UN / AFRICA CLIMATE SECURITY
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STORY: UN / AFRICA CLIMATE SECURITY
TRT: 2:33
SOURCE: UNIFEED
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH / NATS
DATELINE: 12 OCTOBER 2022, NEW YORK CITY / FILE
SHOTLIST:
FILE - NEW YORK CITY
1. Wide shot, exterior UN Headquarters
12 OCTOBER 2022, NEW YORK CITY
2. Med shot, Akyaa Pobee taking seat
3. SOUNDBITE (English) Martha Ama Akyaa Pobee, Assistant Secretary-General for Africa, Departments of Political and Peacebuilding Affairs and Peace Operations, United Nations:
“The climate emergency is a danger to peace. And although there is no direct link between climate change and conflict, climate change exacerbates existing risks and creates new ones. Africa, the continent with the lowest total greenhouse gas emissions, is seeing temperatures rising faster than the global average. Africa lies at the frontlines of the unfolding crisis.”
4. Wide shot, Security Council
5. SOUNDBITE (English) Martha Ama Akyaa Pobee, Assistant Secretary-General for Africa, Departments of Political and Peacebuilding Affairs and Peace Operations, United Nations:
“To support the African continent in addressing the impact of climate change on peace and security, we must act on multiple fronts. We can no longer afford to do business as usual. Unquestionably, we need ambitious climate action and accelerate the implementation of the Paris Agreement. We look to COP27 in Sharm el-Sheikh in November, an African-owned, African-focused COP, for meaningful commitments from the largest emitters.”
6. Wide shot, Security Council
7. SOUNDBITE (English) Martha Ama Akyaa Pobee, Assistant Secretary-General for Africa, Departments of Political and Peacebuilding Affairs and Peace Operations, United Nations:
“We cannot hope to achieve lasting peace if we do not meet our climate goals.”
8. Wide shot, Security Council
9. SOUNDBITE (English) Martha Ama Akyaa Pobee, Assistant Secretary-General for Africa, Departments of Political and Peacebuilding Affairs and Peace Operations, United Nations:
“The actions we take today to address the linkages between climate change, peace, and security will shape the future.”
10. Wide shot, Security Council
11. SOUNDBITE (English) Martha Ama Akyaa Pobee, Assistant Secretary-General for Africa, Departments of Political and Peacebuilding Affairs and Peace Operations, United Nations:
“Delivering on the commitment of international collaboration is a significant undertaking. It will require all of us to work together in new and unprecedented ways. We look to affected countries and regions to guide us in these efforts. Africa's leadership is essential. Our response today does not match the magnitude of the challenge we are facing. Let us move faster. We look forward to more partnerships and collaboration at all levels.”
12. Wide shot, Security Council
STORYLINE:
The UN senior official for Africa, Martha Ama Akyaa Pobee, warned, “We cannot hope to achieve lasting peace if we do not meet our climate goals.”
Addressing the Council today (12 Oct), the Assistant Secretary-General for Africa said that to support the African continent in addressing the impact of climate change on peace and security, “we can no longer afford to do business as usual.”
The Assistant Secretary-General for Africa stated that the climate emergency is dangerous to peace.
“And although there is no direct link between climate change and conflict,” she continued, “climate change exacerbates existing risks and creates new ones.”
According to Pobee, Africa is the continent with the lowest total greenhouse gas emissions, yet it is seeing temperatures rising faster than the global average.
“Africa lies at the frontlines of the unfolding crisis,” she said.
Pobee noted that from Dakar to Djibouti, desertification and land degradation drive resource competition, erode livelihoods and food security for millions in the greater Horn of Africa, and overstating drought forces families to move far from their homes.
She also mentioned that conflicts over resources are intensifying in the Sahara, and violent extremists are adeptly exploiting these for their own ends.
The Assistant Secretary-General highlighted, “we need ambitious climate action and accelerate the implementation of the Paris Agreement. We look to COP27 in Sharm el-Sheikh in November, an African-owned, African-focused COP, for meaningful commitments from the largest emitters.”
She reiterated, “We cannot hope to achieve lasting peace if we do not meet our climate goals.”
She also highlighted three additional priorities for action: increase risk analysis capacity and integrated climate length into conflict prevention, peacemaking, and peacebuilding efforts; second, place people at the center of efforts to deliver peace and security; third, seize opportunities for climate action and peacebuilding to reinforce each other.
She emphasized, “The actions we take today to address the linkages between climate change, peace, and security will shape the future.”
Pobee added that vital are multi-dimensional partnerships connecting the work of the United Nations, regional organizations, Member States, international financial institutions, civil society, the private sector, and international and local researchers.
She explained, “Delivering on the commitment of international collaboration is a significant undertaking. It will require all of us to work together in new and unprecedented ways. We look to affected countries and regions to guide us in these efforts. Africa's leadership is essential.”
Pobee concluded, “Our response today does not match the magnitude of the challenge we are facing. Let us move faster. We look forward to more partnerships and collaboration at all levels.
TRT: 2:33
SOURCE: UNIFEED
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH / NATS
DATELINE: 12 OCTOBER 2022, NEW YORK CITY / FILE
SHOTLIST:
FILE - NEW YORK CITY
1. Wide shot, exterior UN Headquarters
12 OCTOBER 2022, NEW YORK CITY
2. Med shot, Akyaa Pobee taking seat
3. SOUNDBITE (English) Martha Ama Akyaa Pobee, Assistant Secretary-General for Africa, Departments of Political and Peacebuilding Affairs and Peace Operations, United Nations:
“The climate emergency is a danger to peace. And although there is no direct link between climate change and conflict, climate change exacerbates existing risks and creates new ones. Africa, the continent with the lowest total greenhouse gas emissions, is seeing temperatures rising faster than the global average. Africa lies at the frontlines of the unfolding crisis.”
4. Wide shot, Security Council
5. SOUNDBITE (English) Martha Ama Akyaa Pobee, Assistant Secretary-General for Africa, Departments of Political and Peacebuilding Affairs and Peace Operations, United Nations:
“To support the African continent in addressing the impact of climate change on peace and security, we must act on multiple fronts. We can no longer afford to do business as usual. Unquestionably, we need ambitious climate action and accelerate the implementation of the Paris Agreement. We look to COP27 in Sharm el-Sheikh in November, an African-owned, African-focused COP, for meaningful commitments from the largest emitters.”
6. Wide shot, Security Council
7. SOUNDBITE (English) Martha Ama Akyaa Pobee, Assistant Secretary-General for Africa, Departments of Political and Peacebuilding Affairs and Peace Operations, United Nations:
“We cannot hope to achieve lasting peace if we do not meet our climate goals.”
8. Wide shot, Security Council
9. SOUNDBITE (English) Martha Ama Akyaa Pobee, Assistant Secretary-General for Africa, Departments of Political and Peacebuilding Affairs and Peace Operations, United Nations:
“The actions we take today to address the linkages between climate change, peace, and security will shape the future.”
10. Wide shot, Security Council
11. SOUNDBITE (English) Martha Ama Akyaa Pobee, Assistant Secretary-General for Africa, Departments of Political and Peacebuilding Affairs and Peace Operations, United Nations:
“Delivering on the commitment of international collaboration is a significant undertaking. It will require all of us to work together in new and unprecedented ways. We look to affected countries and regions to guide us in these efforts. Africa's leadership is essential. Our response today does not match the magnitude of the challenge we are facing. Let us move faster. We look forward to more partnerships and collaboration at all levels.”
12. Wide shot, Security Council
STORYLINE:
The UN senior official for Africa, Martha Ama Akyaa Pobee, warned, “We cannot hope to achieve lasting peace if we do not meet our climate goals.”
Addressing the Council today (12 Oct), the Assistant Secretary-General for Africa said that to support the African continent in addressing the impact of climate change on peace and security, “we can no longer afford to do business as usual.”
The Assistant Secretary-General for Africa stated that the climate emergency is dangerous to peace.
“And although there is no direct link between climate change and conflict,” she continued, “climate change exacerbates existing risks and creates new ones.”
According to Pobee, Africa is the continent with the lowest total greenhouse gas emissions, yet it is seeing temperatures rising faster than the global average.
“Africa lies at the frontlines of the unfolding crisis,” she said.
Pobee noted that from Dakar to Djibouti, desertification and land degradation drive resource competition, erode livelihoods and food security for millions in the greater Horn of Africa, and overstating drought forces families to move far from their homes.
She also mentioned that conflicts over resources are intensifying in the Sahara, and violent extremists are adeptly exploiting these for their own ends.
The Assistant Secretary-General highlighted, “we need ambitious climate action and accelerate the implementation of the Paris Agreement. We look to COP27 in Sharm el-Sheikh in November, an African-owned, African-focused COP, for meaningful commitments from the largest emitters.”
She reiterated, “We cannot hope to achieve lasting peace if we do not meet our climate goals.”
She also highlighted three additional priorities for action: increase risk analysis capacity and integrated climate length into conflict prevention, peacemaking, and peacebuilding efforts; second, place people at the center of efforts to deliver peace and security; third, seize opportunities for climate action and peacebuilding to reinforce each other.
She emphasized, “The actions we take today to address the linkages between climate change, peace, and security will shape the future.”
Pobee added that vital are multi-dimensional partnerships connecting the work of the United Nations, regional organizations, Member States, international financial institutions, civil society, the private sector, and international and local researchers.
She explained, “Delivering on the commitment of international collaboration is a significant undertaking. It will require all of us to work together in new and unprecedented ways. We look to affected countries and regions to guide us in these efforts. Africa's leadership is essential.”
Pobee concluded, “Our response today does not match the magnitude of the challenge we are facing. Let us move faster. We look forward to more partnerships and collaboration at all levels.
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