18 Feb 2026

A new way to combat climate change anxiety

From Afternoons, 1:35 pm on 18 February 2026

Flooding, landslides, wild winds, these extreme weather events can leave many of you feeling overwhelmed about the state of our climate and what we could be facing in the future.

But help could be at hand. 

The Climatics is a new people-powered climate fund that says it'll offer a practical way to take action by pooling money from everyday Kiwis and directing those funds to the climate groups doing systems-change work in Aotearoa.

The Climatics co-founders Pip Wheaton and MJ Bethell chat to Jesse.

WASHINGTON, DC - APRIL 22: Activists participate in an Earth Day march titled “End the Era of Fossil Fuels,” to the White House on April 22, 2023 in Washington, DC. Activists with climate, peace, racial justice, and economic justice groups gathered in downtown DC to listen to speeches and march to the White House   Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images/AFP (Photo by Anna Moneymaker / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / Getty Images via AFP)

Activists participate in an Earth Day march titled 'End the Era of Fossil Fuels', to the White House on 22 April, 2023 in Washington, DC. Photo: ANNA MONEYMAKER