COP27
The Week in Detail: COP27, Te Urewera, and Make It 16
The Detail podcast brings you the issues behind the news every weekday. Here's what we covered this week. Audio
Mediawatch for 27 November 2022
COP 27 climate coverage cop outs; blowing the whistle on 'normalised' corruption in world sport; relapse reports upset gang-based rehab programme. Audio
The agony and the ecstasy: Pacific reflections on COP27
With the establishment of a loss and damage fund, the Pacific appears to have benefited from COP27 in Egypt. But can it be described as a successful summit? Rachael Nath finds some very worrying…
Tuvalu minister hails Loss and Damage fund but fight for action continues
Tuvalu's Finance Minister has labelled the outcome of the COP27 Loss and Damage fund an historic breakthrough. Audio
COP27 and the fraught reality of climate change negotiations
Delegates from almost 200 countries have been meeting in Egypt for COP27 - how do we measure their success or otherwise? Audio
COP27 nears breakthrough on climate finance in scramble for final deal
Negotiators at the COP27 climate summit in Egypt neared a breakthrough deal for a fund to help poor countries being ravaged by the impacts of global warming, but remained locked over how to reduce the…
COP27: Pacific nations join alliance dedicated to ditching fossil fuels
Fiji and Tuvalu have made commitments to a managed phase-out of fossil fuels by joining as 'friends' of the Beyond Oil and Gas Alliance (BOGA).
COP27: New Zealand blasted for 'obstructing' fund for climate damage
New Zealand has risen a couple places in international rankings on climate action, but it has also been handed a 'fossil of the day' award at COP27.
How are businesses progressing in lowering emissions?
COP27, the UN's climate conference, is drawing to a close in Egypt - leaving delegates from nearly 200 countries with the job of settling on an agreement that lays out the ways forward for tackling… Audio
Time ticking on loss and damage payments at COP27
It's crunch time for negotiators at COP27 to push through a complex issue which would see vulnerable countries compensated for climate change-fuelled disasters caused by developed nations.
COP27: Pacific activists call out Biden's climate champion claim
Pacific climate activists have challenged the United States' assertion at COP27 that it is a 'global climate leader'.
New platform gives insight into impact of climate crisis on Pacific people
A new platform to give world leaders a glimpse of the realities of climate-related issues in the Pacific has been launched at COP27 in Egypt.
Pacific leaders welcome NZ climate help, but more needed
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… Audio
Tuvalu urges COP27 to adopt global treaty on fossil fuels
The Tuvalu government has urged countries to establish a global treaty to phase out the use of fossil fuels.
Pacific nations find hope despite pushback on loss and damage
Two days into the climate talks and Pacific Island countries have already been strong-armed into taking the short end of stick.
Loss and damage being watered down at COP27
Just a few days into the climate talks at COP27 and Pacific Island countries are already being strong armed into taking the short end of stick. Audio
'Little more than empty slogans and hype': Corporate climate pledges slammed
Promises by companies, banks and cities to achieve net-zero emissions often amount to little more than greenwashing, according to a report by UN experts.
COP27: What you need to know about UN climate summit
World leaders have gathered in Egypt to bring to the forefront global climate-related issues at the UN climate summit in Egypt.
COP27: Pacific leaders want climate change payments
Pacific leaders will be pressing developed nations for payment at the United Nations' climate conference known as COP27 this week in Egypt. Audio
"Loss and damage" climate financing finally on COP27 agenda
Pacific countries optimistic as climate 'loss and damage' issue finally makes it onto the official agenda at the COP27 climate conference in Egypt; Reviving tourism a major item on the long list of… Audio