professor of climate change science and policy at the university of east anglia and director of the tyndall centre for climate change research. she is also a member of the uk committee onlimate 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 messages of this report is that, inevitably, at

on electric vehicles. so, not only have this committee said this but also the national infrastructure plan is in, the national grid, energy uk and the committee on climate changeing both in terms of tackling climate change and the urgency of that crisis but also from a business and jobs have, we need to get ahead and secure our place in this global market. they said it was unambitious, perhaps it's just a case of being realistic about the transition of getting rid of the petrol and diesel cars, there are hurdles, onto the, things to overcome? hugely, there are significant things that we need to ove rco m e to significant things that we need to overcome to deliver this but i think it's important to remember that what we're calling for more ambition over the next decade, we've still got at least 8—10 years to deliver what the committee today are saying. and the steps that we need to see to deliver that are leadership from national government on rolling out electric vehicle charging infrastructure and also, maintaining grants to allow people to purchase electric vehicles so that they help with the upfront costs a nd so that they help with the upfront costs and ov

professor of climate change science and policy at the university of east anglia and director of the tyndall centre for climate change research. she is also a member of the uk committee onndent 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 is the uk doing in terms of reducing emissions

within the lifetime of today's children, sea levels along the uk coastline could rise by more than one metre. the committee on climate changeme uninhabitable. professorjim hall is from the committee on climate change that wrote the report. malcolm kirby, who campaigns to protect coastal communities from erosion. christyn mcfadyen, a climate change activist from a small coastal village in scotland. and kasie brook, a 13—year—old girl from plymouth who's worried about climate change. thank you all for being with us today. professor, can this be prevented, or is it an inevitability that we will see sea—level rises of up that we will see sea—level rises of up to that we will see sea—level rises of uptoa that we will see sea—level rises of up to a metre in the coming decades? sea—level rises up to a metre, what the report says could happen by the end of this century, a lot of that sea—level rise is already locked in by the climate change that is happening at the moment. the sea—level happening at the moment. the sea —level ta kes happening at the moment. the sea—level takes a long time to adjust to climate change. but that can b

committee on climate change and joins us from norwich. thank you for coming on the programme and giving us some more information on this. is the ukr businesses to do. what about families and individuals watching bbc breakfast this morning? what changes should we be making and will that make an impact? if you look at an individual level, yes, it would make an impact. you can look at the emissions and transport, the way we transport ourselves around. we are now driving more miles in bigger cars that are less efficient. if you can change that for yourself, make the right choices, look at the way you go to work, use walking and cycling if you work in a city, which is all adding cycling if you work in a city, which is alladding up cycling if you work in a city, which is all adding up to tangible actions. you can also look at the way you heat your homes and the things that you eat. eat healthily, thatis things that you eat. eat healthily, that is also good for the environment. there is a range of actions and that is really what the reported saying. that to tackle climate change, the absolute limit that we can achieve at the moment, the