Climate change is threatening to fragment Prime Minister Julia Gillard's leadership.

I remember when the weather was innocent and free.

Is a fully sustainable global energy system possible within reach, or a pipe dream?

Experts blame a combination of a La Nina weather pattern and global warming for the magnitude of the Queensland flood disaster.

Back on January 1 authorities said Queensland was facing a flood of "biblical proportions". Now, almost two weeks later, and it's hard to fathom that the "worst is yet to come" as unprecedented flooding hits the drought ravaged region.

Is climate change the greatest modern threat?

In contrast to the train wreck at Copenhagen a year ago, decent progress was made at Cancun, writes Brian Fallow.

The rift between developed and developing nations on how to extend or replace the Kyoto Protocol has not been healed.

Nick Smith yesterday hailed a "major breakthrough" in climate change talks which ended on Saturday.

The Government has welcomed progress made at the United Nations Conference on Climate Change but the Green Party says it falls short of what is needed to avert the worst effects of global warming.

State-owned coal miner Solid Energy's plans to turn low-grade Southland lignite coal deposits into massive new industries make no sense and the coal should remain in the ground, says the Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment.

Four hundred life-sized human statues have been installed under the sea off the coast of Mexico.

New Zealand is in for a long, hot summer as La Nina hits our shores, says the National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research (Niwa).