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The government’s dismantling of climate laws breaks years of cross-party agreement

The government’s dismantling of climate laws breaks years of cross-party agreement

As world leaders meet for the COP30 climate summit, NZ is about to weaken the main purpose of its zero-carbon law – to ensure accountability in the...

07.11.2025 9

The Conversation

Barry Barton

Why does NZ’s new energy plan sideline renewables and ignore progress made already?

The government’s energy package is unnecessarily preoccupied with fossil fuels and ignores important reform work already underway.

09.10.2025 5

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Barry Barton

The government plans to regulate carbon capture technologies – but who will be the regulating agency?

New Zealand needs a legal arrangement that allows carbon capture and storage technologies to evolve without being a mere offshoot of the oil and gas...

29.04.2025 10

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Barry Barton