Climate
Green Innovations NZ closure leaves clients and suppliers out of pocket
A Palmerston North window installation company has shut its doors leaving orders unfilled and clients and suppliers thousands of dollars out of pocket.
Sixteen aggrieved customers have banded… Audio
Lowering speed limits helps to reduce emissions
Waka Kotahi says it's lowered speed limits to 80 kilometres per hour on about four percent of New Zealand highways as part of the Road to Zero safety campaign.
The changes have frustrated many… Audio
Solving the climate adaptations that can make problems worse
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 activists present Forum with climate demands
Pacific youth environmental advocates have handed their "demands" for climate action to the head of the region's premier political organisation.
2050 far too late to reach carbon zero - report
Fossil fuel emissions are threatening a key climate threshold twice as quickly as previously thought, a new report says.
Lack of action over leaking oil and gas well sparks fury
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.
Cyclone Lola batters remote Tikopia in Solomon Islands - disaster office confirms
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.
Climate change's financial impacts hugely underestimated - Kiwi researchers
A study by two New Zealand researchers has found the global costs of climate change are being underestimated by billions.
Vanuatu prime minister surveys Cyclone Lola damage from the air
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.
Climate solutions are already in our nature
From natural seawalls to mangroves, countries are starting to combat climate change with nature-based solutions. COP28 might drive more of these efforts.
Life left in Lake Onslow battery project yet - experts
However, National is promising to put a stop to the renewable energy reservoir in its first 100 days in office.
Renewables targets likely to be missed without funding, market reforms - report
A new report suggests unrealistic targets and uncertainties will make it difficult to meet 2030s renewable energy targets.
Genesis Energy working with small businesses to move away from fossil fuels
The country's largest generator of coal and gas-fired electricity is working with small industry players to reduce their carbon emissions.
The warnings before NZ's spending on measuring cattle burps from space
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?
Thames communities come up with climate change strategy
Communities along the Firth of Thames have come up with 100 recommendations for a 100-year strategy to deal with the impact of climate change.
It's just the second time such a community-lead plan has… Audio
Scientists warned government officials over benefits of satellite to measure farming emissions
Climate scientists warned government officials the benefits of a multi-million-dollar satellite mission to measure farming emissions were being oversold.
The government decided to invest $29 million… Audio
'We have to make a huge shift': climate activist and actor Fehinti Balogun
British actor Fehinti Balogun isn't just angry about climate inaction – he's furious. Video, Audio
Action to keep Kaiaua above water for next 100 years
Communities along the Firth of Thames are planning for an uncertain future.
NZ urged to make it easier for people moving from low-lying Pacific Islands
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.
Environment watchdog calls out farming groups' claims on methane emissions
Parliament's environment commissioner Simon Upton has accused farming groups of wrongly claiming they had new science on methane emissions.
