>>> NOW AS THE WAR IN UKRAINE
RAGES ON, THE WEST IS STRUGGLING
TO PULL THE PLUG ON RUSSIAN OIL
AND GAS.
SVITLANA ROMANKO IS A UKRAINIAN
CLIMATE ACTIVIST AND
ENVIRONMENTAL LAWYER WHO JOINS
WALTER ISAACSON TO DISCUSS
FOSSIL FUEL ADDICTION AND THE
IMPACT OF THE CLIMATE WARS.
>> THANK YOU, CHRISTIANE.
AND SVITLANA ROMANKO, WELL TO
THE SHOW.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH, WALTER FOR
HAVING ME HERE TODAY.
>> YOU ARE JOINING US FROM YOUR
HOME IN WESTERN UKRAINE.
TELL US WHAT'S HAPPENING RIGHT
NOW AND HOW THINGS ARE, WHY
YOU'RE BACK THERE.
>> MISSILES AND BOMBS ARE STILL
FLIES OVER THE TERRITORY OF
UKRAINE CONSTANTLY.
AND A FEW DAYS AGO THERE WERE
EXPLOSIONS IN OUR NEIGHBORING
CITY LVIV, NOT FAR FROM MY HOME
AS WELL.
AND WE STILL HAVE CONTINUING AIR
ALARMS ALL THE TIME, JUST
NOTIFYING US THAT THERE WERE
SOME OTHER ATTACKS WITH MISSILES
AND BOMBS ON THE OTHER TERRITORY
AS WELL.
BUT OUR AIR DEFENSE FORCES ARE
WORKING WELL TO PROTECT US.
AND CURRENTLY I CAN SAY THAT
ACTUALLY ALL DREADFUL DEATH
DRUGS, VIOLENCE, HOMICIDE
AGAINST UKRAINIANS ARE STILL
HAPPENING MOSTLY THE EASTERN
SIDE OF THE COUNTRY.
>> WHY HAVE YOU REMAINED THERE?
DO YOU FEEL IT'S IMPORTANT FOR
YOU TO BE IN UKRAINE TO CONTINUE
THIS FIGHT?
>> IT FEELS MORE THAN IMPORTANT
TO ME, AS FROM THE SECOND DAY OF
WAR, WHEN THE WAR JUST STARTED,
AND I DO RECALL THIS TIME THE
FIRST DAY WHEN WE JUST WATCHED
THE SPEECH OF THE SAME DICTATOR
OP TV AND THEN WE SUDDENLY
UNDERSTOOD THE WAR AGAINST US,
THE UKRAINE HAS BEEN DECLARED AT
THAT TIME.
SO WE AT SECOND ZA I STARTED TO
THINKING WHAT WE CAN DO AS
CLIMATE ACTIVISTS, WHAT I CAN DO
PERSONALLY AS AN ACTIVIST, AS A
CAMPAIGN MANAGER, AS A CITIZEN
OF MY COUNTRY TO STOP AND TO END
THIS HORRIFIC WAR.
SO THAT'S HOW I STARTED TO STAND
WITH UKRAINE CALL TO ATTENTION
AND STARTED ORGANIZE AROUND THIS
CAMPAIGN.
AND OF COURSE IT FEELS VERY
IMPORTANT TO CONTINUE ON TO STAY
ON THE SIDE OF UKRAINIANS AND
HELP US TO ENTHE WAR AGAINST
UKRAINE.
>> TODAY WE'RE COMMEMORATING
EARTH DAY.
AND YOU'RE A GREAT CLIMATE
ACTIVIST, ENVIRONMENTAL
ACTIVIST, A LAWYER.
TELL US HOW THIS WAR IN UKRAINE
IS INTERSECTING WITH THE
ENVIRONMENTAL CAUSES THAT YOU
SUPPORT.
>> THIS IS A TIPPING POINT FOR
US AS A HUMANITY.
TO END MULTIPLE CRISISES THAT WE
ARE FACING WITH ENERGY CRISIS,
CLIMATE CRISIS, CRISIS OF HUMAN
RIGHTS AND INTERNATIONAL LEGAL
REGULATION, INTERNATIONAL
AGREEMENTS, I WOULD ALSO SAY,
AND MAKE THOSE WHO -- MAKE THOSE
WHO AFFECT THE ENVIRONMENT AND
MAKE DAMAGE TO ENVIRONMENT TO
CLIMATE, AND TO MY COUNTRY PAY
INEVITABLY PAY FOR ALL THE
CRIMES THAT HAVE BEEN COMMITTED.
AND WE WON'T REST UNTIL THOSE
CRIMES WILL BE PUNISHED IN
APPROPRIATELY.
AND ESPECIALLY SPEAKING ABOUT
THE WAR IN MY COUNTRY, IT'S SUCH
A SYMBOLIC EARTH DAY.
I WOULD LIKE TO RECALL THAT FOR
NOW UP THE LATEST U.N. REPORT
IT'S NOT ONLY WAR AGAINST
UKRAINE BECAUSE IT HAS ALREADY
AFFECTED 1.7 BILLION PEOPLE IN
107 COUNTRIES WHO NOW ARE FACED
WITH RISING PRICES FOR FOOD AND
ENERGY, AND NOT EVEN SAYING WHAT
IS HAPPENING IN MY COUNTRY RIGHT
NOW.
AND I'M HOLDING ALL WORLD
LEADERS RIGHT NOW I HOPE THEY
WILL WATCHING.
I CALL ON POLITICAL PARTIES,
CALLING ON DEPUTIES THINKING IN
THE PARLIAMENTS AND BANKS THOSE
IN COMPANIES WHO ARE KEEPING
INVESTMENT IN FOSSIL FEW FUELS
IT'S NOT A TIME FOR DOING
BUSINESS AS USUAL.
WE SHOULD MEET AT STOCKHOLM PLUS
50 AND WE SHOULD END FOSSIL
FUELS EVERYWHERE AND WE SHOULD
HAVE COUNTRIES THERE AND SIGN A
FOSSIL FUEL NON-PROLIFERATION
TREATY WHICH IS EXTREMELY
IMPORTANT TO DO RIGHT NOW WHEN
WE STILL HAVE A CHANCE FOR
SURVIVAL AND FOR MEETING ALL
CRISISES, CLIMATE CRISIS, WAR
CRISIS, BECAUSE I -- THIS IS WAR
IN MY COUNTRY.
BUT I ALSO RECOGNIZE THAT MANY
WARS AND CONFLICT FUSE FUELED BY
FOSSIL FUELS IN MANY OTHER
COUNTRIES.
AND IT'S VERY CENTRAL AND
IMPORTANT HOW WE TACKLE THESE
KREMLINS AND PUTIN'S THREAT AS
HUMANITY.
BECAUSE OTHER DICTATORS ARE
PROBABLY WATCHING.
AND WHILE GROWING FOSSIL FUEL
RESERVES THEY JUST WANT TO STEP
IN AND BE A SUPPLIER AFTER WE
DEFEAT PUTIN AND AS THAT
SHOULDN'T HAPPEN.
IT'S IMPERATIVE THAT WE PHASE
OUT ALL FOSSIL FUELS, NOT JUST
REPLACE WITH THEM WITH OTHER
SOURCES FROM SOME OTHER
COUNTRIES.
>> YOU SAY WE SHOULD NOT REPLACE
THEM WITH OTHER SOURCES FROM
OTHER COUNTRIES.
BUT TO GET EUROPE THROUGH THE
WINTER WITHOUT USING RUSSIAN OIL
AND RUSSIAN GAS, SHOULD THERE BE
KPOERMTS FROM THE UNLS OF LIQUID
FIED NATURAL GAS.
SOME TRANSITION PERIOD SO RUSSIA
DOESN'T HAVE TOTAL CONTROL OVER
THE NEEDS THIS COMING WINTER.
>> THAT'S WHERE VERY IMPORTANT
TO RECOGNIZE THAT RUSSIA DOES
NOT HAVE A FULL CONTROL EVEN
NOW, BECAUSE THE COUNTRIES ALL
OVER THE WORLD INCLUDING THE
U.S., UK AND CANADA AND THE EU
PARTIALLY AS WE SEE ARE MOVING
TOWARDS THE FULL EMBARRING ON
RUSSIAN FOSSIL FUELS.
SO RUSSIA DOES NOT HAVE CONTROL.
THEY WOULD LIKE TO BUT THEY
DON'T.
THEY DON'T HAVE FOR NOW.
I KNOW THE BEST THING THAT THE
U.S. FOR EXAMPLE CAN IMPORT
RATHER THAN OIL AND GAS RESERVES
AND STARTING NEW EXPLORATION.
THESE ARE HEAT BOMBS AND NEW
TECHNOLOGIES REALLY GREEN
TECHNOLOGIES WHICH WILL LET
EUROPEANS FOR EXAMPLE TO LIVE
THROUGH THE WINTER AND TRY TO
MAKE REPLACEMENT AND SUCCESSFUL
TRY AS WELL.
BECAUSE THAT'S HOW WE MAKE GREEN
REVOLUTION POSSIBLE.
AND THE FIRST STEP, OF COURSE,
RUSSIAN OIL GAS AND COAL WHICH
SHOULD HAPPEN IN THE WORLD.
BUT THE SECOND STEP JUST
IMMEDIATING HALTING OF FOLLOWSLE
FUEL EXPANSION EVERYWHERE, BY
EVERY NATION WORLDWIDE.
WE ALL HAVE TO COMMIT TO
TRANSITION AWAY FROM ALL FOSSIL
FUELS.
AND RELIANCE ON COAL, OIL AND
GAS, I HAVE TO STRESS ON THAT
SPECIFICALLY THAT IT'S
INTENTIONAL EMBRACE OF DEATH,
MISERY AND COLLAPSE AT A GLOBAL
SCALE.
SO WE HAVE ALL CHANCES AS A
HUMANITY TO LIVE THROUGH THE
COLD WINTER IF WE FIRST OF ALL
WILL CUT OUR ENERGY SUPPLY.
THAT'S ESSENTIAL IF EVERYONE
UNDERSTANDS THAT WE CAN'T USE AS
MUCH FOSSIL FUELS AS WE USED TO
BECAUSE FOSSIL FUELS ARE NOW
KILLING -- KILLING PEOPLE AND
THEY HAVE BECOME A TOOL MASS
DESTRUCTION IT'S A PLORL AND
ETHICAL CHOICE WE HAVE TO MAKE,
EVERYONE OF US IN EUROPE AND IN
THE U.S., IN THE UK.
>> YOU RECENTLY WROTE AN OP-ED
FOR THE LOS ANGELES TIMES WITH
THE AMERICAN ENVIRONMENTALIST
BILL McGIBB KIBEN LET ME GIVE
YOU A QUICK QUOTE.
YOU WANT YOU SAID THE WORLD
BANKS I REMEMBER MERE MORALLY
WORKED TO BUILD THE RUSSIA.
OIL AND GAS INDUSTRY FUNDING
RUSSIA'S ARMY AND THE INDUSTRY
THAT VLADIMIR PUTIN HAS USED AS
A CUDGEL FOR DECADES TO KEEP
EUROPE COWERING.
WHAT MORE SHOULD PRESIDENT BIDEN
BE DOING?
AND WHAT MORE SHOULD THE BANKS
BE DOING TO STOP ANY INVESTMENTS
THAT WOULD HELP RUSSIA'S
PETROCHEMICAL STATE?
>> YES, BANKS ARE HOLDING
FINANCIAL POWER.
THEY ARE HOLDING IMMENSE
RESOURCES, WHICH HAVE BEEN USED
FOR YEARS FOR SPONSORING SOME
RUSSIAN OIL AND GAS COMPANIES.
SO THERE ARE CLOSE CONNECTIONS
BETWEEN JOON-PYO MORGAN CHASE
FOR EXAMPLE AND EXXONMOBIL, AND
RUSSIAN OIL AND GAS CONSTRUCTION
COMPANIES THAT WE ALL KNOW.
BUT, YEAH, THE HUGE FINANCIAL
RESERVES SHOULD BE IMMEDIATELY
DIVESTED FROM EXISTING
INFRASTRUCTURE AND FOSSIL FUELS.
BECAUSE WHAT PRESIDENT BIDEN DID
AND WHAT WE ARE TRULY GRATEFUL
FOR HIS LEADERSHIP, I THINK WE
ARE -- WE SHOULD RECOGNIZE THAT
HE STRIKES -- STRIKE INTO THE
HEART OF PUTIN'S WAR MACHINE
WHEN HE PUT AN EMBARGO ON OIL
AND GAS FROM RUSSIA.
AND THE SECOND HE PUT A BAN ON
ENFORCED A BAN ON ALL NEW
INVESTMENTS MADE FROM THE U.S.
TO RUSSIA CURRENTLY.
BUT I THINK THERE IS STILL
SOMETHING THAT BANKS CAN DO AND
THAT SOMETHING THAT CITIZENS CAN
DO FOR BANKS TO ASK THE BANKERS
JUST DIVEST ALL EXISTING FUNDS
FROM FOSSIL FUEL INDUSTRY.
AND NOT ONLY FROM RUSSIA, FROM
RUSSIAN AS A PRIORITY, YES,
BECAUSE IT'S KILLING PEOPLE.
BUT AT THE SAME TIME ARE THE
BANKS WHICH ARE A BULL WASHING
OF AUTOCRACY SHOULD CHANGE --
THE GREEN REVOLUTION SHOULD
START FROM THOSE BANKS IN
PARTICULAR.
THEY HAVE TO NOT JUST ONLY
ANSWER FINANCIAL SERVICES FOR
ALL INFRASTRUCTURE.
BUT ALSO I MEAN ---EN A ALL --
ALL INFRASTRUCTURE BUT NOT TO --
NOT TO PROVIDE LOANS AND
FINANCIAL SERVICES FOR NEW
FOSSIL FUEL SPLOERKSS NOWHERE
NEITHER IN AFRICA OR LATIN
AMERICA, NOWHERE, NOT TO INVEST
INTO THE ASSETS THAT DEFINITELY
BE STRANDED.
>> THE UNITED STATES AND MUCH OF
EUROPE HAS PUT SANCTIONS ON
RUSSIAN OIL, TRIED TO STOP THE
FLOW OF RUSSIAN OIL.
AND NATURAL GAS.
BUT MOST COUNTRIES OF THIS WORLD
ARE NOT REALLY SUPPORTING THAT.
YOU HAVE CHINA.
YOU HAVE INDIA.
YOU HAVE COUNTRIES THROUGHOUT
AFRICA.
YOU EVEN HAVE ISRAEL THAT ARE
NOT TRYING TO DO IT.
WHAT DO YOU SAY TO THOSE
COUNTRIES WHO ARE NOT PART OF
THE PUSHBACK AGAINST THE USE OF
ANY RUSSIAN OIL OR GAS?
>> FOR COUNTRIES THAT AS IN THE
CHINA, JAPAN, FOR EXAMPLE, AND
STAND WITH UKRAINE CAMPAIGN WAS
COMMAND LI DEMANDED FROM THOSE
GOVERNMENTS AS WELL, JUST TO
STOP, STOP BUYING, ENFORCE
EMBARGO AND RUSSIAN OIL AND GAS
IN SHORT PERSPECTIVE.
AND OF COURSE PHASE OUT FOSSIL
FUELS IN THE LONGER PERSPECTIVE.
BUT I THINK THAT'S ONLY
COLLECTIVE EFFORTS BECAUSE WE
SHARE ONE CLIMATE.
WE HAVE SAME CLIMATE SAME
CLIMATE CRISIS I WILL QUOTA
RECENT STUDY BY THE GERMAN
INSTITUTE FOR ECONOMIC RESEARCH,
GERMANY SAID GERMANY COULD STOP
USING RUSSIAN GAS AS EARLY AS
2027.
THERE IS ALWAYS A CHANCE AND
ALWAYS AN OPTION TO END -- TO
END OUR ATTRACTION TO FOLLOWSLE
FUELS EVEN FOR SUCH ENERGY
CONSUMING COUNTRIES LIKE INDIA,
CHINA.
AND CHINA ACTUALLY WE WROTE
LETTER TO CHINA AND WE STATION
PARTNERS WARNING THEM OF BUYING
THE CHEAP ASSETS WHICH REMAIN IN
RUSSIAN FOSSIL FUEL
INFRASTRUCTURE AND INDUSTRY
AFTER ALL OTHER -- AFTER NEW
INVESTMENTS WERE ENDED AND SOME
COMPANIES AND BANKS DIVESTED
FROM RUSSIA.
WE MAKE A WARNING THAT DON'T BUY
THESE ASSETS FROM RUSSIA.
IT'S -- BECAUSE YOU HAVE ALL
CHANCES TO BECOME A A LEADER OF
GREEN TRANSFORMATION.
WE JUST NEED, I BELIEVE, MORE
PRESSURE AND MORE INTERHE IS
CONNECTION AND UNDERSTANDING OF
INTERCONNECTION BETWEEN CLIMATE
CRISIS AND THE WARS AND CONFLICT
AND THE ENERGY CRISIS.
AND HOW OUR FUTURE WILL LOOK
LIKE.
AT THE LAST POINT, ALL THOSE
STATES SHOULD MAKE THAT
REGISTER -- REGISTERS OF FOSSIL
FUELS PUBLIC.
AND WE SHOULD KNOW HOW MANY EACH
COUNTRY HAS.
WE SHOULD KNOW AND EACH COUNTRY
SHOULD COMMIT OF
NON-PROLIFERATION OF THOSE TO
FOSSIL FULTS IN THE LONGER
PERSPECTIVE.
I DON'T UNDERSTAND.
IT SOUNDS LIKE -- LIKE A BIT OF
FANTASTIC BECAUSE WE ARE ALL
DEPENDENT.
BUT IT JUST SEEMS IMPOSSIBLE
UNTIL IT'S DONE.
>> IN ADDITION TO THE TRAGIC
LOSS OF LIFE THAT RUSSIA HAS
INFLICTED ON YOUR COUNTRY,
UKRAINE, IT'S ALSO INFLICTED A
LOT OF ENVIRONMENTAL DAMAGE THIS
WAR.
TELL ME WHAT TYPE OF DAMAGE TO
PROTECTED REGIONS, TO WATER, TO
THE LAND, HAS BEEN CAUSED BY
RUSSIA DURING THIS WAR.
>> ALREADY IT'S -- WE ALL KNOW
THAT THE DAMAGE HAS BEEN HUGE.
AND THE -- WE WILL JUST KEEP
FEELING THOSE LOSSES FOR YEARS
AND YEARS AHEAD.
FOR EXAMPLE, ON THE EAST OF THE
COUNTRY AND ESPECIALLY IN THE
EASTERN AND THE SOUTH.
THERE WERE A LOT OF -- A LOT OF
INDUSTRIAL -- INDUSTRIAL PLANTS
AND ALL -- AND COAL MINES AND AS
WELL AS CHEMICAL ENTERPRISES.
AND ALL THESE CHEMICALS
SUBSTANCES AND TOXIC -- TOXIC
LIQUIDS HAVE BEEN -- HAVE BEEN
AFTER THE DESTRUCTION LEAKED
INTO THE GROUND INTO THE WATERS,
INTO THE AIR.
AND, AGAIN, THOSE MISSILES AND
BOMBS, THOSE HEAVY MILITARY
INFRASTRUCTURE IS IT STILL
REMAINING ON THE LANDS.
AS WELL PRODUCING MORE CO2
EMISSIONS AS WELL.
WHILE FLYING AND PRODUCING MORE
WASTE AS WELL THAT WE WILL NEED
TO -- TO UTILIZE -- AFTER THE
WAR ENDS.
AND BUT, OF COURSE, IT'S A HUGE,
HUGE THREAT AND HUGE DAMAGE TO
BIODIVERSITY.
AND I'M NOT SURE FOR NEURONOW
BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE OFFICIAL
ASSESSMENTS.
OUR MINISTRY IS TRACKING THE
DAMAGE.
PROBABLY WE WILL BE EVEN
SPEAKING ABOUT ECOCIDE WHICH
MEANS MASSIVE, MASSIVE
DESTRUCTION OF AND MASSIVE HARM
TO THE ENVIRONMENT.
AND OF COURSE I WOULD SAY WE
WON'T REST -- I BELIEVE NEITHER
OUR AUTHORITIES OR ACTIVISTS
UNTIL ALL THE ENVIRONMENTAL
CRIMES WILL BE PUNISHED AND
REIMBURSED IN APPROPRIATE
MANNER.
BECAUSE WE HAVE A EUROPEAN
PRINCIPLE THAT POLLUTER PAYS.
BUT POLLUTER SHOULD PAY 10 TIMES
THE PRICE AND EVEN MORE BIG
PRICE FOR ALL THIS DESTRUCTION.
>> THE ENVIRONMENTAL CRISIS
THAT'S BEEN CAUSED BY THIS WAR
HAS INTERSECTED WITH THE FOOD
CRISIS.
AND THE FOOD CRISIS IS GOING TO
AFFECT THE WHOLE WORLD.
HOW ARE THOSE TWO CRISIS RELATED
>> EVERYTHING IS INTERSWEKTED IN
OUR SYSTEM.
AND EVERYTHING IS INTERCONNECTED
IN POLICY.
AND EVERYTHING IS INTERCONNECTED
AND HARMED BY THIS WAR.
HORRIFIC WAR IN UKRAINE THAT WE
SO MUCH WANT TO HAVE ENDED.
AND THEY ARE INTERCONNECTED
BECAUSE UKRAINE HAS VERY FERTILE
LANDS AND ONE OF THE BIGGEST
PRODUCERS OF GRAIN, OF WHEAT.
NOW WITH THE SEA PORTS BEING
BLOCKED, OUR SHIPS CANNOT STILL
DELIVER THOSE -- THOSE FOOD
PRODUCTS TO THE CUSTOMERS.
SO IT -- TO DIFFERENT
ASSESSMENTS WILL BE HUNGER IN
SOME COUNTRIES WHICH WILL NEVER
CONNECT WITH OUR COUNTRY IF WE
DID NOT SPECIFICALLY OUR COUNTRY
IMPORT THE FOOD PRODUCTS,
ESPECIALLY IN AFRICA AND IN
OTHER COUNTRIES.
SO IT TRULY IMPACTS ALL -- ALL
HUMANITY AND ALL THE POPULATION,
ESPECIALLY IN DEVELOPING
COUNTRIES.
>> YOU HAVE BEEN FIGHTING THE
CLIMATE BATTLE FOR A LONG TIME
AS AN ENVIRONMENTAL LAWYER, WELL
BEFORE THIS WAR.
TELL ME HOW THIS WAR HAS CHANGED
WHAT YOU'RE DOING.
>> I WOULD NOT SAY IT CHANGED
MUCH.
IT JUST MADE ME FOCUSED
SPECIFICALLY IMPORTANCE OF THE
MOMENT, WHILE WE CUT ALL
FINANCIAL TIES WHICH FLOW --
WHICH STILL BRING KREMLIN AND
PUTIN ENORMOUS MONEY TO FEED THE
WAR AGAINST MY COUNTRY.
I'VE BEEN VERY -- JUST VERY BUSY
TRULY AND PASSIONATELY WITHSTAND
WITH UKRAINE CAMPAIGN.
AND THANKS FOR THE GLOBAL
SOLIDARITY, BECAUSE I WAS NOT
DOING THAT ALONE.
BUT 770 ORGANIZATIONS FROM 60
COUNTRIES, STARTING FROM AND
GOLA, NIGERIA, TO PACIFIC
COUNTRIES INCLUDING MANY
ORGANIZATIONS, THEY SIGNED OFF
AND THEY ARE TRYING TO CAMPAIGN
AGAINST -- AGAINST THE FOSSIL
FUELS AND AGAINST THE ALL
ACROSS -- ALL CRISIS WE NAMED
TODAY.
AND I BELIEVE THAT IT CHANGED IN
A WAY THAT I FELT A HUGE GLOBAL
SOLIDARITY, WHICH BRINGS ME HOPE
THAT WE CAN OVERCOME THE WAR IN
UKRAINE.
WE CAN OVERCOME CLIMATE CRIES.
WE STILL HAVE TIME.
BUT WE NEED TO TO USE THE TIME
IN THE BEST WAY WE CAN.
WHEN I SEE YOUNG PEOPLE
OCCUPYING THE STREETS AND
DEMANDING FULL EMBARGO FOR PEACE
FROM EUROPE AND U.S. AND OTHER
COUNTRIES IT BRINGS ME HOPE WHEN
SOME GOVERNMENTS TURN TO
MEASURES TO END INVESTMENTS OR
IMPOSE AN EMBARGO ON FOSSIL
FUELS OR BAN NEW EXPLORATIONS IN
THEIR COUNTRIES IT BRINGS ME
HOPE.
BUT I WOULD LIKE TO SHARE THIS
HOPE WITH EVERYONE WHO IS
LISTENING.
AND I WOULD LIKE TO CALL TO
EVERYONE WHO IS LISTENEDING,
DON'T BE -- DON'T BE NEUTRAL IN
THIS CASE.
YOU CAN DO SOMETHING ABOUT THE
WAR.
YOU CAN DO ACTUALLY A LOT OF
ABOUT STOPPING AND TACKLING
CLIMATE CRISIS.
AND JUST, PLEASE, START TO DO IT
TODAY.
>> SVITLANA ROMANKO, THANK YOU
FOR JOINING US.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH, WALTER.
IT WAS MY REAL PLEASURE TO BE
HERE AND TO SPEAK WITH YOU.
THANK YOU SO MUCH.