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patrick verkooijen, welcome to hardtalk. thank you, stephen. now, you are all about adaptation. your global center on adaptation is sending a clear message to the world that it is time to make particularly the most vulnerable parts of the world more resilient to the impacts of climate change. does that mean you've basically accepted we've lost the battle to curb emissions and prevent the worst of climate change? thank you so much, stephen. we need to adapt to a warmer climate. we now see that we have already in the threshold of 1.2 celsius. investing in adaptation is not defeat, step...

search. in prince william is launching a part of your campaign to try to end homelessness. his foundation pledged £3 million of funding to tackle the issue. at the time now for ten seconds of a curious humpback whale. following the kayaker at the beach, i think there will be amazing and terrifying at the same time. excuse the joke but they were having a whale of a time. see you later. this is bbc news. newsday continues straight after hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk. i'm stephen sackur. back in 2015, world leaders pledged to speed up cuts in greenhouse gas emissions in a bid to stop o...

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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 basicall...

Why? because a global commission on adaptation led by bill gates, kristalina georgieva, and ban ki—moon, former secretary—general of united nations, they've said, well, if the world was to invest $1.7 trillion in climate adaptation before 2030, the net economic benefit is us$7.1 trillion, so it's not only the right thing to do, stephen, it's the smart thing to do. i do want to unpick some of those figures with you and look particularly at the case of adaptation and the return you would get for adaptation policies in africa. i want to go into that, but before i do that, just one general poi...