The New Zealand Government web site explaining the NZETS and latest developments is at www.climatechange.govt.nz
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WELLINGTON: Give us carbon credits for our wetlands10 Dec 20 - A second regional authority is calling for non-forestry carbon sequestration like wetland restoration to earn carbon credits. |
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PLANET IN PERIL: Why we must change our financial system4 Nov 20 - New Zealand can have a sustainable financial system by 2030, driving environmental, social and economic prosperity, a panel of public and private-sector heavyweights says. |
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ORR: Pacific adaptability a lesson for the world29 Oct 20 - Reserve Bank Governor Adrian Orr is invoking his own Pacific heritage in a new call for collective action on climate change. |
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Our greenhouse gas emissions are being pushed by growth15 Oct 20 - Economic growth is driving New Zealand’s rising greenhouse gas emissions, a new report confirms. |
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Govt confirms mandatory climate-risk reporting regime15 Sep 20 - New Zealand’s largest financial institutions and companies will be the first in the world to face mandatory disclosure of their climate risks. |
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Biochar golden opportunity for New Zealand, says expert9 Sep 20 - New Zealand is squandering opportunities to use carbon sequestered under the Emissions Trading Scheme to improve soils, says bioeconomy consultant Dr Michael Lakeman. |
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If business must disclose carbon debt, then so should we, says Shaw8 Sep 20 - The Government is trying to find a way to calculate the cost of the country’s likely carbon debt – and is considering using revenue from the Emissions Trading Scheme to buy international carbon... |
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Compulsory climate-risk reporting rules out soon, says minister4 Sep 20 - The Government’s plans for mandatory disclosure of companies’ climate-change risk should be unveiled before the election. |
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National climate pledges must be increased well before COP, Guterres tells nations31 Aug 20 - United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres has repeated calls for countries to increase their 2030 emissions reduction targets – and to do it soon. |
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Experts investigating companies' climate claims20 Aug 20 - Investors looking for evidence that companies really are addressing climate risk are hiring outside experts to find it. |
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ON THE BALL: Provincial pride could drive emissions goal19 Aug 20 - Ranfurly Shield-style competition between provinces could get New Zealanders to finally cut greenhouse gas emissions, provincial local councils say. |
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UPTON: Coastal retreat the only sensible option13 Aug 20 - Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment Simon Upton is calling for fast, orderly retreat from coastal areas vulnerable to the impacts of climate change. |
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Native species key to cutting emissions11 Aug 20 - Restoration of New Zealand’s wild places should count towards the country’s emissions reduction targets, the Government says. |
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Finance sector essential to adapting to climate change4 Aug 20 - The Government is being told banks should toughen up on lending for properties vulnerable to sea-level rise and flooding. |
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Count climate in insurance risk, says Robertson3 Aug 20 - The Reserve Bank should be required to take climate change into account when assessing threats to the insurance industry, the finance minister says. |
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New law needed for managed retreat, says review29 Jul 20 - Authorities could have the power to seize land threatened by climate change under a proposed new Public Works Act-type law. |
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Replace RMA with new law, says EDS27 Jul 20 - New Zealand's primary planning law, the Resource Management Act should be scrapped and replaced with totally new legislation, the Environmental Defence Society says. |
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Pandemic delays ClimCom's first report16 Jul 20 - The Climate Change Commission is under pressure from the impacts of the covid-19 pandemic and could be up to three months' late filing New Zealand's first emissions-budget recommendations. |
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Recognising forestry's highest achievers |
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5 Oct 20 - MEDIA RELEASE - The New Zealand Institute of Forestry has announced the winners... |
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Fonterra should be ashamed of causing coal mine expansion, says Cana |
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29 Sep 20 - MEDIA RELEASE - Bathurst Resource¡¯s planned extension of its Canterbury coal... |
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Coal activists' target misplaced - Straterra |
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29 Sep 20 - MEDIA RELEASE - Activists blocking a Canterbury coal mine over a proposed... |
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Wood fibres report welcomed |
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2 Sep 20 - MEDIA RELEASE - The Wood Fibre Futures report is a welcome addition to our... |
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Fuel-cell trucks here next year |
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1 Sep 20 - MEDIA RELEASE - New Zealand’s Hiringa Energy and United States-based HYZON... |
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China will have more than 25% of global offshore wind power capacity by 2030 |
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27 Aug 20 - MEDIA RELEASE - GLOBAL DATA: The global offshore wind segment is likely to grow... |
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Big penalty for environmental pollution |
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27 Aug 20 - An Auckland Council prosecution has seen a golf resort fined $86,000 for... |
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Funding welcome for recycling plant upgrades |
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26 Aug 20 - Local Government New Zealand has today welcomed the stimulus funding to upgrade... |
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