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STORY: UNEP / CHAMPIONS OF EARTH MIA MOTTLEY
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SOURCE: UNEP
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LANGUAGE: ENGLISH / NATS
DATELINE: 07 DECEMBER 2021, BARBADOS / FILE
07 DECEMBER 2021, BARBADOS / FILE
1. Aerial shots, Barbados coast
2. Driving shot, destroyed building
3. Various shots, abandoned house swallowed by the rising ocean
4. Med shot, two people discuss impact of the rising sea level by ocean
5. Close up, two people discuss impact of the rising sea level by ocean
6. Wide shot, waves in ocean
7. Wide shot, abandoned fishing boat
8. SOUNDBITE (English) Mia Mottley, Prime Minister, Barbados:
“I don't call it climate change. This change for those who are not affected by the crisis. So for
us, it's a crisis.”
9. Med shot, Mia Mottley's name on a plaque
10. Med shots, portraits of Mia Mottley in her office
11. SOUNDBITE (English) Mia Mottley, Prime Minister, Barbados:
“Barbados perhaps has been a leader in the hemisphere with respect to the extent to which
we sought to protect our coast to deal with the erosion, especially for our beaches on the
West Coast.”
12. Various shots, Mia Mottley speaking with a colleague in a courtyard
13. SOUNDBITE (English) Mia Mottley, Prime Minister, Barbados:
“We asked for the funds for adaptation because we don't have confidence that we will be
successful in the mitigation. We pray and we want us to be. For obvious reasons, but prayer
and hope are not strategies.”
14. Various shots, abandoned apartment building damaged by extreme weather
15. SOUNDBITE (English) Mia Mottley, Prime Minister, Barbados:
“But at the same time, to benefit from the fact that the one UN agency that's
absolutely critical to us as we fight this crisis is in fact the United Nations Environmental
Programme.”
16. Various shots, ocean wall
17. Various shots, damaged landscapes
18. Various shots, solar panels on hotel rooftop
The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) name Prime Minister Mia Mottley of Barbados as Champion of the Earth in the Policy Leadership category for her powerful voice for a sustainable world.
UNEP made its 2021 Champions of the Earth announcement on Tuesday (08 Dec). The Champions were chosen for their transformative impact on the environment and their leadership in advancing bold and decisive action on behalf of people and the planet.
Since its inception in 2005, the annual Champions of the Earth award, the UN’s highest environmental honour, has been awarded to some of the world’s most dynamic environmental leaders. So far, it has been awarded to 101 laureates, including 25 world leaders, 62 individuals and 14 organizations. This year, UNEP received a record number of nominations from all over the world.
Prime Minister Mottley consistently raises the alarm about the vulnerability of Small Island Developing States due to the climate emergency. UNEP said she is a driving force for climate action across the Latin American and the Caribbean region – the first to agree on the Action Plan for the UN Decade of Ecosystem Restoration.
Under her leadership, Barbados has adopted ambitious renewable energy targets, committing to a fossil-fuel free electricity sector and transport by 2030. At the same time, Barbados is implementing numerous conservation and restoration projects, from forests, through cities, to the coastline and the ocean.
Prime Minister Mottley also co-chairs the One Health Global Leaders' Group on Antimicrobial Resistance.
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