A Niue government minister says the whole UN climate talk process might have to be reviewed if nothing is achieved this year.
Dalton Tagelagi is representing the island at the latest talks in Madrid, where leaders are thrashing out the final rules to the Paris Agreement, under which more than 200 countries have to reduce their emissions.
But contentious issues remain - chief among them compensation for loss and damage and climate financing.
Those issues were kicked down the road after they couldn't be resolved at last year's meeting in Poland because of opposition from countries like the US, Saudi Arabia and Russia.
Mr Tagelagi told Jamie Tahana progress has been slow.
Niue government minister, Dalton Tagelagi. Photo: RNZ Pacific / Jamie Tahana
*Jamie Tahana travelled to the COP25 in Madrid, Spain with the assistance of the Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP).
