Climate

Sewage treatment is the biggest source of greenhouse gas emissions in Carterton and South Wairarapa, a draft paper has revealed.

Climate change is "so important" in Marlborough that it has been bumped up the list on the contents page in the region's new environment plan - a "blueprint" for sustainability.

Climate change will be a hot topic in Jacinda Ardern's meeting with the Fijian PM this week, but an elephant in the room for her talk with the Australian PM.

Aucklanders are breaking records for water usage - at the same time as the city breaks records for days without rain. How secure is the city's future water supply if these droughts continue?

A new organisation is aiming to unlock financing to "achieve economic prosperity by fully regenerating our environment". Video

As the Milford Sound track partially reopens, the damage it sustained highlights the need to curb climate change and prepare for its impacts, Eugenie Sage says. Audio

Motorists are now able to offset their carbon emissions when they fuel up at Z Energy stations. It's likely to cost about $4.30 to fully offset a 50 litre tank.

The government is investing in projects for up to 110 new electric vehicle chargers and 50 electric ride-sharing vehicles around the country.

Smoke from wildfires could have long-term health effects, according to US research on juvenile monkeys.

The Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment has launched a substantive attack on big companies getting a "free ride" on greenhouse gas emissions.

Up to one fifth of the Amazon rainforest is emitting more CO2 than it absorbs, new research suggests.

New Zealand is building a new generation of unsustainable housing - tens of thousands of homes that will put out carbon emissions five times higher than levels set by the Paris agreement.

Climbing temperatures will increasingly cause declines, which are already more severe than previously thought, researchers say.