asad rehman is executive director of "war on want."harjeet singh is the global lead on climate change at actionaid. when we come back, asad rehman, will also talk about the explosive "washington post" series on the history of u.s. war in afghanistan and we will talk more about what is happening here and what is happening in britain. the elections come up on thursday. we will find out what is happening. and also, the major players there, the candidates position on the climate crisis. stay with us. ♪ [music break] amy: this is democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. we're broadcasting from inside the united nations climate summit in madrid, spain. as we speak come outside the halls of the summit in madrid, in the background we can see the enormous hands of a sculpture pressed against the edifice of a street scene in venice, italy. it was created by an italian sculptor, son of the oscar-winning actor anthony quinn. inscription at the basase ason partrt "venice, floatiting cityf art anand culture that h

now in london, asad rehman is executive director of "war on want." and from cape town, south africa tasneem essosop is executive , directoror of the clate e actn network internatational. she is joining us via democracy now! video stream. we welcome you both to democracy now! toneem essop, you were there the end. he organized a response on sunday when the final cop closed. can you talk about why it is being described as a monumental failure, even by negotiators? or then, though the success the unprecedented level of organizing that t is going on cocoming out of f this summit? >> yes, a amy, thank you very mh for having me on the show. thinknk across the board,d, many parties andnd civl society orgrganizers a and expes from diffeferent conststituenci, the trad unionons, indigigenous peoples,omen, anand gender, have had one voice about the o outcoe itthis cop, and that is that is a failure. the gap between the reality and the outside of this process, whether that is the science that has become clear to the 1.5 rereport, whether itit is the vs of many ci