Stories by Eloise Gibson

Building energy-hungry data centres is a boom industry in New Zealand, with international companies keen to reduce their climate impact by using this county's renewable electricity.

Scientists are still trying to figure out what is behind the faster-than-predicted heating.

The building minister says he expects the new research to be factored into the government's review looking at rolling back the standards.

The drop will lead to two megatonnes more emissions in the next decade, clean car lobby group says. Audio

Environment officials tried to warn Cabinet the move risked blowing NZ's climate targets - but were told they were too late.

"The coal we produce in New Zealand, in the South Island, isn't used to be burned at Huntly - it's used to put in your mobile phone that's right in front of you," Simon Watts says.

A former top climate diplomat says New Zealand is going to have to step up its game the next time sets a climate target.

A leading climate scientists says it's just not possible for some ecosystems to adapt to climate change.

Nearly 150 wind, solar and geothermal projects have been announced - but just a fraction will be built by the end of 2025.

Researchers have ranked 21 big companies on their goals to cut carbon emissions.

A solution to dairy cows' methane-laced burps could be ready to sell to NZ farmers next year, but Australian farmers will get it first. Audio

No bidders turned up to the third auction of carbon credits of the year.

The government says it is on track to meet climate targets, but that is 'based on optimistic assumptions', Simon Upton says.

NZ Steel says the government's up to $140 million investment in its electric furnace should repay itself in about three years.

Government officials have been quietly exploring how much carbon dioxide could be saved if the country reflooded its peat soils.

Falling production from offshore gas fields, along with low lake levels, have been blamed for burning more coal and increasing New Zealand's emissions. So will the government's LNG plan help?

It uses 40 percent of the country's gas supply and the country needs a plan if it leaves, experts say. Audio

Rivers and lakes could be cleaned up and profits still generated for landowners by converting sheep and beef farms to pine trees, new research says.

The carbon price is expected to rise on news the government is slashing the number of tonnes of planet-heating emissions for sale by more than half.

The Australian-owned company was the biggest beneficiary of a government scheme to shield exporters from paying for their carbon emissions last year.

Sir Jonathon Porritt has also fired barbs at Air New Zealand saying "it's trashing its own reputation".

Researchers believe the same may be happening here too.

The computer will be able to run complex models much faster than anything available to researchers in New Zealand at the moment. Audio

The government has been pinning its plan to meet climate targets in farming on new technology coming to market.

The Climate Change Minister has been warned that demand for international offsets are likely to increase the closer it gets to 2030.