Climate Change

Protein scientist and writer Danyl McLauchlan joins Kim to tackle life's big questions, ideas and thinkers. This week he's discussing The Sixth Extinction author's Elizabeth Kolbert's new book on… Audio

The BBC World Service Rich Preston - joins us to talk about the current picture of coronavirus around the world, efforts begin later this week to prepare for the next one, the US climate envoy, John… Audio

Alison Ballance's foray into the vaults finds a feature on ocean acidification, The Acid Test and adds a 2021 update. Audio

The world needs to turn climate changing emissions around now or face a dire future, an NZ scientist says. This morning, the United Nations' secretary-general Antonio Guterres warned the planet's on… Audio

Terry Wilson is a pioneer in using global positioning systems (GPS) to understand the loss of Antarctic ice. She says Antarctica's bedrock is rising as the ice melts and this will have implications… Audio

Last week’s student-led Climate Strike protest at Parliament was a colourful event on a dour, damp day. We collected a few photos from the occasion.

How often do you find yourself struggling to get out of conversations with people? A new study has found that  most conversations don't end when the participants want them to. Study lead Adam… Audio

The Forever Project is a Stuff magazine that addresses the threat of climate change.  Audio

Fifty percent of New Zealanders surveyed in Research New Zealand's latest poll have ranked protecting Kiwis against Covid-19 as NZ's most pressing issue, followed by the availability of affordable… Audio

Dr Katharyn Duffy is an earth systems scientist at Northern Arizona University. Collaborating with a couple of colleagues from New Zealand, she led a study, published in Science Advances, that… Audio

There's the old climate war, the one where fossil fuel interests put all their efforts into denying there's a problem. And then there's the new one. Denial isn't working anymore says Dr. Michael E… Audio

On the Weekend Panel this morning are Josie Pagani and Bernard Hickey. Among other issues, they take a look at the rates hikes in Wellington, ties (or lack thereof) in our Parliament, and Air New… Audio

What can families and schools do to help children and young people overcome fear and anxiety about climate change? New work from the New Zealand Council for Educational Research looks at how to give… Audio

A blueprint to bring down our carbon emissions by 2050  - and change the way we all live - came out this week. There was excellent media coverage of the detail but some journalists complained they… Video, Audio

The Dasgupta Report was released earlier this week, with study author Partha Dasgupta urging the world's governments to rethink economic growth as a measure of success. Guardian economics editor Larry… Audio

It's the burning issue of our time - what to do with a climate that's rapidly warming and threatening the world as we know it. On Monday the Climate Change Commission released a blueprint outlining… Audio

Counting carbon has become a quagmire for consumers trying to understand quite how much impact their travel or work is having on the environment. Quite what the carbon footprint of a business is can… Audio