good to have you with us. so, how many zoom meetings have you had in the last 12 months? this time last year, many of us hadn t even heard of the company that is now a household name worldwide. there s no doubt the videoconferencing company is one of the big winners during the pandemic. so, how much money has zoom made? well, let s just take a look at. the numbers are just out and they are impressive. they have beaten wall street expectations. sales in the last three months of 2020 were up 370% compared to the same period in 2019, hitting $882.5 million. and the company also painted a picture of a rosy future, it expects sales to rise a further 40% this year at least, reaching more than $3.7 billion. no surprise there, their shares did really well, up 10% in new york on monday. rebecca bezzina is managing director of the digital agency r/ga. welcome to the programme. is zoom s success just because we have been stuck at home? the? have been stuck at home? they have been stuck
peru s president, dina boluartay, has called for a national truce, after clashes between police and protesters led to 50 deaths. now on bbc news, it s time for global questions. welcome to global questions with me, zeinab badawi, from sri lanka s capital, colombo. i m on one of the city s beautiful waterfronts along the indian ocean. sri lanka s stunning coastline makes it popular with visitors, but this country, like many others in the region, suffers from extreme weather conditions heatwaves followed by torrential rain and rising sea levels. so, we re 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 s 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
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environmental challenges. and for copp 27 agreement, help developing nations be enough to avert climate catastrophe. that is global questions sri lanka, surviving climate change. as it marks 75 years of independence from britain. i have a panel from here and sri lanka were going to be answering questions from my audience here. i ve got a panel from here in sri lanka who are going to be asking questions from my audience here. let me tell you who s in the hot seat for this edition of global questions. ruwan wijewardene is deputy leader of the united national party, and is the president s right hand adviser on climate change. he recently launched a climate prosperity plan to tackle the crippling effects of the climate crisis. professor mohan munasinghe is an eminent sri lankan climate scientist. he was vice chair of the un international panel on climate change when, as an institution, it was awarded the 2007 nobel peace prize with al gore for efforts to combat climate change. an
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