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Climate change pledge 'highly conditional'

Economics editor Brian Fallow says the Government's climate change pledge will be hedged with conditions.

Antarctica - our big icy threat

Climate change? Yeah, nah

Kiwis are among the least likely in the developed world to believe in climate change, a study has revealed.

Herald on Sunday editorial: NZ should be doing its bit for the climate

Icy conditions throughout the country and floods in some districts have made it hard to worry about the rising temperature of the planet.

Racing to mass extinction

Earth has entered its sixth mass extinction with animals dying out at 100 times the normal rate, scientists have warned.

Pope lays climate guilt at feet of rich

Pope Francis has blamed the rich and powerful for placing the planet in unprecedented danger as he demanded urgent and concerted global action against climate change.

Nasa's scary discovery: No water

Studies using Nasa satellites show the Earth is rapidly running out of fresh water.

Pope urges all to be 'stewards of creation'

Dog a 'victim of climate change'

Owner's of terrier swept out to sea near St Clair says she'd "never seen waves like this before" as climate experts warn that NZ coast at is at risk to extreme weather.

Tim Naish: If emission talks focus only on short-term costs, we will pay dearly

Limiting the conversation to short-term costs avoids dealing with the much greater long-term consequences, writes Tim Naish.

Editorial: Key should accept Shaw's climate offer

John Key should treat seriously the challenge issued by the Greens' new co-leader to find common ground on climate change.

Brian Fallow: Government shrugs off climate change

A big economic call the Government has to make this year is what emissions target New Zealand will commit to for the 2020s, writes Brian Fallow.

Sam Judd: The war on climate

In a spin over climate change

For most of us, it's a tough ask to draw a link between somewhere as warm as Bangladesh and as chilly as Antarctica.

Leipzig chance for NZ: Simon Bridges

Transport Minister Simon Bridges takes over as head of the International Transport Forum as the organisation tackles ways to boost global trade and tourism at its annual gathering.

Oil hunt raises risk of climate disaster

There's an Alice-in-Wonderland quality about Royal Dutch Shell's attitude towards the risks involved in its plan to drill for oil in the US Arctic.

Phillip Mills and Barry Coates: Stakes too high to stay silent on climate change

The reality is that New Zealand is one of the highest per capita greenhouse gas emitters in the OECD, write Phillip Mills and Barry Coates.

Ice-shelf ‘gone in five years'

Antarctica's Larsen B ice-shelf is on course to disintegrate completely within the next five years, according to a study by US space agency Nasa.