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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>
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November 7, 2021
Asia Pacific Report newsdesk Police stopped a climate change march in Suva today and forced activists to remove their banners. They also warned demonstrators against making social media posts about the event. Priests, church workers and youth had gathered at My Suva Park to march as part of worldwide Day of Climate Action protests against ... <a title="Fiji police block Suva climate change march marking COP26 protests" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/11/07/fiji-police-block-suva-climate-change-march-marking-cop26-protests/" aria-label="Read more about Fiji police block Suva climate change march marking COP26 protests">Read more</a>
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November 6, 2021
PNG Post-Courier Papua New Guinea — a country faced with a depressed economy and its public health system on the brink of total collapse due to the covid-19 pandemic sent a 62-member delegation to Europe to attend the COP26 Climate Change conference at a cost of a whooping K5.8 million (NZ$2.03 million). The Post-Courier was ... <a title="Almost K6 million COP26 climate bill for PNG delegation shocks nation" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/11/06/almost-k6-million-cop26-climate-bill-for-png-delegation-shocks-nation/" aria-label="Read more about Almost K6 million COP26 climate bill for PNG delegation shocks nation">Read more</a>
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November 5, 2021
A View from Afar - In this podcast, political scientist Paul Buchanan and Selwyn Manning discuss two issues: the evolution of new generation attack drones; and the COP26 meeting in Glasgow this week. Specifically, Buchanan and Manning unpack: Whether Geopolitics has railroaded a broad-based consensus of climate interventionism; Why Russia and China abandoned the Cop26 multilateral forum?
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November 5, 2021
By Ajay Bhai Amrit in Suva Critics in Fiji are concerned about climate change hypocrisy at the COP26 Leaders Summit this week. Fiji Times contributor Ajay Bhai Amrit was moved to comment about the problem of the government’s “gas guzzler” vehicle fleet. Bula readers! First and foremost, this article is not a criticism of the ... <a title="‘Practise what you preach’ climate message to Fiji over COP26" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/11/05/practise-what-you-preach-climate-message-to-fiji-over-cop26/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Practise what you preach’ climate message to Fiji over COP26">Read more</a>
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November 5, 2021
Asia Pacific Report newsdesk West Papua indigenous independence leaders today launched “Green State Vision” at the COP26 climate summit in Glasgow, pledging to take decisive action to address the climate emergency and the impact of natural resource extraction in an independent West Papua. The Green State Vision was drafted with the assistance of international lawyers, ... <a title="West Papuans pledge to make ‘ecocide’ serious crime in key global rainforest" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/11/05/west-papuans-pledge-to-make-ecocide-serious-crime-in-key-global-rainforest/" aria-label="Read more about West Papuans pledge to make ‘ecocide’ serious crime in key global rainforest">Read more</a>
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November 4, 2021
Asia Pacific Report newsdesk Australia is accused of using “diplomatic strong-arm tactics” to water down outcomes in Pacific climate negotiations and “buy silence” on climate change, a new report has revealed. Greenpeace Australia Pacific’s report, Australia: Pacific Bully and International Outcast, reveals that the Australian government uses “bullying tactics” in regional negotiations on climate change, ... <a title="Australia accused of ‘bullying’ Pacific over climate action, ‘buying silence’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/11/04/australia-accused-of-bullying-pacific-over-climate-action-buying-silence/" aria-label="Read more about Australia accused of ‘bullying’ Pacific over climate action, ‘buying silence’">Read more</a>
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November 3, 2021
By Talebula Kate Fiji has done its part in the fight against climate change by pushing for the first international accord to include the 1.5-degree threshold in the Suva Declaration in 2015 and committing to net-zero carbon emissions by 2050, says Prime Minister Voreqe Bainimarama. “At COP21, in a fury of forceful negotiations in Paris, ... <a title="‘We’ve done our part’ to ward off a ‘hellish future’, says Fiji PM" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/11/03/weve-done-our-part-to-ward-off-a-hellish-future-says-fiji-pm/" aria-label="Read more about ‘We’ve done our part’ to ward off a ‘hellish future’, says Fiji PM">Read more</a>
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November 3, 2021
A View from Afar - In this podcast, political scientist Paul Buchanan and Selwyn Manning will discuss two issues: the evolution of new generation attack drones; and the COP26 meeting in Glasgow this week. Specifically, Buchanan and Manning will unpack: Whether Geopolitics has railroaded a broad-based consensus of climate interventionism. Why Russia and China abandoned the Cop26 multilateral forum?
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November 2, 2021
ANALYSIS: By Robert McLachlan, Massey University As the Glasgow climate summits gets underway, New Zealand’s government has announced a revised pledge, with a headline figure of a 50 percent reduction on gross 2005 emissions by the end of this decade. This looks good on the surface, but the substance of this new commitment, known as ... <a title="COP26: New Zealand’s new climate pledge is a step up, but not a ‘fair share’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/11/02/cop26-new-zealands-new-climate-pledge-is-a-step-up-but-not-a-fair-share/" aria-label="Read more about COP26: New Zealand’s new climate pledge is a step up, but not a ‘fair share’">Read more</a>
