Climate

Ongoing concerns around changes to the rural sector to meet climate targets will be taken into account in the Climate Change Commission's advice to government, its head says. Audio

Food, festivity ... and arguments with Uncle Trevor the climate change denier. Here's how to argue back this Christmas.

Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg, 16, has been named Time magazine's Person of the Year for 2019.

Auckland Council's first budget plan since declaring a climate emergency does not indicate any major spending increase on the area, but proposes to cut its own emissions by 20 percent.

A long-term research programme has been commissioned to check if carbon levels in New Zealand soils are increasing or decreasing.

A warmer world means oceans are able to hold less dissolved oxygen, which is bad news for many fish.

NSW is again in the grip of a bushfire crisis with homes under threat in several areas including Sydney, where the air quality is at "hazardous" levels.

Security officers have begun to dismantle a 'history of oil museum' erected by protesters in the entrance of OMV's New Plymouth headquarters.

A surprise drop in coal use in the US and Europe helped to slow the growth of global CO2 emissions this year, but the world is still far from achieving necessary emissions reductions.

A critical 12 months in the battle against rising temperatures begins in Madrid this week, as UN delegates gather for key talks at COP25.

Staff at the New Zealand headquarters of oil and gas company OMV have been forced to stay home today after protesters blockaded its offices this morning.

New Zealanders can expect the summer season to have some more record or near-record temperatures, just like those witnessed in November, according to Niwa.

Three marine scientist roles have been saved from redundancy at Otago University by the department's head falling on his sword, following a protest and petition.