A crater lake in Central Otago has given a Kiwi scientist a unique insight into how quickly climate change could cause the Antarctic ice sheet to melt.

Pulling agriculture into the Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS) shouldn't be the only way farming is steered against climate change, the Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment said today.

The recent cold southerlies aside, 2016 is well on the way to become Earth's hottest year ever, say Nasa scientists.

The $30 billion fund will sell out of some highly exposed investments and work with companies to prepare for the risks that could come with climate change.

COMMENT: In terms of climate change, the last thing Hawaii needs is another visitor inside of her. Yet, along with tens of thousands of others, here I am.

White blooms of plankton appearing east of New Zealand suggest the ocean is responding to climate change.

As top Kiwi scientists fly south for NZ's 60th research season in Antarctica, Jamie Morton takes a look at some of the fascinating studies planned.

We've ratified the Paris Agreement on Climate Change, so what next?

For Labour, it is critical that we have an integrated across government plan to reduce emissions.

Barack Obama told actor DiCaprio and atmospheric scientist "we're really in a race against time" to curb the worst impacts of climate change.

As consultation opens on an oil and gas drilling plan, some city councillors are now questioning if the Government will listen to what they say.

You know Dasher and Dancer, Prancer and Vixen, Comet and Cupid . . . ? Their cousins may all be dead soon.

COMMENT: Ex-Minister suggests new way to tackle emissions.

The aviation industry is supporting a United Nations proposal to limit pollution from international flights.

Rapidly melting Greenland may be shedding its ice even faster than anyone suspected, new research suggests.

How climate change will affect cherished species like tuatara and takahe - and countless others around the world - urgently needs to be assessed, scientists say.

COMMENT: The problem is the US constitution and its separation of powers.

It's not all down to oil or land. Most conflicts come down to one thing, and it could be about to spark a battle with China.

It seems a story straight from a Cold War thriller - only the case of Camp Century is 100 per cent fact.

In parts of the world right now, it feels like 60C. Experts fear it won't be long till the scorching heat threatens human survival.

Climate change is set to make it too hot to host the Olympics in the world's biggest cities, according to a university study.

Corporate control of agriculture, new viruses and climate change have been singled out among a long list of big threats to pollinators in a new horizon-scanning study co-authored by a Kiwi scientist.

COMMENT: I have to admit to a bad week. It started Monday. It was cold and I thought: "Huh, where's global warming?"

Calling climate sceptics "deniers" is done with the intention of putting them in the same class as "Holocaust deniers".

COMMENT: There is no greater crime being perpetuated on future generations than that committed by those who deny climate change.

A leading climate scientist has welcomed a new 20-year Government "roadmap" that singles out climate change as an environmental research priority for New Zealand.

Flying drones close enough to southern right whales to catch some of the bugs they blow out will help tell scientists more about the effects climate change is having on the planet.

Eruptions, lahars, faster and better facilities, a catastrophic diesel spill and a devastating arson - it's been a hectic 30 years

It seems that these days the media are full of news about the damage that cattle are causing to New Zealand's environment. Stories

Climate change is already redefining coastlines and the weather here in New Zealand and around the world. How will it affect us and what can we do about it?