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Speaker 1: I think we have to sort of acknowledge that. So

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Speaker 1: we gave you this challenge of three countries, which was

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Speaker 1: If there was another country, what was the runner up

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Speaker 1: don't have time to talk about today. Well, actually Indonesia

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Speaker 1: I think interesting things are also happening across Southeast Asia.

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Speaker 1: So Indonesia would would be one. Obviously it's very large,

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Speaker 1: their significant contributor to emissions, etcetera. But other ones we

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Speaker 1: see progress are places like Malaysia or or Thailand. Malaysia,

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Speaker 1: So there's a lot of things happening there and that's

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Speaker 1: that's very interesting. UM One more all throw in there

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Speaker 1: think it's it's it'll be good to keep an eye

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Speaker 1: certain extent, they're becoming more and more open to looking

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Speaker 1: at new things and new ideas. It's good to know

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Speaker 1: that we will have plenty to talk about next time

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