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with laura kuessnberg, paddy 0 connell and henry zeffman. it seems every time you turn on the news, there has been another strike somewhere, there was a strike on an american military base this morning in iraq. so, this hotting up of tensions continues apace, and this morning we had grant shapps the defence secretary on the programme, who said earlier this week we are in a prewar world, who said earlier this week we are in a prewarworld, in who said earlier this week we are in a prewar world, in other words, who said earlier this week we are in a prewarworld, in otherwords, he was anticipating that there will be more conflicts coming down the tracks before too long. which sounds like a pretty alarming message, but i think most politicians you talk to at the moment would say actually thatis at the moment would say actually that is probably true. i at the moment would say actually that is probably true. that is probably true. i heard it summed up that is probably true. i hea
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