The Cook Islands PM is calling on the international finance community to recognise the debt small island states are taking on for climate adaptation and mitigation.
Mark Brown says because the world's largest emitters refuse to phase out coal and because COP26 failed to deliver any positive climate finance outcomes countries like his own have to dig deep into their own pockets to prepare themselves for the negative climate impacts the science is forecasting.
He joins me now, Kia orana Mr Brown, ahead of COP26 you spoke quite strongly about the need for better climate finance arrangements, what do you think of the outcomes from Glasgow?
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