Never mind Trump, NZ climate effort needs work
Emissions trading scheme isn't fit for purpose.
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Trump exits Paris: What it means for NZ
Will Donald Trump's withdrawal from the Paris Agreement be felt here?
The student suing the NZ government
A Hamilton student's climate-change case against the Government now to get an airing.
Carbon report: Plant native trees, save cash
Planting more native forest could be a cash-saver for big-emitting companies, report says.
Plan to power aircraft with trash
Cathay Pacific has taken a stake in a company producing bio fuel out of city waste.
'Fail grade' for NZ's environmental future
NZ's economic growth is "approaching its environmental limits", a once-a-decade environmental report card says.
Morgan would ban fossil fuel subsidies
Gareth Morgan's The Opportunities Party would ban subsidies on fossil fuels, increase the price of carbon and overhaul energy efficiency efforts under a climate change policy launched this evening.
More urgency needed for climate change
A leading climate scientist has welcomed a new 20-year Government "roadmap" that singles out climate change as an environmental research priority for New Zealand.
Peter Whitmore: Emissions trading scheme needs meaningful overhaul
COMMENT: The sooner we take action, the lower the cost will be and the less damage we will pass on to future generations.
'We are, without doubt, cheats'
New Zealand is being accused of cheating to fulfil its international climate change obligations.
Jeanette Fitzsimons: Forget tinkering with emissions trading scheme, scrap it
Many suspect the design of ETS, with no price floor and emissions cap, was never intended to make a difference to our climate changing emissions.
Tim Naish: If emission talks focus only on short-term costs, we will pay dearly
Limiting the conversation to short-term costs avoids dealing with the much greater long-term consequences, writes Tim Naish.
Simon Terry: Pressure mounting on NZ to deliver real emission reduction
After many years focused on creative accounting, New Zealand is facing pressure to deliver emission reduction results.
Govt confirms 2015 ETS use-by date
The Govt has confirmed that NZ emitters with obligations under the emissions trading scheme will only be able to use internationally traded Kyoto Protocol emissions units to meet their ETS obligations until May 2015.
Soft emissions target might rise
The Government has adopted a soft unilateral target for reducing carbon emissions by 2020, but Climate Change Minister Tim Groser said a future Government might lift it, should progress towards an international agreement post-2020 warrant it.
Brian Fallow: NZ set adrift after cutting Kyoto ties
The Government's climate change policy is a shambles and a disgrace, writes Brian Fallow. "Unless, that is, you are happy for the costs of the inevitable adjustment to a low-carbon future to be needlessly increased."
Kyoto move 'embarrassing'
As Australia is renewing its commitment to the Kyoto Protocol, New Zealand has backed off, leaving Greenpeace to label the move embarrassing.
Carbon credit crash could force sales
A crash in the price of carbon credits could force landowners who invested in new forests to sell their land, an analyst says.
Brian Fallow: Emissions scheme on a stretcher
The Government is set to put the emissions trading scheme into an induced coma - not dead, but not able to accomplish much, writes Brian Fallow.