Marcos and Brende agreed that possible stumbling blocks to this goal are the country’s infrastructure, research and development (R&D), bureaucratic red tape and the quality of education.

Source: https://businessmirror.com.ph/2023/01/25/rep-villafuerte-tells-edcom-ii-medium-of-teaching-in-schools-needs-rethinking/

So, on a superficial level, Brende was not addressing the major figures from dominant powers; all three members of the UN’s Security Council, all three nuclear-weapon states, two of which have the world’s largest economies.

Source: https://www.counterpunch.org/2023/01/27/the-wef-greta-and-we/