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what the heck was the HMNZS Manawanui doing before it grounded on Tafitoala reef, caught fire, and sank off the south coast of Upolu in Samoa last October—was it performing specific security for King Charles and Queen Camilla in advance of a Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting?

https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/558480/what-was-hmnzs-manawanui-doing-before-it-sank-calls-for-greater-transparency

#NZDFClusterfuck #NZpol #CHOGM

Here is your weekend reading of climate news through an #Australia lens from October. Lots of reports and news items to explore on #fossilfuels, reduction in #Biodiversity, #carbonoffsets, latest science, climate and health, #CHOGM, #cop16 and more.

Happy reading…
#ClimateCrisis
https://climateactionmerribek.org/2024/11/01/climate-news-for-october-2024/

I have updated my blog with Commonweath Heads Of Government Meeting #CHOGM in #Samoa final communique, ocean declaration and other info related to #climatecrisis and #Australia

#Auspol
#Oceans
https://takvera.blogspot.com/2024/10/chogm-meeting-in-samoa-new-report.html

Grace Tame will always have the quintessential "side-eye" on an Australian PM, but here's mine on John Howard, just before Their Majesties at CHOGM 2002 sat for the Queen Elizabeth II Golden Jubilee Banquet Portrait.

Royalty make good subjects 📷

#CHOGM
https://1earthmedia.com/how-i-shot-the-queen-chogm-2002-official-queens-portrait/

Watch: #Ocean declaration expected on final day of #CHOGM. "Prime Minister Christopher #Luxon committed earlier in the week to supporting the #oceans declaration." (#Seabed #mining, #PM?) https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/531952/ocean-safeguarding-declaration-expected-on-final-day-of-chogm

Resources Minister King Selling Australian Gas expansion in Japan while Prime Minister pacifies Island Nations at #CHOGM facing #SeaLevelRise existential threat.

#FossilFuels #Australia #Japan #FossilGas #ClimateCrisis
https://takvera.blogspot.com/2024/10/king-selling-australian-gas-expansion.html

So let me get this right. 56 #CHOGM heads of government, along with their massive entourage flew into Samoa - a tiny Pacific Island about as far away from everywhere as is possible - on their government jets to talk about climate change and ecological breakdown.

Betcha one of the topics was dealing with the pesky problem of how to reduce carbon emissions.

Luckily King Charles was on hand to lend a sense of practicality and realism to the whole circus.

#AUSpol

King Charles in full military regalia with cape, medals, lanyards and pom poms, trying hard not to look like some 18th century fantasy character out of a Disney movie.

New report finds #FossilFuel🛢️ Expansion in the Commonwealth Dominated by Three Wealthy Countries - the 🇬🇧 UK, 🇦🇺 Australia & 🇨🇦 Canada https://buff.ly/3NFnzwm #CHOGM

CHOGM meeting in Samoa: new report highlights Australia, Canada, UK role in fossil fuel emissions.

"As a Commonwealth family, we look to those that dominate fossil fuel production in the Commonwealth to stop the expansion of fossil fuels in order to protect what we love and hold dear here in the Pacific.” - Hon. Ralph Regenvanu, Special Envoy for Climate Change and Environment of Vanuatu

#FossilFuels #CHOGM #ClimateCrisis #ClimateDiary #FossilFuelTreaty #Commonwealth

https://takvera.blogspot.com/2024/10/chogm-meeting-in-samoa-new-report.html

Some of the Pacific Island Ministers at CHOGM launching the report on Fossil Fuels, calling for stronger support by developed nations Australia, Canada and UK on finance and to phase out fossil fuel extraction for the common good.

The Hon Ralph Regenvasnu, Special Envoy for Climate Change and Environment, Vanuatu

The Hon Dr Maina Vakafua Talia, Minister for Home Affairs, Environment and Climate Change, Tuvalu

Kumi Naidoo, President of the Fossil Fuel Treaty Initiative.

Insurance Business Magazine: Insurers rally on extreme weather threats

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#Insurance organizations from the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand are urging #Commonwealth heads of government to prioritize the issue of extreme #weather and its growing economic and social impacts at the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (#CHOGM) in #Samoa.
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https://www.insurancebusinessmag.com/ca/news/catastrophe/insurers-rally-on-extreme-weather-threats-510674.aspx

#ClimateChange #UnitedKingdom #UK #Canada #CA #CdnPoli #Australia #AU #NewZealand #NZPol