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The government a very good scorecard there. ok, professor munasinghe, how would you answer this question? i pick up on your last point — i think we are going through a severe economic crisis. so i agree with the ambitious long—term plans that the minister has set out and, globally, with the 2050 target for zero carbon. but that doesn't mean that each and every country can achieve that target, because especially if you're poor and you're trying to raise your — the poor population out of poverty, you need some headroom for growth. let's go to our next question. it's from natasha. natasha. ...

National party, and is the president's right—hand adviser on climate change. he recently launched a climate prosperity plan to tackle the crippling effects 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 ...

998 million by now. so there's no money coming l from the developed countries. even if we are planning to get some money from the loss i and damage money, it's not going to come sooner. - but this is something very, very urgent. . 0k. all right. i mean, there is going to be a lot of competition for limited funds. exactly. so, basically, what hemantha's saying, professor munasinghe, is talking about accountability of these funds if they came to sri lanka is a bit of an epidemic question, cos you don't think there's much money that's going to be coming. but there is this issue of climate justice...

In this field. rohan, your question, please. thank you. my question is — climate is a science, so are we really using science, including the technologies to combat climate change ? thank you. thank you very much. all right. professor munasinghe, why don't you kick off on the question about the allocation of land for food production, because obviously, there's a lot of food insecurity in the country at the moment. it reinforces the point i started with that sustainable development and climate solutions should be integrated. it's very clear that we go for win—win solutions. so if — i don't...

And the government has been working with the private sector very closely, and one way is also to bring in investments, as well as to predict the environment through these investments. professor munasinghe, perhaps this issue of sustainable tourism, private sectors involved in that. a lot of people depend on tourism for their livelihood here in sri lanka. you want to say to everybody, "come and visit the country"? but this engagement with the private sector is critical? yes, the question is, is the private sector part of the problem or is it part of the solution? i'd like to believe the second,...