Next week, world leaders will gather in Glasgow, Scotland for the biggest UN climate summit in years, a pivotal moment in the global battle against climate change. California governor Newsom will be there too, announcing that he will attend the summit with a delegation of lawmakers and officials from the Golden State. 

Governor Newsom is going to fly to Scotland on Monday, and hold events at the climate conference on Tuesday and Wednesday. He hopes to highlight the leadership California has taken on climate issues, and rally the world toward phasing out fossil fuels. This has been a signature issue not just for this governor, but really for every governor of California since Gray Davis moved it front and center on the Golden State agenda. Governor Schwarzenegger ran with it, Governor Brown amplified it even more and now Governor Newsom has picked up the baton and continued the push for reducing greenhouse gas emissions, using more renewable sources of energy and taking the global lead on trying to reverse climate change.

For more on the UN summit and Governor Newsom's plans to combat climate change, KCBS Radio political reporter and host of this segment Doug Sovern spoke with KCBS Radio news anchors Patti Reising and Jeff Bell.