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STORY: CLIMATE CHANGE / GREEN GROWTH
TRT: 1:35
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
SOURCE: ESCAP
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH/ NATS
DATELINE: DECEMBER 2007/ FILE
FILE – APRIL 2005, INDIA
1. Various shots, busy street
FILE – DECEMBER 2005, PHUKET, THAILAND
2. Various shots, post tsunami
FILE – OCTOBER 2007, SAMED, THAILAND
3. Wide shot, beach
FILE – MAY 2007, THAILAND
4. Wide shot, boat
FILE – APRIL 2006, BALI
5. Various shots, green countryside
DECEMBER 2007, ESCAP, BANGKOK, THAILAND
6. SOUNDBITE (English) Noeleen Heyzer, Under-Secretary-General and Executive Secretary of United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP):
"How do you build economic and social foundations of societies to be more sustainable, ecologically friendly, that builds on energy efficiency and security, as well as do many of the adaptations that are necessary, because at the end of the day, the economics matter because you have to look at the economics of production, as well as the economics of consumption and really turn to what we call in ESCAP the Green Growth approach."
FILE – JANUARY 2007, CAMBODIA
7. Various shots, poor people
FILE – OCTOBER 2006, SINGAPORE
8. Wide shot, city
FILE – FEBRUARY 2006, VIETNAM
9. Various shots, street
FILE – OCTOBER 2006, SINGAPORE
10. Various shots, city
Among the world's 15 major contributors to green house gas emissions, seven are nations within the Asia Pacific Region. Yet, most of these major emitters, including China, India and Indonesia, have no reduction obligations under the current Kyoto Protocol.
In addition, eight of the ten countries most hit by natural disasters in recent years are in the Asia Pacific region. Climate change now threatens the very survival of some small island countries, even though their contribution to global warming is minimal.
SOUNDBITE (English) Noeleen Heyzer, Under-Secretary-General and Executive Secretary of United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP):
"How do you build economic and social foundations of societies to be more sustainable, ecologically friendly, that builds on energy efficiency and security, as well as do many of the adaptations that are necessary, because at the end of the day, the economics matter because you have to look at the economics of production, as well as the economics of consumption and really turn to what we call in ESCAP the Green Growth approach."
The Green Growth approach aims at improving the ecological quality of economic growth through addressing key policy areas such as green tax and budget reform, sustainable infrastructure, greening business and sustainable consumption.
ESCAP says in order to achieve Green Growth it is crucial to change development approaches from, "grow first, clean up later," to a more responsible, long term attitude.
