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DUBAI / COP28 STIELL PRESS ENCOUNTER
STORY: DUBAI / COP28 STIELL PRESS ENCOUNTER
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LANGUAGE: ENGLISH / NATS
DATELINE: 11 DECEMBER 2023, DUBAI, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES / FILE
FILE - DUBAI, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
1. Wide shot, COP28 venue
11 DECEMBER 2023, DUBAI, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
2. SOUNDBITE (English) Simon Stiell, Executive Secretary, United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC):
“A new text will be landed shortly, within the next, the next few minutes. But the areas where options need to be negotiated have narrowed significantly.”
FILE - DUBAI, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
3. Wide shot, COP28 venue
11 DECEMBER 2023, DUBAI, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
4. SOUNDBITE (English) Simon Stiell, Executive Secretary, United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC):
“We are now here to discuss two issues. One - How high is our ambition on mitigation. And two - Are we willing to back this transition with the proper means of support to deliver it.”
FILE - DUBAI, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
5. Wide shot, COP28 venue
11 DECEMBER 2023, DUBAI, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
6. SOUNDBITE (English) Simon Stiell, Executive Secretary, United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC):
“The highest levels of ambition are possible on both. But if we reduce on one, we reduce our ability to get either. So that leaves us with the question: how do we get from here a meaningful deal? First - clear the unnecessary tactical blockades out of the way. And there have been many along this journey.”
FILE - DUBAI, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
7. Wide shot, COP28 venue
11 DECEMBER 2023, DUBAI, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
8. SOUNDBITE (English) Simon Stiell, Executive Secretary, United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC):
“The Global Stocktake needs to help all countries get out of this mess. Any strategic landmines that blow it up for one blow it up for all.”
FILE - DUBAI, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
9. Wide shot, COP28 venue
11 DECEMBER 2023, DUBAI, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
10. SOUNDBITE (English) Simon Stiell, Executive Secretary, United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC):
“Second - I urge negotiators to reject incrementalism. Each step from the highest, each step back from the highest ambition will cost countless millions of lives, not in the next political or economic cycle, for future leaders to deal with, but right now, across every country.”
FILE - DUBAI, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
11. Wide shot, COP28 venue
11 DECEMBER 2023, DUBAI, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
12. SOUNDBITE (English) Simon Stiell, Executive Secretary, United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC):
“Third - preserve and respect every Party’s seat at the table. Inclusion, representation, and transparency are key tenets of this process. And fourth - in this final quarter, it’s all eyes on the prize. That means the highest ambition outcomes must stay front and center.”
FILE - DUBAI, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
13. Wide shot, COP28 venue
11 DECEMBER 2023, DUBAI, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
14. SOUNDBITE (English) Simon Stiell, Executive Secretary, United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC):
“The reality is the highest ambition outcomes are the only way for all governments to leave Dubai with a win under their belt. One thing is for certain: ‘I win - you lose’ is a recipe for collective failure. Ultimately, it is 8 billion people’s security that is at stake.”
FILE - DUBAI, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
15. Wide shot, COP28 venue
11 DECEMBER 2023, DUBAI, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
16. SOUNDBITE (English) Simon Stiell, Executive Secretary, United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC):
“A just transition is what has been called for. And that, again, in terms of that definition of what ‘just’ means, is being debated by Parties right now.”
FILE - DUBAI, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
17. Wide shot, COP28 venue
The UN Climate chief, Simon Stiell, said, “We are now here to discuss two issues. One - How high is our ambition on mitigation. And two - Are we willing to back this transition with the proper means of support to deliver it.”
Talking to the media today (11 Dec) at COP28 in Dubai, Stiell said, “A new text will be landed shortly, within the next, the next few minutes. But the areas where options need to be negotiated have narrowed significantly.”
He continued, “We are now here to discuss two issues. One - how high is our ambition on mitigation. And two - are we willing to back this transition with the proper means of support to deliver it.”
He stated, “The highest levels of ambition are possible on both. But if we reduce on one, we reduce our ability to get either. So that leaves us with the question: how do we get from here a meaningful deal? First - clear the unnecessary tactical blockades out of the way. And there have been many along this journey.”
According to the UN Climate chief, the Global Stocktake needs to help all countries “get out of this mess. Any strategic landmines that blow it up for one blow it up for all.”
He then urged negotiators to reject incrementalism.
He explained, “Each step from the highest, each step back from the highest ambition will cost countless millions of lives, not in the next political or economic cycle, for future leaders to deal with, but right now, across every country.”
He added, “Third - preserve and respect every Party’s seat at the table. Inclusion, representation, and transparency are key tenets of this process. And fourth - in this final quarter, it’s all eyes on the prize. That means the highest ambition outcomes must stay front and center.”
He also said, “The reality is the highest ambition outcomes are the only way for all governments to leave Dubai with a win under their belt. One thing is for certain: ‘I win - you lose’ is a recipe for collective failure. Ultimately, it is 8 billion people’s security that is at stake.”
He concluded that science is the backbone of the Paris Agreement - especially regarding the world’s temperature goals and the planetary limit of 1.5 - and that center must hold.
Answering a question, Stiell said, “A just transition is what has been called for. And that, again, in terms of that definition of what ‘just’ means, is being debated by Parties right now.”
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