but united nations assistant secretary—general satya tripathi wanted to speak to us because of the importancenference. hejoins me now from nairobi. first of all, and a deep condolences to you at the un for having lost 19 of your staff. thank you, thank you so of your staff. thank you, thank you so much. it is a very tragic time, not just for the un so much. it is a very tragic time, notjust for the un but so much. it is a very tragic time, not just for the un but for all member state delegations and the private sector who were coming here to serve the cause of the environment, which is so important to the planet at this time. thank you. tell us about this conference. of course, it will have a different field because of what has happened with regards to the crash yesterday, but you wanted to talk about how significant and important it is. absolutely, we have about 5000 delegates attending from 170 countries, 88 ministers, five heads of state and government, and then of course a0 odd resolutions being negotiated at this time. so, a lot of very important work to be done, and the true celebration

vironment welcome to africa mr tripathi we've been talking to youngsters taking part in the fried. as for future movement you attended one of those protests in nairobi today but i wanted you to talk to whether or not you're satisfied with the outcome of the summit you've got youngsters out on the streets you've got politicians in a room can you deliver concrete solutions for these young people well i think the young people who are. on the streets for the right reasons and they should do more of it if you ask me. and primarily because it is their future we are talking about . and it is their generation that needs to take responsibility for what has happened you could learn from our generation that has not been very responsible in its behavior here we have created the planet i mean we're talking about a continent that's only responsible for four percent of global greenhouse emissions we sometimes hear some leaders on the continent talk about the fact that this is not a problem we've created and so those that have created the problems should be the ones to commit the resources to fix