Climate

Fossil fuel emissions are threatening a key climate threshold twice as quickly as previously thought, a new report says.

The EPA is under fire for not insisting that a leaking oil and gas well off the coast of Taranaki be formally abandoned and made safe.

A remote island in Solomon Islands has sustained serious damage after it was hit by Cyclone Lola at its highest strength as a category five system.

A study by two New Zealand researchers has found the global costs of climate change are being underestimated by billions.

Vanuatu has been hit by three cyclones in eight months. The latest has affected more than 10,000 households and destroyed some, along with schools.

From natural seawalls to mangroves, countries are starting to combat climate change with nature-based solutions. COP28 might drive more of these efforts.

However, National is promising to put a stop to the renewable energy reservoir in its first 100 days in office.

A new report suggests unrealistic targets and uncertainties will make it difficult to meet 2030s renewable energy targets.

The country's largest generator of coal and gas-fired electricity is working with small industry players to reduce their carbon emissions.

How did New Zealand come to invest $29m in a Bezos-backed methane satellite space plan that will not improve New Zealand's methane estimates?

Communities along the Firth of Thames are planning for an uncertain future.

NZ is being urged to create immigration pathways for people in low-lying Pacific nations who are leaving their countries because of the increasing effects of climate change.

Parliament's environment commissioner Simon Upton has accused farming groups of wrongly claiming they had new science on methane emissions.

Christopher Luxon's pre-election promise that New Zealand's climate targets were not on the table may be about to be tested.

West Coast Regional Council can move forward with preliminary flood protection design work for Westport.

Analysis - COP28 will include the first dedicated 'Health Day'. It's due recognition that a health crisis is inextricably linked to the climate crisis.