Continuing to deploy thousands of american troops, we will maintain the fight against afghanistan and other countries, we just dont need to fight a Ground War to do it. Paul lets bring in retired army general petraus served as commander in Coalition Services in afghanistan and director of central intelligence agency. General, great to see you again. Thanks for coming in. So now that we are out, the u. S. Troops are out, how do we get those americans and afghan allies who are still there out . Well, we are going to have some kind of relationship with the new rulers of afghanistan. Obviously the taliban. They have still not completely formed their government but its taking shape. We know the leader will be some of the key ministers, we have a diplomatic presence in qatar which is the location in which the negotiations with the taliban were carried out. A lot of countries have removed embassy from kabul and establishing a Shadow Embassy again in doha, qatar. Thats where that will take pla
have an agreement, we have 169 targets. in this decade, we have seen a few forces coming together. we see disaster hitting our planets, with scarce resources. we see poverty and migration issues. all these problems are what is being addressed. we will address it in a more sustainable and equitable way. no business is making a case of dealing with out poverty. if the society does not function, it is very difficult for us to function as well. francine: are you confident businesses will translate into the increase? paul: if you go back to the real reason for this, i m sure there are exceptions. hopefully we will solve some of the problems that are out there. the problems are food security, climate change. although there are challenges, they are enormous opportunities to invest. technology allows us to do that. funding ultimately has to come from business. business is about 60% of global gdp. 80% of the financial flow. 90% of the job creation these days. so if business does not g
in this decade, we have seen a few forces coming together. we see disaster hitting our planets, with scarce resources. we see poverty and migration issues. all these problems are what is being addressed. we will address it in a more sustainable and equitable way. no business is making a case of dealing with out poverty. if the society does not function, it is very difficult for us to function as well. francine: are you confident businesses will translate into the increase? paul: if you go back to the real reason for this, i m sure there are exceptions. hopefully we will solve some of the problems that are out there. the problems are food security, climate change. although there are challenges, they are enormous opportunities to invest. technology allows us to do that. funding ultimately has to come from business. business is about 60% of global gdp. 80% of the financial flow. 90% of the job creation these days. so if business does not get involved, i do not think we will achi
targets. in this decade, we have seen a few forces coming together. we see disaster hitting our planets, with scarce resources. we see poverty and migration issues. all these problems are what is being addressed. we will address it in a more sustainable and equitable way. no business is making a case of dealing with out poverty. if the society does not function, it is very difficult for us to function as well. francine: are you confident businesses will translate into the increase? paul: if you go back to the real reason for this, i m sure there are exceptions. hopefully we will solve some of the problems that are out there. the problems are food security, climate change. although there are challenges, they are enormous opportunities to invest. technology allows us to do that. funding ultimately has to come from business. business is about 60% of global gdp. 80% of the financial flow. 90% of the job creation these days. so if business does not get involved, i do not think we
has had a positive impact on the environment. in an exclusive interview, i speak with him about sustainability, cop 21 and what it takes to be a good leader. thank you so much for speaking to bloomberg. there is a lot of talk about spend ability. paul: i m very confident that we have an agreement, we have 169 targets. in this decade, we have seen a few forces coming together. we see disaster hitting our planets, with scarce resources. we see poverty and migration issues. all these problems are what is being addressed. we will address it in a more sustainable and equitable way. no business is making a case of dealing with out poverty. if the society does not function, it is very difficult for us to function as well. francine: are you confident businesses will translate into the increase? paul: if you go back to the real reason for this, i m sure there are exceptions. hopefully we will solve some of the problems that are out there. the problems are food security, climate change