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February 21, 2024
By Monika Singh of Wansolwara The fourth smallest country in the world with a population of just over 11,000 people — Tuvalu — fears being “wiped off its place on the map”. A report by ABC Pacific states that the low-lying island nation is widely considered one of the first places to be significantly impacted ... <a title="Tuvalu residents fight for their home in face of worsening tides and climate crisis" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/02/21/tuvalu-residents-fight-for-their-home-in-face-of-worsening-tides-and-climate-crisis/" aria-label="Read more about Tuvalu residents fight for their home in face of worsening tides and climate crisis">Read more</a>
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June 28, 2022
RNZ Pacific The Tuvalu government has withdrawn from a UN Oceans Conference in Portugal after China blocked Taiwanese delegates in its team. An officer with Tuvalu’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Dr Jessica Marinaccio, told RNZ Pacific that Tuvalu’s Foreign Minister Simon Kofe was already en route to the Portuguese capital, Lisbon, for the summit on ... <a title="Tuvalu quits UN Oceans summit in protest after China blocks delegates" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/06/28/tuvalu-quits-un-oceans-summit-in-protest-after-china-blocks-delegates/" aria-label="Read more about Tuvalu quits UN Oceans summit in protest after China blocks delegates">Read more</a>
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December 1, 2021
By David Robie Pressure is mounting on Indonesia to back off its brutal and unsuccessful military strategy in trying to crush West Papuan resistance to its flawed rule in “the land of Papua”. Critics have intensified their condemnation of the intransigent “no negotiations” stance of authorities as West Papuans mark their national day today on ... <a title="Pressure mounts on Jakarta for dialogue, not brutal ‘war on Papua’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/12/01/pressure-mounts-on-jakarta-for-dialogue-not-brutal-war-on-papua/" aria-label="Read more about Pressure mounts on Jakarta for dialogue, not brutal ‘war on Papua’">Read more</a>
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November 16, 2021
By Luke Nacei in Suva Opposition National Federation Party leader Professor Biman Prasad has hit out at the Fiji government, calling on Prime Minister Voreqe Bainimarama and Attorney-General Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum to tell the Fijian people who funded the 36-member Fiji delegation to the Glasgow COP26 climate summit. Professor Prasad said Fiji’s failure to achieve anything ... <a title="COP26 climate trip branded ‘junket’ – Prasad slams 36-strong Fiji team" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/11/16/cop26-climate-trip-branded-junket-prasad-slams-36-strong-fiji-team/" aria-label="Read more about COP26 climate trip branded ‘junket’ – Prasad slams 36-strong Fiji team">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 14, 2021
SPECIAL REPORT: By Chloé Farand, Joe Lo, Isabelle Gerretsen and Megan Darby After a series of tense huddles, more than 24 hours into overtime, the gavel went down on a climate deal in Glasgow, Scotland, last night. The Glasgow Climate Pact refers to coal for the first time in the UN process. It asks countries to come ... <a title="World strikes ‘uncomfortable’ pact at COP26 climate summit" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/11/14/world-strikes-uncomfortable-pact-at-cop26-climate-summit/" aria-label="Read more about World strikes ‘uncomfortable’ pact at COP26 climate summit">Read more</a>
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November 11, 2021
COMMENTARY: By Reverend James Bhagwan The climate emergency is the result of an ethical, moral and spiritual crisis, manifested in a fixation on profit. The extractive and, ultimately, unsustainable systems of production and consumption, by those complicit in this crisis, continue to ignore increasing scientific, and moral warnings. Those who have contributed to this crisis ... <a title="Rev James Bhagwan: Climate justice now for the sake of humanity" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/11/11/rev-james-bhagwan-climate-justice-now-for-the-sake-of-humanity/" aria-label="Read more about Rev James Bhagwan: Climate justice now for the sake of humanity">Read more</a>
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November 10, 2021
COMMENTARY: By the Cook Islands Prime Minister Mark Brown After years of empty promises by major emitters, it’s time to deliver on climate financing. The world is warming. The science is clear. Most large, developed countries need to take ambitious action to reduce their emissions in order not to impact us further. If they don’t, ... <a title="It’s time to deliver on Pacific climate financing, says Cook Is PM" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/11/10/its-time-to-deliver-on-pacific-climate-financing-says-cook-is-pm/" aria-label="Read more about It’s time to deliver on Pacific climate financing, says Cook Is PM">Read more</a>
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November 10, 2021
COMMENTARY: By Graham Davis What do you do when the other small island nations don’t recognise your brilliance and won’t go along with your suggestions? Well, when you are Fiji Attorney-General Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum, you call up your brother, Riyaz’s, broadcasting network (their FBC, not yours), and instruct it to express your displeasure. FBC News reports ... <a title="Graham Davis: A COP26 slap in the face for Fiji’s ‘oceans champion’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/11/10/graham-davis-a-cop26-slap-in-the-face-for-fijis-oceans-champion/" aria-label="Read more about Graham Davis: A COP26 slap in the face for Fiji’s ‘oceans champion’">Read more</a>
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November 10, 2021
Asia Pacific Report newsdesk As world leaders meet in Glasgow for the UN Climate Summit (COP26), peaceful environmental activists are being threatened, silenced and criminalised around the world. The host nation Scotland for this year’s meeting is one of many countries where activists are regularly facing rights violations. New research from the CIVICUS Monitor looks ... <a title="Crackdown on environmental activism as climate crisis worsens, says report" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/11/10/crackdown-on-environmental-activism-as-climate-crisis-worsens-says-report/" aria-label="Read more about Crackdown on environmental activism as climate crisis worsens, says report">Read more</a>
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November 9, 2021
EDITORIAL: By the Post-Courier editors Prime Minister James Marape has defended the massive cost of sending a 62-strong delegation to the COP26 Climate Summit in Scotland as “justified”. However, following a controversy over the K5.8 million (NZ$2.03 million) bill for the travel late last week, the Post-Courier responds with this editorial. Prime Minister James Marape ... <a title="Post-Courier: PNG presence must reflect climate change solutions" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/11/09/post-courier-png-presence-must-reflect-climate-change-solutions/" aria-label="Read more about Post-Courier: PNG presence must reflect climate change solutions">Read more</a>
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November 8, 2021
COMMENTARY: By Graham Davis One of the great failures of Fiji’s climate action campaign has been the missed opportunity of not linking up with arguably the world’s foremost climate crusader and inarguably the biggest star at COP26 — the young Swedish activist, Greta Thunberg. And the blame for that rests squarely with Fiji’s Permanent Representative ... <a title="Graham Davis: Fiji misses another COP26 chance – linking with Greta" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/11/08/graham-davis-fiji-misses-another-cop26-chance-linking-with-greta/" aria-label="Read more about Graham Davis: Fiji misses another COP26 chance – linking with Greta">Read more</a>
