Climate and business conference kicks off in Auckland

Climate leaders and businesses are being warned they need to do more - at home and abroad to help reduce planet-warming emissions.

At a climate and business conference in Auckland this morning, the Prime Minister told businesses that if they do not start cutting emissions they face being left behind in the global marketplace.

And New Zealand's UN climate ambassador Kay Harrison says Aotearoa has a moral duty to give money to help poorer countries adapt to the warming globe.

RNZ's climate reporter Hamish Cardwell spoke to Māni Dunlop from the event.