The threat caused by sea level rises means new homes in some coastal areas of Dunedin will have to be built up to 1.2m higher off the ground to reduce flood risks.

Promoters say New Zealand has an international advantage in seven zones but barriers remain.

Editorial: The Kyoto Protocol's commitments represent the only concrete actions taken so far by the international community to address climate change.

The Government's decision last week not to sign up to the second phase of the Kyoto Protocol has left NZ's credibility on climate policy in tatters on the global stage, writes Patrick Hardstaff.

A University of Auckland researcher has been granted $345,000 over three years from the Marsden Fund to investigate the potential of climate change to threaten kauri, many of which are already under attack from kauri dieback disease.

The Government is set to put the emissions trading scheme into an induced coma - not dead, but not able to accomplish much, writes Brian Fallow.

A two-and-a-half year expedition by the ship on which Sir Peter Blake was murdered continues his work under the oceans.

A scathing judgment backing Niwa represents a damning of climate sceptics' crusade.

A judge has thrown out a legal challenge by climate change sceptics, which accused Government scientists of manipulating data.