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Veronika Meduna@veronikameduna.bsky.social |
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Sci/env editor The Conversation | writer NZ Geographic, Science, Eos | Books Science on Ice bit.ly/2YsvVxv Towards A Warmer World bit.ly/3ObP2Er
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Shaun Hendy
@hendysh.bsky.social
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My thoughts on @siouxsiew.bsky.social v the University of Auckland. The judgment, which finds in favour of Siouxsie, strengthens academic freedom in New Zealand, but highlights problems with Auckland's management that its VC seems reluctant to accept. thespinoff.co.nz/society/10-0...
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Veronika Meduna
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The government has tasked a panel to review its methane target and to make it consistent with causing "no additional warming". But this approach is "confusing" and "problematic", according to a top climate scientist
www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
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Marc Daalder 😷 Wear a Mask
@marcdaalder.bsky.social
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NEW: Agriculture Minister Todd McClay said the methane targets will be changed to align with the "no addition warming" principle, which the Climate Commission has warned will lead to “higher emissions and an increased amount of warming than the current target”.
newsroom.co.nz/2024/06/27/g...
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Andy Reisinger
@andyreisinger.bsky.social
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The Government of Denmark had just agreed to a tax on livestock emissions. €40 in 2030, rising to €100 in 2035. Foreign Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen says: "We will be the first country in the world with a CO2 tax on agriculture.” Looks like New Zealand is now distinctly behind in that race.
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The Conversation U.S.
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The rock gardens on Rapa Nui (Easter Island) tell the story of a small, resilient population of around 3-4,000 people even when massive sculptures were erected, according to new research, countering the widely-held notion of a doomed, overpopulated island 🧪
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Veronika Meduna
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#ShowYourStripes global
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Andrew Digby
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To mark the season we’re offering a new special edition #kakapo adoption: Solstice, who 27 years ago today was the last kākāpō discovered from the original population. Available until 21 July. Adoptions provide vital support for our #conservation work. www.doc.govt.nz/our-work/kak...
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Scott Santens
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Individuals who received the $1,000/mo or $500/mo payments were more likely to find a stable, full-time job than before they received the basic income. Results showed 45% of participants secured housing, while $589,214 was saved in public service costs. "It's freedom. It's freedom from poverty..."
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Toast Conger
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Another view of #showyourstripes for Tāmaki Makaurau
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Veronika Meduna
@veronikameduna.bsky.social
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It's #ShowYourStripes today so let me make New Zealand the first country to kick off - you can find about about your country/region on @edhawkins.bsky.social's showyourstripes.info
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Prof. Stefan Rahmstorf
@rahmstorf.bsky.social
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Größte Umfrage aller Zeiten zum Klimawandel: 75.000 Befragte aus 77 Ländern.
Über 80 Prozent erwarten mehr Klimaschutz von der Politik.
Doch warum hören viele Politiker mehr auf die fossile Lobby als auf ihre Bürger?
www.tagesschau.de/ausland/un-u...
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Andy Reisinger
@andyreisinger.bsky.social
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A bit of work to do on methane then, to align with their ambitions expressed in the Global Methane Pledge (www.globalmethanepledge.org)
"methane policies in both countries were largely driven by safety, resource utilization, and pollution concerns rather than reducing greenhouse gas emissions"
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Marc Daalder 😷 Wear a Mask
@marcdaalder.bsky.social
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Paywall now lifted: Some endangered native species may have to go extinct because it would be too expensive to save them all, Conservation Minister Tama Potaka suggested on Tuesday.
newsroom.co.nz/2024/06/19/c...
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Veronika Meduna
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Been too busy to post this when it came out last week, but I reviewed @zoeschlanger.bsky.social's The Light Eaters for the Listener and it is the best non-fiction book I've read in a long time. Gorgeous, uplifting and eye-opening www.instagram.com/p/C8LzcOWN35...
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Veronika Meduna
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"It's a lot of money to throw away by not being clear about what you want the ETS to look like." _ Murray McClintock
Low confidence in the government's climate plans could hit the coalition in the pocket, writes RNZ's Eloise Gibson
www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
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Public Health Communication Centre
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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. www.phcc.org.nz/briefing/des.... via @theconversation.bsky.social
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Rachel Lense is Professionally Curious
@rachellense.bsky.social
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I made this Pride flag using only NASA images and our team thought it would be cool to share on social (I work on the NASA heliophysics communications team), but it's getting all sorts of hate on the bird app and Fbook. Thought y'all might be more appreciative of it here. ☺️🏳️🌈💖
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FK
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remember when they told us kids weren’t really affected by covid so they could get everyone back to school and their parents to work and now everyone’s immune system is fucked and everyone’s sick all the time cuz no one is putting two and two together and that train just keeps rolling without brakes
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Climate Psychology Alliance of North America
@climatena.bsky.social
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Researchers are now connecting the dots between the climate crisis and the havoc heat can wreak on developing minds.
www.motherjones.com/environment/...
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Bernard Hickey
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So it turns out farmers get a free pass on paying for emissions in the ETS, they will also get $400 million worth of taxpayer-funded subsidies to reduce emissions. Unlike EV buyers and factory owners. thekaka.substack.com/p/bernards-d...
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Veronika Meduna
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Exciting to learn that I'm one of the new members of the latest Oxford Climate Journalism Network cohort
reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk/members-oxfo...
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Veronika Meduna
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Military-style "boot camps" are coming back in NZ, despite plenty of evidence that they don’t work. A team of psychologists looks into why strong discipline and punishment are unlikely to lead to behaviour change
theconversation.com/boot-camps-f...
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Marc Daalder 😷 Wear a Mask
@marcdaalder.bsky.social
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While all auto sales declined in May on a year-on-year basis, the far more pronounced drop in electric vehicle sales is clearly the impact of the repeal of the Clean Car Discount, Drive Electric says.
newsroom.co.nz/2024/06/10/e...
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Veronika Meduna
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After decades of back and forth on whether agricultural emissions should be priced and included in NZ's emissions trading scheme, the government just announced it's backing "practical tools to help lower on-farm emissions" instead www.beehive.govt.nz/release/agri...
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Dr Lucy Stewart
@lcsnz.bsky.social
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Yet another example of research cuts which are very small amounts in terms of the Budget as a whole, but staggering in terms of the work itself. This is where we've got to with research in AoNZ, so underfunded that every cut hits bone. www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
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Suzi and Rose
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FluTracking New Zealand is looking for additional participants.
They need more participants, and particularly younger participants, around the motu to help them track, and understand, flu & COVID-19 in the community.
www.flutracking.net/Join/NZ/inv2...
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Veronika Meduna
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Within half an hour of the original media release I now have two corrections from the agriculture minister, the latest still had $43m in the headline, but only $36m in the main text as a commitment for local catchment groups - this is the correct one www.beehive.govt.nz/release/36-m...
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Veronika Meduna
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My latest for Science about NZ's budget, the cuts to science and the Save Science Coalition, with @nzscientists.bsky.social @lcsnz.bsky.social et al
“Analyzing this year’s budget is an exercise in determining how bad the damage will be.”
www.science.org/content/arti...
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Zack Labe
@zlabe.bsky.social
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#Antarctic sea ice concentration anomalies remained very regionally dependent in May 2024, but with large negative departures in the Weddell and Ross Seas.
Data from nsidc.org/data/g02202/.... Concentration = fraction of sea ice in a location.
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Andy Reisinger
@andyreisinger.bsky.social
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The New Zealand govt says it will hold an independent review of 'what New Zealand's 2050 methane target should be, consistent with the principle of no additional warming'. It's not clear where that 'principle' comes from, but Kristen Green (not on BSky?) has done some insightful analysis.
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Katharine Hayhoe
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Iceland’s new president is a huge climate champion! What great news 🌎💚
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Science Media Centre NZ
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"Analysing this year’s Budget is an exercise in determining how bad the damage will be." - @lcsnz.bsky.social
www.sciencemediacentre.co.nz/2024/05/30/b...
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Veronika Meduna
@veronikameduna.bsky.social
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Seems like a good day to repost this #ToitūTeTiriti
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Sharon Murdoch
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One feather from an extinct bird sells for $46,000. Shame we don’t value the birds and their habitat so highly BEFORE they go extinct. My Sunday Star Times #cartoon today #nzpol #FastTrack
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The New York Times
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Breaking News: An attempt to strike a global agreement on how to handle a future pandemic failed. Among the sticking points are equitable access to vaccines and financing to set up surveillance systems.
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Andy Reisinger
@andyreisinger.bsky.social
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Where are we at with feed additives to reduce methane emissions from ruminant livestock? Our latest briefing gives an overview of the current evidence. TL;DR: some are ready to implement now, some still have big question marks. But also, climate policies are needed to motivate adoption at scale.
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Veronika Meduna
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In a win for island nations, an ocean tribunal found greenhouse gases constitute marine pollution - it means states are required to prevent, reduce and control emissions not just under int climate agreements but also the law of the sea theconversation.com/a-new-ruling...
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Veronika Meduna
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"The Resource Management Act was a response to another discredited National Party fast track law, the National Development Act 1979. Brought in by the Muldoon Government, it was exceedingly unpopular because of its arrogant use of executive power." Sir Geoffrey Palmer newsroom.co.nz/2024/05/20/a...
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Markus Knigge
@oceanknigge.bsky.social
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Tomorrow another day of climate law history?
1st international judicial body to deliver opinion on countries’ obligations to protect oceans from climate change.⚖️🧑⚖️ #Hamburg #ITLOS
www.ciel.org/news/legal-e...
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Veronika Meduna
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Heard of the moa or Haast eagle? Here comes another enigmatic and sadly extinct NZ bird - the Auckland Island merganser, one of a group of fish-eating ducks with a serrated bill. @nicrawlencenz.bsky.social et al have deciphered its evolutionary history theconversation.com/ancient-dna-....
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Richard Easther
@rjme.bsky.social
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This is paywalled but it is Roy Kerr's 90th birthday - if there are still scientists 1000 years from now to talk about black holes they will be using Roy's equations to do it. The man casts a Hillary-level shadow, and New Zealanders should know his name...
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Bianca Nogrady
@biancanogrady.bsky.social
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Shout-out to the many journalists, cartoonists and others who have campaigned long and hard to get the Walkley Foundation - who run Australia's top journalism awards - to ditch fossil fuel sponsor Ampol.
You did it!
#climatechange #WalkleyAwards #fossilfuels #divest #journalism
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Marc Daalder 😷 Wear a Mask
@marcdaalder.bsky.social
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New: Diplomats representing New Zealand at negotiations for a Pandemic Treaty have been told by the Government to focus on making sure New Zealand can opt out of international health rules rather than stopping future pandemics.
newsroom.co.nz/2024/05/16/h...
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Veronika Meduna
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New research doesn't support claims that Te Tiriti divides New Zealanders. Quite the opposite: it's seen as a powerful symbol that promotes mutual understanding and reconciliation. By Waikato Uni's Olli Hellmann theconversation.com/some-say-the...
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Covering Climate Now
@coveringclimatenow.org
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Climate doomism, or the idea that it's already too late to do anything about climate change, can be debilitating and demoralizing. It's also a known discourse of climate delay. Here's a guide from Yale Climate Connections on how we can talk about it:
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Veronika Meduna
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"Presenting a situation of declining gas supply that has long been expected and is well-understood as a sudden crisis is an attempt to make the case for the Government’s pivot back towards fossil fuels for industrial uses and electricity production in New Zealand."
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Andrew Frame
@napierinframe.bsky.social
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Are you a writer?
Do you live in New Zealand?
Would you like to reside in Hawke's Bay for a bit?
The HB Readers and Writers Trust, in conjunction with Black Barn Retreats, is excited to announce the Rush Cottage Writers' Residency for Aotearoa writers.
www.hbreadersandwriters.co.nz/rush-cottage...
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Katharine Hayhoe
@katharinehayhoe.com
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IMHO one of the hardest concepts for people worried about climate change to grasp is that fear-based messages alone are not enough to catalyze change at scale. Fear wakes us up (EPPM, Witte 1992); but if we don't think we can do anything about it (self-efficacy, Bandera 1977), we will do nothing.
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