Stories by Eloise Gibson

It uses 40 percent of the country's gas supply and the country needs a plan if it leaves, experts say. Audio

Rivers and lakes could be cleaned up and profits still generated for landowners by converting sheep and beef farms to pine trees, new research says.

The carbon price is expected to rise on news the government is slashing the number of tonnes of planet-heating emissions for sale by more than half.

The Australian-owned company was the biggest beneficiary of a government scheme to shield exporters from paying for their carbon emissions last year.

Sir Jonathon Porritt has also fired barbs at Air New Zealand saying "it's trashing its own reputation".

Researchers believe the same may be happening here too.

The computer will be able to run complex models much faster than anything available to researchers in New Zealand at the moment. Audio

The government has been pinning its plan to meet climate targets in farming on new technology coming to market.

The Climate Change Minister has been warned that demand for international offsets are likely to increase the closer it gets to 2030.

It's too late to meet the first emissions budget by planting more trees - and that won't work for meeting the second budget, either, the report says

A Treasury letter shows total funding for the Accelerating New Mitigations Programme was reduced by $48 million, while the government claims emissions research has been boosted under its watch.

A New Zealand manufacturer of EV chargers says it is switching its focus to the Australian market, partly because of New Zealand's plunging EV sales.

Industry experts are asking the building minister to consider what they say is an affordable way to prevent new homes overheating.

The government's focus on planting trees to solve climate change will avoid fixing the real problem, campaigners say.

The government's draft emissions reduction plan was published this morning and things are worse than a year ago. Audio

The changes made last year were the first significant upgrades to minimum requirements for housing in more than a decade.

Experts have not been able to quantify the risks of carbon dioxide reservoirs leaking into the environment, or the cost of cleaning up if they do.

The real impact might be lower if an increased flow of fossil gas means the country can burn less coal, the analysis found.

Climate scientists and researchers are highly critical, pointing to the lack of specificity, given the large number of climate policies repealed.

But a clean car lobby group says weakening standards will only lead to people being locked into higher petrol and diesel bills for decades to come.

The government promised to roll out 10,000 public chargers by 2030, but building is happening at a fraction of the rate needed.

The Don't Subsidize Pollution campaign has taken a 6000 strong petition to Parliament asking the government to scrap free carbon credits for major polluters.

Commerce and industry are expected to drive growing electricity demand in the short term. In the 2030s, higher EV uptake will drive the trend.

Wet days could get 10 percent wetter and the driest group of days 10 percent drier across parts of New Zealand, a new study has found.

Simon Watts says the methane review will "timebox" the contentious issue and help farmers move on with lowering their climate impact.