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March 15, 2019
Students and teachers pouring into Aotea Square for the Strike 4 Climate action day today. Image: David Robie/PMC Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk Thousands of school students, teachers and climate advocates gathered at cities across New Zealand today to kickstart the global Strike 4 Climate action day. More than 3000 students packed into Aotea Square in ... <a title="Thousands of NZ students demand urgent climate action" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/03/15/thousands-of-nz-students-demand-urgent-climate-action/" aria-label="Read more about Thousands of NZ students demand urgent climate action">Read more</a>
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March 15, 2019
Auckland school pupils are set to fill Aotea Square today in protest at the lack of action on climate change. Image: Hannah Williams/Te Waha Nui By Hannah Williams of Te Waha Nui Students across New Zealand are striking today as part of a worldwide day of action over global warming and the issue of climate ... <a title="Students across NZ to kick off global climate change day of action" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/03/15/students-across-nz-to-kick-off-global-climate-change-day-of-action/" aria-label="Read more about Students across NZ to kick off global climate change day of action">Read more</a>
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March 14, 2019
Young people “know the consequences of the current shameful inaction both for themselves and future generations. This should be a moment for stark self-reflection by our political class.” Image: Strike 4 Climate Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk Amnesty International today warned that the failure of governments to tackle climate change could amount to the greatest inter-generational ... <a title="Amnesty welcomes school climate strikes, warns ‘truant’ governments" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/03/14/amnesty-welcomes-school-climate-strikes-warns-truant-governments/" aria-label="Read more about Amnesty welcomes school climate strikes, warns ‘truant’ governments">Read more</a>
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February 22, 2019
Authors of the current IPCC reporting cycle in Fiji – Dr Helene Jacot Des Combe (from left), Dr Morgan Wairiu, Professor Elisabeth Holland and Diana Salili. Image: USP/Wansolwara By Jope Tarai in Suva The threat of rising global temperatures on Pacific ecosystems is not only a scientific analysis but a reality for many people in ... <a title="World must take moral climate stand for humanity, warns Pacific expert" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/02/22/world-must-take-moral-climate-stand-for-humanity-warns-pacific-expert/" aria-label="Read more about World must take moral climate stand for humanity, warns Pacific expert">Read more</a>
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February 12, 2019
Anote’s Ark trailer By RNZ Pacific A Canadian film about climate change in Kiribati and the Pacific has won the top prize at the 16th Pacific Documentary Film Festival in French Polynesia. The film, Anote’s Ark by Matthieu Rytz, looked at the plight of Kiribati and former President Anote Tong who championed the Pacific human ... <a title="Climate change documentary about Kiribati wins top FIFO prize" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/02/12/climate-change-documentary-about-kiribati-wins-top-fifo-prize/" aria-label="Read more about Climate change documentary about Kiribati wins top FIFO prize">Read more</a>
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February 11, 2019
An international non-government organisation, The Global Witness, has reported that 48 individuals were killed in the country last year, a majority related to agribusiness. Image: Philstar By KEN E. CAGULA in Davao City The massive human rights violations committed against indigenous peoples or Lumads and peasants are designed to silence the opposition to the continuing ... <a title="Killings, arrests as military ‘flush out’ Mindanao environmental defenders" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/02/11/killings-arrests-as-military-flush-out-mindanao-environmental-defenders/" aria-label="Read more about Killings, arrests as military ‘flush out’ Mindanao environmental defenders">Read more</a>
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February 9, 2019
Destruction in the Arawa Hospital during the 1980s Bougainville civil war, sparked by a mining and environment dispute. Image: PNG Mine Watch Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk A highly controversial proposal by an unknown and newly registered company, Caballus Mining, is attempting to grab a monopoly over all large scale mines in Bougainville, reports PNG Mine ... <a title="Miriori fires broadside at ‘rogue’ Bougainville mining rights bid" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/02/09/miriori-fires-broadside-at-rogue-bougainville-mining-rights-bid/" aria-label="Read more about Miriori fires broadside at ‘rogue’ Bougainville mining rights bid">Read more</a>
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January 31, 2019
By Sara Stefanini Political uncertainty hangs over large swathes of the world’s tropical forests this year, raising the risk of more destruction and carbon emissions. Recent leadership changes in Brazil and the Democratic Republic of Congo, and presidential elections in Indonesia in April, are fuelling concerns that politics could side with industries such as palm ... <a title="Precarious politics pose threats to world’s three biggest rainforests" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/01/31/precarious-politics-pose-threats-to-worlds-three-biggest-rainforests/" aria-label="Read more about Precarious politics pose threats to world’s three biggest rainforests">Read more</a>
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December 13, 2018
ANALYSIS: By Professor Derrick Armstrong A traditional view of the tension between research and policy suggests that researchers are poor at communicating their research findings to policy-makers in clear and unambiguous ways. I am arguing that this is an outdated view of the relationship between research and policy. Science, including social science, and policy come ... <a title="Pacific ‘smart’ thinking grows creative tension between policy and research" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2018/12/13/pacific-smart-thinking-grows-creative-tension-between-policy-and-research/" aria-label="Read more about Pacific ‘smart’ thinking grows creative tension between policy and research">Read more</a>
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December 11, 2018
A new documentary Subject to Change, a collection of interviews and personal stories from across the Pacific, explores the impact of climate change. Video: MFAT Pacific Media Watch Newsdesk Two young women students are the driving force who created a new documentary titled Subject to Change which highlights the climate change challenges faced by Pacific ... <a title="Pacific voices tell stories of climate change reality in new documentary" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2018/12/11/pacific-voices-tell-stories-of-climate-change-reality-in-new-documentary/" aria-label="Read more about Pacific voices tell stories of climate change reality in new documentary">Read more</a>
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December 9, 2018
By Sara Stefanini and Karl Mathiesen in Katowice, Poland In a moment of drama in Poland, countries have closed ranks against a push by oil producers to water down recognition of the UN’s report on the impacts of 1.5C warming. Four big oil and gas producers blocked the UN climate talks from welcoming the most ... <a title="Nations close ranks to stop ‘big four’ oil producers watering down UN report" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2018/12/09/nations-close-ranks-to-stop-big-four-oil-producers-watering-down-un-report/" aria-label="Read more about Nations close ranks to stop ‘big four’ oil producers watering down UN report">Read more</a>
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December 1, 2018
Keynote speakers Associate Professor Kabini Sanga from Victoria University and Dr Alisi Holani (right), deputy CEO of the Ministry of Commerce, Consumer, Trade, Innovation and Labour (MCCTIL) in Tonga. They spoke about a “rich gap” and other issues affecting Pacific media reportage. Image: Tom Blessen/PMC By Sri KrishnamurthiThe NZ Institute for Pacific Research will cease ... <a title="Pioneering NZ Pacific research initiative to make ‘reset’ change" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2018/12/01/pioneering-nz-pacific-research-initiative-to-make-reset-change/" aria-label="Read more about Pioneering NZ Pacific research initiative to make ‘reset’ change">Read more</a>
