UN / UNCTAD DIGITAL ECONOMY REPORT

According to a new UN Trade and Development’s report while digitalization drives global economic growth and offers unique opportunities for developing countries, its environmental repercussions are becoming increasingly severe. UNIFEED

• Video Length: 00:00:58
• Production Date: 10 July 2024
• Asset Language: English
• Personal Subject: STEPHANE DUJARRIC
• Corporate Name: UNITED NATIONS CONFERENCE ON TRADE AND DEVELOPMENT - UNCTAD
• Subject Topical: TRADE; DEVELOPMENT; ECONOMIC GROWTH; DIGITAL TECHNOLOGY; ECONOMY
• MAMS Id: 3234213
• Parent Id: 3234213
• Alternate Title: unifeed240710a

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STORY: UN / UNCTAD DIGITAL ECONOMY REPORT
TRT: 00:58
SOURCE: UNIFEED
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH / NATS

DATELINE: 10 JULY 2024, NEW YORK CITY / FILE

Shotlist

FILE – NEW YORK CITY

1. Wide shot, exterior, United Nations Headquarters

10 JULY 2024, NEW YORK CITY

2. Wide shot, journalists, press room
3. SOUNDBITE (English) Stéphane Dujarric, Spokesperson for the Secretary-General, United Nations:
“I want to flag a report to you from the UN Trade and Development, which launched the Digital Economy Report 2024. The report highlights that while digitalization drives global economic growth and offers unique opportunities for developing countries, its environmental repercussions are becoming increasingly severe.”
4. Wide shot, spokesperson, journalists
5. SOUNDBITE (English) Stéphane Dujarric, Spokesperson for the Secretary-General, United Nations:
“Our friends at UN trade and Development emphasize the pressing need to address the environmental costs of rapid digital transformation. Key concerns include the depletion of finite raw materials for digital and low-carbon technologies, escalating water and energy consumption and the growing issue of digitalization-related waste.”
6. Wide shot, spokesperson, journalists

Storyline

According to a new UN Trade and Development’s report while digitalization drives global economic growth and offers unique opportunities for developing countries, its environmental repercussions are becoming increasingly severe.

Briefing journalists today (10 Jul) about the Digital Economy Report 2024, UN Spokesperson Stéphane Dujarric said, “Our friends at UN trade and Development emphasize the pressing need to address the environmental costs of rapid digital transformation. Key concerns include the depletion of finite raw materials for digital and low-carbon technologies, escalating water and energy consumption and the growing issue of digitalization-related waste.”

The report, launched today, sheds light on the significant environmental impact of the global digital sector and the disproportionate burden developing countries bear.

It also says that developing countries remain unevenly affected both economically and ecologically due to existing digital and development divides, but they have the potential to leverage this digital shift to foster development.