She told Sky News that if we do not act, “we will not have a planet worth living on”.
She said: “Just look at what’s happened in the last few months to countries like Bangladesh – 60% of the country under water.
“Antonio Guterres (UN secretary general) talked about it as ‘monsoons on steroids’.
“This was Armageddon. More than $40bn of damage. And you’ve got thousands of people affected and millions of people who are going to be now put in a position of real devastation and hunger.”
Baroness Scotland went on: “All of us, all of humanity, has to be focused on this.
“And if we have to drive everybody else to do that, which they must do, then we will.
“But those of us who understand it have to speak out. We have to be able to say to everybody, this is everybody’s business and you can’t run away from it, because if you do, our whole humanity is at risk. This is about saving the planet.
“We’ve got 115 people dying every single day as a result of climate change.
“That is our reality.”