Two of Britain's leading scientists have urged the setting up of a world programme to generate solar electricity that is cheaper than fossil fuel power by 2025.

As key indicators of climate change, penguins serve a crucial role for scientists examining what fluctuations in the white continent mean for the rest of the world.

Scientists are now almost certain that mankind's carbon emissions are warming up the planet.

Gales of up to 100km/h are set to lash the North Island this weekend after a brief respite from this week's heavy rain and gales.

There's a certain circularity in the story of horticultural lighting solutions start-up Biolumic.

Scientists will this week issue their starkest warning yet about the mounting dangers of global warming.

International leaders are failing in their fight against global warming, one of the United Nations' top climate officials has said.

My obligation not to harm existing people seems urgent and non-negotiable, but the harm I might be inflicting on future people is easy to ignore.

New Zealand has committed $5 million to low-lying countries that are vulnerable to water shortages.

A tiny Pacific island state that is being submerged by rising oceans will tell New Zealand that it is not disposable.

The Pacific region is on the front line of climate change. Its low-lying islands risk being swamped by rising sea levels and their inhabitants forced to emigrate.

For a ship on a mission of worldwide importance, the Yong Sheng is a distinctly unimpressive sight.

The Government has adopted a soft unilateral target for reducing carbon emissions by 2020, but Climate Change Minister Tim Groser said a future Government might lift it, should progress towards an international agreement post-2020 warrant it.

While Australia's election debate continues to whirl around the economy, there is a sleeper in the campaign.

A major US report held as the world's most authorative annual climate check has shown a range of records were broken last year - and mostly for the wrong reasons.

The Government has proposed cutting $10 million in funding for climate change research in a move described as disheartening for New Zealand's highly capable climate scientists.

Herein lies the opportunity for NZ, writes Frank Duffield. Its resource base is largely underexplored, and world-scale natural gas discoveries are quite possible.

They love wars, those Republicans. Wars on Freedom. Wars on Jobs. Wars on Wars: everything's a war.

Climate change could be putting the planet on a path to an era not seen for 3 million years, a New Zealand scientist has warned.

Hurricanes, referred to as "acts of God" by insurers and seen by others as harbingers of the effects of climate change, are becoming more common, research indicates.

The closest most of us will get to Antarctica is nature documentaries like Frozen Planet - but the white continent's relevance to us and our future is far greater than we think.

A climate change campaigner says he is hopeful that the world can avert a catastrophic global warming scenario.

Leading scientists, farmers, politicians, foresters and business people will descend on Parliament today to take part in a climate change conference.