UN/ / ROAD TO COP26

“We need more ambition, more ambition on mitigation, ambition on adaptation and ambition on finance,” to achieve goals set by the Paris Climate Agreement, the UN Secretary-General António Guterres said on Monday. UNIFEED

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• Production Date: 8 February 2021
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• Personal Subject: ANTONIO GUTERRES
• Corporate Name: CONFERENCE OF THE PARTIES TO THE UNITED NATIONS FRAMEWORK CONVENTION ON CLIMATE CHANGE
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STORY: UN / ROAD TO COP26
TRT: 2:49
SOURCE: UNIFEED
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH /NATS

DATELINE: 8 FEBRUARY 2021, NEW YORK CITY /FILE

Shotlist

1. Exterior shot, national flags at the UN Headquarters
2. SOUNDBITE (English) António Guterres, Secretary-General of the United Nations:
“The world remains way off target in staying within the 1.5-degree limit of the Paris Agreement. This is why we need more ambition, more ambition on mitigation, ambition on adaptation and ambition on finance. The global coalition for net zero emissions needs to grow, to cover more than 90 per cent of the emissions. This is a central objective for the United Nations this year.”
3. Exterior shot, UN Headquarters
4. SOUNDBITE (English) António Guterres, Secretary-General of the United Nations:
“The drive to net zero [ emissions] must become the new normal for everyone, everywhere – for every country, company, city and financial institution, as well as key sectors such as aviation, shipping, industry and agriculture. At the same time, all commitments to net zero must be underpinned by clear and credible plans to achieve them. Words are not enough. By COP26 at the latest, all countries need to come forward with significantly more ambitious nationally determined contributions, with 2030 targets consistent with a net zero pathway. The major economies and members of the G20 must lead the way. Developing countries, particularly the Small Island Developing States and Least Developed Countries, must be given the support they need to enhance their climate ambition.”
5. Exterior shot, UN Headquarters
6. SOUNDBITE (English) António Guterres, Secretary-General of the United Nations:
“The science and the economics are clear. Coal must be phased out by 2030 in OECD countries, and by 2040 in all other countries, in conjunction with a just transition. Investments in coal are a losing proposition. Financing for coal and other fossil fuels abroad must stop and be redirected towards the clean energy transition.”
7. Exterior shot, UN Headquarters
8. SOUNDBITE (English) António Guterres, Secretary-General of the United Nations:
“And I count in particular on G7 countries to deliver. The Green Climate Fund must also be fully capitalized. We need all Multilateral and National Development Banks to commit to full Paris alignment by 2024 at the latest. And we also need to effectively address debt relief efforts to provide liquidity to countries most vulnerable to climate change and this is an effort we have been very closely following in the context of the recovery of COVID-19.”
9. Exterior shot, UN flag
10. SOUNDBITE (English) Alok Sharma, President of COP26:
“So, we must have solution and prepare the ground ahead of COP 26 so that we arrive in Glasgow ready to close a deal. Last year we did made progress virtually despite the pandemic. We had events like the UN Climate Change Dialogue and others. But this year cannot be simply a repeat of the last.”
11. Tilt up, UN Headquarters

Storyline

“We need more ambition, more ambition on mitigation, ambition on adaptation and ambition on finance,” to achieve goals set by the Paris Climate Agreement, the UN Secretary-General António Guterres said on Monday (8 Feb).

“The world remains way off target in staying within the 1.5-degree limit of the Paris Agreement,” Guterres warned. “The global coalition for net zero emissions needs to grow, to cover more than 90 per cent of the emissions. This is a central objective for the United Nations this year.”

The Secretary-General, along with the COP26 President, UK’s Alok Sharma, was briefing the Member States on the road to Glasgow, where in November this year the 26th UN Climate Change Conference of the Parties (COP26) will take place

The Secretary-General stressed the need to further expand the growing coalition for carbon neutrality - countries that have set a target for reaching net zero emissions by 2050 backed by ambitious Nationally Determined Contributions. He also stressed the importance of virtual negotiations in the months ahead to overcome the constraints imposed by the pandemic.

“Words are not enough.” Guterres said. “By COP26 at the latest, all countries need to come forward with significantly more ambitious nationally determined contributions, with 2030 targets consistent with a net zero pathway.”

He called for “the major economies and members of the G20” to lead the way and for the support for developing countries, “particularly the Small Island Developing States and Least Developed Countries,” in order for them to “enhance their climate ambition.”

“I count in particular on G7 countries to deliver. The Green Climate Fund must also be fully capitalized. We need all Multilateral and National Development Banks to commit to full Paris alignment by 2024 at the latest. And we also need to effectively address debt relief efforts to provide liquidity to countries most vulnerable to climate change and this is an effort we have been very closely following in the context of the recovery of COVID-19.,” he said.

Alok Sharma, President of COP26 said “we must have solution and prepare the ground ahead of COP 26 so that we arrive in Glasgow ready to close a deal. Last year we did made progress virtually despite the pandemic. We had events like the UN Climate Change Dialogue and others. But this year cannot be simply a repeat of the last.”