Stories by Eloise Gibson

It plans to repay the loan over five years using application levies from would-be beneficiaries of the shortened route planning approval.

The environment commissioner called on MPs to spend money improving the quality of environmental data.

Hamilton's recent run of hot days likely beats anything the city has experienced since temperature records began, says a climate scientist.

Just a year after the country's "world leading" climate disclosure rules came into force, the bar looks likely to be lowered.

.Advisers warned the Minister for Resources that his plans to limit industry liability for the clean-up costs of was more lenient that Australia and the UK.

The most likely culprit is wetlands, says a climate science veteran, especially in tropical areas such as Congo, Southeast Asia and the Amazon and southern Brazil.

The scheme was designed to prevent producers of carbon-intensive products from moving production overseas to get away from emissions pricing.

The target for 2035 has surprised even some of its strongest critics with how small the promised emissions reductions are. Audio

Many native species face being squeezed out of their habitats with nowhere to go as the climate heats. Audio

The government is expected to reveal its next climate change target tonight, amid scrutiny from the international community.

The country's rapidly depleting gas fields have sped up its electrification plans.

There's been a social media backlash to companies using the supplement overseas, with many pouring their milk down the drain on camera.

Green hydrogen - which has been described by fans as the "swiss army knife" of clean energy - has enjoyed a wave of private investment and government subsidies.

Critics say it is a half-baked scheme that will not work - and could undo the millions spent removing wilding pines.

As the death toll rises from LA's wildfires, experts say New Zealand is set to get more flammable, and make it harder for some to get insurance.

Switching out concrete and other construction materials for carbon-sucking alternatives could store the equivalent of half of all human-made carbon emissions in 2021.

The report fails to address how it plans to hit its emissions savings targets.

Microsoft has unveiled a 'hyperscale' data centre in New Zealand and Amazon is opening one soon. Their work is an energy-hungry undertaking. Audio

Despite an 84m tonne gap needing to be filled to meet the first target under the Paris Agreement, Watts says he remains committed to the target.

However the government's new plan moves the country closer to its crucial emissions budget for 2031-2035. Audio

The former Governor General Dame Patsy replaces Rod Carr, whose term ended last week.

The country needs to drastically increase its climate efforts, The Climate Change Commission says.

The government would more than a year's worth of the whole country's greenhouse gases short of meeting its international promises, by latest calculations.

Both sides of methane debate claim to be backed by science, but say their opponents are "political".

New Zealand's current target is to cut net emissions by 50 percent by 2030.