Arnold Schwarzenegger says climate campaigns need to focus on 'right now' not 2050

People don't relate to future threats from climate change but seeing images of people dying now from air pollution drives them to act, says former governor of California

Green campaigners should stop talking about the risks from climate change in 2050 and talk about "right now", the former governor of California, Arnold Schwarzenegger, has said.

"It drives me crazy when people talk about 30 years from now, rising sea levels and so on," he told the Guardian in an interview at the Paris COP21 climate conference. "What about right now? Thousands of people are dying from pollution. People are living with cancer [because of air pollution]."