A focus on the benefits of fighting climate change is one of the best ways to engage more people.

This is the message that Erik Solheim, head of the UN Environment Programme (UNEP), has been spreading at UN Headquarters in New York during High-Level week at the General Assembly.

Conor Lennon spoke to Mr. Solheim in the UN’s VIP Social Media Studio and asked what needs to be done to make climate change, one of the biggest challenges facing humanity, a day-to-day political priority.