This week the first ever Overshoot Conference was held in Austria to discuss the likelihood of the earth warming by more than 1.5 degrees celsius.
In the Paris Agreement the 1.5 degree target is the mark whereby the deadliest effects of climate change are reduced.
But global warming has regularly exceeded that target since June 2023.
James Renwick, a former climate change commissioner, is a professor in the School of Geography and Environment and Earth Sciences at Victoria University.
He talks to Susie about the significance of the conference – and how New Zealand is tracking.
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