CHINA / MICHELLE YEOH PANDAS

Award-winning actress and United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Goodwill Ambassador Michelle Yeoh has teamed up with UNDP’s first-ever Animal Ambassadors to kick off “the Pandas for the Global Goals campaign”. UNDP

• Categories: News & Features / News Stories / Unifeed
• Video Length: 00:02:27
• Production Date: 10 June 2016
• Asset Language: English
• Corporate Name: UNITED NATIONS DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME - UNDP
• Subject Topical: SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS; WILDLIFE
• Geographic Subject: CHINA
• MAMS Id: 1641350
• Parent Id: 1641350
• Alternate Title: unifeed160610f

Description

STORY: CHINA / MICHELLE YEOH PANDAS
TRT: 2:27
SOURCE: UNDP
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH / NATS

DATELINE: 28 MAY 2016, CHENGDU, CHINA

Shotlist

1. Various shots, panda cubs
2. Various shots, Michelle Yeoh and panda cubs
3. SOUNDBITE (English), Michelle Yeoh, Goodwill Ambassador, United Nations Development Programme:
“The 17 Sustainable Goals, though they have been adopted, there’s still a lot of unawareness about them. And we need the public, the general public, for all of us to understand what it is, because its only when we are united together that we can fight all these pressing issues.”
4. Various shots, panda cub on tree
5. Med shot, Michelle Yeoh speaking to panda
6. Various shotsm panda eating bamboo
7. SOUNDBITE (English), Michelle Yeoh, Goodwill Ambassador, United Nations Development Programme:
“Well, we have at the UNDP the first 2 animal ambassadors, and they are 2 young panda cubs. And what we would love to use our furry, adorable, most adorable panda ambassadors is to help raise awareness for the goals.”
8. Close up, campaign poster
8. Various shots, visitors at the Chengdu Panda Base
9. Medium shot, panda cubs playing.

Storyline

Award-winning actress and United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Goodwill Ambassador Michelle Yeoh has teamed up with UNDP’s first-ever Animal Ambassadors to kick off “the Pandas for the Global Goals campaign”.

The two panda cubs were born last year at the Chengdu Panda Base, just as world leaders adopted the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) which aim to eradicate poverty and tackle the world’s most pressing challenges by 2030. In an effort to raise awareness of the Goals, UNDP and Chengdu Panda Base have launched a campaign giving the general public the opportunity to name the pandas.

During her visit to the panda base, Yeoh said despite being adopted “there’s still a lot of unawareness” regarding the global goals.

People can participate by visiting pandas.undp.org. The winning names will be announced in Chengdu on July 23.

Contestants can also win a trip to see the pandas by uploading a creative video explaining one of the goals and why it matters.

The competition is being held in association with dozens of zoos around the world, many of which have their own pandas, including Adelaide Zoo in Australia, Toronto Zoo in Canada, Zoo Parc de Beauval in France, Adventure World and Ueno Zoo in Japan, Edinburgh Zoo in the UK, and Zoo Atlanta in the United States.