All Videos October 3, 2020

What climate change will mean for our animals

The ocean is immense, but climate change means the creatures that call it home are starting to run out of places they can go. And the same thing is happening on dry land, too.

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What we can do about climate change

2020 has been a hell of a year. But if there is a silver lining, the pandemic may have given us a blueprint for how to solve the climate crisis. 

What climate change will mean for our animals

The ocean is immense, but climate change means the creatures that call it home are starting to run out of places they can go. And the same thing is happening on dry land, too.

What taniwha can teach us about floods

Aotearoa is an island nation, meaning we’ve always had to wrestle with flooding, from both our rivers and the sea. If we don’t lower emissions now, it could get a lot worse. 

Where New Zealand will get wetter and drier

The rain in Aotearoa doesn’t fall evenly. Our future forecast is for very wet or very dry, depending where in the country we live.

How do we know the climate is changing?

Aotearoa, like the rest of the world, is heating up – but just how hot are we going to get? We still have a choice.