Climate

The world's top agriculture body has presented a blueprint for how to get livestock emissions down at the COP28 climate summit in Dubai.

Forestry owners hit by devastating cyclones this year have been given extra time to replant so they won't have to repay millions of dollars in carbon credits.

It's unclear if commentators at COP28 are holding their breaths to see what the Dubai conference will deliver, or because the oil producing country is blanketed in haze. 

New Zealand will need to spend billions on projects cutting emissions in other countries to make up for what the Climate Change Commission says was a late start to cutting greenhouse gases at home.

Major dairy companies from around the world have pledged to disclose and tackle methane emissions - but not Fonterra.

The final government auction of carbon credits for the year has failed to sell any units.

Most parts of the country recorded above-normal average temperatures in the past three months.

The draft deal text includes three options, which delegates from nearly 200 countries will now consider.

Councillor Steve Walker wants the council's adaptation measures for hazards to attract interest from around the country and the world.

Opinion - It has taken decades, but the increasingly urgent issue of "climate mobility" is now central to international climate negotiations, Dalila Gharbaoui writes.

The president of the ongoing UN climate talks Sultan al-Jaber has hit back at claims that he denies a core part of climate science.

Climate Change Minister Simon Watts says he will provide an update on New Zealand's stance on a global renewables pledge when he lands in Dubai at the end of the week.

Pacific Islands Forum secretary general is encouraging the dozens of Pacific representatives at COP28 to remain optimistic that a good result is achievable from the two-week summit.

Heat stress. Lung damage from wildfire smoke - the way that public health has been impacted by climate change is in focus for the first time ever at the annual UN climate summit.

More than 100 countries at UN climate talks in Dubai have promised to treble world renewable energy use by 2030.