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Fire danger running high amid oddball La Nina

Wildfire danger is high in places it wouldn't be under a typical La Nina climate system.

Analysis: Water becomes a commodity

A UN special rapporteur says water should not be treated as a traded commodity.

'Warm years are piling up' - 2020 was NZ's seventh hottest on record

Amid a pandemic NZ saw its seventh hottest year in 2020, carrying on a dire warming trend.

When China battles coal, coal loses

New York Times: China is forcing Australia to realise the coal era is coming to an end.

Plimmerton hopes to double infrastructure spending to reduce flood risk

Pipes made for one-in-30-year floods need to be future-proofed for climate change.

Mass die-off: Little blue penguins fall victim to weather changes

There are fears that warmer seas and other changes could spell disaster for the penguins.

Govt launches $70m clean energy fund

Companies urged to make use of new $70m fund to switch to clean energy for process heat.

Marine creatures susceptible to warm weather will be affected

Marine biologists warn of depleting sea organisms as sea temperatures in Northland rise

Govt-ordered review calls to scrap RMA, shake-up NZ's 78 councils

Top-level panel backs replacing NZ's linchpin environment legislation with new laws.

Revealed: Which regions are driving NZ's emissions?

Canterbury's cows singled out alongside Auckland's cars for driving NZ emissions.

More hot days, fewer frosts: how NZ's climate has already changed

NZ is seeing five more extra-hot days a year than it did in 1950 - and fewer frosts.

Climate change major disruptor to seafood sector - report

Climate change could see migration of prized Kiwi species such as snapper and kingfish.

Bruce Bisset: Climate change waits for no one

COMMENT: The council has decided to allow double the application of nitrogen.

Govt reveals new cap, emissions budget, in ETS reform

The Government has announced a fresh reforms to one of NZ's biggest climate policy levers.

Climate change has already cost NZ almost $1b in droughts and flooding - experts

The cost of climate change is hitting us now, say NZ researchers.

Editorial: Another uphill battle looms after coronavirus

We say: Economic stimulus packages will likely see emissions will rise again.