Nine To Noon for Tuesday 1 March 2022

09:05 IPCC issues "dire warning", brief window still exists

The IPCC has issued a dire warning about the consequences of inaction on climate change, with many of the impacts of global warming already "irreversible". But the report authors say there is still a brief window of time to avoid the very worst, and preparing fast could seriously limit the damage. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change has released its Working Group II report, Climate Change 2022: Impacts, Adaptation and Vulnerability. Coordinating lead author of the New Zealand and Australia chapter Dr Judy Lawrence warns New Zealand is at risk of "cascading and compounding" impacts of climate change, through the increased frequency and severity of floods, heatwaves, fires, droughts, and sea level rise. So how can New Zealand prepare and adapt? Kathryn speaks with Dr Judy Lawrence, who is a Climate Change Commissioner, a leading expert on climate change adaptation, and a coordinating lead author for the IPCC. 

09:30 The need to get teenage girls moving

Research by Sport New Zealand shines a light on the steep drop off in girls' participation in sport and active recreation. By the age of 16, there is a 17% gap between male and female participation and by age 17, the gap is 28%.  The research also shows that the vast majority of teen girls want to be active and understand that it's good for them, but a range of things are standing the way. Sport New Zealand's Chief Executive Raelene Castle talks to Kathryn about a new campaign to get girls moving.

09:45 USA correspondent Kelsey Snell 

In the US,  lawmakers are pushing for further sanctions against Russia with the White House is proposing a $6.4 billion dollar fund for Ukraine. This is being opposed by some Republicans, who say President Biden should've done more earlier to contain Vladimir Putin. On the domestic front, Joe Biden has named judge Ketanji Brown Jackson as his nominee for a lifetime appointment to the Supreme Court. She is the first Black woman nominated to the court. 

Kelsey Snell is a congressional correspondent for NPR, based in Washington DC.

 

10:05 Jo Morgan: a life of adventure

Jo Morgan is a mountaineer, avid motorcyclist, adventurer, trader, philanthropist, grandmother, and now author. She's written a memoir about her adventure-filled and unconventional life, which begins with the terrifying avalanche she was caught in three years ago, which killed her two guides. She had taken up mountaineering at the age of 57 had herself the goal of summiting all 24 of New Zealand's peaks over three thousand metres, and was close to attaining that goal when tragedy struck. The book also covers her early life in Southland, her long marriage to economist and erstwhile political candidate Gareth, and how her love of junk dealing may have influenced her son Sam's idea for Trade Me.

10:35 Book review: A Very Nice Girl by Imogen Crimp

Rebecca Jones from Scorpio Books in Christchurch reviews A Very Nice Girl by Imogen Crimp, published by Bloomsbury

10:45 The Reading

Stuart Devenie reads episode seven of Live Bodies, written by Maurice Gee.

11:05 Business commentator Pattrick Smellie

The earnings season is coming to a close this week and Pattrick says there has been a lot of quite strong results, generally stronger than might have been anticipated by some analysts, but it remains to be seen whether this is going to be a 'year of two halves'.

Pattrick Smellie is the editor and co-founder of BusinessDesk and has reported on the New Zealand economy and business since 1983.
 

11:30 Affordable build to rent developments 

House prices soared in 2021, rental housing stocks are low in some areas and affordability is beyond the reach of many first home buyers and low income earners. Bipartisan legislation was passed in Parliament late last year in favour of housing  densification, to counter urban sprawl and boost supply by up to 105,000 new homes in the next eight years. Construction and property entrepreneur Shane Brealey is the managing director of Simplicity Living, and his firm is partnering with the Simplicity KiwiSaver fund to create more affordable rental properties. The aim is to develop 10,000 long-term rental properties that Simplicity Living will fund, build, own and manage. Shane Brearley tells Kathryn that the construction and housing sector has got itself into a mess through over complicating things and not having a production system mindset.

 

11:45 Media commentator Andrew Holden

Andrew says with multiple recent suggestions that Cabinet has approved the proposal for the establishment of a new public media entity from TVNZ and RNZ, with each retaining their own brands, what happens next?. If this goes ahead,  it will be the biggest shake-up of public media in 30 years. He also talks to Kathryn about the war in Ukraine - from a media persepective. One of the biggest issues has been what to do with Russia Today, the government-backed "news channel" that is active in many countries around the world. Sky in NZ, like others overseas, has stopped broadcasting the channel, on the basis that it is pushing Russian propaganda. 

Andrew Holden is a journalist for more than 30 years including five as Editor of The Press (in Christchurch) and four as Editor-in-Chief of The Age in Melbourne.