News & Announcements

Click here to read the article. The Pacific Climate Change Centre to be based in Samoa, will open in September. Read more... [Quotation] https://www.rnz.co.nz/international/pacific-news/396249/pacific-climate-change-centre-to-open-in-september

Click here to read the article. Fiji is proposing new climate change laws to restrict the use of plastics, and plan for the relocation of threatened coastal communities. Read more... [Quotation] https://www.rnz.co.nz/international/pacific-news/396178/fiji-proposes-new-climate-change-laws

Click here to read the article. Pacific leaders have declared a climate crisis in the region and are demanding an end to coal mining. Read more... [Quotation] https://www.rnz.co.nz/international/pacific-news/395629/pacific-leaders-declare-climate-crisis-demand-end-to-coal

Click here to read the article. Following the changes to New Zealand gun laws which were passed soon after the 15 March Christchurch Mosque attacks, the police have begun a series of gun buy back events. These began in Christchurch. Toda Peace Institute Director, Professor Kevin Clements, talks to ABC news about public opinion on the buy back scheme in New Zealand. Read more... [Quotation] https://www.abc.net.au/news/programs/the-world/2019-07-12/public-opinion-completely-in-favour-of-nz-gun/11305800

Click here to read the article. After months of conversations and feedback from the public, external experts and Twitter's own teams, Twitter has announced an expansion to its rules against hateful conduct to include language that dehumanises others on the basis of religion. Read more... [Quotation] https://blog.twitter.com/en_us/topics/company/2019/hatefulconductupdate.html