president 0bama, the united states was the last country to reverse its position, and so now every country in the world we really hope that this administration moves towards and permitting that basic principle and international standards of our basic human and civil rights, our rights to sovereignty, and a right to say when it comes to land rights, which came to light with the dakota pipeline. the united states still proceeded with unilateral action. we are hoping that this administration that ll anne. ijust want tojump that ll anne. i just want to jump in on that ll anne. ijust want to jump in on that, because some people may not know the background. that is the kind of practicality i am interested in. what exactly happened now what do you think went wrong? what do you hope will happen because two what happened was a multinational corporation sought to install an oil pipeline across the sacred sites of local indigenous people.-
you know, it s a good thing to pressurise them, but it s also important to engage them. because what else do we have? the west has relatively no leverage any more and afghanistan. so i think probably on balance, it s better to engage them and try and see if it actually can work, that they will really mean that they have changed as much as they have told us all these months and years that they have. i just and years that they have. i ust want to jump in i and years that they have. i ust want to jump in there, i and years that they have. i just j want to jump in there, because and years that they have. ijust want tojump in there, because you want to jump in there, because you mentioned that word leverage, and clearly that ll be tied to things like money, aid from the us, from the west s point of view. who now do you think has influence over afghanistan? you think has influence over afghanistan? you think has influence over afuhanistan? , , . ., ~ afghanistan? let s be clear, i think
a real challenge. ijust want tojump in here and ask you, the united states has been saying that countries are not doing enough, it has pointed the finger at china saying that it could do much more. how much do you agree with that? we have said it many times over that we are calling on the bigger countries to do this. china, india, the european union, the bigger countries that are the big emissions contributing to the carbon footprint. we need to take action now and in fact they need to champion the movement and reversing climate change. because the impacts on small island countries and pacific island countries are threatened by climate change. and so cop26 is something we need so we can come there and say what we have been saying over the years. this is very, very urgent