CLIMATE CALENDAR
Thu 24 Apr 2025
The Carbon News calendar of talks, events, conferences, consultations, and petitions related to climate change.
Online events
2025 De Carle Distinguished Lecture series hosted by Otago University, All lectures run 5:30pm to 7:00pm Dunedin and online:
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Tuesday 29 April: Does addressing climate change require us to shift our understanding of “the market”.
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Tuesday, 6 May: Reorienting our way of seeing nature as a path to solidarity.
Climate Change and Business Conference, Monday 8 and Tuesday 9 September, Viaduct Events Centre, Auckland, online attendance available.
Adaptation Futures Conference, the United Nation's major conference aiming to accelerate climate adaptation, 13 to 16 October 2025, a hybrid event held in Otautahi Christchurch and online.
Fresk Events: These workshops are open to the general public and are run by Climate Fresk volunteers. The workshops will teach you how climate change works and empower you to take effective action as a citizen.
Regional events
Auckland
EDS 2025 Environmental Summit: Dollars & Sense, 12-14 May 2025, Grand Millennium.
EDS 2025 Environmental Summit: Oceans Symposium, Monday 12 May 2025, Grand Millennium/Online.
Carbon and Energy Professionals Conference, Grand Millennium 27 and 28 May.
Climate Change and Business Conference, Monday 8 and Tuesday 9 September, Viaduct Events Centre, online attendance available.
Wellington
Chapter Zero NZ Breakfast | What comes after what comes next? 7:00am - 9:00am, 26 May, Dentons, Level 4/40 Bowen Street, Pipitea, Wellington.
Interactive climate change exhibition at Te Papa.
Canterbury
Navigating Climate Challenges: Balancing Sustainability and Agricultural Productivity, 9.00am - 1.00pm, Tuesday 6 May, Memorial Hall, Lincoln University.
Decarbonisation and the circular economy – a strategic imperative for directors, 12:15 - 1:45pm, 12 August 2025, The George, 50 Park Terrace, Christchurch.
Adaptation Futures Conference, the United Nation's major conference aiming to accelerate climate adaptation, 13 to 16 October 2025, a hybrid event held in Otautahi Christchurch.
Otago
2025 De Carle Distinguished Lecture series hosted by Otago University, All lectures run 5:30pm to 7:00pm Dunedin and online:
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Tuesday 29 April: Does addressing climate change require us to shift our understanding of “the market”?
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Tuesday, 6 May: Reorienting our way of seeing nature as a path to solidarity.
ETS auctions 2025
18 June, 10 September, 3 December.
Consultation
The government is calling for submissions on the Land Transport Management (Time of Use Charging) Amendment Bill. Submissions close at 11.59pm on Sunday 27 April.
Petitions
The Future is Rail: Ensure replacement Cook Strait ferries can carry trains. Don’t cast the South Island adrift!
350 Aotearoa: Support community energy for a just transition, petition calling for a transition to community-owned renewable energy.
All Railways: Save Our National Passenger Rail Network.
Common Grace Aotearoa: Don't Subsidise Pollution: End Free Carbon Credits.
Consumer: petition for a product repairability label.
Greenpeace:
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To House of Representatives: Bring back the Container Return Scheme
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To NZ Parliament: Cut climate pollution from big dairy
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To the Foreign Affairs Minister and the NZ Government: Create Global Ocean Sanctuaries
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To Waimate District Council and Environment Canterbury: Oppose the Waste-to-Energy incinerator in the Waimate District
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