Climate
Protecting bio-diversity ' akin to fighting climate change'
The UN Convention on Biological Diversity is holding its 14th meeting of the Conference of the Parties in Egypt to thrash out the main ways to achieve global biodiversity targets, for managing the… Audio
Traitor: the story of Patrick Heenan (part 2)
Why do some historians think an NZ-born traitor was "instrumental" in the Japanese victory in Singapore during WWII? Audio
Diana Ürge-Vorsatz: how buildings contribute to climate change
Professor Diana Ürge-Vorsatz is the director of the Centre of Climate Change and Sustainable Energy Policy at the Central European University in Budapest. She is also Vice Chair of the IPCC. She's in… Audio
Mary Robinson - Climate Justice
The former president of Ireland, Mary Robinson, has turned her energy to the fight against climate change. She has set up The Mary Robinson Foundation - Climate Justice which focuses on the struggle… Audio
Vanuatu could take legal action against climate change culprits
Vanuatu is putting the fossil fuel industry and the states that sponsor it on notice.
Vanuatu could take legal action against climate change culprits
Vanuatu is putting the fossil fuel industry and the states that sponsor it on notice.
Plea for bold action on climate change
Academics urge the government to draw on war-time efforts to spur faster initiatives that can lessen the impact of climate change.
Climate change impact hits Sanford's full year profit
Abnormally high water temperatures last summer have contributed to a lower than expected full year profit for Sanford.
Old ice gives insights into future sea level rise
Melting polar ice will be the biggest contributor to sea level rise in future - but will it come from Greenland or Antarctica? Audio
Old ice gives insights into future sea level rise
Melting polar ice will be the biggest contributor to sea level rise in future - but will it come from Greenland or Antarctica?
AudioOur Changing World for 8 November 2018
An expert says loneliness is the biggest risk for brain health, and ice melting in Greenland and Antarctica. Audio
Cloudy with a chance of catastrophe
NIWA tells MPs that "increasing risk is the new norm" and says it's time for a paradigm shift on coping with extreme weather events, Audio
Cloudy with a chance of catastrophe
NIWA tells MPs that "increasing risk is the new norm" and says it's time for a paradigm shift on coping with extreme weather events,
AudioCarbon fund launched to help lower emissions
This week the NZX will list the country's first ever investment fund for carbon credits. Paul Harrison is the Managing Director of Salt Funds, which is launching the Carbon Fund, he tells us how it… Audio
Is becoming 'flexitarian' the best thing we can do for the planet?
Researchers have found a global shift to a more plant-based diet is essential to keep climate change in check and feed a growing planet. This flexitarian diet means the average world citizen needs to… Audio
What it will take to meet climate change obligations?
Since introducing the Climate Change Act ten years ago the UK has made deep cuts in its carbon emissions, what can New Zealand learn from the British experience. Audio
Climate change effects laid bare in new film, The Human Element
The Human Element is a new film which explores climate change and its effect on the four classical elements of fire, air, water and land, produced by Kiwi-American filmmaker Olivia Ahnemann Audio
Seven to eleven cyclones forecast for this season
The South Pacific is forecast to experience seven to eleven cyclones this season, and three or four of those are likely to be severe. Audio
The risk of coastal flooding for our beautiful wee island
As global temperatures rise, so do sea levels - and that's bad news for little old island countries in the south-pacific surrounded by the ocean like New Zealand. Audio
The case for making the environment manly
Research suggests that both men and women see environmental behaviour, like recycling, as feminine, spurring fears some men avoid being eco-friendly because of it. Seattle University marketing… Audio