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New Zealand may initially get off relatively lightly as the world increasingly experiences the consequences of climate change, but will still face moral obligations to harder-hit vulnerable nations, warn scientists.    A UN report released on Friday in Uganda found that increasing human emissions had “likely” – defined as a 66-100 percent probability – caused more [...]

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon left no room form confusion over his stance on climate change at the Pacific Islands Forum in Auckland this week. Ban Ki-Moon had already expressed the need for Australia and New Zealand to act on climate change in the days preceding the forum, so it came as no surprise when [...]

Biodiversity deal hangs in balance Representatives of 190 countries are working down to the wire at a UN Convention on Biological Diversity in Nagoya, Japan to agree on a treaty to protect the world’s ecosystems. The COP10 meeting on biodiversity, which concludes this evening, is aiming to set global goals for preserving biodiversity and preventing [...]

The UN Secretary-General, Ban Ki-Moon, has asked that the work of the IPCC be reviewed by the world’s science agencies. An excerpt: (read in full here) “Mr Ban said the overall concept of man-made climate change was robust, and action to curb emissions badly needed. “Work will be co-ordinated by the Inter-Academy Council, which will [...]