PARIS / COP21 BAN TARA SHIP

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon visited Sunday the Tara scientific schooner in Paris, which in the past 10 years has sailed some 300,000 kilometres to study the world’s oceans, their ecological crisis, and the impact of climate change. UNIFEED-UNTV

• Categories: News & Features / News Stories / Unifeed
• Video Length: 00:02:05
• Production Date: 6 December 2015
• Asset Language: English
• Personal Subject: BAN KI-MOON
• Subject Topical: CLIMATE CHANGE
• Geographic Subject: FRANCE
• MAMS Id: 1524898
• Parent Id: 1524898
• Alternate Title: unifeed151206b

Description

STORY: PARIS / COP21 BAN TARA SHIP
TRT: 02:26
SOURCE: UNIFEED-UNTV
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH / NATS

DATELINE: 06 DECEMBER 2015, PARIS, FRANCE

Shotlist

06 DECEMBER 2015, PARIS, FRANCE

1. Zoom out, from Eiffel Tower to Tara ship
2. Various shots, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon boarding ship
3. Med shot, Ban and children sitting aboard the ship
4. Med shot, young girl sitting
5. SOUNDBITE (English) Eric Karsenti, Scientific Director of Tara Oceans:
“The ocean is not, you know, like a pond. It’s a very huge system of currents. So you see here all the water masses are moving all the time.”
6. Pan left, from screen display to Karsenti speaking
7. Med shot, children listening
8. SOUNDBITE (English) Eric Karsenti, Scientific Director of Tara Oceans:
“What you see here is where there is a lot of Carbon that is falling down in the ocean.”
9. Med shot, Ban speaking to children
10. SOUNDBITE (English) Ban Ki-moon, United Nations Secretary-General:
“By Friday, this week, we will be able to have a universal and robust climate change agreement.”
11. Med shot, ship crew listening, applauding
12. SOUNDBITE (English) Ban Ki-moon, United Nations Secretary-General:
“I am optimistic and confident that we will have a universal and ambitious agreement.”
13. Wide shot, river Seine
14. SOUNDBITE (English) Ban Ki-moon, United Nations Secretary-General:
“I am urging the member states to look beyond their national boundaries. Climate change does not respect national boundaries. It impacts all, throughout the world. Therefore we have to have a global vision, global solidarity. The sea level is raising, global temperatures are warming. This year, 2015, is the warmest year in human history. Therefore there is no time to lose. We have to take action now. Time for action is now.”
15. Pan right, from Ban talking to crew to river

Storyline

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon visited today (06 Dec) the Tara scientific schooner in Paris, which in the past 10 years has sailed some 300,000 kilometres to study the world’s oceans, their ecological crisis, and the impact of climate change.

The Scientific Director of Tara Oceans, Eric Karsenti, greeted the Secretary-General and told a group of children about his institute’s work and the science behind it.

Speaking about the much-anticipated results of the ongoing United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP21) currently underway in Paris, Ban told the children “by Friday, this week, we will be able to have a universal and robust climate change agreement,” and said to be “optimistic and confident that we will have a universal and ambitious agreement.”

Meanwhile, addressing reporters outside the ship, Ban urged member states “to look beyond their national boundaries. Climate change does not respect national boundaries. It impacts all, throughout the world.” He also added that 2015 was the “warmest year in human history. Therefore there is no time to lose. We have to take action now. Time for action is now.”

Through its special consultative status at the United Nations, Tara Expeditions is developing a long-term advocacy plan to mobilize civil society and encourage politicians to act concretely on solutions for the planet.