The last time the amount of carbon dioxide in our atmosphere was at a level of 400 parts per million (ppm), sea levels were at least 10 metres higher than they are today.

Paula Bennett says removing a carbon credit subsidy for businesses could cost households between $30 and $40 a year.

Emissions Trading Scheme is to be scrapped.

Suicide among Indian farmers is on the rise because of extreme environmental conditions.

Most Alaskans and Canadians have a bear story - tales of fearsome grizzlies, even polar bears. But a mix of the two?

The vast majority of Kiwis support creating a marine sanctuary in the Kermadec Islands northeast of New Zealand, a new poll indicates.

The world's poorest people are suffering more extreme heat driven by climate change while wealthier nations, including New Zealand, remain less affected.

COMMENT: The sooner we take action, the lower the cost will be and the less damage we will pass on to future generations.

Warmer winds carry fresh challenges to the major industries of regional New Zealand.

COMMENT: I learned all our calculations for dealing with climate change could be swept aside by a non-linear event. This could be it.

Climate Change Minister Paula Bennett has greeted the Royal Society's report on New Zealand's response as a "useful resource as we transition to a low-emissions economy".

New Zealand can and must do more to fight climate change on the home front, say authors of a high-level report out today.

COMMENT: The aftermath of signing the Paris Agreement on climate change is a good time to take stock of where we are at on this important issue.

Climate Change Minister Paula Bennett has signed an historic global climate change agreement on behalf of NZ.

170 nations are now signing the Paris Agreement a landmark deal that attempts to rein in global warming beyond 2020.

New Zealand urgently needs to plant huge areas of trees to help combat climate change and boost a green economy, a business think-tank says.

COMMENT: From rising sea levels to flooded rivers, from drought to wildfire - scientists list the impacts of climate change.

With a historic global climate agreement about to be signed in New York, a new report has laid bare how New Zealand will be affected by climate change.

Big industrial emitters of greenhouse gases will lose their right under the emissions trading scheme to offset only half of their emissions, Climate Change Minister Paula Bennett told an international energy conference in Wellington.

What if we could fight climate change by capturing emissions and locking them away? It sounds good, but the obstacles are huge, reports Chris Mooney.

As the climate heats up, the forecast is also calling for more rain. Think downpours. Cats and dogs. Or just "extreme rain", as the scientists call it.

Many suspect the design of ETS, with no price floor and emissions cap, was never intended to make a difference to our climate changing emissions.

New research charges that humans are driving accelerating sea level rise.

While climate change presents one of the greatest challenges of our time, it's also one of the biggest economic opportunities.

A sense of 'alarm and panic' is being felt at the Pacific Climate Change Conference as rising sea levels threaten small nations.

Sam Judd writes, "Today I thought that a story about how awesome the New Zealand coastline is would be appropriate, because what is not to love out here?"

Global temperatures will continue to soar over the next year as rising levels of greenhouse gas emissions and the effect of El Nino.

Actor Leonardo DiCaprio greets the Pope in Italian and discusses the environment.