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
corruption and get rid of the rotten apples in these countries that you are engaging with so how on earth is going to do that? $5 with so how on earth is going to do that? to do that? as i have learned from those to do that? as i have learned from those living to do that? as i have learned from those living on - to do that? as i have learned from those living on the i to do that? as i have learned| from those living on the front lines in africa, there is no shortcut to the top of a palm tree. you have to put the hard work in. get the basics in place in terms of planning, in terms of where other risks but also in terms of the transformational financing flow. it s a whole of society effort. it s certainly not an international organisation which i happen to lead from rotterdam which will, let s say, solve the world s problem. we are contributing and facilitating as a solutions broker but it s a whole systems approach which needs to take place. is this going to be easy? no. is it goin
extraordinary times. it s hard to square, and to build on what the professor said, at the adl, we track anti-semitic incidents. we are seeing record numbers, the likes of which we haven t seen in decades. and you know, there s a straight line from charlottesville to capitol hill, from congresspeople insisting that the jewish people are responsible for covid and that plague to other members saying the jews or the jewish state is responsible for a kind of genocide. all of this hyperbole, all of this hysteria, makes jews feel afraid so i think it is absolutely crucial that we put professor lipstadt in place, but we just need to keep in mind that to fight anti-semitism, jason, this is sometimes called the oldest hatred. it s going to take a whole of society effort. alone, a special envoy, she can t do the job. she s not a silver bullet. we need the government to act. we need law enforcement to investigate and prosecute as well as look at models like
the g7, was that everything should be focus as we help the rest of the world that needs it badly and focused on climate. the example is if you build an oil well, if you build a gas or oil refinery, you will have to mix 30 years. well, why not invest now to provide for the help of nations and solar capacity or when capacity? the point is although. we also brought through the new president emergency plan for adaptation. i m getting tired of acronyms, it s called prepare. we also released our overall long term strategy that outlines how we ll get to net zero emissions by 2050. we know that this must be a whole of
2050. you know, we know that this is this must be a whole of society effort. also want to thank the representatives from the private sector and labor and civil societies dedicating itself to the climate action efforts we re making here. that leadership together with action by state and local and tribal governments has been essential in the united states. that s why despite the previous administration s pulling us out of the paris agreement and refusing to acknowledge there was a climate crisis, we still brought down emissions. i also want to talk about the passion and the power of the young people, the activists that are doing work to remind us of our moral obligation to future generations. as i said yesterday, it s a economic imperative as well. investing in our clean energy future is an enormous opportunity.