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Difficult trade-offs ahead for climate adaptation

Today 11:30am

By Shannon Morris-Williams | While climate impacts are already here, bringing the urgent need to accelerate effective adaptation now, the Government's newly minted adaptation framework still leaves important questions unanswered about who will pay.

All carrot, no stick for farmers on methane

Today 11:30am

By Pattrick Smellie | COMMENT: The abandonment of methane emissions pricing and the adoption of a weaker target is effectively the last nail in the coffin of the historic cross-parliamentary consensus embedded in the Zero Carbon Act 2019.

Govt promises ‘earlier action’ in response to Commission’s warning climate targets at risk

Today 11:30am

By Shannon Morris-Williams | The Government says it will “explore opportunities for earlier action” ahead of the third Emissions Reduction Plan, and has committed to looking at ways to stop the system of free carbon credits for industrial polluters from disincentivising industrial decarbonisation.

Govt unveils National Adaptation Framework

Thu 16 Oct 2025

By Shannon Morris-Williams | Minister of Climate Change Simon Watts has revealed the first actions under New Zealand’s National Adaptation Framework, which sets out the Government's approach to the rising risks from natural hazards such as floods and storms.

Climate Change Minister Simon Watts (front right) alongside Agriculture Minister Todd McLay announcing the controversial new methane target on Sunday.

Where’s Watts? Climate Minister no-show at climate conference

Thu 16 Oct 2025

By Liz Kivi | Opposition parties have slammed the Climate Change Minister’s failure to front up to a major international conference in Christchurch, saying it shows that climate adaptation is a low priority for the National Party.

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Markets

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CARBON PRICE

Today 11:30am

Exclusively for subscribers, the Carbon News NZU Index tracks daily movements in the compliance carbon market across multiple trading platforms.

Broker predicts all this year’s carbon auctions will fail

10 Oct 2025

By Liz Kivi | Marex New Zealand is forecasting that the government will sell no ‘pollution permits’ at the NZU auctions this year, with a significant gap continuing between secondary market prices and this year’s $68 auction floor price.

Will govt’s light touch approach lead to higher carbon prices?

3 Oct 2025

By Liz Kivi | Carbon market watchers are hoping the government’s plan for the electricity sector will eventually lead to higher carbon prices, with the secondary market still trading sideways for the longest time in its history.

Carbon price steady after failed quarterly auction

16 Sep 2025

By Liz Kivi | The carbon price has continued to trade in its familiar moribund range in the high $50s following last week’s failed quarterly auction, with ample supply still trading on the secondary market at about $10 below this year’s $68 auction floor.

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No bidders front to carbon auction - again

10 Sep 2025

By Liz Kivi | Today’s quarterly carbon auction was a non-event yet again, making it the third consecutive auction this year with no bidders, with the secondary market price still limping along at nearly 20% below the auction floor.

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International

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UN agency says CO2 levels hit record high last year, causing more extreme weather

Today 11:30am

Heat-trapping carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere jumped by the highest amount on record last year, soaring to a level not seen in human civilisation and “turbo-charging” the Earth’s climate and causing more extreme weather.

Australian rainforests no longer a carbon sink – study

Today 11:30am

Australia's tropical rainforests are among the first in the world to start emitting more carbon dioxide than they absorb, scientists said Thursday, linking the "very concerning" trend to climate change.

Climate scientists and republican lawyers are taking aim at Big Tech’s emissions

Today 11:30am

Technology companies have long been one of the biggest investors in clean energy, but new accounting rules could upend that.

Judge dismisses suit by young climate activists against Trump’s pro-fossil fuel policies

Today 11:30am

Plaintiffs had ‘overwhelming evidence’ of climate crisis but a court injunction would be ‘unworkable’, ruling says.

Indonesia restarts international carbon trade after four years

Today 11:30am

Indonesia's President Prabowo Subianto has issued a new decree to restart international carbon emission trading after a four year hiatus.

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News Direct

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Councils need funding tools to address climate challenges – LGNZ

Today 11:30am

Media release | Local Government New Zealand is welcoming the Government’s new National Adaptation Framework, while cautioning that councils will struggle to meet its new expectations without additional funding tools.

Rob Hewett, Chair of AgriZeroNZ, on his farm in South Otago.

AgriZeroNZ board reinforced to drive methane reduction

Today 11:30am

Media release | Two experienced agribusiness leaders have been appointed to the AgriZeroNZ board to help the public-private joint venture’s efforts to drive the adoption of new tools to reduce on-farm emissions.

Atamira Dance Company is part of the public outreach programme for Adaptation Futures 2025, in Ōtautahi Christchurch this month.

CLIMATE CALENDAR

Today 11:30am

The Carbon News calendar of talks, events, conferences, consultations, and petitions related to climate change.

Unlocking the national potential of flexible energy use through residential appliances – EECA calling for submissions

Thu 16 Oct 2025

Media release | EECA is asking for feedback from the energy sector on a newly published green paper about unlocking the potential of demand flexibility through end-use products, such as appliances, used in New Zealand homes.

Lightyears’ co-founder and director, Matt Shanks

Lightyears secures funding for solar farm portfolio expansion

Wed 15 Oct 2025

Media release | Solar farm developer, Lightyears, has refinanced with Australian renewables lender, Infradebt, to take their portfolio of solar farms to 27MW, split across five farms. Three farms are already operational and two more are under construction.

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