Climate
Greens' result a 'banner of hope', incoming MP says
The Green Party has cemented its status as the voice of the most left-leaning city in Aotearoa and will keep on fighting for people and the planet, the new MP says. Audio
As election uncertainty settles, NZ must unify climate vision - councillor
Opinion - With the window of time for transformational emissions reductions closing, we cannot afford to remain in a state of defeat for long, writes councillor Sophie Handford.
To avert climate disaster, what if one rogue nation dimmed the Sun?
In an influential cli-fi novel, a desperate government ignores international consensus and pumps aerosols into the atmosphere to cool the world. Could it happen for real?
The million-plus club: New Zealand's biggest emitters for 2023 revealed
New Zealand's top 10 emitters still make more than half the country's greenhouse gases, with Fonterra taking out the top spot for the third year running, followed by the three biggest petrol…
Call for government funding to help stop flooding in Canterbury
The government needs to invest in making Canterbury's rivers safer as climate change causes increased flooding, says Environment Canterbury chairperson Peter Scott.
Rivers in the sky, heatwaves in the sea: Aotearoa's climate outlook
Bigger, heavier 'rivers in the sky' - like the atmospheric river that brought record rainfall to Auckland in January - are on the cards as the planet heats, the latest report on Aotearoa's climate…
Low-methane genetics on track for 2026, agri-tech co-operative says
One of New Zealand agriculture's largest private investors in research and development says low-methane dairy cow genetics could be in-market by 2026.
How the climate crisis affects cost of living
Voters may be focused on the cost of living, but climate groups say failing to look at climate policies will raise household bills as well.
Failure to address climate issues will raise household bills say researchers
Voters may be focussed on the cost of living, but climate groups say failing to look at climate policies will raise household bills as well.
Researchers say every aspect of life will be affected… Audio
The North Island road slowly falling into the sea
Narrow and winding, with large chunks of it already slumped towards the sea, it seems just a matter of time.
Christchurch will host major climate conference in 2025
The United Nations has announced Christchurch will host an international climate conference in 2025.
Kim Stanley Robinson: Imagining the future and finding hope
US writer Kim Stanley Robinson spends a lot of time imagining the future. The author of more than 20 novels, including his best-selling The Mars Trilogy, he's considered one of the greatest writers of… Audio
Warmest September as global temperatures soar
This year is on track to be the warmest on record after September temperatures alarm scientists.
This year on track to be warmest on record after September heat
World temperatures in September were "absolutely, gob-smackingly bananas," according to climatologist Zeke Hausfather.
Last month was 0.93 degrees Celsius warmer than the average September… Audio
The ambitious project trying to restore almost a fifth of NZ to healthy forest
An ambitious new project aims to re-plant and restore at least 2.1 million hectares of native forest over the next 10 years.
Warning over impact on petrol prices, EV sales if Clean Car Discount ditched
Research shows relying on the emissions trading scheme alone to drive decarbonisation would see petrol prices need to rise by 60 cents a litre.
Northland council's carbon-zero plan 'unashamedly ambitious'
A Northland council aims to switch to electric buses and tap into solar power as part of an "ambitious" plan to go carbon-zero by 2050.
Project aims to re-plant two million hectares of native forest
An ambitious new project aims to re-plant and restore at least two million hectares of native forest over the next 10 years.
Recloaking Papatūānuku has won the attention of government ministers, with… Audio
Researchers call for urgent emissions cuts as Antarctic sea ice 'drops off a cliff'
Marine and ice specialists from top research outfits gathered at an emergency summit in Wellington on Tuesday to discuss record low sea ice in Antarctica this year, which they described as "deeply…
Climate debate puts parties' emissions policies under scrutiny
With NZ on track to fall 114 million tonnes short of the 2030 emissions reduction target, and billions of dollars likely needed to pay for it, candidates debated their parties' climate policies. Audio