to dr corinne le quere, professor of climate change science and policy at the university of east anglia and director of the tyndall centre for climate change researchshe is also a member of the uk committee on climate change, an independent body set up to advise the uk government and devolved administrations on emissions targets. and we'll also be talking to dr kirsten zickland from vancouver, who is a lead author on chapter one of the report. she is an associate professor, simon fraser university. they will both be here to answer your questions. if you have any questions on climate change, you can send them to us now. text 61124, email askthis@bbc.co.uk, or tweet using the hashtag #bbcaskthis. first, our science correspondent pallab ghosh reports on what's been described as a global wake up call for the planet. the ipcc has warned of two possible futures for our planet. in the two degree world, there is severe drought, there's more flooding in the northern hemisphere, people are poorer and have less food, and all the coral in our seas has gone. as things stand, that's the world we are heading towards, the scientists warn. one of the very clear mes

talk to corinne le quere, professor of climate change science and policy at the university of east anglia and director of the tyndall centre for climate change researchthe uk committee on climate change. an independent body set up to advise the uk government and devolved administrations on targets. very well—qualified! this report is calling for unprecedented change. just give us an overview, if you could to begin with. we have seen already success stories, particularly in the power sector. deploying renewable energy, wind energy, solar injury has worked. as a result, the costs have dropped dramatically. what we need to do now is to do the same for other sectors, for transport, for agriculture and building and so on. the good thing is that we have the technologies already. when you talk about wii, are you talking about the uk or the rest of the world? young marquardt is very clear in the report is that this is a global problem. everybody to do their part. —— what is very clear in the report is that this is a global problem. that includes people, that includes the uk government, that includes governments that will meet in poland later this year. how i

for joining us, zennstrom professor in climate change leadership at the centre for environment and development studies, uppsala university. also chair of energy and climate change at the tyndall center for climate change researcht the university of manchester in britain. this is democracy now! when we come back, we will talk about nuclear weapons with the representative beatrice fihn of the international campaign to abolish nuclear weapons, which won the n nel peace p prize last yearar. stay with us. ♪ [musisic break] amy: this is democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. we end today's show with north korea, where secretary of state mike pompeo met with north korean leader kim jong-un sunday for nearly three hours of talks meant to further steps toward nuclear disarmament. pompeo hailed the meeting in pyongyang as a success, saying both sides were "pretty close" to agreeing to details for a second summit between kim and president donald trump. he also told reporters kim has agreed to let international inspectors into north korea's missile engine test facility and the nuclear testing site, a network of underground tunnels where the country conducted its six nuclear tests. in