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Let's 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 let's 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 we would reach 70% of our energy production from renewable energy by 2030. so this is pretty much ...

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. 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. that's our panel. welcome to you all. applause. and don't forget — you too can join the conversation. it's #bbcglobalquesti...

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. that's our panel. welcome to you all. applause. and don't forget — you too can join the conversation. it's #bbcglobalquestions. let's 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 let's start with you. i think t...