Climate change

News and analysis of climate change and how it will affect New Zealand's economy, environment and population.
We can't simply plant away our methane problem – Upton
Primary Sector

We can't simply plant away our methane problem – Upton

To reach a net-zero warming impact from methane, even with reductions of 47% of actual animal emissions, we would need to plant 4.1 million hectares of pine forest between now and 2050.

Ian Llewellyn 06 Oct 2022
ACC cuts carbon intensity of investments by half
Markets

ACC cuts carbon intensity of investments by half

A new benchmark will help ACC's fund managers achieve carbon neutrality by 2050.

Ian Llewellyn 05 Oct 2022
Carbon prices drop more than 10%
Policy

Carbon prices drop more than 10%

New Zealand Units were recently trading at $78, well below their high of $88.

Ian Llewellyn 04 Oct 2022
Why we ran the climate-change series
Opinion

Pattrick Smellie: Why we ran the climate-change series

If Adrian Macey and Dave Frame are wrong in their series for BusinessDesk about the flaws in NZ's climate change policy, let's hear why. So far, the silence in response has been deafening.

Pattrick Smellie 04 Oct 2022