Climate

NZ Steel's done a deal with the government that'll cut its carbon emissions. Will the country's other big emitters follow their lead?

There will be more bouts of "potentially high-impact" weather before El Niño delivers a welcome change for the rain-weary north, a forecaster says.

A Wellington-based tech company behind a carbon footprint calculator says it is disappointing that uptake has been slow among New Zealand banks.

A methane vaccine for cattle, sheep and deer could be a breakthrough tool for farmers to reduce emissions - but it is still at least a decade away.

Owners of hundreds of stickered homes in Auckland can expect to learn more this week about how the future of their properties will be decided.

Youth activists calling on the government to do a better job of addressing the climate crisis held marches across the country on Friday. Audio

A group of researchers say Aotearoa needs a serious boost in infrastructure funding to survive the intensifying impacts of climate change. Audio

New Zealanders are some of the worst emitters in the world when it comes to aviation and none of the current efforts to fix that will be good enough, scientists say. Audio

Tim Batt is mining for lolz in looming disaster in his latest show, Is Climate Change Funny Yet? Audio

New maps showing areas where extreme coastal flooding could occur aim to fill gaps for places that do not have this data available.

Fonterra, one of the country's largest greenhouse gas emitters, says it's working to reduce emissions, but more government assistance would help.

Without investment from the government, NZ Steel would not have gone ahead with installing an electric arc furnace as there was no financial benefit in doing so, the company's chief executive says. Audio