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On military expenditures, $2 trillion, that is the bad private sector which is making huge profits on armaments, but they are the biggest emitters of greenhouse gases. nobody challenges the military in any country saying, "your greenhouse gas emissions are high. "reduce it." but they will go after the small person. thank you. applause. hemantha, did you want to respond on the private sector? we say, rules for business, rights for people. - we say, as the professor mentioned, we say that i the private sector is the - problem because they are not really willing to reduce . their gas, greenhouse ...

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 know the speci...

But it is essential, 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 t...

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 to be coming. but there is...

On military expenditures, $2 trillion, that is the bad private sector which is making huge profits on armaments, but they are the biggest emitters of greenhouse gases. nobody challenges the military in any country saying, "your greenhouse gas emissions are high. "reduce it." but they will go after the small person. thank you. applause. hemantha, did you want to respond on the private sector? we say, roles for business, rights for people. - we say, as the professor mentioned, we say that i the private sector is the - problem because they are not really willing to reduce . their gas, greenhouse ...