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how far does she feel her climate change credentials are being compromised in her new role? jennifer morgan, welcome to hardtalk. thank you. so there you were in february last year. you stepped down as head of greenpeace international. in march, you became germany s international envoy for international climate action. why did you accept the role? well, you know, when minister baerbock called in this german government which has, i would say the most impressive positions on climate change domestically and internationally i thought i always try and go where i feel like i can make the biggest difference. and the opportunity to work for such a government, for such a minister at this moment of time in climate, ithought, i have to give it a go . you know, greenpeace, we always talk about acts annalena baerbock, the german foreign minister is who you are referring to. yes. who was also former co leader of the green party in germany. so, that s what attracted you. 0k. you said y
welcome to hardtalk with me, zeinab badawi. the german government has pledged to put fighting climate change at the heart of its agenda. it has just hosted world leaders to help lay the groundwork for international talks in november. but for many, the two week long gathering failed to make sufficient progress on climate finance and the pace of cuts in carbon pollution. my guest isjennifer morgan, germany s american born envoy for international climate action. until last year, she was leader of the environmental campaign group greenpeace international. how far does she feel her climate change credentials are being compromised in her new role? jennifer morgan, welcome to hardtalk. thank you. so there you were in february last year. you stepped down as head of greenpeace international. in march, you became germany s international envoy for international climate action. why did you accept the role? well, you know, when minister baerbock called in this german government which ha
over all, we vejust upped our committments. .. crosstalk. that s a drop in the ocean. i keep on saying it to you, you know, when the imf says that we need trillions of dollars for climate protection and adaption? yes. germany alone isn t going to be able to help the global south? no. people say, notjust africa, they say, you need to find the trillions where there is for the ukraine war, which is understandably an awful tragedy, or when you need to put strong floors in your economies to combat the economic impact of covid, you come up with the trillions. and yet when it comes to us for adaptation or because mitigation isn t so relevant for so many countries in the global south, it s not there. and when you look at private sector money, most of it goes into the global north and china? i m with you and this is what we re working to change. we did a report last year with canada to look at this hundred billion
to us for adaptation or because mitigation isn t so relevant for so many countries in the global south, it s not there. and when you look at private sector money, most of it goes into the global north and china? i m with you and this is what we re working to change. we did a report last year with canada to look at this hundred billion and what are the main problems. private sector globalisation is not happening. so that s why there was a summit last week, we ll see if the matching starts to happen more. access to finance is a key issue, so we re working to make it more possible for small island states and countries to get access faster from the green climate fund. the multilateral development banks were set up decades ago, not fit for purpose. germany and the us is leading a reform, that is a goal up for next year. debt reduction, right? that when a climate disaster hits that countries don t have to pay. germany has set up, with the vulnerable 20, the global shield,