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March 23, 2023
Monday’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report has given a “final warning” to avert global catastrophe. Pacific cabinet ministers call on all world leaders to urgently transition to renewables. COMMENT: By Ralph Regenvanu and Seve Paeniu The cycle is repeating itself. A tropical cyclone of frightening strength strikes a Pacific island nation, and leaves ... <a title="As Pacific islanders, we bear the brunt of the climate crisis. The time to end fossil fuel dependence is now" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/03/23/as-pacific-islanders-we-bear-the-brunt-of-the-climate-crisis-the-time-to-end-fossil-fuel-dependence-is-now/" aria-label="Read more about As Pacific islanders, we bear the brunt of the climate crisis. The time to end fossil fuel dependence is now">Read more</a>
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March 21, 2023
By Hamish Cardwell, RNZ News senior journalist There is “is much to win by trying” to take action on climate change — that is a key finding in a major new international climate report the UN chief is calling a “survival guide for humanity”. It is something of a mic drop moment for the army ... <a title="Some Pacific nations ‘won’t survive’ if NZ and world drop the climate ball" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/03/21/some-pacific-nations-wont-survive-if-nz-and-world-drop-the-climate-ball/" aria-label="Read more about Some Pacific nations ‘won’t survive’ if NZ and world drop the climate ball">Read more</a>
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March 21, 2023
ANALYSIS: By Bronwyn Hayward, University of Canterbury This decade is the critical moment for making deep, rapid cuts to emissions, and acting to protect people from dangerous climate impacts we can no longer avoid, according to the latest report by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). The synthesis report is the culmination of seven ... <a title="IPCC report: world must cut emissions and urgently adapt to climate realities" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/03/21/ipcc-report-world-must-cut-emissions-and-urgently-adapt-to-climate-realities/" aria-label="Read more about IPCC report: world must cut emissions and urgently adapt to climate realities">Read more</a>
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April 6, 2022
RNZ News Deeper and and more rapid cuts in greenhouse gas emissions are needed to limit the worst effects of global warming, a climate scientist has warned. The UN’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) said in a report that global emissions of CO2 would need to peak within three years to stave off the ... <a title="Climate change: IPCC scientist warns world ‘pretty much out of time’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/04/06/climate-change-ipcc-scientist-warns-world-pretty-much-out-of-time/" aria-label="Read more about Climate change: IPCC scientist warns world ‘pretty much out of time’">Read more</a>
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March 7, 2022
The United Nations chief scientific agency on climate change released its latest report on Monday. The IPCC Working Group II report on climate impacts, adaptation, and vulnerability says man-made climate change is causing unprecedented damage to the natural environment and the livelihoods of billions of people. It also says global warming is set to rise ... <a title="Pacific Climate Warrior on what the latest IPCC report means for the region" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/03/07/pacific-climate-warrior-on-what-the-latest-ipcc-report-means-for-the-region/" aria-label="Read more about Pacific Climate Warrior on what the latest IPCC report means for the region">Read more</a>
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January 27, 2022
ANALYSIS: By Nathan Cooper, University of Waikato As the New Zealand government prepares to deal with a looming omicron outbreak, this will not be the only major issue it will have to tackle this year. The year 2022 will be important for environmental and climate action. Several key developments are expected throughout the year, both ... <a title="Covid will dominate, but New Zealand will also have to face the ‘triple planetary crisis’ this year" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/01/27/covid-will-dominate-but-new-zealand-will-also-have-to-face-the-triple-planetary-crisis-this-year/" aria-label="Read more about Covid will dominate, but New Zealand will also have to face the ‘triple planetary crisis’ this year">Read more</a>
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August 31, 2021
By Timoci Vula in Suva Nearly two years since the start of the covid-19 pandemic, its global socioeconomic “headwinds” have blown many countries far off course from the aims of the climate 2030 Agenda, says the Fiji prime minister. But fierce as those winds may be, they are “a whisper” next to the intensifying crisis ... <a title="Covid pandemic blows world off course over climate crisis, says Bainimarama" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/31/covid-pandemic-blows-world-off-course-over-climate-crisis-says-bainimarama/" aria-label="Read more about Covid pandemic blows world off course over climate crisis, says Bainimarama">Read more</a>
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August 13, 2021
RNZ Pacific The world is on the brink of a climate catastrophe, with just a narrow window for action to reverse global processes predicted to cause devastating effects in the Pacific and world-wide, says the leader of the 18-nation Pacific Islands Forum. Forum Secretary-General Henry Puna said a major UN scientific report released on Monday ... <a title="Narrow window to halt climate change catastrophe, says Pacific Forum chief" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/13/narrow-window-to-halt-climate-change-catastrophe-says-pacific-forum-chief/" aria-label="Read more about Narrow window to halt climate change catastrophe, says Pacific Forum chief">Read more</a>
