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Climate summit fails to launch as countries battle over agenda
1 day ago · COP29 President Mukhtar Babayev called on countries to do better than they had been. Photo: UN Climate Change/Kiara Worth The climate summit in Baku, Azerbaijan got off to a less-than-auspicious start – COP29 delegates needed eight hours of deliberations to even agree an agenda for the meeting ...
Explainer: Four things to look out for at COP29 climate summit
2 days ago · The climate summit will have major implications for efforts to keep global warming below 1.5C or 2C. Photo: Getty Images The annual COP climate summit – taking place this year in Baku, Azerbaijan – is an absolutely massive event. More than 40,000 people are attending, more than attended the 2015 ...
Why Asia is so critical to New Zealand's future - Newsroom
Jul 24, 2024 · Comment: No matter which metric we use, Asia is the region that is going to have the greatest impact on us in the coming decades, and as such, maintaining productive, stable, and targeted relationships across the Asia region is going to be important if New Zealand is to protect and promote its national interests. In short, New Zealand’s future prosperity, security and development is closely ...
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Bloomfield on testing problems: 'Things took off quickly'
Mar 2, 2022 · New Zealand’s strong public health response must now give way to a larger emphasis on primary care and hospitals, the Director-General of Health says, while explaining why his ministry got testing numbers so wrong
Policy wins for Act, NZ First but Nats hold the reins of power
Nov 24, 2023 · On Act’s policy for a referendum on the principles of the Treaty of Waitangi, National and New Zealand First have instead agreed to the introduction of a Treaty Principles Bill, which the government will support through the first reading to allow it to go to select committee and for the public to make submissions.
New strategy could overwhelm contact tracing - newsroom.co.nz
Oct 7, 2021 · Analysis: The Ministry of Health hasn’t increased contact tracing capacity since it was criticised by an expert review in June, even though the new suppression strategy could see the tracing system overwhelmed. Philip Hill, a public health expert at the University of Otago and one of the authors of a series of critical reviews of the …
Climate Change Archives - Newsroom
The climate summit has stalled on day one, with diplomats now spending hours negotiating over what, exactly, they’ll negotiate over the coming two weeks