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Climate campaigners bring election message to Whanganui
The roadshow group wants people to consider the climate as they vote this year.
How California became ground zero for climate disasters
New York Times: California has been left vulnerable to climate shocks.
Are cooler heads needed on climate change?
Financial Times: Estimates it will cost NZ $12,800 per citizen to deliver tiny reduction.
Why NZ could be in for another unusually hot summer
A climate scientist has called a La Niña summer for NZ - and a likely 'marine heatwave'.
Renewable energy: Covid an opportunity to reduce emissions and create jobs
COMMENT: Countries can meet their emissions reduction targets as they create jobs.
Firefighters battle exhaustion along with flames
Firefighters have been working around the clock to contain the wildfires decimating US.
Sudden death of thousands of migratory birds linked to wildfires and extreme weather
Songbirds including flycatchers, warblers and swallows have been found dazed.
Austria sets record straight about 'forest cities'
Donald Trump has been making strange claims again about Europe's forests.
Climate change and forest management fuel epic US wildfires
COMMENT: Climate change and forest management contribute to today's wildfires.
Dismay as huge chunk of Greenland's ice cap breaks off
Scientists say climate change is to blame.
In visiting a charred California, Trump confronts a scientific reality he denies
New York Times: Trump has mocked climate change and pushed policies that accelerate it.
Election 2020: Act touts 'no-nonsense' climate change plan
Act would ditch new climate legislation and allow mining on 'low value' conservation land.
Orange skies expose California's darkness
Toxic conditions caused by rampant wildfires add to Covid woe for San Franciscans.
Think 2020 was wild? Experts see worse disasters in future
This year has seen droughts, hurricanes and freak disasters, and it's about to get worse.
NZ's warming seas: Is another 'marine heatwave' coming?
With coastal waters running unusually warm, is another big "marine heatwave" on the cards?
'I Am Greta': Doco shines light on teen climate activist
The film debunks some of the criticisms levelled at the self-described "shy, nerdy" teen.
Winter 2020: NZ's warmest on record
'By 2040, we might be looking back at this as a normal winter.'
Greta Thunberg returns to school in Sweden after year off
Swedish environmental activist Greta Thunberg says she's returning to class.
Why a revolution is brewing among the 'Covid generation'
Comment: The aftermath of Covid will leave young people burdened with debt.
'Dangerous rate of spread': California wildfires claim at least 5 lives
Lightning strikes have caused dozens of fires that are decimating parts of California.
Editorial: Climate as pressing as Covid pandemic
Editorial: The opportunity hidden within the pandemic disaster should not be lost.
The Covid Generation: How we can future-proof our kids
How coronavirus could affect your children's futures - and how to help.
Inspired by Greta: Bay's Generation Z working to change world
Generation Z - the future leaders to save the world.
This is inequality at the boiling point
New York Times: The agony of extreme heat is profoundly unequal.
Ella Jensen: Embracing tech to reduce the farming footprint
It is time to re-open a nation-wide dialogue on the use of genetic technologies.
Letters: Covid-ruined Sydney funeral sparks message to NZ
Letters on Covid quarantine, John Key, rents, climate and nukes.
'Green recovery' required to lock in lockdown climate benefits - research
Travel restrictions have slashed emissions, but action is needed to reap climate rewards.
Hurricane, fire, Covid-19: Disasters expose hard reality of climate change
New York Times: The danger of overlapping disasters in a warming world.
Act wants to slash MPs' air travel to combat climate change
Changing the sitting days at Parliament could reduce MPs' air travel by 25 per cent.
Seven in 10 Kiwis want a green Covid-19 recovery - survey
Seven in 10 Kiwis want Covid-19 economic recovery to be green one, new survey shows.
'Coalmine canaries': Glacier melt directly linked to climate change
Kiwi scientists draw one of first direct links between climate change and glacier melt.
A quarter of Bangladesh is flooded. Millions have lost everything
New York Times: People least responsible for climate change are among those most hurt.