Stories by Eloise Gibson

National scrapped a fund for companies to switch from coal. Now NZ might not meet emissions targets, officials say.

A new steel-making furnace will reduce emissions so much, environment officials have pitched reducing the whole country's supply of carbon credits.

Waka Kotahi has found almost 200 cases where car dealers pocketed electric vehicle subsidies, then broke the law.

Fears that New Zealand is relying too heavily on low-cost forests to absorb its carbon dioxide emissions have been reignited by a report from the OECD.

Job cuts at Crown-owned science company NIWA could cull a team of New Zealand's top climate modellers, RNZ understands.

The Climate Change Commission is floating the idea of bringing international shipping into New Zealand's carbon-cutting targets.

Wendy McGuinness has a different take on what's holding back climate action in New Zealand.

Analysis: The Resource Minister said it, but is it true and why does it matter?

A three bedroom, two bathroom home in South Auckland has achieved the highest possible climate-friendly rating, one of the first family-sized homes to achieve that level of sustainability.

The country has now cut its planet-heating gases for three years in a row.

Energy efficiency ratings for buildings are on hold, while the government decides whether to intervene to improve the country's housing.

Analysis - The Climate Change Minister has defended the government's methane review, saying it will put the debate to bed. Experts say the science is already settled.

New Zealand's current effort does not meet international criteria for doing its fair share, the Climate Change Commission says.

Politicians could save money by using "comprehensive" research that's already been done - twice, economist says.

New research suggests even building a giant wall in the sea would not be enough to stop sea level rise stemming from two crucial Antarctic glaciers.

New Zealand farms could stop buying 'blood phosphate' and lower their greenhouse gas emissions by getting a common fertiliser from local mines, a report says.

Scientists are making real-time carbon maps of every New Zealand city, following a successful pilot in Auckland.

Emitters paid $64 a tonne, the legal minimum the government can sell at, ending a run of failed auctions when no permits sold.

A "true gentleman", a top business journalist and a tireless advocate for climate action are some of the ways he's been described.

The government's first carbon auction of the year is on a knife-edge, with commentators saying it is unclear whether emitters need to buy any more units.

The government's proposed new charges for electric vehicles have left the motor industry and consumers not impressed.

The Southern Ocean absorbs 10 percent of humanity's greenhouse gases, but there are fears that could change.

The government has been urged to quickly shrink the number of carbon credits available for polluters to buy.

A long-awaited methane-hunting satellite is in orbit, and should start supplying a steady stream of information from June.

Fifty-one car dealers are accused of wrongly advertising electric vehicles for sale after claiming the rebates themselves.