Victoria University of Wellington’s Professor Alan Brent assesses how well New Zealand is doing with the trinity of energy priorities necessary to tackle global warming.

Countries should prioritise domestic emissions reductions over international credits, according to New Zealand’s Climate Change Minister James Shaw.

NZ and international Chief Executives gathered at the biennial Asia Pacific Energy Leaders’ Summit last week to discuss the key strategic energy issues they face as the sector grapples with change and the emerging opportunities.

In this week’s Q+A Business Podcast Corin Dann talks to Christoph Frei, Secretary General and CEO of the World Energy Council.

While Government MPs yesterday were defending the offshore petroleum exploration ban during a debate in Parliament, one of the world’s top energy experts was at a conference in the capital warning of the need to maintain balance in energy policies.

Rapidly evolving technologies may deliver household energy options in coming decades that can barely be imagined, a conference of industry executives heard yesterday.

On the mitigation front I have been heartened by attending the Business NZ Energy Council’s Asia Pacific Energy Leaders Summit. Given the current scale of technological change, the transition to renewable energy seems doable without having to return to living in caves.

The Cook Islands prime minister has urged the international community not to be deterred by a minority of countries reluctant to decarbonise. Henry Puna gave a speech Thursday at the Asia Pacific Energy Leaders' Summit in Wellington.

World energy leaders are meeting at Te Papa for the Asia Pacific energy sector's biannual Energy Leader's Summit. World Energy Council Secretary-General Christoph Frei talks to Kathryn Ryan about navigating the three main drivers for change in the energy sector: decarbonisation, decentralisation and digitalisation, and how electricity is the new oil.

Delegates at a major international energy summit have described the global transition away from fossil fuels as a great opportunity for innovation and growth.