Climate
How school children are coping with 'eco-anxiety'
An Australian study has found that nearly 90 percent of children are worried about climate change. In New Zealand, kids have similar concerns - but they're doing something about it.
Careers to save the planet
To look ahead to Global Week of Climate Action we speak to McDiarmid co-director Professor Justin Hodgkiss talks about careers which could help save the planet. Audio
Primary school children doing their bit for the planet
Primary school age children, worried about climate change, are trying to do their bit for the planet. Eco-anxiety is term often used to descibe the fear of global warming, and the worry that not… Audio
Global Week of Climate Action
Looking ahead to Global Week of Climate action we're doing a series of interviews with people who are dealing first hand with the affects of climate change on our environment. Today we speak to Julia… Audio
Canberra residents asked to do 'heavy lifting' to combat climate change
Canberra residents are being asked to do more of the heavy lifting in combating climate change - starting with giving up petrol-powered cars and gas-heated homes.
New app tackles litter and the 'throwaway society'
An anti-litter group is combining new technology with old-fashioned grit to clean up piles of rubbish in Hutt Valley.
Te Papa's collection highlighting climate change
In the lead up to the Global Week of Climate Change we are speaking each day to people who are dealing with the issues facing many communities because of climate change. Today Rachel Yates, senior… Audio
Pacific Climate Warriors recognised by Amnesty International
Local Ambassador of Conscience Awards are being handed out here to replicate the international award being bestowed on youth Climate Change advocate Greta Thunberg in New York. One of the three… Audio
'Dirty secret' gas boosts climate warming
It's the most powerful greenhouse gas you've never heard of, and levels in the atmosphere are soaring.
Extreme heat could impact how we play sport
Most of us know the impact climate change is having on our planet - but what about the way it could impact on the sports we watch and play? Well, a new report launched at the home of cricket, Lords… Audio
Fears over future Australian climate
Meteorologists are warning of 'apocalyptic' conditions for parts of Australia, with higher temperatures and more extreme weather events. Audio
Ocean erosion of beachfront properties
Residents in Wainui in Gisborne have lost chunks of their properties to big swells and king tides. Audio
The carbon emitter we're not prepared to give up
With 4.5 billion air passengers last year, and that number set to double in less than 20 years, how on earth are airlines going to help save the planet? Audio
The carbon emitter we're not prepared to give up
With 4.5 billion air passengers last year, and that number set to double in less than 20 years, how on earth are airlines going to help save the planet?
AudioLatest on Queensland bush fires
Australian fire authorities say the bushfires in Queensland are unprecedented for this time of year. Fire crews are battling nearly 60 blazes, with at least 20 homes destroyed over three days - mostly… Audio
Hurricane Dorian continues on its path of destruction
Hurricane Dorian's path of destruction construction, as it makes landfall in Canada. The heavy rain's cutting power and the strong winds are whipping-up big sea swells. Before reaching Canada… Audio
Record heat killed over 1400 people in France - minister
Record heatwaves in June and July caused the deaths of 1435 people in France this year, according to the country's health minister.
Hurricane Dorian: Roofs pulled off houses, trees snapped over
Hurricane Dorian is about to hit the Bahamas and sweep through the US in the next few hours. Labelled as 'historic' and 'catastrophic', the Category 5 storm is predicted to devastate the Bahamas and… Audio
The first 'climate safe house'
A small southern community is taking climate action into its own hands with the creation of the country's first "climate safe house".
Ruth Mottram - The melting of Greenland's ice sheet
What can Greenland's vast ice sheet tell us about the health of the world's glaciers? Glaciologist and climate scientist Ruth Mottram works for the Danish Meteorological Institute in Copenhagen where… Audio
