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- Let me zoom in on climate and sustainability,
a huge challenge of course,
for the world and the society at large.
How do you see the possibilities to address climate
and sustainability in a successful way, going forward?
- Niki, we have to act on a multitude
of dimensions simultaneously.
One of course is to decarbonize
all our industrial processes,
but we have to move much faster.
2050, I think as also some calls have shown,
is not ambitious enough.
And I think the European plan to be Fit for 55,
which means you reduce by 55% carbon emissions
by 2030, is the right approach.
But we need also what I call nature-based solutions,
which means, for example,
our project to plant 1 trillion trees
in order to absorb CO2 emissions. We should not forget
that the world used to have 6 trillion trees,
and now we are down to 3 trillion trees.
So half of the capacity of absorption was lost.
And certainly we also have to look at carbon
sequestration and alternative fuels.
Another dimension is adaptation.
We should not look only at reducing carbon emissions,
we should also look at how we deal with the climate change.
But key to all of it is a change of mindset.
And this is not only related to production, to consumption;
it's our lifestyles.
I think as long as we do not
have a completely different mindset of a new green economy-
even if everybody continues to take the necessary actions-
I think we may be too late.
I'm thinking of my grandparents-not grandparents.
I'm thinking of my grandchildren;
my grandparents left me a good world.
- Yes, indeed.
- I want to leave a good world to my grandchildren.