Climate

Analysis - It is one thing to aspire to be the "greenest games in history", quite another to achieve it, writes Chris McMillan.

Part of the ocean off NZ has been heating up since 2006. In the past it went back to normal. This time, it hasn't stopped. Audio

One expert says the airline's climate change target was unrealistic, as Air New Zealand says it will work on a new target.

It's too late to meet the first emissions budget by planting more trees - and that won't work for meeting the second budget, either, the report says

The fire was the largest of dozens across the country that have burned more than two million acres, according to the National Interagency Fire Center.

A Treasury letter shows total funding for the Accelerating New Mitigations Programme was reduced by $48 million, while the government claims emissions research has been boosted under its watch.

Selwyn District Councillors have voted to review the deadline by which residents living in the Upper Selwyn Huts must leave.

Selwyn District Councillors are considering reviewing the deadline by which residents living in the Upper Selwyn Huts must leave.

Local lifesavers say the collapse of 2 metres of land overnight looked like a scene from a film. Audio

NIWA has cut climate science to the bone and set New Zealand up to be worse prepared for future climate disasters, a former staffer says. Audio

The government's draft emissions reduction plan - out this week - puts NZ's ability to meet its climate targets in jeopardy. Audio

Climate experts say the government's emissions reduction plan ignores decades of advice, and places too much faith in technology that does not exist. Audio

The government's focus on planting trees to solve climate change will avoid fixing the real problem, campaigners say.