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.

Humans have been driving global warming for nearly two centuries, finds a new study showing climate change isn't just a 20th century phenomenon.

In San Bernardino County, 82,000 people were ordered to leave their homes on Thursday as a wildfire "hit with an intensity we hadn't seen before".

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

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?

Scientists have confirmed that atmospheric carbon dioxide levels have hit record levels in Antarctica.

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.

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.