Europe heatwave leads to strikes at popular tourist attraction
Workers are striking at Athens historic attraction as temperatures hit 45C.
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Jet stream pattern and ‘heat domes’ fuel soaring temperatures around globe
Financial Times: Simultaneous heatwaves and flooding are being fuelled by “heat domes”.
Emissions reduction hole might not close in time for first carbon budget
The Government may have to "borrow" emissions reduction to hit goals.
Iwi rejects scientist’s claims about plastic pollution in Lake Rotorua
Trust manager wishes consultation had come first.
Fonterra to receive $90m Govt subsidy to stop burning coal
The government made a similar move with NZ Steel earlier this year
Heat waves grip three continents as climate change warms Earth
New York Times: Hundreds of millions of people are enduring blistering conditions.
Jenée Tibshraeny: Govt caught between climate policy and cost of living crisis
Govt struggling to burn Climate Change Commission advice in its “policy bonfire".
South Korea storm death toll rises to 40
Heavy downpours are lashing South Korea as rescue workers search for survivors.
'The weather is going to go downhill': Northland and Auckland in firing line
Heavy rain to hit top of the north from Thursday evening, and there's snow down south.
As climate shocks multiply, designers seek holy grail: Disaster-proof homes
New York Times: Can our homes help to better protect us against extreme weather?
‘They’re staggered’: The NCEA assessment overseas educators can’t believe is allowed in NZ
At international conferences, 'they are staggered we allow our young people to do that.'
How rising seas are threatening a trove of Aotearoa’s culture heritage
Study reveals nearly 2000 archaeological sites are threatened by erosion and rising seas.
Climate change: Just two in 10 NZ forest owners taking ‘direct measures’ to adapt, study finds
Major study finds most NZ foresters are aware of climate risks but fewer are adapting.
Seven bodies pulled from flooded tunnel as torrential rain pounds South Korea, leaving 33 dead
Heavy rain leaves 26 people dead and 10 others missing in landslides and other incidents.
Our forests and our future are entwined
OPINION: We are going to need more forests - both exotics and indigenous -as carbon sinks.
Letters: Sam Cane's pitch invader kick, polling, Greens' policy
OPINION: Letters on airport delays and climate change, with a Premium Debate on jobs.
Simon Wilson: The 'soft on crime' debate - should we use a Swat team, not KFC, to get kids off roof?
OPINION: The Greens and Act offer plain choices in this election.
'Tax the mega-rich': Green Party lays out policy manifesto
Many of the promises hinge on the party's wealth tax proposal.
Green Party looking to snare Labour's disaffected voters
Green Party members are assembling for their AGM in Auckland this weekend.
Editorial: The hottest days in world history
OPINION: Our editorial on sweltering temperatures.
Three hottest days on Earth - global temperature remains at record high
This week's heat is the latest marker in a series of climate-change-driven extremes.
30 days before Thai resort island runs out of water
A resort island has been told it has fewer than 30 days of fresh water.
Iconic 143-year-old marae under threat
The marae sits in the valley of Maungatapu on waterfront land facing Rangataua Bay.
Counting the cost of storm damage in Northland: $20m insurance payouts from one event
The severe weather in February doused Mangawhai with nearly 400mm of rain.
Letters: Rental properties, nurses' pay, EVs and farm emissions
OPINION: Also letters on Kennedy Pt Marina, intellect, heating, and the harbour bridge.
Warning of more cyclones for parts of Pacific as El Nino threatens
An El Nino event may increase extreme weather in some regions.
Opinion: Time to end the ag-sector procrastination
OPINION: Sustainability consultant calls on farmers to engage with climate mitigation.
Study reveals how climate change could worsen NZ’s big landslide risk
NZ's landslide risk could jump significantly under worst-case climate change scenarios.
Climate change can turn snow into rain, raising risks in mountain zones
New York Times: As the climate warms, there's more danger ahead for mountain regions.
Water meters, moving business to Wairoa? Hawke's Bay prepares for dry future
The council releases its regional water assessment, showing a possible huge shortfall.
'We're all victims': The big challenge that lies ahead for NZ — and how we can overcome it
OPINION: How NZ should prepare for climate change and managed retreat.
Letters: Titanic sub disaster has lessons for NZ
OPINION: Letters on Chlöe Swarbrick, the Titanic sub, China, crime, and Christopher Luxon.
Extreme floods and heat in China ravage farms and kill animals
NY Times: Bad weather puts security of food supply in focus in China.
EU to look at manipulating weather to address climate change
Financial Times: Commission braves climate storms by wading into geo-engineering debate.