Climate

Fonterra has announced plans for a 30 percent intensity reduction in on-farm emissions by 2030 - but not an absolute reduction.

The heat is a result of continued greenhouse gas emissions from human activity, combined with the emergence this year of the El Nino weather pattern, which warms the surface waters in the eastern…

The weather has once again cut off access to parts of Tai Rāwhiti and Hawke's Bay, but residents are getting used to it. Audio

The private and public sector will need to work in partnership (PPPs) to meet the estimated $5 trillion of infrastructure required for New Zealand and its four regional partners over the next few…

An influential alliance including several European countries and Pacific island states backed the global phaseout of fossil fuels, potentially pitting them against China.

Opinion - A global climate adaptation industry is sometimes imposing solutions that backfire at the cost of vulnerable communities, write Ritodhi Chakraborty and Claire Burgess.

Pacific youth environmental advocates have handed their "demands" for climate action to the head of the region's premier political organisation.

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.