COP26
Climate change's year of more talking, not so much doing
It's been a year of developments in Climate Change discussions - but not a year of progress. Audio
Carbon-trapping oceans get some official attention
Coastal ecosystems are better than tropical rainforests when it comes to trapping carbon and at this year's big climate change conference they finally got some attention. Audio
KiwiSaver funds still helping to prop up fossil fuels
From next week all default KiwiSaver funds will have had to quit investment in fossil fuels. But a recent analysis shows when it comes to retirement funds, Kiwis are still well invested in the fossil… Audio
COP26: Lack of action on coal emissions 'disappointing' - Climate Ambassador
New Zealand's UN Climate Change Ambassador says the last minute watering down of action on coal at the COP26 UN climate summit was the worst thing that happened at the meeting.
Eva Orner's unflinching look at Australia's deadly Black Summer
Two years ago, as Covid was just beginning its deadly spread across the world, another crisis was reaching its peak in Australia. Known as the Black Summer, devastating bushfires ripped through many… Video, Audio
Pacific correspondent Susana Lei'ataua
The Director General Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP) Kosi Latu's response to COP26, more pledges and promises without real action. Also, a small New Zealand emergency… Audio
Pacific leaders express deep disappointment at COP26
Action, now, is what civil society leaders from the Pacific are calling on after the outcome of COP26 climate summit left them deeply disappointed.
The new global deal to phase down coal doesn't go… Audio
Climate Commission Chair on COP26 and NZ's pledges
COP26 has wrapped up in Glasgow, reaching an agreement filled with compromise. An agreement to holding global warming to 1.5 degrees was retained, but the means of getting there far from clear. All… Audio
Window on 1.5 degree future closing - Kosi Latu
We discuss COP26 outcomes with the head of the Pacific Regional Environment Program. Audio
Political commentators Jones & Thomas
Labour is beginning to hurt in the polls as rating of Covid management slump and another day of more than 200 infections yesterday. Also at COP26 New Zealand pledges an completely unquantifiable sum… Audio
COP26 climate summit agreement 'least worst' outcome - NZ Climate Change Minister
The COP26 climate summit agreement has enraged environmentalists but the consensus from delegates is that it is better than no deal at all.
COP26 climate deal 'least worst' outcome, says James Shaw
The COP26 climate summit agreement has enraged environmentalists but the consensus from delegates is that it is better than no deal at all.
The Weekend Panel with Al Gillespie and Lavina Good
Joining us on the panel this morning are Dr Alexander Gillespie and Lavina Good. Among other topics, they'll be discussing the anti-lockdown protest on Auckland's motorway, the All Blacks and Black… Audio
Little Amal: the giant puppet that walked from Syria to COP26
After walking more than 8000 kilometres across Europe, a puppet named Little Amal took the stage at COP26 in Glasgow to raise awareness of the plight of refugee children and the effects of climate… Audio
COP26 - Lord Goldsmith says Pacific message is clear
The UK's Pacific Minister says Pacific nations' voice has been heard at COP26, and that the UK is committed to ensuring the international community's climate pledges are honoured. Audio
COP26: Frustration in the corridors of negotiation rooms
It's crunch time at the COP26 summit, and with one more day of official talks left there is plenty of pessimism among New Zealanders about the outcome.
Our climate reporter Hamish Cardwell has the… Audio
COP26: New alliance commits to setting end date for oil and gas extraction
A group of countries at the COP26 climate summit have committed to setting an end date for oil and gas exploration and extraction. Audio
Human rights expert calls for more female leadership on climate
Women are still missing at the top climate table, warns a human rights lawyer from the Pacific.
Claims of empty pledges in the final days of COP26
As negotiations continue in the final days of the COP26 global climate change summit in Glasgow, the leader of the Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme says Pacific nations are… Audio
COP26: International banks pledge more than $100 trillion to green projects
It was "finance day" at the COP26 climate summit which saw a group of huge international banks pledge to use their more than $100 trillion asset base to fund green projects. Audio