Frustrations are flaring one week into this year's U.N. climate summit in Egypt, over a lack of progress on climate goals.

Past pledges that have not been honoured include making steep cuts to emissions this decade and contributing hundreds-of-billions of dollars needed by developing nations already struggling to cope with climate disasters.

RNZ Pacific reporter Rachael Nath is following the summit from Auckland and spoke to Charlotte Cook about the pressure on government ministers to make meaningful progress this week, after last week's flaccid negotiations.