11 Nov 2022

Pacific leaders welcome NZ climate help, but more needed

From Checkpoint, 5:48 pm on 11 November 2022

Pacific leaders have welcomed New Zealand's pledge of $20 million for climate reparation, but say much more is needed. As week one of negotiations wraps up at COP27 in Egypt, Pacific nations are keen to ensure the so called "Loss and Damage" fund becomes a major element of future climate action. The fund would see the richest, and worst carbon polluting countries, contributing to the cost of poorer nations coping with the frontline of the climate crisis. RNZ Pacific's Lydia Lewis reports.