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STORY: UN / IPCC CLIMATE REPORT
TRT: 1.36
SOURCE: UNTV / FILE
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LANGUAGE: ENGLISH / NATS
DATELINE: 31 MARCH 2014, NEW YORK CITY / FILE
FILE – RECENT, NEW YORK CITY
1. Wide shot, exterior United Nations headquarters
31 MARCH 2014, NEW YORK CITY
2. Wide shot, pres conference room
3. SOUNDBITE (English) Stephane Dujarric, Spokesperson, United Nations:
“The report confirms that the effects of human-caused climate change are already widespread and consequential, affecting agriculture, human health, ecosystems on land and in the oceans, water supplies, and some industries. The report concludes that at present, the world is largely ill-prepared for climate change risks.”
4. Med shot, presser
5. SOUNDBITE (English) Stephane Dujarric, Spokesperson, United Nations:
“Managing the risks of climate change will be increasingly difficult with higher levels of warming. To reduce these risks, substantial reduction in global greenhouse gas emissions must be made, along with smart strategies and actions to improve disaster preparedness and reduce exposure to the events caused by climate change.”
FILE - 27 MARCH 2014, ILULISSAT, GREENLAND (DENMARK)
6. Various shots, ice fjord
FILE - 25 MARCH 2014, KANGERLUSSUAQ, GREENLAND
7. Various shots, areal landscape and icebergs
FILE – UNICEF – FEBRUARY 2008, CHELYABINSK, RUSSIA
8. Close up, smoking chimneys
9. Zoom in, power plant
10. Wide shot, train in front of industrial landscape
11. Close up, exhaust from the car
12. Wide shot, industrial pollution
The latest report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) says that the effects of climate change are already occurring on all contingents and across the oceans.
Speaking today (31 Mar) to reporters in New York, the UN spokesperson Stephane Dujarric said that “the report confirms that the effects of human-caused climate change are already widespread and consequential, affecting agriculture, human health, ecosystems on land and in the oceans, water supplies, and some industries.”
He underlined “the report concludes that at present, the world is largely ill-prepared for climate change risks.”
The report also concludes that there are opportunities to respond to the risks, but that those risks will be difficult to manage with high levels or warming.
The UN spokesperson also said “managing the risks of climate change will be increasingly difficult with higher levels of warming. To reduce these risks, substantial reduction in global greenhouse gas emissions must be made, along with smart strategies and actions to improve disaster preparedness and reduce exposure to the events caused by climate change.”
Dujarric added that the Secretary-General urged all countries to act swiftly and boldly at every level, to bring ambitious announcements and actions to the Climate Change Summit on 23 September 2014 and to make every effort needed to reach a global legal climate agreement by 2015.
