Marc Daalder of Newsroom12:00, Jul 21 2021
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The highest elevation on Tarawa atoll, home to more than half of the population of Kiribati, is three metres above sea level.
More than 100 developing countries have put out a call for increased ambition on climate change from rich nations, including New Zealand, Marc Daalder reports. New Zealand is named as one of the nations which needs to pledge to steeper emissions cuts, in a new five-point plan for climate change backed by more than half of the world s countries. The document, released by a number of non-government organisations from the global South, lays out five pleas for rich nations and priorities ahead of the global COP26 climate summit in November. On at least two of these measures, New Zealand is falling short.