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Radical new climate change commitments will set the UK on course to cut carbon emissions by 78% by 2035, the UK government has announced.

Hitting the targets would require more electric cars, low-carbon heating, renewable electricity and, for many, cutting down on meat and dairy.

ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 5 Live takes a look back at how climate change became so high on the political agenda in recent decades as the station launches a year-long project following Leeds, a former industrial powerhouse, to discover how it could be transformed into an urban centre of the future – one which causes less damage to the planet – and what that means for the people who live there.

This clip is part of Leeds: City On A Mission.