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University of Canterbury Ahorangi Professor Bronwyn Hayward, is a coordinating lead author of the 2022 IPCC report and co-leading the global chapter on Cities and infrastructure. She joins us to talk… Audio

Lawyers for climate action are taking the New Zealand climate commission to court this week claiming they moved the goal posts on counting the country's carbon emissions. Audio

With more rain forecast for the Buller District, some frustrated locals have called for urgent flood mitigation work.

Evacuated residents in Westport were today allowed to return to their homes to… Video, Audio

Dairy farmer George Moss used to be a climate change skeptic, now he's a climate change ambassador the dairy industry. Audio

Volker Kuntzsch passionately believes New Zealand needs to move towards more ocean-based primary production, with plankton and seaweed leading a burgeoning blue economy.  Audio

Dr Kevin Trenberth is an internationally recognised expert on climate change and honorary academic at the Faculty of Science at the University of Auckland. He talks to Jesse about how misinformation… Audio

The past seven years have been the hottest on record, that's according to new EU data.

Last year was the fifth warmest year ever - while extreme weather such heatwaves and floods caused chaos, and… Audio

The damaging domination of Australia's right-wing media has weaponised climate change, says Malcolm Turnbull, who was Australian prime minister between 2015 and 2018. Audio

It's been a year of developments in Climate Change discussions - but not a year of progress.  Audio

Auckland councillors will vote this week on the Mayor's proposed climate change levy for the city. The $1 billion climate change package comes as a report has suggest the Council isn't on track to… Audio

Looking through the fog of an ongoing pandemic, Auckland Mayor Phil Goff has proposed a billion dollars to fight what he says will have a much greater impact than Covid.

His climate change-centred… Audio

Auckland's mayor wants the council to adopt a $1 billion climate change package - largely paid for by a targeted levy. 

It comes as the council received a report saying it was not on track to halve… Audio

There are many reasons why relationships fall apart. In the case of black-browed albatross, the effects of climate change could be the breaking point.

Researchers in Portugal found warmer sea… Audio

Deciding who picks up the bill for the devastation of climate change is a central issue at the COP26 UN climate summit in Glasgow.

As RNZ Climate Reporter Hamish Cardwell reports, huge sums of money… Audio

A new exhibition revealing the impacts of climate change on Pacific communities appears in the National Library this month.

'Trouble in Paradise' presents sixty winning photographs of a competition… Audio

Calling from Glasgow Minister for Climate James Shaw tells Karyn Hay who he is excited to speak to, transparency in New Zealand's relationship with China and what he hopes to achieve at Cop 26. Audio

Idyllic Pacific countries are at the forefront of catastrophic climate change yet their voices, like their low-lying islands, are at risk of being drowned out.

Just four Pacific nations' leaders are… Audio

Iwi are increasingly taking stock of the impact that climate change will have on customary and cultural practice. 

For Māori, a connection to the sea and land is felt and celebrated as a natural… Audio

Nathan Rarere spoke to our own hot-potato, our correspondent in Australia, Pam Corkery about the Yellow Wiggle Emma Watkins stepping down. Audio

New Zealand is committing $1.3 billion over four years to support countries most vulnerable to climate change - at least half of that money will go to the Pacific.

The announcement comes ahead of the… Audio

New Zealand's Pacific neighbours are in for a climate aid boost.

The government's committing $1.3 billion over four years to support countries most vulnerable to climate change - at least half of… Audio

The Climate Change Minister admits that progress on slashing the country's atmospheric emissions is slower than he'd like.

The Government has issued a consultation document containing ideas for… Audio

A chorus of rage and disappointment has met the release of a government document on how to slash climate emissions.

Described as a consultation document, the paper includes ideas from Ministers and… Audio

Māori climate change advocates are urging the government to be more ambitious after the release of a consultation document which it says will help shape the plan to reduce emissions. 

The document… Audio

Ahead of the COP26 climate conference in Glasgow, the Pacific Conference of Churches has launched an adaptation and mitigation project in Tailevu, in Fiji. Audio