Owner's of terrier swept out to sea near St Clair says she'd "never seen waves like this before" as climate experts warn that NZ coast at is at risk to extreme weather.

The Prime Minister says although climate change is an important issue, he does not believe every new law should take it into account.

Stand by for an unholy row as the Pope comes out as perhaps the world's most effective environmental campaigner.

New Zealand can expect more droughts as climate change hits home, a government minister said this morning.

Paris is the venue for the next attempt to cut carbon emissions. NZ will be there, but what will we be bringing to the fight?

A long-standing mystery over why the world’s sea level was dramatically higher 135,000 years ago than it is today is closer to being solved by scientists.

Taking action on climate change could give NZ a chance to demonstrate its green clean reputation, a group of top academics have told the Government.

John Key should treat seriously the challenge issued by the Greens' new co-leader to find common ground on climate change.

A big economic call the Government has to make this year is what emissions target New Zealand will commit to for the 2020s, writes Brian Fallow.

For most of us, it's a tough ask to draw a link between somewhere as warm as Bangladesh and as chilly as Antarctica.

Transport Minister Simon Bridges takes over as head of the International Transport Forum as the organisation tackles ways to boost global trade and tourism at its annual gathering.

There's an Alice-in-Wonderland quality about Royal Dutch Shell's attitude towards the risks involved in its plan to drill for oil in the US Arctic.

The reality is that New Zealand is one of the highest per capita greenhouse gas emitters in the OECD, write Phillip Mills and Barry Coates.

Antarctica's Larsen B ice-shelf is on course to disintegrate completely within the next five years, according to a study by US space agency Nasa.

One of New Zealand's most spectacular tourist destinations could also provide a key to better understanding the large-scale changes in store for the planet.

A consultation document on NZ's post-2020 climate target is clear that any commitment will be highly conditional and provisional.

Picture postcard fjords like those in the South Island have been found to likely play a significant part in regulation of the planet's climate, according to a newly published study by Kiwi and international researchers.

The Earth is on course to lose up to one in six of all its species, if carbon emissions continue as they currently are.

The Ministry for the Environment has released figures showing that carbon pollution, which New Zealand is adding to, increased 42 per cent globally.

It seems the Government plans to rely heavily on a hoard of cheap, low-quality carbon credits to meet its current climate change target.

There will be a need to uproot communities and retreat from some areas because of climate change, the chief executive of Local Government New Zealand says.