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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
SPECIAL REPORT: By Sri Krishnamurthi October 2021 was a horror month for Facebook as the headlines screamed “Facebook under fire” which started with the social media behemoth suffering an outage for several hours. Then it had a whistleblower — American data scientist Francis Haugen — who accused the company of: prioritising growth over user safety; ... <a title="The Pacific Newsroom – the virtual ‘kava bar’ news success story" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/11/06/the-pacific-newsroom-the-virtual-kava-bar-news-success-story/" aria-label="Read more about The Pacific Newsroom – the virtual ‘kava bar’ news success story">Read more</a>
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November 6, 2021
Kaniva Tonga Tonga’s only suspected covid-19 case has tested positive when he took his third test today in Nuku’alofa. The latest result came after the person was tested positive last week and tested negative on Monday this week. The Health Ministry chief executive Dr Siale ‘Akau’ola said today the person had recorded a very weak ... <a title="Tonga’s first covid case tests ‘weak positive’ again after negative" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/11/06/tongas-first-covid-case-tests-weak-positive-again-after-negative/" aria-label="Read more about Tonga’s first covid case tests ‘weak positive’ again after negative">Read more</a>
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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 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 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
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
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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October 27, 2021
COMMENT: By Grubsheet’s Graham Davis A public relations disaster for Fiji just as Prime Minister Voreqe Bainimarama and Attorney-General Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum head to Glasgow for COP26 as one of Britain’s leading media outlets — The Independent — carries out a detailed investigation into events at the University of the South Pacific. Fiji’s reputation in Britain ... <a title="Bainimarama’s Fiji faces investigative PR crisis on eve of climate COP26" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/10/27/bainimaramas-fiji-faces-investigative-pr-crisis-on-eve-of-climate-cop26/" aria-label="Read more about Bainimarama’s Fiji faces investigative PR crisis on eve of climate COP26">Read more</a>
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October 25, 2021
Asia Pacific Report newsdesk Australia needs to be put on notice by Pacific Islands Forum (PIF) leaders over abandoning its commitments under the South Pacific’s nuclear free accord — the Treaty of Rarotonga — by signing up to the controversial security pact, AUKUS, says the Pacific Network on Globalisation (PANG). The deal by the Australian, ... <a title="PANG condemns Australia policy for ‘abandoning’ Pacific nuclear-free pact" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/10/25/pang-condemns-australia-policy-for-abandoning-pacific-nuclear-free-pact/" aria-label="Read more about PANG condemns Australia policy for ‘abandoning’ Pacific nuclear-free pact">Read more</a>
