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November 1, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Soheil Mohseni, Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Sustainable Energy Systems, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington Thierry Monasse/Getty Images The transport sector accounts for 47% of New Zealand’s carbon dioxide emissions. It will be a focus for decarbonisation to meet the country’s new climate pledge to ... <a title="Electrifying transport: why New Zealand can’t rely on battery-powered cars alone" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/11/01/electrifying-transport-why-new-zealand-cant-rely-on-battery-powered-cars-alone-170703/" aria-label="Read more about Electrifying transport: why New Zealand can’t rely on battery-powered cars alone">Read more</a>
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November 1, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Caitlin Byrne, Director, Griffith Asia Institute, Griffith University EPA The G20 summit in Rome concluded over the weekend with a disappointing outcome for Earth’s climate. Leaders of the world’s wealthiest countries, including Australia’s Prime Minister Scott Morrison, failed to reach a commitment to phase out fossil fuels. ... <a title="G20 leaders talk up climate action but avoid real commitments, casting a shadow over crucial Glasgow talks" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/11/01/g20-leaders-talk-up-climate-action-but-avoid-real-commitments-casting-a-shadow-over-crucial-glasgow-talks-170533/" aria-label="Read more about G20 leaders talk up climate action but avoid real commitments, casting a shadow over crucial Glasgow talks">Read more</a>
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November 1, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Dean J. Miller, Research Officer, CQUniversity Australia Shutterstock LED face masks are the latest device promoted on social media as a marriage of technology and beauty. A range of celebrities have endorsed portable versions of the product that was previously offered in beauty salons. Actress Olivia Munn ... <a title="LED face masks are popular on social media for glowing skin – but they could disrupt your sleep" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/11/01/led-face-masks-are-popular-on-social-media-for-glowing-skin-but-they-could-disrupt-your-sleep-170108/" aria-label="Read more about LED face masks are popular on social media for glowing skin – but they could disrupt your sleep">Read more</a>
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November 1, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Right wing Queensland Liberal senator Gerard Rennick has told Scott Morrison he will withhold his vote from the Coalition until various issues relating to COVID are resolved. Rennick says there should be a “fit and proper” compensation scheme for victims ... <a title="Queensland rebel Liberal senator says he’ll withhold vote over COVID issues" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/11/01/queensland-rebel-liberal-senator-says-hell-withhold-vote-over-covid-issues-170951/" aria-label="Read more about Queensland rebel Liberal senator says he’ll withhold vote over COVID issues">Read more</a>
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November 1, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Craig Mark, Professor, Faculty of International Studies, Kyoritsu Women’s University Japan’s ruling conservative nationalist Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) will remain comfortably in power under its new prime minister Fumio Kishida, after the weekend’s national election. This comes after a historically short 12-day campaign. According to projections by ... <a title="Japan’s ruling conservatives have been returned to power, but amid voter frustration, challenges lurk for Kishida" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/11/01/japans-ruling-conservatives-have-been-returned-to-power-but-amid-voter-frustration-challenges-lurk-for-kishida-170561/" aria-label="Read more about Japan’s ruling conservatives have been returned to power, but amid voter frustration, challenges lurk for Kishida">Read more</a>
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November 1, 2021
RNZ Pacific Global climate talks have started in Glasgow, Scotland, but most Pacific leaders cannot get there. While the leaders of four Pacific nations are attending the United Nations’ COP26 summit, covid travel restrictions are preventing the leaders of 10 Pacific nations from attending with their delegates. Cook Islands Prime Minister Mark Brown is one, ... <a title="Pacific nations will be mostly unheard at critical COP26 climate summit" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/11/01/pacific-nations-will-be-mostly-unheard-at-critical-cop26-climate-summit/" aria-label="Read more about Pacific nations will be mostly unheard at critical COP26 climate summit">Read more</a>
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November 1, 2021
Asia Pacific Report newsdesk The Australia West Papua Association has protested over the “lack of any concern” by Canberra over worsening clashes in the Indonesian military crackdown on pro-independence groups in West Papua. Joe Collins of AWPA said in a statement today that the harsh “behaviour” of the Indonesian forces would lead to the instability ... <a title="AWPA protests over Canberra’s ‘lack of concern’ over West Papua crackdown" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/11/01/awpa-protests-over-canberras-lack-of-concern-over-west-papua-crackdown/" aria-label="Read more about AWPA protests over Canberra’s ‘lack of concern’ over West Papua crackdown">Read more</a>
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November 1, 2021
By Talebula Kate in Suva Prime Minister Voreqe Bainimarama was briefed yesterday on Fiji’s priority areas ahead of the 26th Conference of Parties (COP26) which includes keeping 1.5 degrees alive, scaling up support for adaptation and loss and damage, oceans climate nexus, increased climate finance and finalising the Paris Agreement rule book. Bainimarama is adamant ... <a title="Bainimarama briefed on Fiji, Pacific priorities at COP26 to dodge disaster" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/11/01/bainimarama-briefed-on-fiji-pacific-priorities-at-cop26-to-dodge-disaster/" aria-label="Read more about Bainimarama briefed on Fiji, Pacific priorities at COP26 to dodge disaster">Read more</a>
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November 1, 2021
Editor’s Note: Here below is a list of the main issues currently under discussion in New Zealand and links to media coverage. You can sign up to NZ Politics Daily as well as New Zealand Political Roundup columns for free here. Today’s content Environment, climate change, conservation Henry Cooke (Stuff): Climate change target nowhere near as ... <a title="Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – November 01 2021" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/11/01/newsletter-new-zealand-politics-daily-november-01-2021/" aria-label="Read more about Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – November 01 2021">Read more</a>
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November 1, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Yvonne Wong, Associate professor of physics and ARC Future Fellow, UNSW Reidar Hahn / Fermilab Physicists searching for evidence of a “light sterile neutrino”, a hypothetical particle that could give clues to cosmic puzzles such as the nature of dark matter and why the Universe is made ... <a title="The hunt for ‘sterile neutrinos’: a new experiment has dashed hopes of an undiscovered particle" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/11/01/the-hunt-for-sterile-neutrinos-a-new-experiment-has-dashed-hopes-of-an-undiscovered-particle-170369/" aria-label="Read more about The hunt for ‘sterile neutrinos’: a new experiment has dashed hopes of an undiscovered particle">Read more</a>
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November 1, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Carolyn Holbrook, ARC DECRA Fellow, Deakin University For a brief moment in 2020, it appeared the COVID pandemic might be the catalyst for a new era in Australian federal relations. The national cabinet, comprising the prime minister and state and territory leaders, was established in March 2020 ... <a title="Will national cabinet survive the COVID ‘opening up’?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/11/01/will-national-cabinet-survive-the-covid-opening-up-170631/" aria-label="Read more about Will national cabinet survive the COVID ‘opening up’?">Read more</a>
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November 1, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Brock Bastian, Professor, Melbourne School of Psychological Sciences, The University of Melbourne Gabrielle Henderson/Unsplash, CC BY The term “toxic positivity” has received a good deal of attention lately. Coming off the back of the “positivity movement” we are beginning to recognise while feeling happy is a good ... <a title="How to avoid ‘toxic positivity’ and take the less direct route to happiness" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/11/01/how-to-avoid-toxic-positivity-and-take-the-less-direct-route-to-happiness-170260/" aria-label="Read more about How to avoid ‘toxic positivity’ and take the less direct route to happiness">Read more</a>
