00:00The current pandemic has brought unimaginable devastation to people's lives, livelihoods
00:06and national economies. At the same time, the green recovery represents an unprecedented
00:13opportunity to rethink and reset the ways in which we live and do business. Now, I've long
00:22believed that we need a shift in our economic model that places nature and the world's transition
00:29to net zero at the heart of how we operate, prioritizing the pursuit of sustainable, inclusive
00:35growth in the decades to come. Having been championing climate action now for the last,
00:44I don't know, I suppose 40 years, I can tell you that this isn't a fight for the faint-hearted.
00:51However, increasingly, we are seeing more and more businesses, investors and consumers
00:57prioritizing sustainability and thus creating a much more virtuous circle of supply and demand.
01:05By leveraging market forces and the immense resources of the private sector, there is hope
01:12that we can transform the situation. But I'm afraid we are literally at the last hour and there is real
01:20urgency for action. We know now what we have to do to rescue the situation, rather than going on talking
01:27about it.
01:28we're going to go ahead and see what we're doing.
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