instruments to give us our best ever view of the moons and to assess whether they could be habitable. now on bbc news, global questions. welcome to global questions from sri lanka s capital, colombo. i am on one of the beautiful waterfront along the indian ocean stop sri lanka s stunning coastline makes it popular with visitors, this country, like many others in the region, suffers from extreme weather conditions. heat waves followed by torrential rain and rising sea levels. so, we are asking, is sri lanka something of a test case of what and what not to do in combating environment challenges? and will the historic cop27 agreement to help developing nations be enough to avert climate catastrophe? that is global question sri lanka, surviving climate change. applause welcome to the magnificent national museum here in colombo, which charts the history of this beautiful tropical island as it marks 75 years of independence from britain. i have got a panel from here enteral anchor
environment has been working with trusts to basically build capacity with trusts to basically build capacity amongst our youth when it comes capacity amongst our youth when it comes to climate change issues it comes to climate change issues i it comes to climate change issues. i fully agree, i think the issues. i fully agree, i think the youth issues. i fully agree, i think the youth has to be more engaged for climate change decision making. and i think from decision making. and i think from what i know is that you have from what i know is that you have sent from what i know is that you have sent a delegation to cop27. have sent a delegation to cop27, we have sent an allegation to coy 27 and want to engage the youth. there is of course, to engage the youth. there is of course, we are also hoping to establish the climate change university in sri lanka, international university, that will international university, that witt help international university, that will he
industrial midwest. i place where my party really lost touch with a lot of voters, especially in 2016. it is a combination of attributes not to mention the military service or bring to the table that is simply different from the others. and i m looking forward to competing. chris: this to a lightning round quick questions, quick answers. to the degree think you have one, what s your big idea? what is your core message? the biggest idea chris: lightning round so be quick. generational change and liberty democracy and security. i believe when you impact each idea point you in a specific direction and policy behind it. maybe the rest of lightning round will help us. chris: we are. let s turn to what some of the other democrats are talking about. was on the ideological agenda right now. love democrats pushing the green new deal. you have said that is more of a goal than a plan. explain. that s right. it s a handful of pages laying out a goal for us to cut carbon emissions before th
industrial midwest. i place where my party really lost touch with a lot of voters, especially in 2016. it is a combination of attributes not to mention the military service or bring to the table that is simply different from the others. and i m looking forward to competing. chris: this to a lightning round quick questions, quick answers. to the degree think you have one, what s your big idea? what is your core message? the biggest idea chris: lightning round so be quick. generational change and liberty democracy and security. i believe when you impact each idea point you in a specific direction and policy behind it. maybe the rest of lightning round will help us. chris: we are. let s turn to what some of the other democrats are talking about. was on the ideological agenda right now. love democrats pushing the green new deal. you have said that is more of a goal than a plan. explain. that s right. it s a handful of pages laying out a goal for us to cut carbon emissions before th