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Storing carbon dioxide in geothermal wells could be a cheap way to mitigate climate change, and New Zealand is well placed to do it according to researchers at the University of Canterbury. Too good… Audio

As we've seen in recent weather events, floods and slips go hand in hand. Martin Brook is an Associate Professor of Applied Geology at the University of Auckland. He has studied slopes in both… Audio

Assoc. Prof. Heather Purdie explains why glaciers are the perfect barometer of climate change. A highlight from the University of Canterbury's Raising the Bar Christchurch 2023 series. Audio

Tens of millions of dollars earmarked for Government climate change projects are yet to be spent. Treasury documents show about a third of the initiatives in the more than $3 billion Climate Emergency… Audio

We have always enjoyed Goldilocks climate in New Zealand, not too hot and not too cold. But the weather so many of us grew up with is gone says Professor James Renwick, Victoria University's senior… Audio

Young people demanding immediate action on climate change from the government have held marches across the country.

School Strike 4 Climate and Fridays for Future want to see New Zealand reduce… Video, Audio

Is climate change funny yet?

That's the question posed by award-winning comedian and podcaster Tim Batt, who is mining for laughs in a looming disaster.

Climate reporter Hamish Cardwell filed this… Audio

Concern about the climate is making its way to the checkout - according to new data from Consumer NZ.

Its latest Sentiment Tracker shows almost 85 percent of New Zealanders expect to maintain or… Video, Audio

The Transport Minister Michael Wood admits some transport routes may need to be abandoned as a result of climate change, and the more extreme weather it will bring.

Last week, RNZ revealed Waka… Audio

A major report on Waka Kotahi has found the transport agency hasn't been factoring in climate change and resilience in many of its roading projects. The report - commissioned by Waka Kotahi - found… Audio

A report has found young people are facing increasing levels of distress, and declining mental health and wellbeing. Rangatahi told the Mental Health and Wellbeing Commission they're worried about an… Audio

We've got Greens co-leader Marama Davidson with us now. Audio

A new report on the future of biosecurity reveals climate change could make Aotearoa better suited to farming new exotic crops.Hugh Rose chairs the Tropical Fruit Growers of New Zealand and he talks… Audio

The Climate Change Commission is warning decision makers that we can't plant our way out of trouble.

It's released draft recommendations to the Government for the next Emissions Reduction Plan, and… Audio

Climate change isn't just harming the health of the planet, its also harming the health of people living on it. 

That warning comes in an editorial published in the New Zealand Medical Journal… Audio

An expert in economics and climate change says a new Treasury report on climate change underestimates its true cost. 

The report says New Zealand's economy is resilient, and well placed to weather… Audio

Music commentator Kirsten Zemke joins Kathryn to play some tracks from artists who have tried over the decades to get the world to consider the impact humans are having on the planet. Audio

Cracks are starting to appear in the Labour - Green Party cooperation agreement with the Chris Hipkins administration ending work on a raft of climate change policies. The container and bottle… Audio

New Zealand should be showing larger more powerful countries how to address climate change by leading the way. That's the view of Dr Kevin Trenberth a distinguished scholar from the National Centre of… Audio

"There is much to win by trying" to take action on climate change.

A major new international climate report is being called a "survival guide for humanity" by the UN chief. It is something of a mic… Audio

Public health experts are warning Water-borne-related health risks are a particular challenge in Aotearoa as climate change rapidly advances.

In the latest IPCC report, the United Nations warns we're… Audio

Governments have agreed that the next decade will be critical in preventing irreversible climate change.

That's a key outcome of the last IPCC report until 2030 - one which condensed decades of… Audio

Climate change is an "existential threat to everyone on spaceship Earth" according to NASA's deputy administrator Colonel Pam Melroy.

She, and her boss Bill Nelson, are in New Zealand this week… Audio