For meat lovers, expect to eat soggier pork chops and smellier steaks as global temperatures continue to rise. Also talk of icy stares and dirty minds might be closer to the mark than we thought, with research in the United States and United Kingdom finding that certain sensations, smells and concepts can influence the way we feel.
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Peter Gluckman, the Chief science advisor, has given the Prime Minister his judgment on Climate Change science and is about to deliver a report on P. This week The Herald has been focusing on a music royalty review and Russell is looking at the 2006 TV3 doco ‘Let Us Spray’ in this week’s Media 7. Russell Brown is chief blogger at publicaddress.net.
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A look at Climate Change targets and the Prime Minister’s science man, as well as the true source of happiness and green funerals. Vincent Heeringa is the editorial director at Idealog. Also find him on twitter.
The Green Party co-leader has recently returned from the States where he has been taking part in an international leadership programme focusing on climate change. By chance The Press today is reporting that New Zealand’s coal emissions have almost doubled since 1990.
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Currently 80 per cent of the islands of the Maldives are less than 1 metre above sea level and are said to continue to increase with the increasing effects of climate change. Indulging in a fatty meal after studying for an exam could boost your results. A study in rats at the University of California shows that eating a certain type of fat produces a hormone that helps the brain cement short-term memories in to long term ones. Janine Young is a freelance science writer, Immunologist and also a broadcaster for New Scientist magazine.
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The New Zealand delegation at UN climate talks in Bonn is embarrassing the country by outing us as laggards according to Greenpeace New Zealand’s Political Adviser in Bonn, Geoff Keey.
Unlike all other countries at the talks, apart from Russia and the Ukraine, New Zealand is refusing to put forward a proposed national emission reduction target. Geoff says New Zealand’s proposed stabilisation goal was no more than 450ppm. A couple of years ago, that might have seemed reasonable, but the most recent science indicates that 450ppm is way too high, is likely to push the world above two degrees warming, and could trigger catastrophic climate change.
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Last week The Business Roundtable said any climate change measures should wait until economic recovery is firmly established. However Labour leader Phil Goff says there is no time to delay in implementing a “New Green Deal” and to tackle climate change with bold initiatives that also create jobs.
Listen/Download Phil Goff on The New Green Deal
The UN Climate Change Secretariat in Oslo released figures on Monday showing the growth in New Zealand’s emissions between 1990 and 2006 to be among the worst in the world’s industrialised nations.
This announcement was made as the incoming National-led Government goes back to the drawing board to decide how to reduce emissions. Meanwhile Rodney Hide and ACT seem to be having a significant say in climate change policy.
Listen/Download Russel Norman on Hide’s weird thinking
Vincent reports that New Zealand is a victim of its own success. The latest WWF report says that we punch above our weight when its comes to leaving a dirty smudge on the planet. This is not good news because the cash used to fight dirty technology is drying up, but is there a silver lining to the dark clouds on the horizon? Vincent Heeringa is the editorial director at Idealog
Listen/Download Vincent Heeringa on Dirty ol’ New Zealand
Greens co-leader Russel Norman reports from the campaign trail and slams both Labour and National for climate change policies that make New Zealand a lagger rather than leader or even fast follower.
He agrees with John Key’s points on Labour’s poor climate change track record in the TV One YouTube debate but then slams National’s policies as even worse for the environment.
Russel also makes some sense of the shower head issue, universal student allowances and reveals that the Greens will say who they are prepared to go into a coalition with next week.