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"In the present economic climate the new trust not only offers the chance to protect existing jobs and services but a real opportunity to build on what has already been achieved by developing new and exciting ideas in all the areas of the trust's work, " he said.
"In today's climate, you can't trust that something will be rewarded for its quality alone, you also have to deliver quantity on a consistent basis, " says Mr. Hope.
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That spells disaster in a market climate where B2B buying is social, transparent and trust-based.
The event, the forum's 33rd annual summit, has been themed 'Building Trust' to reflect that the WEF termed "an extraordinary climate of global uncertainty and complexity".
In an interview with the Press Trust of India Mr Obama talked of concerns about the "deteriorating investment climate".
Within the talks themselves, you can add a lack of trust, debates over equity and historical responsibility, and the empty chest that is the Green Climate Fund.
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Mr Bellizia Aboaf cited the Committee on Climate Change, which advises the government and monitors its actions, and the Carbon Trust that promotes low-carbon technologies, as bodies of interest, and also the UK experience with public-private funding models.
Cary Fowler of the Global Crop Diversity Trust laid out a compelling case to do more to protect endangered food species in advent of climate change, especially in South Asia, where the environment is anticipated to be most fragile.
And Bangladesh established a trust fund a year ago with a mix of public and private partners to experiment with technologies to combat climate change.
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