law - manufacturers

24 Jun 2008

Local production of biofuels will be halted by changes to the Biofuels Bill, which came back into Parliament yesterday, say manufacturers.

Adaptation
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Governments must vote in favour of moratorium on deep sea mining

Tue 29 Jul 2025

Media release - Greenpeace | The 30th session of the International Seabed Authority (ISA) has ended with Greenpeace saying governments are continuing to fall short in protecting the deep sea.

Agriculture
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Awarua-Waituna Wetlands

Does NZ need a national incentive scheme for wetlands?

Fri 25 Jul 2025

By Liz Kivi | An expert is calling for a national incentive programme to restore New Zealand’s wetlands and wants to stop schemes to drain these vital carbon-sequestering ecosystems.

Airlines
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NZ Post drops science-based climate target

8 Jul 2025

By Liz Kivi | NZ Post has dropped its science-based emissions reduction target of 42% by 2030 with no plans to replace it.

Aviation
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Airlines risk legal challenges by advertising jet fuel as “sustainable”, NGO warns

18 Jul 2025

Amid suspected fraud in the production of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF), a new report says the airline industry should stop calling all alternatives to kerosene “sustainable”.

Biodiversity
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Challenges persist in bid to mine the deep sea, even after boost from Trump

Tue 29 Jul 2025

After years of delay, the deep-sea mining plans of Canadian firm The Metals Company (TMC) now appear to be progressing as it pursues a controversial new path to securing a license to mine in international waters under U.S. jurisdiction.

Biofuels
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Sustainability claims questioned as renewable diesel surges

14 May 2025

Critics are sceptical about industry claims of renewable diesel life-cycle greenhouse gas emission cuts and warn renewable diesel carbon releases will surge if sourcing is scaled up, triggering tropical deforestation as producers convert forests to energy crops, such as oil palm and soy.

Carbon Credits
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Huntly Power Station, the largest thermal power plan in New Zealand.

Is extending Huntly power station to 2035 in consumers’ best interest?

22 Jul 2025

By Simon Orme | COMMENT: Genesis Energy is proposing a cartel to keep high-emitting Huntly Power Station in business to 2035. If extending Huntly has economic benefits, is a cartel necessary?

Carbon News world
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At least 30 killed and several missing as heavy rains and floods lash northern China

Wed 30 Jul 2025

Thousands of people were evacuated as the region, including the capital Beijing, braced for more rainfall overnight.

Carbon prices
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Bearish sentiment lingers for carbon market

11 Jul 2025

By Liz Kivi | The compliance carbon market could be set for a gradual upward trajectory, however unsold volume from the quarterly Emissions Trading Scheme auctions continues to act as ‘a price ceiling,’ according to an expert.

Coal
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Multi-day protest continues at coal mine

Wed 30 Jul 2025

Bathurst Resources has been forced to truck coal from its Stockton mine as climate activists occupy coal buckets at the mine for a third day.

Comment
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Forestry can be a big plus for sheep and beef farmers – but there are caveats

22 Jul 2025

By Keith Woodford | OPINION: These are good times for sheep and beef farmers with record product prices for meat, which is precisely why now is the time for sheep and beef farmers to be looking again at farm forestry.

Construction
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Common low-grade clay strengthens low-carbon concrete

5 Jun 2025

Media release | Engineers at RMIT University have converted low-grade clay into a high-performance cement supplement, opening a potential new market in sustainable construction materials.

COP
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Cuts to climate finance put exports in jeopardy: Lawyers

23 May 2025

By Liz Kivi | The government has halved international climate finance, a move aid organisations describe as “devastating,” and which lawyers say could put our Paris Agreement commitments and export market access at risk.

Emissions trading
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NZ voluntary carbon market’s sad state

14 Jul 2025

By John O’Brien | OPINION: A combination of scandals, challenging economic times, and cheaper offshore carbon credits, mean that the domestic voluntary carbon market in New Zealand remains absolutely tiny.

Energy
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Hiringa chief executive Andrew Clennett

Hiringa eyes green methanol plant near Whanganui

Tue 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.

Extinction
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Key orange roughy population on verge of collapse, govt considers closure

9 Jul 2025

Media release - Deep Sea Conservation Coalition | New data reveals that New Zealand’s main orange roughy fishery, accounting for half of the country’s total catch, is on the brink of collapse, with one model showing it may have reached that point already, and the government’s considering closing it.

Extreme weather
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A third of ‘slum residents’ in global south are exposed to disastrous flood risks

Wed 30 Jul 2025

One in three people in informal settlements in the global south live in floodplains and are at risk of a “disastrous flood”.

Fishing
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Latest trawl bycatch numbers 'a grim wake-up call'

24 Jun 2025

Media release – Greenpeace | The latest fisheries bycatch data paints a grim picture, with trawlers hauling up thousands of kilograms of coral and killing hundreds of fur seals and seabirds over a 12 month period.

Forestry
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Jim Ward, manager of Molesworth station for 24 years, resigned amid frustration with wilding pines and uncertainty about the station’s future.

Wilding pines threaten Molesworth Station

Mon 28 Jul 2025

By Shannon Morris-Williams | Without increased support, the unchecked spread of wilding pines will continue to creep across Marlborough’s high country – putting iconic landscapes and one of New Zealand’s top five biodiversity hotspots at serious risk, according to an expert.

Gas
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EV sales fall, but it’s complicated

Tue 29 Jul 2025

Imports of fully electric vehicles fell over 50% in value during the 12 months to June 2025, compared with the year ended June 2024, according to Stats NZ.

Geothermal
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Energy Minister Simon Watts addressing the CEP conference in Auckland this week

Watts talks big on energy reform, but barriers persist

29 May 2025

By Shannon Morris-Williams | Energy and Climate Change minister Simon Watts says the government is doubling down on efforts to boost renewable energy generation, streamline regulation, and drive private sector investment as New Zealand faces mounting energy security and affordability challenges.

Green finance
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SBTi releases Net Zero Standard for banks, investors

24 Jul 2025

The Science Based Targets initiative announced the release of its finalised Financial Institutions Net-Zero Standard, aimed at enabling banks and investors to set net zero-aligned targets for their lending, investing, insurance and capital markets activities.

Greenhouse Effect
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Deepsea brittle star species from New Zealand, part of the Earth Sciences New Zealand's invertebrate collection in Wellington

NZ part of hidden global deep-sea network beneath the waves

Fri 25 Jul 2025

Media release - Earth Sciences New Zealand | A world-first study of marine life, including sea creatures found in New Zealand's dark, cold, pressurised ocean depths, has revealed that deep-sea life is surprisingly more connected than previously thought.

Greenwashing
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Prime Minister Christopher Luxon greets schoolchildren

‘Ideological sludge’: How NZ is quiet quitting climate action

17 Jul 2025

New Zealand once stood out as a world leader on climate change. In June it became the first country in the world to abandon a commitment to phase out oil, gas and coal.

Hydro power
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Methanex closure comes early this year

14 May 2025

The almost-now-annual closure of Methanex has come earlier this year, giving more confidence that the electricity system will get through the winter without a fuel shortfall.

Hydrogen
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Taranaki mayors want hydrogen kick-start from Wellington

Mon 28 Jul 2025

By Craig Ashworth, Local Democracy Reporter Taranaki mayors want central government to partner up with their councils to kick-start a hydrogen industry. This despite ongoing questions about the gas’s effectiveness in reducing carbon emissions.

Insurance
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Climate catastrophes are creating a ‘new market reality’ for insurance carriers

23 Jul 2025

Raging wildfires and severe storms contributed to record-high global insurance losses — totalling an estimated US$84 billion — for the first six months of the year.

Kyoto
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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.

Litigation
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Newcastle is one of the largest coal export ports in Australis

The ICJ’s ruling means Australia and other major polluters face a new era of climate reparations

Fri 25 Jul 2025

By Harj Narulla | OPINION: Australia has found itself on the wrong side of history.

Low carbon
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All aboard for passenger rail in the golden triangle

Mon 28 Jul 2025

Media release – The Future Is Rail | New Zealand’s national passenger rail advocacy group, The Future is Rail, has announced its strong support for the Green Party’s proposal to establish a new passenger rail service connecting Auckland and Tauranga.

NZ ETS
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Urgent action needed to get on track for climate goals - commission

Fri 25 Jul 2025

By Shannon Morris-Williams | New Zealand is making progress on reducing greenhouse gas emissions, but more work is needed – urgently – to set up for future reductions, according to the latest report from the Climate Change Commission.

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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Toxic algae are turning South Australia’s coral reefs into underwater graveyards

Tue 29 Jul 2025

Since March, a harmful algal bloom, fueled by a marine heat wave, has been choking South Australia’s coastline.

Paris Agreement
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The landmark advisory, which significantly transforms the obligation of states regarding climate change, being delivered at the International Court of Justice in the Hague.

NZ govt’s fossil fuel plans could break international law

24 Jul 2025

By Liz Kivi | The government could be breaching international law with its plans to subsidise and expand fossil fuel extraction, following a ruling overnight from the world’s highest court.

Planetary boundaries
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Tipping points: Window to avoid irreversible climate impacts is ‘rapidly closing’

11 Jul 2025

In the midst of a record-breaking heatwave in Europe, the UK city of Exeter recently played host to the second international conference on “tipping points”.

Plastics
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‘Total infiltration’: How plastics industry swamped vital global treaty talks

Mon 28 Jul 2025

Petrostates and well-funded lobbyists at UN-hosted talks are derailing a deal to cut plastic production and protect people and the planet.

Policy development
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Media round-up

Fri 25 Jul 2025

In our round-up of the climate coverage in local media: Dairy conversions surge; Gore is hit with a drinking water crisis; meanwhile farming lobby groups Groundswell and Federated Farmers are up in arms about a plan to classify environmental impacts in the agriculture and forestry sector.

Protest
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Activists sue US development bank over $4.6bn loan to massive Mozambique gas project

18 Jul 2025

Environmental groups claim loan is ‘unlawful’ in legal filing.

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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China's carbon emissions may have peaked thanks to renewables push

Mon 28 Jul 2025

Climate experts say China's carbon emissions may have peaked, which could affect global climate targets, the fight against global warming – and the Australian coal industry.

Science
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Ocean heatwaves may signal climate tipping point

Fri 25 Jul 2025

A recent study that tapped into satellite data has revealed that 2023 marked an unprecedented year for marine heatwaves, with record-breaking levels of duration, reach and intensity across the world's oceans.

Tax
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Climate groups want UK wealth tax to make super-rich fund sustainable economy

17 Jul 2025

Growing number of campaigners urge government to ensure green investment is not done ‘on backs of the poor’.

Technology
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Can robot taxis solve NZ's transport woes?

23 Jul 2025

By Shannon Morris-Williams | The Ministry of Transport has tested the idea of driverless taxis as a futuristic fix. But while new modelling explores how "robotaxis" could ease congestion and reduce car ownership, critics say it misses a crucial point – the country’s worsening transport emissions.

The House
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United Nations carbon market rules agreed but concerns remain

25 Nov 2024

New carbon market rules agreed at the fractious UN climate summit will be a relief to New Zealand and Singapore, who were leading the negotiations, but concerns about greenwashing and disadvantaging nature-based solutions remain.

Waste
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Waste Levy risks becoming ‘slush fund’ under proposed changes – Commissioner

5 Jun 2025

By Shannon Morris-Williams | Proposed changes to New Zealand's waste legislation risk undermining public trust in the waste levy scheme, according to Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment Simon Upton.

Water
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The struggle for control of the Arctic is accelerating - and it's riskier than ever

11 Jul 2025

As the battle for one of the world’s coldest places heats up, an increasingly fragile security balance may be breaking down, leading to an escalating arms race.

Wildfires
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UN University report warns against carbon credits from REDD, tree planting, and improved forest management

13 Jun 2025

But the report stops short of recommending banning the trade in carbon temporarily stored in trees.

Wind energy
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For the first time, China invests more in wind and solar than coal overseas

29 May 2025

China’s Belt and Road Initiative, long derided for its heavy carbon footprint, was dominated by wind and solar power projects for the first time from 2022 to 2023, according to a new analysis. But coal plants financed in earlier years are still coming online.

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