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perus president, dina boluartay, has called for a national truce, after clashes between police and protesters led to 50 deaths. now on bbc news, its time for global questions. welcome to global questions with me, zeinab badawi, from sri lankas capital, colombo. im on one of the citys beautiful waterfronts along the indian ocean. sri lankas stunning coastline makes it popular with visitors, but this country, like many others in the region, suffers from extreme weather conditions — hea...

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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. ive got a panel from here in sri lanka who are going to be asking questions from my audience here. let me tell you whos in the hot seat for this edition of globa...

he lost to spains roberto bautista agut in four sets in what could be his last time playing at the tournament. youre watching bbc news. now its�* time for global questions — climate change: a turning point? welcome to global questions with me, zeinab badawi, from sri lankas capital, colombo. im on one of the citys beautiful waterfronts along the indian ocean. sri lankas stunning coastline makes it popular with visitors, but this country, like many others in the region, suffers from...

Are something like 40% is clean energy... right. ..and 60% of energy is pretty dirty — it comes from coal and oil. absolutely. sorry to put it so bluntly. yes, we are, actually. so, we have pledged that we will lessen our dependency on fossil fuel and we would reach 70% of our energy production from renewable energy by 2030. so this is pretty much right up in our agenda, and there are a lot of projects that we are hoping to start, and some of it to start this year. one project in particular is...

Lets go to our first question now, and it is from amanda halliday. amanda, your question, please. is sri lanka preparing for the eventual shift away from the use of fossil fuels, and if so, how? ruwan, so lets start with you. i think the figures are something like 40% is clean energy... right. ..and 60% of energy is pretty dirty — it comes from coal and oil. absolutely. sorry to put it so bluntly. yes, we are, actually. so, we have pledged that we will lessen our dependency on fossil fuel and ...

Right. ..and 60% of energy is pretty dirty — it comes from coal and oil. absolutely. sorry to put it so bluntly. yes, we are, actually. so, we have pledged that we will lessen our dependency on fossil fuel and we would reach 70% of our energy production from renewable energy by 2030. so this is pretty much right up in our agenda, and there are a lot of projects that we are hoping to start, and some of it to start this year. one project in particular is the sri lanka offshore windery project, w...

For efforts to combat climate change. and hemantha withanage is chair of friends of the earth international. he co—founded the centre for environmentaljustice, one of the most visible environmental organisations here in sri lanka. thats our panel. welcome to you all. applause. and dont forget — you too can join the conversation. its #bbcglobalquestions. lets go to our first question now, and it is from amanda halliday. amanda, your question, please. is sri lanka preparing for the eventual sh...