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STORY: UN / CLIMATE ECONOMY REPORT WRAP
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SOURCE: UNTV
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LANGAUGE: ENGLISH / NATS
DATELINE: 16 SEPTEMBER 2014, NEW YORK CITY / FILE
FILE – RECENT, NEW YORK CITY
1. Tilt up, exterior United Nations headquarters
16 SEPTEMBER 2014, NEW YORK CITY
2. Wide shot, conference room
3. Wide shot, Calderón at the podium
4. SOUNDBITE (English) Felipe Calderón, Former President of Mexico:
“Yes, it is possible to have better growth and better climate; yes, it is possible to create jobs and reduce poverty and at the same time reduce the carbon emissions that threaten our future; yes, it is possible, but we need to make some fundamental changes and smart choices.”
5. Wide shot, audience
6. SOUNDBITE (English) Felipe Calderón, Former President of Mexico:
“Major structural and technological changes in the global economy are now making it possible to achieve lower carbon emissions and better economic growth at the same time. And the transition to a low carbon economy can improve the quality of growth, including the creation of new jobs, cleaner area and better health. A growing number of businesses, cities and countries are showing us it is indeed possible.”
7. Wide shot, audience
8. SOUNDBITE (English) Felipe Calderón, Former President of Mexico:
“Today we are giving 600 billion dollars in subsidies for fossil fuels, but only 100 billion dollars in support of clean energy every year. We are paying to pollute. That cannot continue.”
9. Wide shot, audience
10. SOUNDBITE (English) Ban Ki-moon, United Nations Secretary-General:
“Scientists have long warned of the potential implications of climate change for economic growth. We can no longer afford to burn our way to prosperity. We must manage climate risk for sustained and sustainable economic progress. We need a structural transformation in the global economy. This report argues for a new model where economic growth and climate action and mutually reinforcing and it shows how we can build it.”
11. Wide shot, conference room
12. Wide shot, Calderón and Ban holding report
A major new report released today (16 Sept) by a commission of global leaders finds that governments and businesses can now improve economic growth and reduce their carbon emissions together.
At the launch of Better Growth, Better Climate: The New Climate Economy Report, the former President of Mexico, Felipe Calderón, who is the Chair of the Global Commission on the Economy and Climate, said “yes, it is possible to have better growth and better climate; yes, it is possible to create jobs and reduce poverty and at the same time reduce the carbon emissions that threaten our future; yes, it is possible, but we need to make some fundamental changes and smart choices.”
Calderón noted that rapid technological innovation and new investment in infrastructure are making it possible today to tackle climate change at the same time as improving economic performance.
He said “the transition to a low carbon economy can improve the quality of growth, including the creation of new jobs, cleaner area and better health” and noted that “a growing number of businesses, cities and countries are showing us it is indeed possible.”
The former Mexican President noted that “today we are giving 600 billion dollars in subsidies for fossil fuels, but only 100 billion dollars in support of clean energy every year.”
He said “we are paying to pollute. That cannot continue.”
Also speaking at the launch, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said “we can no longer afford to burn our way to prosperity.”
Ban stressed that “we need a structural transformation in the global economy.”
He said “this report argues for a new model where economic growth and climate action and mutually reinforcing and it shows how we can build it.”
The Global Commission on the Economy and Climate comprises 24 leaders from government, business, finance and economics in 19 countries. A year-long study has been conducted by leading research institutes from Brazil, China, Ethiopia, India, South Korea, the United Kingdom and United States, advised by a panel of world-leading economists chaired by Lord Nicholas Stern.
