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Year: 2021

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Can selective breeding of ‘super kelp’ save our cold water reefs from hotter seas?

November 3, 2021

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Cayne Layton, Postdoctoral fellow and lecturer, University of Tasmania Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies, CC BY Australia’s vital kelp forests are disappearing in many areas as our waters warm and our climate changes. While we wait for rapid action to slash carbon emissions – including the ... <a title="Can selective breeding of ‘super kelp’ save our cold water reefs from hotter seas?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/11/03/can-selective-breeding-of-super-kelp-save-our-cold-water-reefs-from-hotter-seas-170271/" aria-label="Read more about Can selective breeding of ‘super kelp’ save our cold water reefs from hotter seas?">Read more</a>

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Philosophy and sex work: how courtesans in Ancient Greece crossed the mind/body divide

November 3, 2021

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Dawn LaValle Norman, Research Fellow and ARC DECRA Fellow, Institute for Religion and Critical Inquiry, Australian Catholic University Attributed to Onesimos (Greek (Attic), active 500 – 480 B.C.) Attic Red-Figure Kylix, about 490 B.C. The J. Paul Getty Museum, Villa Collection, Malibu, California As the philosopher and ... <a title="Philosophy and sex work: how courtesans in Ancient Greece crossed the mind/body divide" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/11/03/philosophy-and-sex-work-how-courtesans-in-ancient-greece-crossed-the-mind-body-divide-168940/" aria-label="Read more about Philosophy and sex work: how courtesans in Ancient Greece crossed the mind/body divide">Read more</a>

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COP26: New Zealand’s new climate pledge is a step up, but not a ‘fair share’

November 2, 2021

ANALYSIS: By Robert McLachlan, Massey University As the Glasgow climate summits gets underway, New Zealand’s government has announced a revised pledge, with a headline figure of a 50 percent reduction on gross 2005 emissions by the end of this decade. This looks good on the surface, but the substance of this new commitment, known as ... <a title="COP26: New Zealand’s new climate pledge is a step up, but not a ‘fair share’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/11/02/cop26-new-zealands-new-climate-pledge-is-a-step-up-but-not-a-fair-share/" aria-label="Read more about COP26: New Zealand’s new climate pledge is a step up, but not a ‘fair share’">Read more</a>

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PM Jacinda Ardern moves covid media conference after conspiracy heckling

November 2, 2021

RNZ News Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern says the New Zealand government wants to lift vaccination rates and wants to remove anything that is a barrier to getting as many people vaccinated as quickly as possible. Ardern and Māori-Crown Relations Minister Kelvin Davis, who is also the MP for Te Tai Tokerau, are in Northland viewing ... <a title="PM Jacinda Ardern moves covid media conference after conspiracy heckling" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/11/02/pm-jacinda-ardern-moves-covid-media-conference-after-conspiracy-heckling/" aria-label="Read more about PM Jacinda Ardern moves covid media conference after conspiracy heckling">Read more</a>

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Pasifika climate activist’s cry to COP: ‘We’re not drowning, we’re fighting’

November 2, 2021

By Hamish Cardwell, RNZ News climate reporter A New Zealand Pasifika climate activist has told the UN climate meeting that young Pacific people are not victims of climate change but beacons of hope. The first day of the Leaders Summit is wrapping up at COP26 in Glasgow. Environmental advocate for Samoa Brianna Fruean said Pacific ... <a title="Pasifika climate activist’s cry to COP: ‘We’re not drowning, we’re fighting’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/11/02/pasifika-climate-activists-cry-to-cop-were-not-drowning-were-fighting/" aria-label="Read more about Pasifika climate activist’s cry to COP: ‘We’re not drowning, we’re fighting’">Read more</a>

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PNG police block illegal anti-vaxxer rally in Port Moresby amid fake info

November 2, 2021

By Marysilla Kellerton in Port Moresby Demonstrators gathered in Port Moresby yesterday for a march to Parliament in protest over the covid-19 vaccines, which they claimed wrongly to be mandatory, a day after Papua New Guinean police warned such gatherings were illegal. The protest was a result of a post circulating on social media about ... <a title="PNG police block illegal anti-vaxxer rally in Port Moresby amid fake info" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/11/02/png-police-block-illegal-anti-vaxxer-rally-in-port-moresby-amid-fake-info/" aria-label="Read more about PNG police block illegal anti-vaxxer rally in Port Moresby amid fake info">Read more</a>

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After winning Nobel, Maria Ressa allowed to travel to US for lectures

November 2, 2021

By Lian Buan in Manila The Philippine Court of Appeals (CA) has finally granted overseas travel to Rappler CEO and Nobel Laureate Maria Ressa, who will be in the United States for the entire month of November to deliver a series of lectures at the Harvard Kennedy School in Boston. Ressa filed the request on ... <a title="After winning Nobel, Maria Ressa allowed to travel to US for lectures" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/11/02/after-winning-nobel-maria-ressa-allowed-to-travel-to-us-for-lectures/" aria-label="Read more about After winning Nobel, Maria Ressa allowed to travel to US for lectures">Read more</a>

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Australia’s Reserve Bank signals the end of ultra-cheap money. Here’s what it will mean

November 2, 2021

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Isaac Gross, Lecturer in Economics, Monash University Robb1037/Shutterstock The Reserve Bank of Australia had a Cup Day surprise in store for the country, announcing it was abandoning its policy of “yield curve control”, meaning it was no longer going to defend any particular interest rate for borrowing ... <a title="Australia’s Reserve Bank signals the end of ultra-cheap money. Here’s what it will mean" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/11/02/australias-reserve-bank-signals-the-end-of-ultra-cheap-money-heres-what-it-will-mean-170928/" aria-label="Read more about Australia’s Reserve Bank signals the end of ultra-cheap money. Here’s what it will mean">Read more</a>

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‘Similar to ordering a pizza’: how buy now, pay later apps influence young people’s spending

November 2, 2021

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Steven Threadgold, Associate Professor, Sociology, University of Newcastle www.shutterstock.com Young people are often blamed for making irresponsible choices with money. But the real issue is not whether they eat too many expensive cafe breakfasts. Young Australians today face an uncertain job market, rising university fees and astronomical ... <a title="‘Similar to ordering a pizza’: how buy now, pay later apps influence young people’s spending" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/11/02/similar-to-ordering-a-pizza-how-buy-now-pay-later-apps-influence-young-peoples-spending-170024/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Similar to ordering a pizza’: how buy now, pay later apps influence young people’s spending">Read more</a>

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Australia is about to be hit by a carbon tax whether the prime minister likes it or not, except the proceeds will go overseas

November 2, 2021

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Peter Martin, Visiting Fellow, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University Perutskyi Petro/Shutterstock Ten years ago, in the lead-up to Australia’s short-lived carbon price or “carbon tax” (either description is valid), the deepest fear on the part of businesses was that they would lose out to ... <a title="Australia is about to be hit by a carbon tax whether the prime minister likes it or not, except the proceeds will go overseas" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/11/02/australia-is-about-to-be-hit-by-a-carbon-tax-whether-the-prime-minister-likes-it-or-not-except-the-proceeds-will-go-overseas-170959/" aria-label="Read more about Australia is about to be hit by a carbon tax whether the prime minister likes it or not, except the proceeds will go overseas">Read more</a>

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Australia has taken a new climate adaptation blueprint to Glasgow. It’s a good start but we need money and detail

November 2, 2021

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sarah Boulter, Associate professor of climate adaptation, University of Tasmania One of the four main goals of the COP26 climate talks in Glasgow is how the world adapts to protect communities and habitats. And in Prime Minister Scott Morrison’s policy hand luggage is a new adaptation plan ... <a title="Australia has taken a new climate adaptation blueprint to Glasgow. It’s a good start but we need money and detail" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/11/02/australia-has-taken-a-new-climate-adaptation-blueprint-to-glasgow-its-a-good-start-but-we-need-money-and-detail-170879/" aria-label="Read more about Australia has taken a new climate adaptation blueprint to Glasgow. It’s a good start but we need money and detail">Read more</a>

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With catastrophe looming, the world cannot turn its back on Afghanistan’s children

November 2, 2021

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Patrick O’Leary, Professor, Co-Lead of the Disrupting Violence Beacon and Director of Violence Research and Prevention Program, Griffith Criminology Institute and School of Health Sciences and Social Work, Griffith University Felipe Dana/AP Months after the Taliban’s return in Afghanistan, there are grave concerns about the state of ... <a title="With catastrophe looming, the world cannot turn its back on Afghanistan’s children" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/11/02/with-catastrophe-looming-the-world-cannot-turn-its-back-on-afghanistans-children-168377/" aria-label="Read more about With catastrophe looming, the world cannot turn its back on Afghanistan’s children">Read more</a>