Climate

The west of the South Island is set to face above average rainfall this summer, along with a windy week ahead for much of the country.

Anyone promoting more fossil fuel use in the midst of a climate crisis deserves to be called out as "extremist", Greenpeace says. Audio

Severe storms and tornadoes in Tennessee left at least six people dead and tens of thousands of residents without power.

As a negotiator with Tuvalu's team, Mervina Paueli belongs to a club no-one wants to join - a community facing a wipe-out of home and history.

Countries clashed at the summit on Saturday over a possible agreement to phase-out fossil fuels, jeopardising attempts to deliver a first-ever commitment to eventually end the use of oil and gas.

OPEC is rallying its members and oil producing allies at the climate summit, highlighting deep divisions over the future of oil and gas.

The world's top agriculture body has presented a blueprint for how to get livestock emissions down at the COP28 climate summit in Dubai.

Forestry owners hit by devastating cyclones this year have been given extra time to replant so they won't have to repay millions of dollars in carbon credits.

It's unclear if commentators at COP28 are holding their breaths to see what the Dubai conference will deliver, or because the oil producing country is blanketed in haze. 

New Zealand will need to spend billions on projects cutting emissions in other countries to make up for what the Climate Change Commission says was a late start to cutting greenhouse gases at home.

Major dairy companies from around the world have pledged to disclose and tackle methane emissions - but not Fonterra.

The final government auction of carbon credits for the year has failed to sell any units.

Most parts of the country recorded above-normal average temperatures in the past three months.

The draft deal text includes three options, which delegates from nearly 200 countries will now consider.