Climate

Over 100 nations want to cap production while a handful of oil-producers are prepared only to target plastic waste.

A landmark case that began in a Pacific classroom and could change the course of future climate talks is about to be heard in the International Court of Justice.

A draft master plan proposes relocating Westport to government-owned farmland southwest of its current location.

The new target will "set the expectation" that NZ contributes more to help developing nations move away from using fossil fuels. Audio

The United Nations climate change summit COP29 has "once again ignored" the Pacific Islands, a group of regional climate advocacy organisations say.

Hydrogen has been called the "Swiss army knife" of decarbonisation because it can do many things. But not all of them make sense.

The world's least-developed nations have reacted angrily to a new global climate deal - and local campaigners say they have a point. Audio

The two-week conference cut to the heart of the global debate over the financial responsibility of rich industrialised countries, who caused the bulk of greenhouse gas emissions.

The country was now at 41st place after taking significant steps back in climate policy, the index found.

The former Nauru president also said the Pacific is at the forefront of the climate crisis, and "For this reason, our leaders welcome the opportunity to co-host a Pacific COP31 in Australia."

The findings may help explain why planet-heating methane emissions are soaring, even as countries grapple with expensive climate-change fuelled disasters.

It will help pay for losses suffered by poorer countries because of climate change.