WATCH: Edinburgh hit by flash flooding after heavy rainfall

Heavy rain has caused some localised flooding on roads around Edinburgh.

MSP Christine Jardine's office in Corstorphine has taken on water.

She told Forth News: "We had to call out the council because there was flash flooding on St George Road outside our office and it seemed to affect shops along the road as well.

"The council have been out and attended to the drains and we've brought in some sand and some sandbags.

"We're also getting reports in from across the constituency that there's flooding in Kirkliston, Ravelston, other parts of Corstorphine, and it's just come from nowhere.

"We really don't have the infrastructure in place to cope with flash flooding.

"We need to dramatically improve our drainage.

"We need to stop building on flood plains.

"We need to discourage people from concreting over green areas, putting up concrete walls.

Meanwhile, Scotland's Net Zero Secretary has said, Cop26 in Glasgow will be the world's best chance to counter the worst effect of climate change, as a watershed report sounded the alarm over global warming.

The United Nation's Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) released a report on Monday, painting a stark picture of the impact of humanity on the climate due to the burning of fossil fuels and other pollutions.

According to the findings, global warming will continue into at least the middle of this century, but failure to take action to limit CO2 emissions now would mean the target set by governments - of remaining below 1.5C of warming - will be missed.

The report also claimed that global warming could even exceed 2C in this century without urgent action.

The IPCC said the higher the temperature, the more likely severe weather events are to occur, including increased rainfall and drought.

The findings, while stark, also offer hope if humanity is to significantly reduce carbon emissions in the coming decade, saying: "From a physical science perspective, limiting human-induced global warming to a specific level requires limiting cumulative CO2 emissions, reaching at least net zero CO2 emissions, along with strong reductions in other greenhouse gas emissions."

Coming three months ahead of Cop26 in Glasgow - considered a key moment in the fight against climate change - Scotland's Net Zero Secretary Michael Matheson said it could be the last chance to save the planet from a climate catastrophe.

"This report from the UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change shows the very real threat and heightened risk the climate emergency poses to the planet - but it also makes it clear that with immediate, concerted international action to reduce emissions, global temperature rise can still be limited to 1.5C in the longer term," he said.

"We will carefully consider the latest advice contained in the report and encourage others to do so, too. We will not get many more warnings before time runs out.

"Cop26 in Glasgow represents the world's best chance - perhaps one of our last chances - to avert the worst impacts of climate change.

"We must deliver on the principles of the Paris Agreement with lasting action to secure a net-zero and climate-resilient future in a way that is fair and just for everyone."

Mr Matheson added: "It is crucial that the international community takes this opportunity to raise global climate action and ambition.

"The eyes of the world will be on Cop26 and on Scotland this year.

"We'll demonstrate the climate action we are taking, the ways in which we put people and wellbeing at the heart of all we do, and how our Scottish values underpin our place in the world."

First Minister Nicola Sturgeon also said on Monday she would be writing to the Prime Minister to encourage more cooperation between the governments of the UK on climate change in light of the report, which she described on Good Morning Britain as "a grim wake-up call."

Scottish Labour's Net Zero spokeswoman Monica Lennon said the First Minister must oppose the Cambo oil field proposal near Shetland, which would release an estimated 135 million tonnes of carbon during its lifetime.

"To avoid the worst-case climate scenarios, it's vital that our governments act on the findings of the IPCC report," Ms Lennon said.

"For starters, Nicola Sturgeon must loudly oppose the proposed Cambo oil field and stop hiding behind Boris Johnson, who treats climate emergency and the need for a just transition for workers and communities like a big joke.

"If we start meeting our own climate targets in Scotland, we'll be in a better position to demand quicker progress from other governments.

"The climate emergency is the biggest challenge of our time, and that's why Scottish Labour will continue to fight for the bold and urgent action that the public rightly expects both the UK and Scottish governments to take."

Scottish Greens co-leader Patrick Harvie said: "Alok Sharma himself describes this as a 'catastrophe', yet his Government continues to plough millions into the causes of this crisis, while cutting aid to the countries who are most impacted.

"It's a disgusting gap between rhetoric and reality, compounded by the apparent willingness to open a vast new oil field off the coast of Shetland.

"It's also time for the Scottish Government to finally recognise that business as usual for the oil and gas industry can't go on."

Scottish Conservative Net Zero spokesman Liam Kerr said: "We have heard warm words from the SNP Government on hitting net-zero, but that must be backed up by urgent action.

"They have failed to meet their own critical emission reduction targets for the last three years running, which is simply unacceptable."

Scottish Lib Dem MSP, Christine Jardine added: "If Boris needed the UN report as a wake up call, he is the only one - the rest of us have been looking around and recognising the need to invest in renewable energy, and to build houses that allow us to cut our energy wastage.

"We need to be planting something like 60-million trees a year, and renewing our peatlands which absorb emissions."