00:00Well, there is a key lesson, which is investing in resilience works.
00:07This approach about the humanitarian development peace nexus should be framed from a perspective,
00:13which is prevention always, humanitarian as needed, development wherever possible.
00:19And therefore, when we look to these fragile conflict-affected countries,
00:23it's important that we support the early recovery at the same time that we bring a long-term perspective
00:31with more preparedness, with more resilience.
00:34Also because, unfortunately, there is a concentration in the same countries,
00:39not only of conflict, but also climate impacts.
00:42I'm not saying that there is a correlation, but I'm saying that, unfortunately,
00:45if you take the top 14 countries most affected by climate, they are all under conflict.
00:50So how can you ask a country that is under conflict, under war, that is highly indebted,
00:56to use resources that they don't have to prevent crisis and to react to crisis?
01:03That's why it's so important to bring the international solidarity,
01:08to have a surge at a global level on solidarity to those countries.
01:13Last year, you visited China and participated in the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank Annual Summit
01:18that took place in Beijing.
01:20How do you see China's role evolving in the global development cooperation?
01:26China has been playing a very important role on multilateralism,
01:30not only on development, but on multilateralism.
01:33We could witness in the last few years a clear commitment from China
01:39in supporting the 2030 agenda, in supporting the climate action agenda,
01:44in supporting the peace and security agenda, in supporting the sustainable development agenda.
01:49This is important because China plays a very important role globally,
01:53so having the commitment from China in this global agenda is crucial.
01:58But China is also playing a very important role in the support to developing countries,
02:03namely in Africa, particularly aligning better the development agenda with the climate agenda.
02:10The Green Revolution is not only an opportunity to address climate change,
02:15it's also an opportunity to create jobs, companies, prosperity in developing countries.
02:21And I think that China being a leader on electrical mobility, on renewable energy,
02:27is also a good way to show that aligning the innovation,
02:34the entrepreneurial spirit on green technology,
02:38is also a good incentive for development cooperation,
02:42and particularly to implement the sustained development goals globally.
02:45not supporting the easiest, but supporting the neediest,
02:49which is my main concern, which is you have market failures.
02:53The private sector can do a lot in developing countries,
02:57but there are things that won't be possible to do without a clear intent and commitment,
03:03particularly highly fragile, conflict and violent contexts.
03:07Those contexts, those countries are not the easiest, but they are the neediest.
03:12So we need the states, the governments, the international community to commit in this agenda.
03:17And in my conversations with China, I noticed that clearly there is a commitment in supporting these contexts.
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