patrick verkooijen, welcome to hardtalk. patrick verkooi en, welcome to hardtalk. ., ~ , ., patrick verkooi en, welcome to hardtalk. ., ~ ,, , hardtalk. thank you, stephen. now, ou hardtalk. thank you, stephen. now. you are hardtalk. thank you, stephen. now, you are all hardtalk. thank you, stephen. now, you are all about - now, you are all about adaptation. your global centre on adaptation is sending a clear message to the world that it is time to make, particularly the most vulnerable parts of the world, resilient to the impacts of climate change. does that mean you basically accepted we ve lost the battle to curb emissions and prevent the worst of climate change? emissions and prevent the worst of climate change? thank you so much, stephen. of climate change? thank you so much, stephen. we of climate change? thank you so much, stephen. we need - of climate change? thank you so much, stephen. we need to - of climate change? thank you so i much, stephen. we need to a
essence, your eyes climate lobbyist of sorts and you must appreciate that at the time of the ukraine war, which has had major impacts on the global economy, a sort of food cost crisis around the world which again, is partly the result of the ukraine war, and the long term after effects of the covid pandemic, this is a terrible time to be telling taxpayers in the industrialised world that they are going to have to accept fronting up and paying for this massive adaptation programme that you want to see in the emerging economies. want to see in the emerging economies- want to see in the emerging economies. , ., ., want to see in the emerging economies. ,., ., ., economies. indeed, so we have a covid crisis. economies. indeed, so we have a covid crisis. we economies. indeed, so we have a covid crisis, we have economies. indeed, so we have a covid crisis, we have a covid crisis, we have a conflict crisis as you mentioned from ukraine and on top of that, the climate crisis. the real