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The 51C heatwave that's melting India
Suicide among Indian farmers is on the rise because of extreme environmental conditions.
Love in the time of climate change
Most Alaskans and Canadians have a bear story - tales of fearsome grizzlies, even polar bears. But a mix of the two?
Kiwis back sea sanctuary
The vast majority of Kiwis support creating a marine sanctuary in the Kermadec Islands northeast of New Zealand, a new poll indicates.
Poorer nations more affected by climate change
The world's poorest people are suffering more extreme heat driven by climate change while wealthier nations, including New Zealand, remain less affected.
Peter Whitmore: Emissions trading scheme needs meaningful overhaul
COMMENT: The sooner we take action, the lower the cost will be and the less damage we will pass on to future generations.
Climate change impact faced head on
Warmer winds carry fresh challenges to the major industries of regional New Zealand.
Islands wiped off the face of the Earth
As recently as two years ago, there were five islands in the Pacific Ocean. Now they're nowhere to be seen. Six more are facing the same fate.
'Boss of NZ' responds to kids' climate change video
The Year 2 pupils arrived at school to a message thanking them for doing a great job to spread awareness about climate change from the Prime Minister.
Gwynne Dyer: Climate tipping point could be here
COMMENT: I learned all our calculations for dealing with climate change could be swept aside by a non-linear event. This could be it.
Editorial: Govt stands idly by on emissions
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".
How NZ should combat climate change
New Zealand can and must do more to fight climate change on the home front, say authors of a high-level report out today.
Sam Judd: Conflict on climate change? Plant more trees
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.
Bennett signs historic agreement
Climate Change Minister Paula Bennett has signed an historic global climate change agreement on behalf of NZ.
Climate change: Reports you need to read
170 nations are now signing the Paris Agreement a landmark deal that attempts to rein in global warming beyond 2020.
Vast planting of trees needed to boost green economy: report
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.
Brian Fallow: Can NZ handle the heat?
COMMENT: From rising sea levels to flooded rivers, from drought to wildfire - scientists list the impacts of climate change.
Climate change: Why you should worry
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.
'We are, without doubt, cheats'
New Zealand is being accused of cheating to fulfil its international climate change obligations.
Bennett to sign historic climate agreement
Climate Change Minister Paula Bennett will head to New York next week to sign New Zealand up to a historic climate agreement.
Bennett signals end to emissions deal
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.
Dr Klaus Lackner: The carbon catcher
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 world heats up it won't just rain, it'll pour - scientists
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.
Jeanette Fitzsimons: Forget tinkering with emissions trading scheme, scrap 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.
Seas now rising faster than they have in 2800 years
New research charges that humans are driving accelerating sea level rise.
Rachel Brown: Six ways your business can take on climate change
While climate change presents one of the greatest challenges of our time, it's also one of the biggest economic opportunities.
Pacific nations desperate for climate action
A sense of 'alarm and panic' is being felt at the Pacific Climate Change Conference as rising sea levels threaten small nations.
Sam Judd: The story of a cyclone
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?"
Outlook for 5 years picks heat to rise
Global temperatures will continue to soar over the next year as rising levels of greenhouse gas emissions and the effect of El Nino.
Watch: Leonardo DiCaprio meets the Pope
Actor Leonardo DiCaprio greets the Pope in Italian and discusses the environment.
Mike's Minute: Nuclear threat low, so why doom and gloom?
Mike Hosking says when it comes down to it, what country is a genuine nuclear threat right now? This doom and gloom attitude needs to stop.
Scientists probe Antarctic ice sheet
Call it extreme geology: a team of Kiwi scientists is venturing to a remote part of Antarctica to dig up ancient evidence of a warmer world.