The impact of climate change is resulting in greater weather events. Flooding, wildfires and hurricanes are having a devastating impact around the world.

This impact is being felt even more on smaller countries and poorer communities lacking in resources and the representation to take a greater stand against climate change.

World leaders are in Scotland for the UN Climate Change Conference, known as COP 26, to accelerate actions towards the goals of the Paris Agreement and the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change.

In the face of dire warnings, can the world's nations move beyond the apocalyptic warnings, and cut net greenhouse emissions to zero by 2050 and lower the temperature on a continually warming planet?

We'll get perspectives on the COP 26 summit and what needs to be done to combat climate change.

Guests:

Rich Preston, senior BBC foreign news journalist and presenter
Alexander Thompson, associate professor of political science at Ohio State University
Stefan Schaffer, city strategist at the American Cities Climate Challenge