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November 15, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Pok Man Leung, PhD candidate in Microbiology, Monash University Ian Hogg, Author provided Humans have only recently begun to think about using hydrogen as a source of energy, but bacteria in Antarctica have been doing it for a billion years. We studied 451 different kinds of bacteria ... <a title="Antarctic bacteria live on air and make their own water using hydrogen as fuel" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/11/15/antarctic-bacteria-live-on-air-and-make-their-own-water-using-hydrogen-as-fuel-171808/" aria-label="Read more about Antarctic bacteria live on air and make their own water using hydrogen as fuel">Read more</a>
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November 15, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Frank Jotzo, Professor, Crawford School of Public Policy and Head of Energy, Institute for Climate Energy and Disaster Solutions, Australian National University COP26 president Alok Sharma has described the pivotal United Nations talks, which concluded over the weekend, as only a “fragile win” for ambition on climate ... <a title="COP26: the Glasgow climate summit demonstrates an appetite for change Australia simply can’t ignore" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/11/15/cop26-the-glasgow-climate-summit-demonstrates-an-appetite-for-change-australia-simply-cant-ignore-171810/" aria-label="Read more about COP26: the Glasgow climate summit demonstrates an appetite for change Australia simply can’t ignore">Read more</a>
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November 15, 2021
By Ella Stewart, RNZ News reporter A Northland high school principal says she has been accused of being “complicit in mass genocide” by people opposed to getting vaccinated. After today, anyone who works or volunteers in an education setting in New Zealand and who has not received at least one dose of the covid-19 vaccine ... <a title="Northland principal faces ‘vindictive’ abuse for backing vaccine mandate" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/11/15/northland-principal-faces-vindictive-abuse-for-backing-vaccine-mandate/" aria-label="Read more about Northland principal faces ‘vindictive’ abuse for backing vaccine mandate">Read more</a>
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November 15, 2021
Asia Pacific Report newsdesk Pacific scholar and senior university sector leader Toeolesulusulu Dr Damon Salesa has been appointed as the next vice-chancellor of Te Wānanga Aronui o Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland University of Technology (AUT), AUT News reports. The appointment by the University Council at Te Wānanga Aronui o Tāmaki Makaurau AUT was announced today and ... <a title="Pacific scholar Dr Damon Salesa named AUT’s next vice-chancellor" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/11/15/pacific-scholar-dr-damon-salesa-named-auts-next-vice-chancellor/" aria-label="Read more about Pacific scholar Dr Damon Salesa named AUT’s next vice-chancellor">Read more</a>
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November 15, 2021
ANALYSIS: By Robert Hales, Griffith University and Brendan Mackey, Griffith University After two hard-fought weeks of negotiations, the Glasgow climate change summit is, at last, over. All 197 participating countries adopted the so-called Glasgow Climate Pact, despite an 11th hour intervention by India in which the final agreement was watered down from “phasing out” coal ... <a title="The ultimate guide to why the COP26 summit ended in failure and disappointment (despite bright spots)" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/11/15/the-ultimate-guide-to-why-the-cop26-summit-ended-in-failure-and-disappointment-despite-bright-spots/" aria-label="Read more about The ultimate guide to why the COP26 summit ended in failure and disappointment (despite bright spots)">Read more</a>
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November 15, 2021
Editor’s Note: Here below is a list of the main issues currently under discussion in New Zealand and links to media coverage. You can sign up to NZ Politics Daily as well as New Zealand Political Roundup columns for free here. Today’s content Vaccine Mandates and Certificates Philip Matthews (Stuff): Choice or coercion? The arguments over ... <a title="Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – November 15 2021" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/11/15/newsletter-new-zealand-politics-daily-november-15-2021/" aria-label="Read more about Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – November 15 2021">Read more</a>
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November 15, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Andrew McKenzie-McHarg, Senior Research Fellow at the Institute for Religion and Critical Inquiry, Australian Catholic University It is not entirely irrational to fear needles (or to suffer from trypanophobia for those who prefer the Greek term). Likewise, feeling anxious about injecting a foreign substance into the bloodstream ... <a title="Anger, grievance, resentment: we need to understand how anti-vaxxers feel to make sense of their actions" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/11/15/anger-grievance-resentment-we-need-to-understand-how-anti-vaxxers-feel-to-make-sense-of-their-actions-169829/" aria-label="Read more about Anger, grievance, resentment: we need to understand how anti-vaxxers feel to make sense of their actions">Read more</a>
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November 15, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Melissa Conley Tyler, Honorary Fellow, Asia Institute, The University of Melbourne Prime Minister’s Office We are seeing an unusual level of discussion about Australian diplomacy. There’s been harsh criticism – and some degree of embarrassment – surrounding what has been described been as a “diplomacy fail” in ... <a title="Australia has not just had a ‘diplomacy fail’ – it has been devaluing the profession for decades" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/11/15/australia-has-not-just-had-a-diplomacy-fail-it-has-been-devaluing-the-profession-for-decades-171498/" aria-label="Read more about Australia has not just had a ‘diplomacy fail’ – it has been devaluing the profession for decades">Read more</a>
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November 15, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Bill Hare, Director, Climate Analytics, Adjunct Professor, Murdoch University (Perth), Visiting scientist, Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research AP As the United Nations climate summit opened in Glasgow, India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi had a surprise positive announcement: a big net-zero target. The world cheered at the ... <a title="Are you kidding, India? Your last-minute Glasgow intervention won’t relieve pressure to ditch coal" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/11/15/are-you-kidding-india-your-last-minute-glasgow-intervention-wont-relieve-pressure-to-ditch-coal-171809/" aria-label="Read more about Are you kidding, India? Your last-minute Glasgow intervention won’t relieve pressure to ditch coal">Read more</a>
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November 15, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By John Wiseman, Professorial Fellow, The University of Melbourne Marc Pell/Unsplash, CC BY The COP26 climate conference in Glasgow is over. Despite some progress, deep concerns remain about the outcomes. The final pact at least mentions the importance of exiting coal and the door remains open to ratcheting ... <a title="Where to find courage and defiant hope when our fragile, dewdrop world seems beyond saving" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/11/15/where-to-find-courage-and-defiant-hope-when-our-fragile-dewdrop-world-seems-beyond-saving-171299/" aria-label="Read more about Where to find courage and defiant hope when our fragile, dewdrop world seems beyond saving">Read more</a>
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November 15, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Alexandra de Gendre, Postdoctoral Research Associate in Economics, University of Sydney Shutterstock Who you go to school with matters. Almost all of us, as children or parents of children, have felt the influence of good, and bad, classmates at school. There is a large body of research ... <a title="Being in a class with high achievers improves students’ test scores. We tried to find out why" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/11/15/being-in-a-class-with-high-achievers-improves-students-test-scores-we-tried-to-find-out-why-171400/" aria-label="Read more about Being in a class with high achievers improves students’ test scores. We tried to find out why">Read more</a>
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November 15, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Philip Adams, Professor at the Centre of Policy Studies, Victoria University The Conversation On Friday November 12, after a wait of a fortnight, the government released a 100-page summary of the modelling and analysis behind its claim that an emissions target of net-zero by 2050 would leave ... <a title="The government’s net-zero modelling shows winners, we’ve found losers as well" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/11/15/the-governments-net-zero-modelling-shows-winners-weve-found-losers-as-well-171502/" aria-label="Read more about The government’s net-zero modelling shows winners, we’ve found losers as well">Read more</a>
