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STORY: UN / ASIA PACIFIC DISASTER REPORT
TRT: 1:56
SOURCE: UNIFEED-UNTV
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH /NATS
DATELINE: 27 OCTOBER 2015, NEW YORK CITY / RECENT
RECENT – NEW YORK CITY
1. Wide shot, exterior UNHQ
27 OCTOBER 2015, NEW YORK CITY
2. Wide shot, press room
3. Med shot, David O’Connor with screen projection
4. SOUNDBITE (English) David O’Connor, Chief of the Policy and Analysis Branch, UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UNDESA):
“The report highlights the extreme exposure of the Asia Pacific region to disasters, to multiple hazards whether it be earthquakes, floods, tsunamis, even drought and there is a special feature in this edition on drought which is not something that is always associated with Asia, at least the common forms of drought we think of.”
5. Med shot, press room
6. SOUNDBITE (English) David O’Connor, Chief of the Policy and Analysis Branch, UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UNDESA):
“Existing disaster risks are being exacerbated by urban development and economic growth by, especially the location of large mega-cities in Asia, in coastal regions or in river deltas where they are highly vulnerable to flooding and to storm events and also they are being exacerbated by climate change.”
7. Close-up, photographer
8. SOUNDBITE (English) David O’Connor, Chief of the Policy and Analysis Branch, UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UNDESA):
“Disaster risk will be considerably exacerbated in the region and in the world as a whole in coming decades by climate change. We’re already seeing that in the mega-storms that have hit countries like the Philippines. And this suggests that the 13th Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) calling for urgent action to combat climate change and its impacts, is likely to be one of the most effective disaster risk reduction measures that the international community can take.”
9. Wide shot, press room
Struck by 1,625 disasters during the last 10 years, Asia and the Pacific is the most disaster prone region in the world according to the latest report by the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP).
At a press briefing today (27 Oct) David O’Connor, Chief of the Policy and Analysis Branch of the UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UNDESA), said, the report – Asia Pacific Disaster Report 2015: Disasters Without Borders - highlights the extreme exposure of the Asia Pacific region to disasters “to multiple hazards whether it be earthquakes, floods, tsunamis, even drought and there is a special feature in this edition on drought which is not something that is always associated with Asia, at least the common forms of drought we think of.”
He also pointed out, “Existing disaster risks are being exacerbated by urban development and economic growth by, especially the location of large mega-cities in Asia, in coastal regions or in river deltas where they are highly vulnerable to flooding and to storm events and also they are being exacerbated by climate change.”
O’Connor stressed that climate change will considerably exacerbate disaster risk in the region.
He also said, “We’re already seeing that in the mega-storms that have hit countries like the Philippines. And this suggests that the 13th Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) calling for urgent action to combat climate change and its impacts, is likely to be one of the most effective disaster risk reduction measures that the international community can take.”
