Climate Change
Reversing Climate Change
An idea to reverse global warming is being aired, but it would mean the sky changing colour. Audio
Crossing Planetary Boundaries
An international team of scientists has issued a warning that we have now crossed four out of nine planetary boundaries. Audio
Science agency predicts Australia's future temperatures
Australia's national science agency is predicting global warming will cause Australia to heat up at a rate faster than the global average. Audio
It could take centuries to reverse damage to NZ glaciers
Scientists say it could take hundreds of years to reverse damage to the Fox and Franz Josef Glaciers brought on by climate change. Audio
Big Year interview: Sean Simpson, founder of Lanzatech
The founder of Lanza tech, Sean Simpson on the company's huge gains in creating a low carbon aviation fuel using waste from the steel industry. This year the company has moved its headquarters from… Audio
Political commentators Mike Williams and Matthew Hooton
Climate talks in Lima, the formal split of Internet Mana, the milk price Audio
Lima climate agreement not enough for environmentalists
United Nations member countries, including New Zealand, have reached what appears to be an uneasy truce on tackling climate change. Audio
Climate change expert says lack of progress no surprise
United Nations members meeting in Peru have reached what's being regarded as an underwhelming agreement on how countries should tackle climate change. Audio
Naomi Klein - This Changes Everything
Naomi Klein, author of the international bestsellers, The Shock Doctrine and No Logo, talks to Wallace Chapman about her latest book, This Changes Everything. She’s calling for politics to be… Audio
$50 billion climate change bill stirs up accusations
The prospect of New Zealand taxpayers being lumbered with a 50 billion dollar climate change bill has led to more accusations that the Government is dragging its heels. Audio
Greens on cost of post-2020 emmission targets
A climate change researcher says achieving post-2020 emission targets could cost New Zealand up to $53 billion. Audio
Prime Minister says climate change figures are 'broad estimate'
Green activists literally buried their heads in the sand in a day of action on climate change. The Coal Action Network organised the stunt at 11 beaches to coincide with the departure of the Climate… Audio
Report warns health sector to prepare for climate change
A report is warning that Dengue Fever, giardia and salmonella will increase markedly in New Zealand if health officials don't start taking climate change seriously. Audio
The Drowned World
Curator Daniel Michael Satele wants us all to think more about water. So he's put together an exhibition of works about water and called it The Drowned World. Named for novelist JG Ballard's dystopian… Audio
Deep at the Reef
Brand new manned submersibles are enabling explorations of the Queensland reef systems to previously impossible depths (of 300 metres), but how this is contributing to the study of sensory… Audio
Business commentator Rod Oram
Rod Oram reports in from the G20 meeting in Australia. Audio
Wellington-made climate change documentary could screen on USA TV
Simon Lamb is a Wellington scientist whose award-winning documentary about climate change is to be screened on American public television. The Associate Professor of Geophysics at Victoria University… Audio
Threats to renewable energy industry
As the UN's climate change panel warns governments to rapidly transition to renewables to avoid climate disaster - why are some governments still continuing to put barriers in the way of clean energy… Audio
UN report issues grim warning on greenhouse gas levels
The United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change has released a major summary of its last three reports. It warns greenhouse-gas levels are at their highest point in 800-thousand years… Audio
New Zealand Geographic
The magazine is celebrating 25 years by looking forward another 25 to the big issues. Editor James Frankham on why we are not 100% pure. Audio