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- Let me zoom in on
climate and sustainability,

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a huge challenge of course,

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for the world and the society at large.

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How do you see the
possibilities to address climate

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and sustainability in a
successful way, going forward?

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- Niki, we have to act on a multitude

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of dimensions simultaneously.

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One of course is to decarbonize

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all our industrial processes,

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but we have to move much faster.

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2050, I think as also
some calls have shown,

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is not ambitious enough.

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And I think the European plan to be Fit for 55,

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which means you reduce
by 55% carbon emissions

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by 2030, is the right approach.

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But we need also what I
call nature-based solutions,

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which means, for example,

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our project to plant 1 trillion trees

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in order to absorb CO2 emissions.
We should not forget

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that the world used to
have 6 trillion trees,

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and now we are down to 3 trillion trees.

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So half of the capacity
of absorption was lost.

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And certainly we also
have to look at carbon

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sequestration and alternative fuels.

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Another dimension is adaptation.

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We should not look only at
reducing carbon emissions,

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we should also look at how we
deal with the climate change.

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But key to all of it
is a change of mindset.

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And this is not only related
to production, to consumption;

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it's our lifestyles.

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I think as long as we do not

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have a completely different
mindset of a new green economy-

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even if everybody continues to
take the necessary actions-

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I think we may be too late.

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I'm thinking of my
grandparents-not grandparents.

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I'm thinking of my grandchildren;

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my grandparents left me a good world.

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- Yes, indeed.

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- I want to leave a good
world to my grandchildren.