Climate Minister James Shaw says he is not looking forward to attending the massive UN climate conference where he will have to do battle with the large polluting countries.
Tens of thousands of people are at the COP26 summit in Glasgow which has just got underway.
Shaw, who heads there at the end of the week, told Morning Report the prospect of the long hours and the fight ahead is wearying.
"To be honest with you I do not find it terribly enjoyable event, because we end up working these ridiculous hours working with petrostates who are doing everything in their power to undermine the Paris Agreement and defer action and just kind of claw on to the status quo."
