patrick verkooijen, welcome to hardtalk. thank you, stephen. now, you are all about adaptation. your global center on adaptation is sending a clear message to the world that it is time to make particularly the most vulnerable parts of the world more resilient to the impacts of climate change. does that mean you ve basically accepted we ve lost the battle to curb emissions and prevent the worst of climate change? thank you so much, stephen. we need to adapt to a warmer climate. we now see that we have already in the threshold of 1.2 celsius. investing in adaptation is not defeat, stephen. it s defence. it makes economic sense to invest in climate adaptation but at the same time we also need to lower our carbon footprint, so we need to have these two ideas in our heads and invest in both areas. lower our carbon footprint and adapt to a changing climate. so do both at once, but you know, as well as i do, because you worked at world bank and you ve been in this game a long time,
search. in prince william is launching a part of your campaign to try to end homelessness. his foundation pledged £3 million of funding to tackle the issue. at the time now for ten seconds of a curious humpback whale. following the kayaker at the beach, i think there will be amazing and terrifying at the same time. excuse the joke but they were having a whale of a time. see you later. this is bbc news. newsday continues straight after hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk. i m stephen sackur. back in 2015, world leaders pledged to speed up cuts in greenhouse gas emissions in a bid to stop our planet warming by more than 1.5 degrees over pre industrial levels. most climate scientists now believe that threshold will be crossed, and soon. as a result, many millions of people around the world face potentially life threatening climate related disruption. my guest is patrick verkooijen, founder of the global center on adaptation. is his focus on making the world climate change resilient a
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you want these vast sums of money. you cannot tell me you can root out the corruption that often goes with those vast sums of money? at the same time of course, i mean, the world needs these vast sums of money but not as a sunk cost. but again, as an investment. crosstalk. no, but but my point is. and your point is about how are these resources being spent? that s exactly why we more transparency, more accountability in the global financial system. that s exactly what is needed. just not in large pots of money, which we should, but at the same time also think about rethink systems, finance flow, indicators of success. so, if i may say so, so easy to say, so difficult to achieve. so, you know, apart from everything else you re trying to do with this adaptation programme, you re now telling me that you re going to improve governance, you re going to root out corruption, you re going to get rid of the rotten apples in these countries that you
funding, yet the effectiveness of what this funding can achieve is threatened by corruption which finds fertile ground when vast sums of money are involved. you want these vast sums of money. you cannot tell me you can root out the corruption that often goes with those vast sums of money? at the same time of course, i mean, the world needs these vast sums of money but not as a sunk cost. but again, as an investment. crosstalk. no, but but my point is. and your point is about how are these resources being spent? that s exactly why we more transparency, more accountability in the global financial system. that s exactly what is needed. just not in large pots of money, which we should, but at the same time also think about rethink systems, finance flow,