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NZ’s biggest ever climate meeting kicks off

Tue 14 Oct 2025

By Liz Kivi | The world's largest climate adaptation conference kicked off in Christchurch yesterday, with nearly 2000 attendees expected, making it potentially the biggest international climate meeting Aotearoa New Zealand will ever host.

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New tool to map risk, plan climate adaptation

Tue 14 Oct 2025

Researchers from the University of Canterbury have unveiled a new platform that aims to help communities, councils and organisations navigate climate change and plan for future events.

Transpower tracks more than 100 new grid projects

Tue 14 Oct 2025

Transpower’s latest connection data show more than 100 generation, storage and load projects in its pipeline, reflecting the rapid pace of electrification across the country.

Govt releases updated emissions projections

Mon 13 Oct 2025

By Liz Kivi | The Ministry for the Environment has released updated emissions projections to 2050, which show significant differences to the Climate Change Commission's recent projections for the same period.

Northland builds momentum on climate resilience and adaptation

Mon 13 Oct 2025

By Shannon Morris-Williams | Northland Regional Council’s Annual Report cites major gains in climate action – highlighting stronger flood resilience, an expanded Climate Resilient Communities Fund, and a region-wide adaptation strategy.

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Markets

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CARBON PRICE

Tue 14 Oct 2025

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

Fri 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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MPs across Latin America unite to stop fossil fuels in the Amazon

Tue 14 Oct 2025

A network of more than 900 lawmakers presented the results of a parliamentary investigation into the phaseout of fossil fuels in the Amazon at the Brazilian National Congress in Brasília.

Planet’s first catastrophic climate tipping point reached, report says, with coral reefs facing ‘widespread dieback’

Tue 14 Oct 2025

Unless global heating is reduced to 1.2C ‘as fast as possible’, warm water coral reefs will not remain ‘at any meaningful scale’, a report by 160 scientists from 23 countries warns.

How Caribbean states are shifting climate legislation

Tue 14 Oct 2025

The Caribbean region is among the most vulnerable to climate change, despite historically contributing less than half of one percent of global greenhouse gas emissions.

China carbon prices hit two-year low as market faces oversupply pressures

Tue 14 Oct 2025

Carbon credit prices in China have fallen to their lowest point since mid-2023, pressured by an excess of supply and tepid demand amid ongoing adjustments to the national emissions trading system.

Angola lowers climate ambition in blow to spirit of Paris Agreement

Tue 14 Oct 2025

Angola has scaled back its targets for reducing emissions in its new national climate plan, saying it chose “realism and implementability” over the Paris Agreement's calls for governments to set progressively more ambitious goals.

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News Direct

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Te Kāhu Pōkere prepare to take flight for COP30

Tue 14 Oct 2025

Media release | With just weeks until they depart for Brazil, Te Kāhu Pōkere – the first iwi-mandated Māori youth delegation to attend the United Nations Climate Change Conference – will gather for their final wānanga in Pōneke next week.

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

CLIMATE CALENDAR

Tue 14 Oct 2025

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

European Union invests into groundbreaking Christchurch environmental projects

Mon 13 Oct 2025

Media release – Christchurch City Council | Two Christchurch City Council restoration projects in the Ōtākaro Avon River Corridor have been selected to partner in a significant European Union environmental initiative.

Climate change could strain GP access, research warns

Fri 10 Oct 2025

Media release - University of Canterbury | New UC research shows the serious effects that climate change could have on New Zealand’s health system, making it even harder for people to see a GP.

Bottom trawling a triple threat to marine environments - new report

Thu 9 Oct 2025

Media release | Greenpeace is calling for urgent action to restrict bottom trawling after a new government report highlights the compounding effects this destructive fishing method has on climate change, habitat degradation and biodiversity loss.

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