As world leaders gather in New York City for the UN General Assembly and Climate Week, we're sharing a conversation between our Executive Director, John Oppermann, and Tom Rivett-Carnac, Founding Partner of Global Optimism, co-presenter of climate podcast Outrage + Optimism and co-author of The Future We Choose: The Stubborn Optimist's Guide to the Climate Crisis.

They give an explainer on the UN process for tackling climate change known as COP, the progress on climate action made last year in Dubai and the hopes for Baku this fall, and how people can move things in a positive direction in their own lives.