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Thank you, natasha. ok, i'm going to take a couple of questions together now that are slightly related. let's go to your first, tuan. my question is — producing vegetables and fruits has been on the priority list of our honourable president, and since six months, there is no progress actually 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 allocat...

In decision—making roles is clearly visible, what are some things you have done to bridge this gap? climate diplomacy is critical to ensure equitable and collaborative climate action. how can sri lanka or south asia get started on this? all right, very quickly, gentleman, final points. professor munasinghe. 0k. ifully agree. this is the world that we are inheriting, which we have created, is not very sustainable and it's up to the young people to use modern technologies and so on to solve it, so they must be given a seat. make a very quick point, there is a report out in 2019, as chair of th...

But i think we need rapid i investment in these sectors if we want to really... yeah, but you're not going to get that rapid investment given the economic crisis here in the country... exactly. ..when people are struggling to put food on the table, right? so he's not given 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. b...

Is only having 11.9 billion. so, adaptation fund, 800... 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...

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...