UN / PARIS AGREEMENT

Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon urged world leaders to take part in the upcoming signature ceremony in order to advance the process that will lead to the implementation and ratification of the Paris Agreement. UNIFEED-UNTV

• Categories: News & Features / News Stories / Unifeed
• Video Length: 00:01:20
• Production Date: 17 February 2016
• Asset Language: English
• Personal Subject: BAN KI-MOON
• Subject Topical: CLIMATE CHANGE
• MAMS Id: 1566034
• Parent Id: 1566034
• Alternate Title: unifeed160217e

Description

STORY: UN / PARIS AGREEMENT
TRT: 01:20
SOURCE: UNIFEED-UNTV
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH / NATS

DATELINE: 17 FEBRUARY 2016, NEW YORK CITY / RECENT

Shotlist

RECENT, NEW YORK CITY

1. Wide shot, exterior United Nations Headquarters

17 FEBRUARY 2016, NEW YORK CITY

2. Pan left, conference room
3. Med shot, delegates
4. SOUNDBITE (English) Ban Ki-moon, United Nations Secretary-General:
“The Signature Ceremony will be the first opportunity for Governments to advance the process that will lead to the implementation and ratification of the Paris Agreement. The participation of Heads of State and Government will show the world they are determined to move forward as quickly as possible. It will keep the global spotlight firmly focused on climate change and build on the strong political momentum created in Paris.”
5. Med shot, delegates
6. SOUNDBITE (English) Ban Ki-moon, United Nations Secretary-General:
“It is important that the Paris Agreement enters into force as soon as possible. The cost of inaction becomes clearer every day. More extreme weather events. Torrential rains and flooding. Severe droughts. Rising sea levels. Lost lives, lost homes, lost productivity, lost hope. We have no time to delay.”
7. Wide shot, dais

Storyline

Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon urged world leaders to take part in the upcoming signature ceremony in order to advance the process that will lead to the implementation and ratification of the Paris Agreement.

Speaking today (17 Feb) at headquarters in New York, he said that the agreement was an “essential first step” and will keep the “global spotlight” focused on climate change to build on “the strong political momentum created in Paris.”

He added that the “cost of inaction becomes clearer every day.”

Ban asked governments to provide an update on the implementation of national climate plans and how to integrate them into an overall sustainable development plan. He also asked to provide a road-map for increasing ambition over time to achieve the overall aim of limiting global temperature rise to well below 2 degrees Celsius. And he asked for a timetable for ratifying the Paris Agreement.

The ceremony will take place in Paris on 22 April and should mark an historic turning point in the world’s response to climate change.