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500-plus institutional investors urge governments to step-up climate ambition

14 Sep 2022

Investor groups from around the world have released a statement signed by 532 institutional investors with US$39 trillion in assets under management (AUM), advocating for governments to enact ambitious policies that would leverage the private capital required to effectively address the climate crisis.

New UN global carbon market must involve civil society to serve the climate and local communities

12 Sep 2022

The new body tasked with designing and supervising the global carbon market under the Paris Agreement must put in place environmental safeguards and protect the interests of local and indigenous communities.

Be an environmental jihadist to protect the planet

12 Sep 2022

Muslim eco-activists and scientists released an Islamic Declaration on Global Climate Change at a symposium in Istanbul, Turkey, shortly before the Paris climate summit. Seven years on journalist Rohiman Haroon calls on Muslims to take up the cause of climate change.

Should schools teach climate change studies? These countries think so

25 Aug 2022

A study from a British university reveals that more than half of young people experience climate anxiety on a daily basis.

India bares new climate goals amid coal dependency woes

18 Aug 2022

India has gotten its updated Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) approved by the Cabinet. This will be submitted to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). NDCs, which are long-term voluntary commitments made by countries signatory to the Paris Agreement, make up a global effort to reduce emissions and global warming.

Simon Stiell appointed new UNFCCC executive secretary

16 Aug 2022

Media Release - UN Secretary-General António Guterres has appointed Simon Stiell as the new Executive Secretary of the United Nations Climate Change Secretariat based in Bonn, Germany. The appointment has been endorsed by the Bureau of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC).

Last month was one of the warmest Julys on record, says UN

11 Aug 2022

Last month marked one of the three hottest Julys ever recorded, with global temperatures measuring nearly half a degree Celsius above average, the United Nations’ weather agency has said

IMF calls for global guidelines on climate reporting

10 Aug 2022

Global guidelines on corporate climate reporting must fall in line with those in Europe and the US or investors could be hit by fragmented and inconsistent information, the European Central Bank and IMF have warned.

Climate change compensation fight brews ahead of COP27 summit

9 Aug 2022

Tensions are mounting ahead of this year’s U.N. climate summit as vulnerable countries ramp up demands for rich countries to pay compensation for losses inflicted on the world’s poorest people by climate change.

African climate diplomats reject African Union’s pro-gas stance for Cop27

5 Aug 2022

African climate negotiators have quashed a proposal by the African Union to promote gas as a bridge fuel for the continent at UN talks.

India approves climate plan with increased ambition, clarifying energy goals

4 Aug 2022

India’s cabinet has approved an updated national climate plan, cementing targets pledged by Narendra Modi in November, including a 2070 net zero goal and 45% reduction in emissions intensity by 2030.

Climate action calendar for COP27 published

3 Aug 2022

The incoming Presidency of COP27, together with the High-Level Champions and Marrakech Partnership for Global Climate Action, have published the calendar of the thematic programme of the UN Climate Change Conference COP27 in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, in November.

Rich nations still failing to honor $100B climate funding pledge: OECD

1 Aug 2022

Rich countries are still failing to fulfill their pledge to provide $100 billion for climate action in poorer nations, the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) said on Friday.

COP26 President to visit Fiji to continue momentum on climate action

27 Jul 2022

COP President Alok Sharma is in Fiji to see the impacts of climate change in the Pacific region. He will highlight the urgency for the biggest emitters to take action now and deliver the promise of the Glasgow Climate Pact signed by almost 200 countries at COP26.

How secretive methane leaks are driving climate change

20 Jul 2022

There is an open secret in the oil and gas industry and it is feeding the climate crisis.

Nature is in crisis. A UN report says short-sighted economics is to blame

15 Jul 2022

When governments make decisions, economic considerations often trump everything else — human well-being, social connections, the health of the environment. According to a new report from the United Nations, this imbalance is driving the global biodiversity crisis and the human suffering associated with it.

Pacific Island Forum backs Vanuatu’s campaign for World Court climate case

12 Jul 2022

Foreign ministers attending the Pacific Island Forum in Fiji have endorsed Vanuatu’s call for a UN General Assembly resolution requesting the International Court of Justice hears a case on the responsibility of states to deal with climate change.

Should "ecocide" be added to the International Criminal Court's list of crimes?

12 Jul 2022

A law professor from Queen Mary University in London has called a proposal to make “ecocide” the fifth international crime the “most credible and advanced” effort to date to expand the jurisdiction of the International Criminal Court in The Hague.

Voices from Vanuatu: life on the climate crisis frontline

6 Jul 2022

Vanuatu is at the front line of the fight against climate change. This low-lying chain of 80 islands strung across the ocean, with a population of just under 300,000, is the world’s most at-risk country for natural disasters, as measured by the UN World Risk Report 2021.

Bonn climate talks end with ‘almost empty pages’

28 Jun 2022

“Kicking the can”, “pointing fingers”, and “divorced from climate impacts” were descriptions used by observers to describe progress at the latest round of global climate talks in Germany.

Ibrahim Thiaw appointed interim UN Climate Change head

22 Jun 2022

The head of the UN Convention to Combat Desertification will head UN Climate Change from 17 July and until a permanent replacement to Patrica Espinosa is found.

Rich nations hit brakes on climate aid to poor at UN talks

20 Jun 2022

Rich countries including the European Union and the United States have pushed back against efforts to put financial help for poor nations suffering the devastating effects of global warming firmly on the agenda for this year’s U.N. climate summit.

Bonn talks end in acrimony over compensation

17 Jun 2022

Two weeks of climate talks in Germany have ended in acrimony between rich and poor countries over cash for climate damage.

Albanese locks in Australia’s higher 2030 emissions reduction target

17 Jun 2022

Prime minister Anthony Albanese has formally committed Australia to a stronger 2030 emissions reduction target, to cut emissions by 43 per cent by the end of the decade.

‘Delusional’: UN chief slams new fossil fuel funding and warns of climate chaos

16 Jun 2022

The U.N. Secretary General has slammed new funding for fossil fuel exploration, describing it as “delusional” and calling for an abandonment of fossil fuel finance.

Fifty years after UN's Stockholm Environment Conference vision of a "healthy planet" no closer

13 Jun 2022

Diplomats from countries around the world gathered here last week to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the 1972 United Nations Conference on the Human Environment—the meeting that made the environment a prominent international issue.

Vulnerable nations demand funding for climate losses, fearing UN 'talk shop'

10 Jun 2022

Developing countries are losing wealth as they are hit by extreme weather and rising seas, says V20, amid calls for a new fund to direct money to repair the damage fast

On the road to COP27: Climate negotiations in Bonn

10 Jun 2022

COP27 will take place in Egypt this November. Some 4000 delegates are currently meeting in Bonn to prepare the conference. What are the intersessional negotiations? What is on the agenda? What role does the UN city Bonn play?

Alok Sharma in running to be UN’s global climate chief

9 Jun 2022

Alok Sharma, the UK cabinet minister who led last year’s Cop26 climate summit, is in the running to be the UN’s global climate chief, at a crucial time for international action on greenhouse gas emissions.

Bonn climate conference: World is "cooked" if we carry on with coal: US

7 Jun 2022

The US envoy on climate change John Kerry has warned that the war in Ukraine must not be used as an excuse to prolong global reliance on coal.

Bonn climate change conference set to kick off next week

3 Jun 2022

Media Release - The upcoming Bonn Climate Change Conference (6-16 June) is set to kick off next week, designed to prepare for the UN Climate Change Conference (COP27) in November of this year.

Big tobacco’s big climate impact

2 Jun 2022

New data released by the World Health Organization point to the tobacco industry’s impact on the climate and call for more accountability in the industry.

The US has fallen way behind on climate goals

1 Jun 2022

The US is doing a pretty horrible job of following through on promises it’s made to tackle climate change, according to two separate new studies.

Millions of lives at stake amid unprecedented challenges: UN experts

31 May 2022

Media Release - Five decades after the world’s first conference to make the environment a major issue, UN human rights experts call on States to redouble efforts to protect the imperilled planet for current and future generations amid unprecedented challenges.

New challenges face the Bonn climate summit

30 May 2022

When the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change meets in the German city of Bonn in early June to review worldwide progress in the battle against this growing threat, it will be hard pressed to find any advance at all.

Island states back Vanuatu’s quest for climate justice at the UN

25 May 2022

Pacific and Caribbean nations have joined Vanuatu in calling for an advisory opinion from the International Court of Justice (ICJ) on countries’ legal obligations to protect people from climate harm.

Four key measures of climate change set records in 2021

19 May 2022

Four key measures of climate change hit record highs last year, the United Nations said yesterday.

Climate goes missing in action in Russia’s war

13 May 2022

Making big promises at the COP26 climate summit in Glasgow was hard; six months later, governments are finding out that actually following through on them is even harder.

A mangrove revolution: How Egypt is prioritising climate projects in the run-up to COP27

3 May 2022

Forty-eight-year-old Abu el-Hassan Saleh spent a lot of his childhood in his Red Sea home village of Al-Quweh, exploring the lush strips of mangroves that covered, at the time, swathes of Egypt’s expansive coastline.

This is what the world’s first floating city will look like

2 May 2022

The world’s first prototype floating city that adapts to sea level rise has just been unveiled at UN headquarters in New York.

IMF expects 'significant' pledges for new climate, pandemics trust

19 Apr 2022

The International Monetary Fund expects to members to make "significant" pledges of support for its newly approved Resilience and Sustainability Trust during the IMF-World Bank spring meetings beginning this week, a senior IMF official said.

COP26 promises will hold warming under 2C

14 Apr 2022

The carbon-cutting promises made at COP26 would see the world warm by just under 2C this century, according to a new analysis.

Seven new oil and gas projects approved since IPCC report called for an end to fossil fuels

14 Apr 2022

It’s “now or never,” said the latest report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). It called on governments to start staving off emissions to save the planet from irreversible climate disaster.

Covid stalls NZ's GHG emissions

12 Apr 2022

The COVID-19 pandemic has achieved what politicians have failed to do for decades: stall the growth in New Zealand’s greenhouse gas emissions.

IPCC scientists report five ways to save the planet

6 Apr 2022

The dangers of climate change have been well reported for years. But what's had less attention is how the world could effectively tackle the issue.

Carbon removal ‘unavoidable’ as climate dangers grow: IPCC

6 Apr 2022

Removing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere is essential to meet the Paris Agreement’s looming climate targets, according to a major report from the United Nations’ Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change.

Kiwi climate expert says civil disobedience not enough

5 Apr 2022

Massey University's Professor Bruce Glavovic, a former IPCC lead author, says a campaign of civil disobedience being waged by scientists around the world demanding urgent action on climate change doesn’t go far enough. “It’s necessary but not sufficient.”

World has its best chance yet to slash emissions – if it seizes the opportunity: IPCC

5 Apr 2022

The world has its best chance yet to reduce greenhouse gas emissions quickly, but hard and fast cuts are needed across all sectors and nations to hold warming to safe levels, the global authority on climate change says.

The UN's 10,000-page red alert on climate change

5 Apr 2022

Accelerating global warming is driving a rising tide of impacts that could cause profound human misery and ecological disaster, and there is only one way to avoid catastrophe: drastically reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

Scientists race to finish key IPCC report

4 Apr 2022

UN scientists have worked through the weekend to complete a key report on how to restrict the greenhouse gases that are warming the planet.

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Net-zero much cheaper than thought for UK – and unchecked global warming far more costly

Wed 9 Jul 2025

Reaching net-zero will be much cheaper for the UK government than previously expected – and the economic damages of unmitigated climate change far more severe.

Agriculture
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Extreme heatwaves may cause global decline in dairy production, scientists warn

Tue 8 Jul 2025

Israel-based study finds that by 2050 average daily milk production could be reduced by 4% as a result of worsening heat stress.

Airlines
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NZ Post drops science-based climate target

Tue 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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Nations agree to tax premium flyers, private jets

2 Jul 2025

A group of countries, including France, Kenya, Spain and Barbados, pledged on June 30 to tax premium-class flying and private jets in a bid to raise funds for climate action and sustainable development.

Biodiversity
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Former Climate Commission Chair Dr Rod Carr

Markets aren't going to save us – Carr

Wed 9 Jul 2025

By Shannon Morris-Williams | Consumerism is reaching its ecological and economic limits, and only systemic change - not market tweaks - can steer us away from climate catastrophe, according to former Climate Change Commission chair Rod Carr.

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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Carbon price grinds higher - where to from now?

30 Jun 2025

By Liz Kivi | The carbon price has continued to grind slowly higher since this month’s failed auction, with prices at their highest since March, although still languishing well below this year’s auction floor price.

Carbon News world
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Water contaminant levels can remain high for eight years after a wildfire, study finds

Wed 9 Jul 2025

Scientists are warning that wildfire pollutants can continue to contaminate local waterways for up to eight years after a wildfire event.

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Carbon auction fails again

18 Jun 2025

By Liz Kivi | As predicted, today’s carbon auction failed to attract any bidders, with the secondary market languishing at nearly 20% below the minimum auction price.

Coal
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Megan Woods

Climate backtracking could impact trade relationships: Labour

Wed 9 Jul 2025

By Liz Kivi | Labour Party Energy spokesperson Megan Woods says the government needs to be upfront about how its energy policies will impact trade relationships, following revelations New Zealand was warned by other governments that backtracking on climate policies jeopardised its membership of an international alliance.

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Credit: International Institute for Sustainable Development

A credible UN carbon market needs rules that count – we’ve just set them

11 Jun 2025

COMMENT: The broad standards for a more ambitious market are now in place. But without a steady flow of investment, this progress will remain largely on paper.

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.

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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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Could an unexplained carbon forest sink solve govt’s billion-dollar climate woes?

23 Jun 2025

By Liz Kivi | A groundbreaking study shows that New Zealand’s native forests are absorbing far more carbon dioxide than previously thought.

Energy
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In Latin America, the energy transition stirs a rise in human rights lawsuits

Tue 8 Jul 2025

A new report shows that more than half of the 95 energy transition-related lawsuits recorded globally since 2009 took place in Latin America and the Caribbean.

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

Wed 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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Mayor Nick Smith and chief executive Nigel Philpott had reservations about the target.

Nelson adopts ambitious target to slash emissions

Tue 8 Jul 2025

By Max Frethey, Local Democracy Reporter | After some of the most passionate debate seen in the chamber this triennium, Nelson City Council has adopted the more ambitious of two community greenhouse gas targets.

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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EU countries seek more cuts to deforestation rules

Wed 9 Jul 2025

From December, the world-first deforestation law will require operators placing goods including soy, beef and palm oil, onto the EU market to provide proof their products did not cause deforestation.

Gas
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NZ quits Beyond Oil and Gas Alliance

25 Jun 2025

By Liz Kivi | The New Zealand government has quietly withdrawn from an ambitious coalition to phase out fossil fuels, with a $200 million publicly-funded subsidy for new gas fields the latest policy in conflict with that goal.

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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Electrification challenge for politicians, regulators

27 May 2025

Rewiring Aotearoa is calling for stronger political leadership to bring its vision of a cheaper, cleaner and stronger energy system to life, with the launch of its policy manifesto today.

Greenhouse Effect
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Melting glaciers and ice caps could unleash wave of volcanic eruptions, study says

Wed 9 Jul 2025

Research in Chile suggests the climate crisis makes eruptions more likely and explosive, and warns of Antarctica risk.

Greenwashing
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Biodiversity market needs govt regulation to avoid fraud risk

17 Jun 2025

By Liz Kivi | Participants have applauded the government’s pilot programme for New Zealand’s voluntary biodiversity market, but an expert says the emerging market needs better regulation to avoid reputational risk and fraud.

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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Electric firebricks: decarbonising high-temperature industrial heat

13 Jun 2025

By Ian Mason | A new technology could offer a more cost-effective solution than hydrogen to decarbonise one ‘hard-to-abate’ sector of New Zealand’s economy, as well as having ample potential for demand response as the electricity grid becomes more renewable.

Insurance
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90% of NZers expect more extreme weather disasters because of climate change

23 Jun 2025

A new climate change poll from AMI, State, and NZI shows New Zealanders are expecting more extreme weather events as a result of climate change.

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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High Court agrees with Environmental Defence Society - law must be followed as it stands now

Mon 7 Jul 2025

Media release – Environmental Defence Society | The Environmental Defence Society (EDS) welcomes the High Court’s finding in Box Property Investments Ltd v The Expert Consenting Panel that decisions must be made based on the law as it currently stands, not on potential future legislative changes.

Low carbon
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Clear-sighted view to trade-offs crucial to reimagining our relationship with the land

Mon 7 Jul 2025

By Nick Swallow | COMMENT: New Zealand could see a 70% drop in the value of dairy land if we pursue our emissions targets for agriculture, according to a new report.

Mining
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Unlocking economic growth on conservation land

Wed 9 Jul 2025

Media release - New Zealand Government | A targeted effort to reduce the backlog of applications for use of conservation land is accelerating economic growth without compromising conservation values, says Conservation Minister Tama Potaka.

NZ ETS
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Carbon credits stockpile down: latest figures

Mon 7 Jul 2025

By Liz Kivi | The number of NZUs held in private accounts, often called "the stockpile", dropped 11 million tonnes in the past year, according to the latest figures.

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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The change in Southern Ocean structure can drive a release in carbon to the atmosphere

Change in Southern Ocean structure could have climate implications

Mon 7 Jul 2025

Media release – Instituto de Ciencias del Mar (ICM-CSIC) | Satellite data processing algorithms developed by ICM-CSIC have played a crucial role in detecting this significant shift in the Southern Hemisphere, which could accelerate the effects of climate change.

Paris Agreement
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Trump’s ‘big beautiful bill’ blows US emissions goal by 7bn tonnes

Tue 8 Jul 2025

President Donald Trump’s dismantling of climate policy means the US will add an extra 7bn tonnes of emissions to the atmosphere from now until 2030, compared to meeting its former climate pledge under the Paris Agreement.

Planetary boundaries
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Fight over coal mine heats up

30 May 2025

Forest & Bird is calling on the government to create a new scientific reserve covering the Denniston Plateau on the West Coast, which would stop a fast-tracked coal mine.

Plastics
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The microplastics found on a Waikato beach

Microplastics found in sand on dozens of NZ beaches

4 Jun 2025

Scientists have extracted microplastics from the sand of 22 beaches from the Far North to Banks Peninsula.

Policy development
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Türkiye's Parliament adopts first-ever climate law

Wed 9 Jul 2025

Promising a wide range of provisions and increased vigilance against climate change, the new law is to provide action plans on a national and local scale, while bolstering Türkiye’s 2053 climate goals and protecting the country from environmental disasters.

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Activists at the June protest unfurled a 15-metre-long in front of the headquarters of WPP, reading "WPP are climate criminals, ban fossil fuel advertising".

Activists protest at London headquarters of global ad giant promoting fossil fuels

3 Jul 2025

The agency’s work for the fossil fuel industry has made it “complicit in causing existential harm to people and planet”, say campaigners, who are calling on WPP to drop those clients.

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 solar and wind installations break more world records

Mon 7 Jul 2025

China is leading the world in new solar and wind installations and doing so at a record-shattering pace.

Science
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Flaring burns off excess methane in oil and gas fields, preventing the potent greenhouse gas from accumulating.

MethaneSAT loss ‘a tragedy’

3 Jul 2025

By Liz Kivi | The disappearance of a methane-tracking satellite, which was backed by $29 million of government funding, is a tragic loss according to one astrophysicist, who is calling for a review to understand how New Zealand blew past multiple red flags about its operation.

Tax
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Green budget 'ludicrous la-la land' – govt

15 May 2025

Prime Minister Christopher Luxon said the budget was "clown show economics" and an "absolute circus".

Technology
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Basis co-founders Danny Purcell and Julyan Collett

Kiwi ‘smart panel’ startup aiming to reduce energy bills and emissions

Fri 4 Jul 2025

NZ start-up Basis this week launched an ‘intelligent’ panel to replace traditional electrical switchboards in homes, which it says can save the average home $1,200 NZD annually on bills and lead to lower emissions.

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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.

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Waihopai and Wairau rivers

Media round-up

Fri 4 Jul 2025

In our weekly round-up of climate coverage in local media: Proposed changes to forestry rules won’t solve the ‘slash’ problem; New Plymouth District Council officially opposes seabed mining; and is local media coverage of climate change lacking when reporting extreme weather events?

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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NZ urgently needs to change approach to flood management - experts

2 Jul 2025

Experts say climate change is squarely to blame for flooding in Nelson - but isn’t getting the media attention it deserves - and the country urgently needs to change its approach to flood management in the face of climate change.

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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