The Wire with Caeden

Welcome to the latest addition to the Tuesday Wire: Green World! A segment run by bfm news team-ers Sara, Leilani & Max, Green World will dive into the eco-future  — uncovering everything from niche research topics, strange and interesting tech innovations, and the latest environmental developments from across the globe.

This week, the first ever Overshoot Conference will take place in Austria, where climate experts from around the world will come together to discuss how climate targets can be recovered as we head toward exceeding 1.5 degrees of warming. 

New Zealand Climate Change Commissioner Dr Andy Reisinger, who will be attending the event, says the global capacity to respond to this urgent issue “depends on collective social and political will”.

Last week’s UN Climate Summit also saw numerous political leaders speaking to global climate commitments, in particular in the lead up to COP30. 
US President Donald Trump denounced scientific evidence on the urgency of climate change, Tuvalu Prime Minister Feleti Teo called for urgent climate action.
Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and New Zealand spokesperson Carolyn Schwalger called for refreshed commitments to international cooperation on climate solutions, and Albanese specifically called out isolationist decision-making across the globe.

In the first interview with Dr Andy Reisinger, Host Sara talks about the Overshoot Conference and global climate action. 

When it comes to a global response to climate impacts, UN Chief of International development Achim Steiner has said that an observed increase of national defence spending has detracted from critical investment. 
University of Auckland Management and International Business professor Sasha Maher who has engaged with research on climate finance, spoke to Sara about the financial obligation of individual states, towards climate solution.

For Dear Science today, Sara and Jasmine speak to Cushla McGoverin about using hot glue guns to mend bones, tooth-in-eye surgery, and a large penguin species went extinct in Aotearoa 3 million years ago.

For Dear Science this week, our expert, Dr Cushla McGoverin talks about a crafty way to fix broken bones, an unusual surgery to restore vision, and a long extinct New Zealand penguin species. 

For our weekly catchup with the National Party, Wire Host Sara spoke to MP Carl Bates about the Holidays Act overhaul, submissions on the Electoral Amendment Bill, and the government’s decision not to recognise Palestinian statehood at the UN General Assembly, 

For our new segment Green World, Sara spoke with climate commissioner Dr Andy Reisinger about this week’s Overshoot Conference and the future of global climate action, as well as University of Auckland’s Sasha Maher on global and national climate investment and solutions. 

Wire Producer Jasmine spoke with Dr. Megan Boston about the government's updated Earthquake-prone building regulation

This week on the Monday Wire:

For our weekly catch-up with the ACT Party, News and Editorial Director and Monday Wire Host, Joel, spoke to MP Simon Court about the Government not announcing they would recognise a Palestinian state and the government’s new Employment Act.

Producer Alex spoke to Senior Lecturer in Accountancy and Finance and the University of Otago, Dr Sebastian Gehricke, about Winston Peters’ comments to the UN about top Emitters, and what it means for Aotearoa’s climate approach.

Alex also spoke to Senior Tutor in Law at the University of Auckland, Dr Justin Sobion about the problems with the UN, the Security Council, and how these can be fixed.

And Joel spoke to Nick Wilson - a Public Health Professor at the University of Otago, Wellington, about a new study, showing a majority of New Zealanders in the study want the Government to develop specific plans in case of catastrophic risks to the nation.

Whakarongo mai!