GA / INDIA PARIS AGREEMENT

India’s foreign affairs minister announced that her country will submit ratification of the Paris Agreement on 2 October, the birth of Mahatma Gandhi “who epitomised a lifestyle with the smallest carbon footprint.” UNIFEED

• Categories: News & Features / News Stories / Unifeed
• Video Length: 00:01:27
• Production Date: 26 September 2016
• Asset Language: Hindi
• Corporate Name: GENERAL ASSEMBLY
• Subject Topical: CLIMATE CHANGE
• Geographic Subject: INDIA
• MAMS Id: 1719578
• Parent Id: 1719578
• Alternate Title: unifeed160926e

Description

STORY: GA / INDIA PARIS AGREEMENT
TRT: 1:27
SOURCE: UNIFEED
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: HINDI / NATS

DATELINE: 26 SEPTEMBER 2016, NEW YORK CITY / RECENT

Shotlist

RECENT, NEW YORK CITY

1. Wide shot, exterior, United Nations Headquarters

26 SEPTEMBER 2016, NEW YORK CITY

2. Wide shot, Indian foreign affairs minister walking to General Assembly podium
3. Med shot, Indian delegation
4. SOUNDBITE (Hindi) Sushma Swaraj, External Affairs Minister, India:
“I assure this Assembly that India will continue to play a leading role in combating climate change. We have decided to submit our Instrument of Ratification of the Paris Agreement on October 2, the birth anniversary of Mahatma Ghandi who epitomised a lifestyle with the smallest carbon footprint.”
5. Med shot, Indian delegates
6. SOUNDBITE (Hindi) Sushma Swaraj, External Affairs Minister, India:
“We have launched an ambitious domestic effort to transform our energy mix to achieve 40% energy from non-fossil fuel sources by 2o3o. The massive investments required entail a predictable and stable environment towards which we are working actively.”
7. Med shot, Indian delegation
8. Wide shot, Indian foreign affairs minister walks away

Storyline

India’s foreign affairs minister announced that her country will submit ratification of the Paris Agreement on 2 October, the birth of Mahatma Gandhi “who epitomized a lifestyle with the smallest carbon footprint.”

Speaking at the annual high-level event of the General Assembly, Sushma Swaraj told delegates that in the Paris Agreement it was made clear that while the responsibility is common, obligations are different; adding that developed nations must discharge their responsibility in the search for the common good, with finance and technology transfer.

She noted India has launched an ambitious domestic effort to transform its energy mix to achieve 40% energy from non-fossil fuel sources by 2o3o. Swaraj also said “the massive investments required entail a predictable and stable environment towards which we are working actively.”

India accounts for around 4.5 percent of global greenhouse gas emissions. The Paris Agreement asks both developed and developing countries to take action to limit global temperature rise to well below 2 degrees Celsius.