Climate
The climate cost of 'need it now' home deliveries
Before you click that online order, have a think about what all these door-to-door deliveries are doing to the climate. It may be worse than you think.
My Hometown: Keeping faith in Gisborne, and an eye on the forecast
Coping with extreme, often traumatic, weather events is nothing new for the people of Tai Rāwhiti, says RNZ's chief executive and former resident Paul Thompson. Just don't call them resilient.
Scrapping clean car discount cost $138m in fuel savings – transport officials
The advice was never officially presented because the new government suspended the need for regulatory impact statements for undoing Labour-era policies.
How much road user charges will cost EV drivers
Owners of a fully electric vehicle could end up paying twice as much per kilometre as someone with a petrol car, a climate and energy expert says.
'We need to prepare for the consequences' of climate change - expert
The University of Auckland's climate scientist Dr Kevin Trenberth says it is "not surprising" that 2023 was the hottest year on record.
Marble Bar locals lap up the heat with 26 days straight of over 43C
A remote town in northern Western Australia billed as "Australia's hottest town" has just sweltered its way through almost a month of temperatures above 43 degrees Celsius.
'I tell people Napier has the best weather in New Zealand'
Mataruahou, Napier Hill, is a beautiful place – sunny, warm and usually calm. A naïve visitor would never know how natural disaster has shaped it. What impact will future events have on her hometown…
'Extra long-haul' flights set to boost NZ's flying emissions
The main transporter of jet fuel to Auckland Airport is expecting booming growth in international flights over the next 25 years, including more 'extra long haul' journeys from Aotearoa.
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How a boom in 'extra long-haul' flights could affect the climate
The main transporter of jet fuel to Auckland Airport is predicting big growth in international flights.
US climate envoy John Kerry to leave Biden administration
The former US senator and secretary of state will help with President Joe Biden's re-election campaign, administration sources said.
Scientists say one-in-three chance 2024 another year of record heat
This year has a one-in-three chance of being even hotter than 2023, the world's hottest on record, scientists in the US say.
Blizzard strikes North America
Tens of millions of Americans were in the pathway of dangerous and damaging weather conditions.
Why are trains being cancelled because of heat?
Explainer - Rail services are struggling to cope with middling temperatures in Wellington. What's going on?
Hot spell hits Wellington and the South Island
It's the South Island's turn for a summer scorcher, with the heat set to rise into the 30s. Audio
2023 confirmed as world's hottest year on record
Climate records tumbled "like dominoes" in 2023, with temperatures far above any recorded level.
'Astounding' heat for two months in near-record year
2023 was one of NZ's hottest on record, but far from the wettest, while Whakatāne and Nelson have lost their crown as the country's sunniest spots.
2023 confirmed as world's hottest year on record
The year 2023 has been confirmed as the warmest on record, driven by human-caused climate change and boosted by the natural El Niño weather event.
Norway approves controversial deep-sea mining
It means the hunt for precious metals in high demand for green technologies can be accelerated.
El Niño bites in the Pacific
Some Pacific nations are feeling the bite of El Niño through dry conditions, while others in drought get relief through above average rainfall.
One of our few native frogs could disappear in decades
The Hochstetter's frog is suffering through a dry summer and could disappear over the next several decades.