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How well are NZ companies reporting their climate impacts? Our new tracker shows very mixed results

Most NZ companies have emission targets, but lack detailed plans and transparency, the Climate Action Tracker Aotearoa finds.

Protesters cross the Brooklyn Bridge during a Youth Climate Strike march to demand an end to the era of fossil fuels, Friday, Sept. 20, 2024, in New York. (AP Photo/Andres Kudacki)
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For a week, New York will be center of money-focused fight for climate

Climate Week NYC and the UN General Assembly means climate negotiators and world leaders in Manhattan could set new agenda for the energy...

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How Australia’s clean energy boom is driven by its states and territories

Australia is now leading the world in per capita renewable energy deployment, with much of the progress happening at the regional level.

FILE PHOTO: Destroyed car at the Biala Ladecka river lies submerged after flooding in Zelazno, Poland, September 20, 2024. REUTERS/Kacper Pempel/File Photo
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Analysis: US election uncertainty clouds UN climate finance progress

United Nations meetings this week could help countries negotiate on climate finance despite looming uncertainties from the US election.

Prominent climate activist Hoang Thi Minh Hong has been released early from jail (Hoang Vinh Nam)
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Leading climate activist released from Vietnam jail

Environmental campaigning activist released just ahead of Vietnamese leader's trip to the United Nations General Assembly.

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Emma Thompson among famous faces calling for end to fossil fuels use

Ahead of United Nations summit, celebrities add their name to climate group's letter for world leaders encouraging energy transition.

A drone view of a message made by Greenpeace activists over sandbanks exposed due to drought at the Solimoes River, one of the largest tributaries of the Amazon River, during the most intense and widespread drought Brazil has experienced since records began in 1950, near Manacapuru, Amazonas state, Brazil September 20, 2024. REUTERS/Jorge Silva
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‘Who pays?’ asks Brazil Greenpeace protest on climate impact in the Amazon

Greenpeace protests in Amazon as severe drought exposes rivers, highlights climate change impacts on local communities.

FILE PHOTO: Signage is seen outside of the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) in Washington, D.C., U.S., August 30, 2020. REUTERS/Andrew Kelly/File Photo
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US CFTC issues first guidelines for carbon credit markets

The U.S. CFTC has approved the first guidelines for the trading of voluntary carbon credit derivative contracts in the country.

FILE PHOTO: The Three Mile Island Nuclear power plant is pictured from Royalton, Pennsylvania, U.S. May 30, 2017.   REUTERS/Carlo Allegri/File Photo
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US nuclear regulator has not gotten application for Three Mile Island restart

Despite deal between Microsoft and Constellation, no application for restarting Three Mile Island has been received.

Manitoba Premier Wab Kinew speaks during the media availability at the 2024 Western Premiers’ Conference in Whitehorse, Monday, June 10, 2024. Manitoba's government says it will encourage the development of renewable energy in the province while acknowledging fossil fuels aren't going away any time soon. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Crystal Schick
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Manitoba to encourage renewable energy while acknowledging fossil fuel use

Manitoba's government says it will encourage renewable energy development while acknowledging fossil fuels aren't going away any time soon.

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