The Siouxsie Wiles judgment should be a wake-up call for New Zealand’s universitiesthespinoff.co.nz 'The fact she had to take her university to court to force it to take her concerns seriously should trigger some serious soul-searching.'
Veronika Meduna
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New Zealand's new-look approach to methane 'problematic', top climate scientist sayswww.rnz.co.nz The government is going for 'no added heating' from farming's methane - a "confusing" aim, according to an Australasian expert.
Govt will weaken methane target in defiance of Climate Commission – McClaynewsroom.co.nz McClay's comments directly contradicted what Climate Change Minister Simon Watts had told reporters just three minutes earlier.
Regeringen og parterne i Grøn trepart indgår historisk Aftale om et grønt Danmark | Økonomiministerietvia.ritzau.dk Regeringen og parterne i den grønne trepart er enige om et langsigtet grundlag for omlægning og omstilling af Danmarks arealer og af fødevare- og landbrugsproduktionen. Indsatserne i aftalen vil reduc...
Rocks on Rapa Nui tell the story of a small, resilient population − countering the notion of a doomed overpopulated islandtheconversation.com Satellite data shows the amount of food the residents of the tiny Pacific island have grown over time, pointing to a small but stable population.
Denver gave people experiencing homelessness $1,000 a month. A year later, nearly half of participants had housing.www.businessinsider.com Participants in Denver's basic income program received up to $1,000 a month. They became more housing secure and
landed full-time jobs.
UN-Umfrage: Sorge über Klimawandel noch nie so großwww.tagesschau.de Die Sorge ist groß, der Wunsch nach Maßnahmen auch: Eine UN-Umfrage über den Klimawandel ist eine Mahnung an Politik und Wirtschaft. Dabei hofft ein Großteil der 75.000 Befragten auf mehr Zusammenarbe...
A comparative review of methane policies of the United States and China in the context of US – China climate cooperationwww.tandfonline.com Methane is a powerful greenhouse gas. The US and China are the world’s two of the largest methane emitters and jointly committed to tackling this global challenge in the US–China Joint Glasgow Decl...
Conservation minister says saving every species may be too expensivenewsroom.co.nz Opposition MPs were gobsmacked by Tama Potaka's suggestion that it may be more cost-effective to let species go extinct, reports Marc Daalder
National promised a 'strong and stable' carbon market - then it crashedwww.rnz.co.nz National promised a 'strong and stable' carbon market - but that's not how it's worked out.
Despite improved WHO regulations, the world remains ill-prepared for the next pandemicwww.phcc.org.nz The world’s best chance of preventing the next pandemic lies in a global treaty. But deep divisions over funding and the sharing of vaccines and treatments have so far prevented an agreement.
The myth that COVID is 'harmless' for kids has left millions of children with long COVID invisible. Here's what they want you to knowwww.abc.net.au They're losing their formative years to this debilitating disease. But for too many children with long COVID, finding help is a frustrating and traumatic process that leaves them feeling isolated and ...
Extreme temperatures seem to be messing with children's mental healthwww.motherjones.com Researchers say low-income kids with existing issues are the most vulnerable.
Farmers get free pass on climate AND get subsidiesthekaka.substack.com Farmers exempted from ETS & given $400m to cut methane; ComCom finds fuel firms inflate profits via 'rockets & feathers'; Homeless live in quake-hit offices; High OCR inflates bank profits by $9m/day
Here are the members of the Oxford Climate Journalism Networkreutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk These are the journalists who are part of this initiative to improve climate coverage around the world.
Boot camps for young offenders are back – the psychological evidence they don’t work never went awaytheconversation.com Evidence shows the links between punishment, discipline and behaviour change are weak at best. Good rehabilitation has a therapeutic focus – but this is less popular with politicians and the public.
Agriculture to come out of the ETSwww.beehive.govt.nz The Government will deliver on its election commitment to take agriculture out of the New Zealand Emissions Trading Scheme (NZ ETS) and will establish a new Pastoral Sector Group to constructively tac...
Terrorism and violent extremism research funding cut by two-thirdswww.rnz.co.nz The government has slashed funding of research into terrorism and violent extremism, with the fledgling centre that carries out the research already having to cut back.
Flutracking.net | Tracking respiratory illness across Australia and New Zealandwww.flutracking.net Flutracking is an online health surveillance system used to detect epidemics of influenza across Australia and New Zealand,
$36 million commitment for local catchment groupswww.beehive.govt.nz The Government is backing farmers to improve land management practices with a $36 million commitment to support locally led catchment groups, $7 million of which will go directly to catchment groups a...
Science takes a hit in New Zealand’s budget, prompting researchers to organizewww.science.org New Save Science Coalition aims to head off future spending cuts