The Daily Blog Open Mic – 2nd July 2023
Announce protest actions, general chit chat or give your opinion on issues we haven’t covered for the day.
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https://www.rnz.co.nz/international/pacific-news/492987/pacific-nations-advocate-to-steer-shipping-industry-on-clear-path-to-climate-action
With less than two days before the International Maritime Organisation (IMO) meets for its most significant meeting, member states are already showing signs of a major divide on the level of ambition needed to align the shipping industry with the Paris Agreement goal of keeping global warming below 1.5 degrees.
Almost a dozen Pacific islands (6PAC Plus), including the Solomon Islands, Kiribati, the Marshall Islands,Tuvalu, Nauru, Vanuatu, Fiji, Samoa and Tonga, this week made calls at the IMO’s Intersessional Working Group on Reduction of GHG Emissions from Ships (ISWG-GHG 15) to steer the shipping industry on a clear path to climate action.
This is good from the Pacific Island states banding together for good effect. I think shipping is going to become our most used overseas transport option (despite all the airport expenditure we are being weighed down with). What arena are we in – the Pacific (peaceful) or the tenacious colonial western bunch? Going backwards in time while forging towards an uncertain future? Wrong! The future is certain for those who care to pay attention.
Two artists singing a song that encapsulates all of our lives. Listen often.
What a Wonderful World Louis Armstrong (especially the line about saying I love you. It doesn’t need to be mushy, just respectful and having some care for the other.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_KCE3z3NiQM
OFFICIAL Israel “IZ” Kamakawiwoʻole – “What A Wonderful World” Video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R0xoMhCT-7A
Russian? – What a Wonderful World – 7-year-old Oleg Aleksandrov
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dH1_Xu9f_io
https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/business/493017/domestic-travel-focus-during-pandemic-provided-valuable-lessons-tourism-nz
This could help to show what is a viable level for tourism encouraging NZs to spend in NZ and not relying on overseas visitors mostly.