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CLIMATE CHANGE / CLEAN ENERGY TECHNOLOGY

As the political momentum grows to reach a new climate deal in Copenhagen, the private sector is stepping up its efforts to invest in clean energy technology in developing countries. UNTV

Duration:02:09Date:11 December 2009

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United Nations Environmental Programme, NATURAL RESOURCES AND THE ENVIRONMENT, SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

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STORY: CLIMATE CHANGE / CLEAN ENERGY TECHNOLOGY
TRT: 2:09
SOURCE: UNEP / FBC MEDIA / TETRAPAK / NIKE / DONG 
RESTRICTIONS: ***NO NO ACCESS APTN LIBRARY OR UN LIBRARY/ FBC MEDIA / TETRAPAK / NIKE / DONG ***
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH / NATS

DATELINE: RECENT / FILE

SHOTLIST:

FBC MEDIA – 15 OCTOBER 2009, DEZHOU, SHANDONG PROVINCE, CHINA (NO ACCESS APTN LIBRARY OR UN LIBRARY)

1. Wide shot, truck entering China Solar Valley
2. Wide shot, people installing solar panels on the roof of Sun Moon Mansion
3. SOUNDBITE (English) Huang Ming, Chairman, Himin Solar Energy Group:
“We want to tell the world that green energy will not only benefit the environment, benefit the energy supplies but also benefit our lifestyle.”
4. Various shots, streets of Dezhou with solar powered lights at dusk
5. Various shots, manufacturing of solar thermal cells

UNEP – 2 NOVEMBER 2009, NAIROBI, KENYA

6. SOUNDBITE (English) Achim Steiner, Executive Director, United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP):
“Anyone who argues that we cannot achieve a low-carbon economy because of a lack of technology is simply wrong. It’s the public policy framework, it’s the commitment to making that transformation towards a greener economy happen that will determine whether we succeed. And that comes back to human intelligence and courage.”

FBC MEDIA – 19 OCTOBER 2009 (NO ACCESS APTN LIBRARY OR UN LIBRARY)

7. Med shot, woman putting shoe into Nike’s reuse a shoe box

FBC MEDIA – 17 OCTOBER 2009, PORTLAND, OREGON, UNITED STATES (NO ACCESS APTN LIBRARY OR UN LIBRARY)

8. SOUNDBITE (English) Lorrie Vogel, General Manager, Nike Considered:
“The future vision is to take old sneakers, grind them up and make them into new shoes. Right, because what we want to do is to create products without continuing to tap into the Earth’s resources.”

FBC MEDIA – 19 OCTOBER 2009 (NO ACCESS APTN LIBRARY OR UN LIBRARY)

9. Tilt down, Nike’s reuse a show box

FBC MEDIA – 20 OCTOBER 2009, WASHINGTON D.C., UNITED STATES
(NO ACCESS APTN LIBRARY OR UN LIBRARY)

10. SOUNDBITE (English) Carter Roberts, Head, World Wildlife Fund-US (WWF):
“The way to weed out the wheat from the chaff and the green-washing from the real leadership is by measurable targets. Companies setting targets on reducing their CO2 emissions and tracking that over time to make it real.”

NIKE – 2009 (NO ACCESS APTN LIBRARY OR UN LIBARY)

11. Med shot, manufacturing of Nike shoes

FBC MEDIA – 15 OCTOBER 2009, DEZHOU, SHANDONG PROVINCE, CHINA (NO ACCESS APTN LIBRARY OR UN LIBRARY)

12. Close-up, logo saying China’s Solar City
13. Med shot, woman driving electric car

FBC MEDIA – 19 OCTOBER 2009, BEIJING, CHINA (NO ACCESS APTN LIBRARY OR UN LIBRARY)

14. Pan right, people cycling by the Forbidden Palace in Beijing
    
FBC MEDIA – 20 OCTOBER 2009, WASHINGTON D.C., UNITED STATES
(NO ACCESS APTN LIBRARY OR UN LIBRARY)

15. SOUNDBITE (English) Carter Roberts, Head,World Wildlife-Fund (WWF –US):
“People think businesses are just in it to make money. But businesses are also full of individuals who want to do the right thing and want to lead in their community whether that’s local or on a global stage.”

DONG – SEPTEMBER 2009, DENMARK
(NO ACCESS APTN LIBRARY OR UN LIBRARY)

16. Various shots, offshore wind-farm

STORYLINE:

As the political momentum grows to reach a new climate deal in Copenhagen, the private sector is stepping up its efforts to invest in clean energy technology in developing countries. 
Private companies like Himin Solar Energy Group, the world’s largest maker of solar water heaters, are today lighting up entire towns through clean energy technologies.

In Dezhou, a city located 300 kilometres south of Beijing, lies China Solar Valley, China’s showpiece for a sustainable future.

China Solar Valley boasts numerous records, including the world’s largest solar-powered building known as the Sun Moon Mansion, the world’s longest street lit by photovoltaics, and the world’s largest manufacturing base for solar thermal technology. Nearly 70 percent of the city is powered by the sun.

Known in China as, “The Solar King,” Huang Ming, Founder of Himin Solar Energy Group, wants to power China and the world with the inexhaustible energy of the sun.
 
SOUNDBITE (English) Huang Ming, Chairman, Himin Solar Energy Group:
“We want to tell the world that green energy will not only benefit the environment, benefit the energy supplies but also benefit our lifestyle.” 
A recent study by the United Nations (UN) Environment Programme (UNEP) and a global partnership of investors and insurance companies reported that funds from the private sector and innovative public polices are required to help developing countries such as China adapt to climate change and power low-carbon growth. 
UN officials warn that without access to cleaner energy-producing technologies to meet their development needs, developing countries, which are the most vulnerable to the impact of climate change, cannot participate in the global fight against it. 
Technology transfer to developing countries – without which they will be forced to rely on older and less climate-friendly technologies – has been a pivotal issue in the climate negotiations. 
According to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change, the private sector, which needs to supply up to 90 percent of the funds needed for developing countries to develop such technologies, is at present unwilling to undertake large investments in developing countries due to the limited returns on low-carbon investments. 
SOUNDBITE (English) Achim Steiner, Executive Director, UN Environment Programme (UNEP):
“Anyone who argues that we can not achieve a low-carbon economy because of a lack of technology is simply wrong. It’s the public policy framework, it’s the commitment to making that transformation towards a greener economy happen that will determine whether we succeed. And that comes back to human intelligence and courage.”

While companies like Himin solely focus on solar and energy-saving products, there is an increasing number of international companies that are stepping up to help reduce their carbon footprint as well.

Nike, whose biggest production base is in China, for instance, has setup “Re-use A Shoe” programme recycling over 23 million pairs of shoes and turning them into more than 300 sports surfaces.

SOUNDBITE (English) Lorrie Vogel, General Manager, Nike Considered:
“The future vision is to take old sneakers, grind them up and make them into new shoes. Right because what we want to do is to create products without continuing to tap into the earth’s resources.”

Nike promotes energy efficiency in its factories in Asia while Himin installs more than two million square meters of solar thermal heaters on Chinese rooftops every year - nearly twice the total the amount of installations in Europe and North America.

SOUNDBITE (English) Carter Roberts, Head of World Wildlife Fund-US:
“The way to weed out the wheat from the chaff and the green-washing from the real leadership is by measurable targets. Companies setting targets on reducing their CO2 emissions and tracking that over time to make it real.”

The UN Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) sees an emerging global development trend in favour of investments in the green industry with reports suggesting that about 15 per cent of global stimulus packages in 2009 were green with investments in technologies, infrastructure and strategies to combat climate change.

SOUNDBITE (English) Carter Roberts, Head of World Wildlife Fund-US:
“People think businesses are just in it to make money. But businesses are also full of individuals who want to do the right thing and want to lead in their community whether that’s local or on a global stage.”
With the hopes for a new global agreement on clean energy technology, the UNFCC believes there will be a better mechnaism in place to guide governments and the private sector support developing nations’ efforts to take action on both adaptation and mitigation.

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