now bina was a climate change advisor in the obama administration and she now teaches science technology and society she's also editor of the balls to globe's editorial page said roy that's right has anyone ever told you you were impressive or very kind is your to your not so unimpressive yourself and thank you love you it's good to have you on the show thanks so much for having me you're the perfect person to have on the show on this brigs it eed the break up of the u.k. scottish independence are those the consequences of brigs that were not considered or perhaps were simply ignored 4 years ago when the when the referendum was whom i think we're seeing failures of imagination on multiple levels and failures of imagination actually do contribute to some of the ways in which we don't plan ahead and our inability to plan ahead often so there's a failure on the imagination certainly of of the voters when that referendum came up for breaks it to really think through what the negative scenarios might look like when the u.k. leaves or even what this long period of consternation around negotiat

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ander zabala claims to have cut his landfill waste to just one bina year.mental impact reduced. let's take a look at the travel situation now. there's a good service on the tubes this morning. on the roads, blackfriars road remains closed between st george's circus and southwark street after a water main burst yesterday. repairs are due to be ongoing until the end of next week. in tottenham, broadwater road is closed because of a collision. kingston: there's a lane closed in the one way system on wheatfield way at fairfield north — that's for emergency repairs to a burst water main. now the weather with kate kinsella. good morning. it's feeling less cold this morning compared to this time yesterday. temperatures largely above zero. we've had a bit more cloud overnight and some mist and fog around this morning as well, particularly over higher ground out towards the chilterns, for example. but the cloud is going to stay with us. one or two glimpses of something a bit brighter, hence of a little bit of sunshine, but like i say largely cloudy. and temperatures