EXCLUSIVE: Hayley Holt has confirmed she will stand for the Green Party at next year's general election.

A few weeks ago, a federal judge in Oregon made headlines when she ruled that a groundbreaking climate lawsuit will proceed to trial.

A prominent NZ scientist explains why we should ignore alarmist claims that climate change will soon kill us all.

COMMENT: I had never, for one second, consciously entertained the idea that human extinction was conceivable in the near term.

New data has revealed a notable drop in the average Kiwi household's greenhouse gas emissions, as production of meat, dairy and electricity becomes more climate-friendly.

Scientists at the Scion Research Institute in Rotorua have developed a way to use sawdust to produce biofuel for the transportation sector. Made with funding from NZ On Air.

Scientists at the Scion Research Institute in Rotorua have developed a way to use sawdust to produce biofuel for the transportation sector. Made with funding from NZ On Air

Heavyweights lobby Government to set emission targets, create long-term plan and implement policies.

Political people are watching the chaos in Washington at the moment. But some people in the science community are watching the chaos in the Arctic.

COMMENT: Even before Donald Trump hijacked the Republican Party, he was loudly declaring that the science of climate change, like President Barack Obama, had not been born in the United States.

Officials are urging residents around the Firth of Thames to take photos of King Tides to help them chart the impact of possible sea level rises. Made with funding from NZ On Air.

New Zealand's offer to resettle 150 refugees from Australia remains on the table, the Government says, despite a new offer by the

Secretary of State John Kerry won't criticize Donald Trump's climate policies, but says the next US Govt "dare not avoid" the issue.

The Wellington community took to the water in kayaks and held banners onshore today, to throw an "unwelcoming party" for oil companies

As Donald Trump's presidential victory sinks in, Government and experts are starting to count the potential cost to New Zealand's climate change commitments, its defence ties, and even its core values.

The President Elect Donald Trump bodes well for farms and coal mines, but trade deals will be left in peril.

United Nations envoys yesterday gathered in Morocco for a second day of talks on putting the Paris Agreement into action.

Donald Trump has promised that as president he will honour the pledge stitched into his white and red baseball caps: Make America Great Again.

The Government has again been accused of cheating to meet its climate-change commitments; this time around forestry accounting rules.

COMMENT: We've promised to cut carbon emissions, but all the options face problems.

The jobs of more than 100,000 New Zealanders are linked to the seas which circle the country.

Marine environment stocktake points to pressures from climate change, pests and pollution - but fails to show full impact of fishing.

Scientists taking a toll of the damage done to the Great Barrier Reef say large parts of formerly pristine coral has died.

US and British science agencies yesterday announced a research mission to study a Antarctic glacier that is already showing accelerating ice loss.

Researchers have created a model to reveal how climate change could combine the same weather patterns that led to a $1.3 billion drought.

For years, world leaders have been arguing over the best way to protect the Southern Ocean from threats like pollution and overfishing.

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.