Climate

Analysis - The idea that carbon emissions can be offset by carbon reductions is an idea that needs serious questioning, Mike Joy writes.

Westpac bank has set a target for cutting the emissions of the farms it lends to.

A Ruawai leader is taking her community's call to save Kaipara's $1.5 million climate adaptation mahi to the local council.

Promises made by governments to cut emissions have edged closer to the goal of keeping heating inside 1.5C, but will not get us there, a new report has found.

New Zealand could find itself in breach of its free trade deal with Europe if it walks back its commitments under the Paris Agreement.

A protester with the Restore Passenger Rail group could get a compensation payout after being arrested for putting up posters.

The Human Rights Commission has told the Court of Appeal that climate change poses serious human rights issues.

Germany's top climate diplomat says reopening New Zealand to offshore oil and gas exploration would go against science and economics.

A group calling for the restoration of passenger rail wants feasibility studies into its proposals funded. Audio

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.