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April 20, 2022
By Russell Palmer, RNZ News digital journalist Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern and her Singaporean counterpart Lee Hsien Loong have added a focus on climate and sustainability to the enhanced relationship between the two countries. Speaking after bilateral talks in Singapore, the pair jointly announced a fifth pillar would be added to the agreement on the ... <a title="New Zealand and Singapore add climate to partnership priorities" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/04/20/new-zealand-and-singapore-add-climate-to-partnership-priorities/" aria-label="Read more about New Zealand and Singapore add climate to partnership priorities">Read more</a>
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April 12, 2022
COMMENTARY: By Misha Ketchell, The Conversation The bell has been rung, the shadow campaign is now official, and Australia heads to the polls on May 21. As the government enters caretaker mode, Australia enters a highly consequential period of democratic deliberation, but not for the reasons you might think. It suits politicians — and many ... <a title="Why The Conversation will focus on policy over personality in Australian election campaign" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/04/12/why-the-conversation-will-focus-on-policy-over-personality-in-australian-election-campaign/" aria-label="Read more about Why The Conversation will focus on policy over personality in Australian election campaign">Read more</a>
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April 7, 2022
Essay by Keith Rankin. Earlier this week the final report from the IPCC (press release) on climate change was released. While it indicates that it is still technically possible to limit global warming to 1½ degrees; such an outcome is both unlikely and may require more than lots of trees to pull excess carbon from ... <a title="Keith Rankin Essay – Global Warming: Considering the Lesser Evils" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/04/07/keith-rankin-essay-global-warming-considering-the-lesser-evils/" aria-label="Read more about Keith Rankin Essay – Global Warming: Considering the Lesser Evils">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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January 14, 2022
A report on the Next Generation Radio project … covering climate change in Fiji in real time. Video: Next Gen SPECIAL REPORT: By Michelle Betz in Ninole, Hawai’i As Cyclone Cody got set to pummel Fiji in early January, students at the University of the South Pacific in Suva, Fiji were getting set to start ... <a title="Boosting Pacific digital media skills amid a cyclone – all part of the job" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/01/14/boosting-pacific-digital-media-skills-amid-a-cyclone-all-part-of-the-job/" aria-label="Read more about Boosting Pacific digital media skills amid a cyclone – all part of the job">Read more</a>
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January 10, 2022
ANALYSIS: By Thomas Nash, Massey University The year is 2040 and Aotearoa New Zealand has reduced its greenhouse gas emissions consistent with the commitment to keep global heating below 1.5°C above pre-industrial temperatures. The economy, society, local government, transport, housing and urban design, energy, land use, food production and water systems have all changed significantly. ... <a title="Report from the future: Aotearoa New Zealand is looking good in 2040 – here’s how we did it" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/01/10/report-from-the-future-aotearoa-new-zealand-is-looking-good-in-2040-heres-how-we-did-it/" aria-label="Read more about Report from the future: Aotearoa New Zealand is looking good in 2040 – here’s how we did it">Read more</a>
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December 7, 2021
SPECIAL REPORT: By Michael Field, co-editor of The Pacific Newsroom Extensive damage to food crops across South Pacific atolls has followed three days of high spring tides in the region. Reports into The Pacific Newsroom show the tides have afflicted Federated States of Micronesia, Marshall Islands, Solomon Islands and the archipelago islands of Papua New ... <a title="Tidal damage cuts swathe across wide area of Pacific" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/12/07/tidal-damage-cuts-swathe-across-wide-area-of-pacific/" aria-label="Read more about Tidal damage cuts swathe across wide area of Pacific">Read more</a>
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November 22, 2021
By Sri Krishnamurthi for Asia-Pacific Report Both the INEOS and Altrad logos will be emblazoned on the All Blacks jerseys and shorts for the next six years from 2022 and critics say both are bound to tarnish New Zealand’s clean, green image. Imagine, in the opening match of the 2023 Rugby World Cup both the ... <a title="Critics condemn INEOS and Altrad as ‘not a good fit’ for New Zealand Rugby" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/11/22/critics-condemn-ineos-and-altrad-as-not-a-good-fit-for-new-zealand-rugby/" aria-label="Read more about Critics condemn INEOS and Altrad as ‘not a good fit’ for New Zealand Rugby">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>
