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Climate change: Communities uproot

There will be a need to uproot communities and retreat from some areas because of climate change, the chief executive of Local Government New Zealand says.

Global warming? Forget cold hard facts

Lockheed develops climate change weapons

12 ways the world will end

Why Antarctic ice is increasing

5C rise in temperature tipped for Australia

Australia is on course to experience some of the world's most extreme temperature increases as well as more torrential rain and increased flooding, a new report shows.

Eco-home tested in disaster-prone area

Vo Van Duong's bamboo and coconut leaf house looks much like others deep in Vietnam's Mekong Delta.

Photos: Fox Glacier's dramatic retreat

Series of photographs taken over 10 years reveals huge changes to one of New Zealand’s most famous landmarks.

Robots probe climate change

Hundreds of robotic instruments deployed across the South Pacific have begun to reveal dramatic new insights into the impact of climate change upon oceans in our corner of the world.

Heads in the sand on beaches

Climate change proposal earns kudos

New Zealand's proposal to tackle climate change on an international scale is seen as "the only game in town" by the United States, Climate Change Minister Tim Groser says.

Global data says 2014 hottest yet

This year is set to be the hottest on record globally, with climate scientists pointing to rising levels of atmospheric carbon dioxide as the most likely cause.

Climate change warning for Auckland

Aucklanders need to prepare for the wide-ranging impacts that climate change will have on their city, a leading scientist says.

NZ sea levels set to rise 30cm - report

Sea levels will rise 30cm around New Zealand by 2050 and threaten coastal properties and infrastructure in low-lying areas, a new report warns.

Brian Fallow: NZ ducking the climate question

Simon Terry: Pressure mounting on NZ to deliver real emission reduction

After many years focused on creative accounting, New Zealand is facing pressure to deliver emission reduction results.

Editorial: Quit cooling our heels on climate action

A persistent argument of those wanting to drag their feet over climate change has been that small countries, this one included, should feel no obligation to act until the world's biggest economies do.

Support for climate change measures

G20 nations have backed moves on climate change in the wake of the Brisbane leaders' summit.