Climate
Tuvalu negotiator ready to fight for her home at COP28
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.
COP28 clashes over fossil fuel phase-out after OPEC pushback
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.
COP28 considers end to fossil fuels in move opposed by OPEC
OPEC is rallying its members and oil producing allies at the climate summit, highlighting deep divisions over the future of oil and gas.
Cutting methane from livestock burps 'essential' to limit global warming
The world's top agriculture body has presented a blueprint for how to get livestock emissions down at the COP28 climate summit in Dubai.
Cyclone-hit forest owners given time to avoid repaying carbon credits
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.
Contradictory messages from Dubai on climate
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. Audio
Contradictory messages from Dubai on climate
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.
AudioNZ approach to cutting emissions criticised by climate researchers
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.
Methane pledge timing 'wasn't quite right' for Fonterra
Major dairy companies from around the world have pledged to disclose and tackle methane emissions - but not Fonterra.
Doubt surrounds chances of carbon credits auction selling out
The final government auction of carbon credits for the year has failed to sell any units.
Government could get $1 billion for selling carbon credits
The Government will find out at noon Wednesday whether it has reaped around a billion dollars from selling carbon credits, or whether it will need to wait until 2024 for the money.
The income will at… Audio
Spring scorcher: Where the sun shone and the rain fell
Most parts of the country recorded above-normal average temperatures in the past three months.
COP 28 will probably be another talk fest
The UN's COP 28 Climate Summit is on right now in Dubai, but a leaked video has shown Sultan Al Jaber casting doubt on science behind the phasing out of fossil fuels. The Emirati leader says his… Audio
For Pacific countries COP 28 most important global meeting
Joining Nathan Rarere from Tonga is Pacific correspondent Kalafi Moala. Audio
Fossil fuel 'phase-out' put on table for COP28 climate talks
The draft deal text includes three options, which delegates from nearly 200 countries will now consider.
Councillor suggests Dunedin could be world leader in flood risk response
Councillor Steve Walker wants the council's adaptation measures for hazards to attract interest from around the country and the world.
COP28: With fund in place, protecting climate refugees more urgent than ever
Opinion - It has taken decades, but the increasingly urgent issue of "climate mobility" is now central to international climate negotiations, Dalila Gharbaoui writes.
COP28: Head of UN talks hits back at climate denial claims
The president of the ongoing UN climate talks Sultan al-Jaber has hit back at claims that he denies a core part of climate science.
Advocates claim fossil fuel lobbyists are influencing Cop28
Pacific advocates say it feels like climate talks are rigged against vulnerable, low-lying countries, with fossil fuel lobbyists in the room influencing negotiations.
COP28 is underway in petro-state… Audio
COP28: NZ supports tripling global renewable energy, minister says
Climate Change Minister Simon Watts says he will provide an update on New Zealand's stance on a global renewables pledge when he lands in Dubai at the end of the week.