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The majority of automakers are undermining efforts to reduce pollution, and keep global warming under the 1.5 degrees celsius limit.

European research group, InfluenceMap, looked at a dozen car… Audio

Progress on climate change isn't happing fast enough because spending isn't happening fast enough, according to accounting firm Grant Thornton.

The firm's environment and sustainability leader… Audio

The climate change minister is promising a historic shift in climate policy will be central to the Budget.

And Minister James Shaw says the detail of the government's long-awaited comprehensive plan… Audio

Finance Minister Grant Robertson gave a pre-budget speech yesterday in Wellington, Announcing new debt measures and that health and climate change would get a big spending boost, Here to break down… Audio

A report shows the sea level is rising twice as fast as previously thought in some parts of Aotearoa.

Projections unveiled in a government-funded programme show infrastructure and homes in certain… Audio

The sea level is rising twice as fast as previously thought in many parts of New Zealand - and this is the best case scenario.

The new data comes from NZ SeaRise, a programme made up dozens of local… Audio

The government wants feedback on its draft plan on how to adapt to the effects of a warming planet - and who should pay for it.

The bottom line is don't look to the government to cover all the costs… Audio

Don't look to the government to cover all the costs of climate change to your property.

That's the warning from the Climate Change Minister, as he laid out a six-year plan on how to adapt to the… Audio

Faced with the growing impact of climate change, the government has released a six year plan discussing the thorny issue of whether some coastal areas need to be abandoned altogether.

Preparing for… Audio

Business correspondent Pattrick Smellie joins Kathryn to talk about a public consultation document due for release soon by the government into how the country will adapt to climate change. It's likely… Audio

Tairāwhiti has had a constant hammering of bad weather - with at least five storms in the past year shutting off roads and cutting off communities.

The area's been hit by serious storms once a month… Audio

In response to the latest IPCC report, Climate Change Minister James Shaw said yesterday that New Zealand's agricultural emissions had not reduced.

He said an Emissions Reduction Plan to be published… Audio

Truckers believe there are some simple solutions to help the industry quickly target carbon emissions with government support.

Ia Ara Aotearoa Transporting New Zealand chief executive Nick Legget… Audio

It's time for all of us to radically change our behaviour to avoid catastrophic climate change.

That's the lesson from this week's UN Climate Change report which paints a bleak picture of what's… Audio

Auckland's mayor says the city is ready to respond to the UN's call for urgent action on climate change.

He says the council's proposed climate levy would work to reduce emissions, decarbonise the… Audio

Do more, or face catastrophe - that's the message in the UN's latest climate report.

Unprecedented heatwaves, terrifying storms, and widespread water shortages - we're already seeing the impact of… Audio

Climate Change Minister James Shaw says farmers need to take part in a scheme to reduce emissions, after the release of a stark climate change report.

The report has found that 83 per cent of net… Audio

The final installment in a landmark UN climate change report released overnight has a stark admission - It is now or never if the world is to stave off climate disaster.

After a contentious approval… Audio

"It's now or never".

That's the verdict from the world's leading scientists in a landmark UN report on climate change which came out overnight.

The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change report… Audio

Some east coast residents are mopping up and shoveling out their mud and water soaked homes for the second time in a year raising serious questions about whether flood prone properties are worth… Video, Audio

Māori knowledge is critical to respond to climate change, that's one of the key findings in the latest IPCC report.

The Deep South Science Challenge is commissioning fourteen projects for… Audio

Wild weather has affected large swathes of the North Island this week, causing widespread damage around Tairāwhiti where a state of local emergency was declared.

The Climate Change Minister James… Audio

University of Canterbury Ahorangi Professor Bronwyn Hayward, is a coordinating lead author of the 2022 IPCC report and co-leading the global chapter on Cities and infrastructure. She joins us to talk… Audio