Back in 2015, world leaders pledged to speed up cuts in greenhouse gas emissions in a bid to stop our planet warming by more than 1.5 degrees. Most climate scientists now believe that threshold will be crossed, and soon. Stephen Sackur interviews Patrick Verkooijen, the founder of the Global Center on Adaptation. Is his focus on making the world climate change resilient, an admission the battle to cut admissions has been lost?

Watch the interview on BBC