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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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November 1, 2021
By Peter Kenny in Geneva The Pacific Islands are in grave danger and at the frontline of global climate change and the United Nations Conference on Climate Change, known as COP26, in Glasgow this week is vitally important for islanders, says Reverend James Bhagwan. The general secretary of the Suva-based regional Pacific Conference of Churches ... <a title="Pacific ‘in peril’ if COP26 doesn’t work, warns regional church leader" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/11/01/pacific-in-peril-if-cop26-doesnt-work-warns-regional-church-leader/" aria-label="Read more about Pacific ‘in peril’ if COP26 doesn’t work, warns regional church leader">Read more</a>
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November 1, 2021
RNZ News In just a few weeks the situation in Afghanistan has deteriorated sharply as millions cope without desperately needed international aid, New Zealand journalist Charlotte Bellis says. Bellis is Al Jazeera’s senior producer in Afghanistan and reported on the turmoil in August as the Taliban took over the government and thousands of people tried ... <a title="Charlotte Bellis on Afghanistan: ‘It’s just life and death on so many levels’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/11/01/charlotte-bellis-on-afghanistan-its-just-life-and-death-on-so-many-levels/" aria-label="Read more about Charlotte Bellis on Afghanistan: ‘It’s just life and death on so many levels’">Read more</a>
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October 31, 2021
RNZ Pacific A new study shows rising sea levels in the Marshall Islands will endanger 40 percent of buildings in the capital Majuro, with 96 percent of the city likely to flood frequently. The study, “Adapting to Rising Sea Levels in Marshall Islands”, is compiled by the Marshall Islands government and the World Bank. It ... <a title="Sea level rise study in Marshall Islands paints a grim picture" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/10/31/sea-level-rise-study-in-marshall-islands-paints-a-grim-picture/" aria-label="Read more about Sea level rise study in Marshall Islands paints a grim picture">Read more</a>
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October 31, 2021
New Zealand has reported 143 new community covid-19 cases today – 135 in Auckland, six in Waikato and two in Northland. There were no community cases in Christchurch today. One previously reported case in the city has been reclassified as a historical case, so the total Christchurch tally is now four. There was no media ... <a title="New Zealand reports 143 new community covid cases" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/10/31/new-zealand-reports-143-new-community-covid-cases/" aria-label="Read more about New Zealand reports 143 new community covid cases">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
RNZ News New Zealand has reported eight new covid-19 cases, including seven residents, at an Auckland rest home, adding to one announced yesterday. This was part of a jump to a record total of 160 new community cases reported today — 151 in Auckland, seven in Waikato and one each in Northland and Canterbury. Following ... <a title="Eight new covid cases at Auckland rest home in record 160 NZ total" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/10/31/eight-new-covid-cases-at-auckland-rest-home-in-record-160-nz-total/" aria-label="Read more about Eight new covid cases at Auckland rest home in record 160 NZ total">Read more</a>
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October 31, 2021
RNZ Pacific Tonga’s Prime Minister is urging people on the main island of Tongatapu to use the weekend to prepare for a potential lockdown next week after the kingdom’s first covid-19 case was confirmed. The positive case was a passenger on a repatriation flight from Christchurch with 215 other people on Wednesday. The passengers from ... <a title="Prepare for potential lockdown over covid case, says Tongan PM" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/10/31/prepare-for-potential-lockdown-over-covid-case-says-tongan-pm/" aria-label="Read more about Prepare for potential lockdown over covid case, says Tongan PM">Read more</a>
