The BBC is staging a BBC World Debate in New York, hosted by the Clinton Global Initiative, to discuss the threat of global warming.

We'll be asking a panel of leading figures, including ex-US President, Bill Clinton, whether world leaders are acting quickly enough, and the most effective ways, to tackle climate change.

Should the USA, as the world's largest economy and one of the biggest polluters, be setting a better example to the rest of the world?

Can the USA take the heat?
	Listen to the debate

This programme was first broadcast on Sunday 30 September