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November 1, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Melanie Pill, PhD candidate, Australian National University Shutterstock The make-or-break United Nations climate talks in Glasgow have begun. Much attention so far has rightly focused on the emissions reduction ambition each nation is taking to the negotiations. But another key goal of the talks is to dramatically ... <a title="Glasgow COP26: climate finance pledges from rich nations are inadequate and time is running out" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/11/01/glasgow-cop26-climate-finance-pledges-from-rich-nations-are-inadequate-and-time-is-running-out-169686/" aria-label="Read more about Glasgow COP26: climate finance pledges from rich nations are inadequate and time is running out">Read more</a>
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November 1, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By James Ha, Associate, Grattan Institute Shutterstock The federal government has finally committed to achieving net-zero emissions by 2050 – a target Prime Minister Scott Morrison will take to this week’s crucial United Nations climate summit in Glasgow. Though unlegislated, the target represents a rare moment of bipartisanship ... <a title="Reaching net zero is every minister’s problem. Here’s how they can make better decisions" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/11/01/reaching-net-zero-is-every-ministers-problem-heres-how-they-can-make-better-decisions-170633/" aria-label="Read more about Reaching net zero is every minister’s problem. Here’s how they can make better decisions">Read more</a>
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November 1, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Fleur Sharafizad, Lecturer in Management, Edith Cowan University Shutterstock Female academics continue to be underrepresented in senior academic positions in Australia and internationally. Most research has focused on the low number of women professors at universities. But the largest drop-off in the number of female academics is ... <a title="Women’s academic careers are in a ‘holding pattern’ while men enjoy a ‘tailwind’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/11/01/womens-academic-careers-are-in-a-holding-pattern-while-men-enjoy-a-tailwind-168840/" aria-label="Read more about Women’s academic careers are in a ‘holding pattern’ while men enjoy a ‘tailwind’">Read more</a>
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November 1, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Joanna Mendelssohn, Principal Fellow (Hon), Victorian College of the Arts, University of Melbourne. Editor in Chief, Design and Art of Australia Online, The University of Melbourne Sculptor Margel Hinder with the model for Interlock in 1973. Photograph: Richard Beck. Heide Many years ago my daily pleasure was ... <a title="Larger than life – sculptor Margel Hinder carved light and form and left a legacy" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/11/01/larger-than-life-sculptor-margel-hinder-carved-light-and-form-and-left-a-legacy-165467/" aria-label="Read more about Larger than life – sculptor Margel Hinder carved light and form and left a legacy">Read more</a>
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November 1, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Lorna Piatti-Farnell, Professor of Popular Culture, Auckland University of Technology Shutterstock In the time of the COVID-19 pandemic, when so many lives have been lost to the virus, celebrating a “day of the dead” might seem strange, even tactless. But despite the morbid associations of its name, ... <a title="Memory lives on: celebrating the Day of the Dead in the pandemic age" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/11/01/memory-lives-on-celebrating-the-day-of-the-dead-in-the-pandemic-age-169087/" aria-label="Read more about Memory lives on: celebrating the Day of the Dead in the pandemic age">Read more</a>
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October 31, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Liz Giuffre, Senior Lecturer in Communication, University of Technology Sydney Bert Newton has died at 83. An icon of Australian broadcasting, he is remembered as a master performer and comedian, with successful roles on radio, television and the theatre. He is survived by his wife Patti, children ... <a title="A comedian always in search of ‘a good ending’, Bert Newton has died at 83" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/10/31/a-comedian-always-in-search-of-a-good-ending-bert-newton-has-died-at-83-170933/" aria-label="Read more about A comedian always in search of ‘a good ending’, Bert Newton has died at 83">Read more</a>
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October 31, 2021
Op-Ed by Armida Salsiah Alisjahbana As the leaders of Asia and the Pacific prepare to head to Glasgow for the 26th United Nations Climate Change Conference of the Parties (COP26), they can be sure that our region will be in the spotlight: many of the most vulnerable countries to the impacts of climate change are ... <a title="Op-Ed: Is Asia and the Pacific ready for the global climate stage?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/10/31/op-ed-is-asia-and-the-pacific-ready-for-the-global-climate-stage/" aria-label="Read more about Op-Ed: Is Asia and the Pacific ready for the global climate stage?">Read more</a>
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October 30, 2021
Analysis by Keith Rankin. The first chart shows excess deaths in Germany for every year from 2015. (The chart is essentially the one that can be found here, on the Our World in Data website, though it uses three-period moving averages to smooth out some of the ‘random noise’ that inevitably accompanies such time-series data. ... <a title="Keith Rankin Chart Analysis – Covid19 deaths, the German case" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/10/30/keith-rankin-chart-analysis-covid19-deaths-the-german-case/" aria-label="Read more about Keith Rankin Chart Analysis – Covid19 deaths, the German case">Read more</a>
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October 29, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Nathan Cooper, Associate Professor of Law, University of Waikato Erik McGregor/LightRocket via Getty Images As the UN climate summit in Glasgow kicks off on Sunday, it marks the deadline for countries to make more ambitious pledges to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. The meeting is the 26th Conference ... <a title="COP26: time for New Zealand to show regional leadership on climate change" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/10/29/cop26-time-for-new-zealand-to-show-regional-leadership-on-climate-change-170785/" aria-label="Read more about COP26: time for New Zealand to show regional leadership on climate change">Read more</a>
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October 29, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By David Clune, Honorary Associate, Government and International Relations, University of Sydney Independent Commission Against Corruption/ AAP After two weeks of sensational Independent Commission Against Corruption (ICAC) hearings into the conduct of Gladys Berejiklian, we have finally heard from the former NSW premier herself. This saw Berejiklian continue ... <a title="Berejiklian says Maguire was part of her ‘love circle’ but was not significant enough to declare – will this wash with ICAC?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/10/29/berejiklian-says-maguire-was-part-of-her-love-circle-but-was-not-significant-enough-to-declare-will-this-wash-with-icac-170860/" aria-label="Read more about Berejiklian says Maguire was part of her ‘love circle’ but was not significant enough to declare – will this wash with ICAC?">Read more</a>
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October 29, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By John Sarkissian, Operations Scientist, CSIRO CSIRO, Author provided The CSIRO’s 64-metre Parkes Radio Telescope was commissioned on October 31 1961. At the time it was the most advanced radio telescope in the world, incorporating many innovative features that have since become standard in all large-dish antennas. Through ... <a title="60 years after it first gazed at the skies, the Parkes dish is still making breakthroughs" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/10/29/60-years-after-it-first-gazed-at-the-skies-the-parkes-dish-is-still-making-breakthroughs-170753/" aria-label="Read more about 60 years after it first gazed at the skies, the Parkes dish is still making breakthroughs">Read more</a>
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October 29, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Rebecca Keogh, Research Fellow, Department of Cognitive Science, Macquarie University Shutterstock Halloween movies often feature kids sitting around a campfire sharing gory, spooky stories, trying to get someone to scream in fear. This weekend you might be doing the same – sharing a horror story with friends. ... <a title="Not spooked by Halloween ghost stories? You may have aphantasia" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/10/29/not-spooked-by-halloween-ghost-stories-you-may-have-aphantasia-170712/" aria-label="Read more about Not spooked by Halloween ghost stories? You may have aphantasia">Read more</a>
