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why we need to cut emissions as well as prepare for impacts

  • Written by: Ralph Brougham Chapman, Associate Professor , Director Environmental Studies, Victoria University of Wellington
why we need to cut emissions as well as prepare for impactsResearch shows the cost of damage through climate change will be much greater than the costs of reducing emissions.from www.shutterstock.com, CC BY-NDwhy we need to cut emissions as well as prepare for impactsCC BY-ND

Climate Explained is a collaboration between The Conversation, Stuff and the New Zealand Science Media Centre to answer your questions about climate change.

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Tarantino has a questionable record in the #MeToo context, so should we boycott his new film?

  • Written by: Christina Lee, Senior Lecturer in Literary and Cultural Studies, Curtin University
Tarantino has a questionable record in the #MeToo context, so should we boycott his new film?'I left the cinema pondering the confusing range of emotions and responses I had.' Andrew Cooper/Sony Pictures Entertainment

This story contains spoilers for Once Upon a Time in Hollywood.

While promoting Once Upon a Time in Hollywood at the Cannes Film Festival, filmmaker Quentin Tarantino was asked why Margot Robbie’s character –...

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Bungled NZ census highlights need for multiple voting options to raise Māori participation

  • Written by: Maria Bargh, Associate Professor, Victoria University of Wellington
Bungled NZ census highlights need for multiple voting options to raise Māori participationNew Zealand's 2018 census was the first to be carried out online, but it captured only 83% of people, a response rate 9% lower than the previous census. Māori responses dropped by 20%. from www.shutterstock.com, CC BY-ND

New Zealand’s government statistician resigned last week, following the release of an independent review of the 2018...

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