UN / CLIMATE DISASTERS

UN spokesperson Stéphane Dujarric said Secretary-General Antonio Guterres told a meeting of the Coalition of Finance Ministers for Climate Action that the global response to the COVID-19 pandemic “is a dress rehearsal for the even greater climate emergency faced by all nations.” UNIFEED

• Categories: News & Features / News Stories / Unifeed
• Video Length: 00:01:24
• Production Date: 12 October 2020
• Asset Language: English
• Personal Subject: ANTONIO GUTERRES; STEPHANE DUJARRIC
• Subject Topical: CLIMATE CHANGE; DISASTERS
• MAMS Id: 2570453
• Parent Id: 2570453
• Alternate Title: unifeed201012a

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STORY: UN / CLIMATE DISASTERS
TRT: 01:24
SOURCE: UNIFEED
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGES: ENGLISH / NATS

DATELINE: 12 OCTOBER 2020, NEW YORK CITY / RECENT

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RECENT - NEW YORK CITY

1. Wide shot, United Nations Headquarters

12 OCTOBER 2020, NEW YORK

2. Wide shot, spokesperson Stéphane Dujarric at the podium
3. SOUNDBITE (English) Stéphane Dujarric, Spokesperson for the Secretary-General, United Nations:
“The Secretary-General addressed – via video message – the fourth meeting of the Coalition of Finance Ministers for Climate Action. He said the pandemic is a dress rehearsal for the even greater climate emergency faced by all nations. He told ministers that their recovery plans will determine the course of the next 30 years. The Secretary-General said the world needs finance ministers to align COVID recovery and stimulus plans with the goals of the Paris Agreement, to end fossil fuel subsidies, invest in green jobs and not bail out polluting industries.”  
4. Wide shot, Dujarric at the podium
5. SOUNDBITE (English) Stéphane Dujarric, Spokesperson for the Secretary-General, United Nations:
“There has been a dramatic rise in disasters over the last 20 years, explained by a rise in climate-related disasters, including extreme weather events. In the last twenty years the number of major floods more than double. The report also records major increases in storms, drought, wildfires and extreme temperature events. Over the last 20 years, major recorded disaster events claimed 1.23 million lives, impacting 4.2 billion people, many on more than one occasion, resulting in approximately almost 3 trillion dollars in global economic losses.”
6. Wide shot, Dujarric at the podium

Storyline

UN spokesperson Stéphane Dujarric said Secretary-General Antonio Guterres today (28 Sep) told a meeting of the Coalition of Finance Ministers for Climate Action that the global response to the COVID-19 pandemic “is a dress rehearsal for the even greater climate emergency faced by all nations.”

The Secretary-General, Dujarric said, told ministers they need to “align COVID recovery and stimulus plans with the goals of the Paris Agreement, to end fossil fuel subsidies, invest in green jobs and not bail out polluting industries.”  

On a related note, the spokesperson reported the UN Office for Disaster Risk Reduction published a report which says, “there has been a dramatic rise in disasters over the last 20 years, explained by a rise in climate-related disasters, including extreme weather events.”

Over the last 20 years, the report indicates, “major recorded disaster events claimed 1.23 million lives, impacting 4.2 billion people, many on more than one occasion, resulting in approximately almost 3 trillion dollars in global economic losses.”