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STORY: UN / SUSTAINABLE ENERGY CLOSER
TRT: 3.29
SOURCE: UNIFEED-UNTV
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH / NATS
DATELINE: 6 JUNE 2014, NEW YORK CITY / FILE
RECENT – NEW YORK CITY
1. Wide shot, exterior UN Headquarters
6 JUNE 2014, NEW YORK CITY
2. Wide shot, conference room
3. Med shot, Felipe Calderón
4. Wide shot, dais
5. SOUNDBITE (English) Felipe Calderón, former President of Mexico:
“We are sure that it is possible to have economic growth, job creation and poverty reduction meanwhile tackling climate change.”
6. Med shot, delegates
7. SOUNDBITE (English) Felipe Calderón, former President of Mexico:
“Think that in the last 30 years the world economy has more than doubled in size since 1980 and it is expected that to double it again by the year 2030. In other words, if we are going to build another economy similar in size to the current economy, let’s do that economy, but this time in the right direction in the low carbon path and that growth is possible.”
8. Med shot, delegates
9. SOUNDBITE (English) Felipe Calderón, former President of Mexico:
“We need to invest aggressively either in private sectors or in Governments in research and development in the very key issues. For instance, let me mention only one, storage of energy. If we are able to improve the efficiency of energy storage, we will provide for the world sustainable energy for all.”
10. Med shot, delegates
11. SOUNDBITE (English) Felipe Calderón, former President of Mexico:
“The green economy is not going to happen by itself. When the world will need to take the measure because it has not other alternative will be too late and too expensive. We can take today those measures and we can demonstrate that it is possible to have roughly the same rates or even more rates of economic growth with a different path.”
12. Wide shot, dais and delegates
13. SOUNDBITE (English) Olafur Ragnar Grimsson, President of Iceland:
“I am often asked the question how did Iceland become 100 percent clean energy economy. When did we formulate this grand vision, this comprehensive plan and the simple answer is we never did. It is a transformation that took place house by house, street by street, village by village, district by district, town by town until 30 years later the entire national energy economy has reached the number one global clean energy transformation.”
14. Zoom out, conference room
Former president of Mexico Felipe Calderón assured delegates that it was possible to have economic growth, job creation and poverty reduction while tackling climate change.”
Speaking today (6 June) at the closing of the first sustainable energy for all forum at United Nations headquarters, Calderón said that in the last 30 years, the world economy has more than doubled and is expected to double again by the year 2030.
He said "if we are going to build another economy similar in size to the current economy, let’s do that economy, but this time in the right direction in the low carbon path and that growth is possible.”
Calderón stressed the need to invest aggressively either in the private sector or in government research and development, especially in the storage of energy.
He said “if we are able to improve the efficiency of energy storage, we will provide for the world sustainable energy for all.”
The former Mexican president also underscored “the green economy is not going to happen by itself. When the world will need to take the measure because it has not other alternative will be too late and too expensive.”
He added “we can take today those measures and we can demonstrate that it is possible to have roughly the same rates or even more rates of economic growth with a different path.”
Iceland's presidnet Olafur Ragnar Grimsson explained how his country became a 100 percent clean energy economy.
He said “it is a transformation that took place house by house, street by street, village by village, district by district, town by town until 30 years later the entire national energy economy has reached the number one global clean energy transformation.”
Over 1,000 participants from government, business, international organizations and civil society groups gathered this week at United Nations Headquarters to kick off a three-day forum designed to mobilize investment and action to realize the goal of ensuring sustainable energy for all.
