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World 'on verge of mass extinction'

Humanity has pushed the planet to the brink of a dinosaur-scale sixth mass extinction, a new study has warned.

Energy award winner behind Auckland Airport's sustainability focus

The aviation industry is awake to the threat of climate change even if politicians are not, said Auckland International Airport executive Martin Fryer.

Programme turns to Antarctica for climate change answers

Sea ice, winds and invertebrates will go under the microscope in the next stage of a major science programme turning to Antarctica to answer crucial questions about how the Earth will respond to climate change.

Breeding stock for a changing climate

American scientists are attempting to breed chickens that can cope with scorching heat as part of a series of government-funded programmes.

Earth Day selfie out of this world

The competition for "ultimate selfie" is heating up in the name of climate change. Nasa has compiled more than 36,000 of the photographs to make its Global Selfie with Earth Day.

Antarctica losing 159 billion tonnes of ice a year

The Antarctic ice sheet is disappearing at twice the speed of when it was last surveyed, losing 159 billion tonnes of ice to the ocean every year.

Climate change a risk to NZ's credit rating

Climate change is a mega-trend that will affect countries creditworthiness, and New Zealands worse than most, says Standard & Poors.

World's first climate change refugee has appeal rejected

NZ emissions accelerating

New Zealand's emissions of greenhouse gases grew 2.2 per cent in 2012, accelerating from 1.4 per cent in 2011.

Climate swings donor left

The head of an international fitness empire says he is donating $125,000 to Labour and the Greens because he is fed up with National's inaction on climate change.

Climate report 'bad news' for New Zealand

The latest global report on climate change is "bad news" for New Zealand, which has far fewer mitigation policies than other advanced economies, the Green Party say.

Switch to green energy and cut down on meat

Governments must switch from fossil fuels to nuclear, wind and solar energy to avoid a global warming catastrophe in a move costing about 300 billion ($578 billion) a year.

Ambrose Evans-Pritchard: End may be in sight for fossil fuels

Solar power has won the global argument. Photovoltaic energy is already so cheap that it competes with oil, diesel and liquefied natural gas in much of Asia without subsidies.

Tom Chivers: How to get it wrong on climate change and weather

'He's utterly misunderstood the issue.' Tom Chivers, the Telegraph's Environment writer, gets fired up about a review of a new book on global warming.

Charles Moore: Game is up for climate change believers

The game is up for climate change believers, writes Charles Moore after reading a new book: The Age of Global Warming, by Rupert Darwall.

Paul Little: Reality - humans are to blame

To deny the reality of climate change and the need to do something about it is to ally oneself with the witch burners, cancer cure peddlers and purveyors of cars that run on water.