Climate Change
A call for ideas on climate catastrophe prevention
Parliament is considering a plan to limit New Zealand’s contribution to climate change and it wants your feedback. Audio
Councils can't cope: Productivity Commission
Local councils dealing with climate change, and struggling with overloaded infrastructure and high visitor numbers need better financial support - according to a new report from the Productivity… Audio
France hits record temperature of 45.9C
France has hit its highest recorded temperature - 45.9C - amid a heatwave in Europe that has claimed several lives.
Dunedin City Council declares climate emergency
Dunedin is the latest council to declare a climate emergency, setting itself an ambitious new target to reach net zero carbon two decades earlier than originally planned. Audio
Offsetting our indulgences
Flygskam is rapidly replacing hygge as the media's favourite Scandinavian word. But whereas hygge introduced the world to the warm and fuzzy Danish concept of feeling good due to the simple pleasures… Audio
UK minister suspended after grabbing Greenpeace activist
A British foreign office minister, Mark Field, has been suspended after grabbing a female Greenpeace activist at a black-tie City dinner in London.
Dr Roger Tyers: The no-fly return trip from Beijing to Southampton
Climate researcher Dr Roger Tyers is on his no-fly return trip from China to the U.K. Audio
Climate emergencies: Council 'totally unprepared' for declaration
While Auckland City Council has become the latest to declare a climate emergency, four councils who have already made similar declarations are grappling with how to turn words into action.
A Climate Emergency
The Auckland Council has voted to declare a climate change emergency. Audio
Phil Goff: ‘We have an obligation to act’
Auckland Mayor Phil Goff says the council has an obligation to act on climate change, and it would have been reckless and irresponsible to not declare a climate emergency. He told Lisa Owen the… Video, Audio
Auckland Council declares climate emergency
Auckland Council has become the latest to declare a climate emergency - joining Nelson, Canterbury and dozens of other cities around the world. Mayor Phil Goff says failing to acknowledge climate… Audio
Taking climate change seriously without being alarmist
Practical action rather than symbolic statements is what's needed to tackle the climate crisis, Prof Bronwyn Hayward says. Audio
Dire climate report warns of 'threat to civilisation' within decades
A climate change think tank is warning of an environmental catastrophe within three decades that will threaten the existence of humanity.
John Flux - Lifelong ecologist
Internationally respected New Zealand ecologist John Flux has spent his life studying hares, starlings, and even his own cats. His study of starlings in Belmont Regional Park, near Wellington, has… Audio
Do all animals get goosebumps?
On this week's science adventure, Nanogirl and some friends find out what goosebumps are and whether all animals get them - especially animals that live in very, very, very cold places. Video, Audio
Is climate change really so scary?
According to a Melbourne-based think tank, climate change is very scary and depressing. However Metro's Digital Editor Tess Nichol has been trying to look for the positives. Audio
Fijian family takes on Europe in climate fight
A Fijian family may yet have their day in a European court in what's being seen as a landmark case in the fight against climate change. Audio
Tagata o te Moana for 8 June 2019
Papua New Guinea's prime minister has vowed to reconstruct the nation in his first major speech; Police on Papua New Guinea's Manus Island have called for the government to intervene as the number of… Audio
The no-fly journey from England to China
Dr Roger Tyers is an environmental sociologist at the University of Southampton who's just travelled from Southampton to Beijing without flying. He speaks to Jim about taking on the no-fly challenge.
…Three minutes max: Dr Ella Henry
Three Minutes Max: Short, succinct opinions from New Zealanders on subjects of their choice. AUT's Dr Ella Henry on the topic of climate change and the students in the news trying to take the matter… Audio
