later it had therefore been decided that everyone would be spied on this for me has shades of elders huxley's great book brave new world was that intentional and inspiration that side here the freedom artist is very much in a very great tradition. outspoken books about the human condition books that ask these or good questions books like brave new world ninety two full the trial. their books of the twentieth century their books. look at. the state the individual in the state when the state has become or chord. and difficult illusion to the individual and i feel we're living in a strange time the idea for this before but twenty years. but it's only recently that the full pressure of it became necessary this leads me on to the inevitable question about. the subject concerning your adopted country written before we go our next from a poem you wrote about rex it you told me to read it so i will delegator do that yes wonderful as with ability just a little a little bit to fold is not to fall from space or height it is to fall from unity from one but it is easier to walk out than to work it out eas

earlier we spoke to rachel huxley who's director of knowledge and learning at c40 — an organisation connectingnge. she said extinction rebellion had a very ambitious target of cutting carbon emissions. the world's foremost scientist have advised that we need to cut the emissions really radically. this is a science —based target and in the research we have done at see 40, we are aiming for carbon neutrality and we wa nt are aiming for carbon neutrality and we want to do that by 2050 but this would suggest we need a negative carbon to keep to safe levels. extinction rebellion are looking for the most strategic way that science has out there. technologically, it will be very difficult to achieve andi will be very difficult to achieve and i think one of the big questions around climate is not necessarily even about the technology. we know, the science tells us we have to act in the next 12 years, the clip from attenborough really reinforces that. we have to take action. we are not ona we have to take action. we are not on a trajectory that is safe, we are on a trajectory that is safe, we are ona o

coming up on balance of power, mark weinberger, ui chairman and steel inlix conversation with the huxleyceo, next. ♪ ♪ david: from bloomberg world headquarters in new york, i'm david westin. welcome to "balance of power," where the world of politics meets the world of business. on the briefs today, shaun donovan on u.s. china trade tuesdayt to resume next and the growing confrontation over white house officials participating in investigations. mnuchin andsteven robert lighthizer will be going to beijing next tuesday. is this all over but the shouting? shawn: we have been in this end game for a while. we know they are getting close to something. we do not know when the end of the end game will come, but this is a great time when they are getting closer. we are also hearing a move to try to wrap this up, to get a draft deal done by the end of may. the hope is robert lighthizer and steven mnuchin in beijing next week will now down a few things. that will cause a return visit the week after i the chinese vice premier

with us is rachel huxley —director of knowledge and learning at c40 — an organisation connecting major science —based target and very ambitious. in the research we have done at c—14 we are aiming for carbon neutrality and our cities have committed to it by 2050 but this implies we will need negative carbon in order to keep to climb at safe levels. extinction rebellion are asking for the most ambitious trajectory that science has out there. technologically it would be very difficult to achieve. i think one of the big questions around climate is not necessarily even about the technology. we note, the science tells us we have to act in the next 12 years. the clip from david attenborough reinforces that. we have to take action. we are not currently on a trajectory that is safe. without the action that is committed to globally, best case scenario, is not safe so we know we need to act soon. the requirements for request by the demonstrators for more ambitious action, we agree with. i‘m not sure about the timescales. you are saying we need to act quickly, what needs to be done? we need to cha