1 Nov 2021

Rod Oram at COP26 summit

From Nine To Noon, 9:09 am on 1 November 2021
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Photo: United Nations

The critical COP26 climate change summit is underway in Glasgow, bringing countries together to accelerate action towards the goals of the Paris Agreement and the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change. All countries are being asked to come forward with ambitious 2030 emissions reductions targets that align with reaching net zero by the middle of the century. On the eve of the summit, New Zealand has updated its pledge - to cut the country's net emissions to 50 percent below gross 2005 levels, by 2030. However, already it's been pointed out that much of that is planned to be reached by paying other countries to offset New Zealand's emissions with things like rainforest planting, rather than cuts to actual greenhouse gas emissions happening here. Journalist Rod Oram joins Kathryn from Glasgow.