CHINA / GUTERRES BELT AND ROAD FORUM
26-Apr-2019
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Speaking in Beijing, China, Secretary-General António Guterres said, China’s international trade and economic development plan – known as the Belt and Road Initiative – could contribute to a more equitable, prosperous world, and to reversing the negative impact of climate change. COURTESY OF BELT AND ROAD FORUM
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STORY: CHINA / GUTERRES BELT AND ROAD FORUM
TRT: 3:35
SOURCE: COURTESY OF BELT AND ROAD FORUM
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH /NATS
DATELINE: 26 APRIL 2019, BEIJING, CHINA
TRT: 3:35
SOURCE: COURTESY OF BELT AND ROAD FORUM
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH /NATS
DATELINE: 26 APRIL 2019, BEIJING, CHINA
SHOTLIST
1. Wide shot, meeting room
2. SOUNDBITE (English) Antonio Guterres, Secretary-General of the United Nations:
‘On current trends, will only be halfway towards achieving the Sustainable Development Goals by the target date of 2030. Financial resources available for the developing world for developing countries to reach those goals are far from being enough today.”
3. Cutaway, delegates
4. SOUNDBITE (English) Antonio Guterres, Secretary-General of the United Nations:
“Climate change poses an existential risk to all countries. We are seeing record highs in land and ocean temperatures, sea levels and greenhouse gas concentrations. Indeed, the last four years were the hottest on record. Natural disasters are wreaking havoc around the globe and the threats to public health are escalating. And the poor and vulnerable are the first to suffer and the worst hit.”
5. Med shot, Guterres at the podium
6. SOUNDBITE (English) Antonio Guterres, Secretary-General of the United Nations:
“We now, looking ahead, are aware that at least 75 per cent of the infrastructure our world will need by the year 2050 has yet to be built. So, we have a unique opportunity to build a new generation of climate resilient and people-centred cities and transit systems, and energy grids that prioritize low emissions and sustainability. But that will require an urgent transformation in how we build our societies, power our cities and invest in our economies.”
7. Wide shot, meeting room
8. SOUNDBITE (English) Antonio Guterres, Secretary-General of the United Nations:
“We need to come together and achieve two central objectives: first, a quantum leap in the mobilization of resources available for the developing world to implement the Sustainable Development Goals; and second, the capacity to stop runaway climate change.”
9. Cutaway, delegates
10. SOUNDBITE (English) Antonio Guterres, Secretary-General of the United Nations:
“Now, it is in this context that the Belt and Road Initiative assumes remarkable and urgent importance. With the scale of its planned investments, it offers a meaningful opportunity to contribute to the creation of a more equitable, prosperous world for all, and to reversing the negative impact of climate change.”
11. Cutaway, delegates
12. SOUNDBITE (English) Antonio Guterres, Secretary-General of the United Nations:
“The five pillars of the Belt and Road – policy coordination, facilities connectivity, unimpeded trade, financial integration, and people-to-people exchanges – are intrinsically linked to the 17 Sustainable Development Goals. These are conceptual pillars that can be translated into real-life progress for all people.”
13. Wide shot, meeting room
14. SOUNDBITE (English) Antonio Guterres, Secretary-General of the United Nations:
“The United Nations is poised to support the alignment of the Belt and Road Initiative with the Sustainable Development Goals, to share knowledge, and to make the most of the opportunities of this large-scale initiative for maximum sustainable development dividends. Let us work together to restore trust by making good on the shared promise of the 2030 Agenda and our common commitment to leave no one behind.”
15. Wide shot, applause
2. SOUNDBITE (English) Antonio Guterres, Secretary-General of the United Nations:
‘On current trends, will only be halfway towards achieving the Sustainable Development Goals by the target date of 2030. Financial resources available for the developing world for developing countries to reach those goals are far from being enough today.”
3. Cutaway, delegates
4. SOUNDBITE (English) Antonio Guterres, Secretary-General of the United Nations:
“Climate change poses an existential risk to all countries. We are seeing record highs in land and ocean temperatures, sea levels and greenhouse gas concentrations. Indeed, the last four years were the hottest on record. Natural disasters are wreaking havoc around the globe and the threats to public health are escalating. And the poor and vulnerable are the first to suffer and the worst hit.”
5. Med shot, Guterres at the podium
6. SOUNDBITE (English) Antonio Guterres, Secretary-General of the United Nations:
“We now, looking ahead, are aware that at least 75 per cent of the infrastructure our world will need by the year 2050 has yet to be built. So, we have a unique opportunity to build a new generation of climate resilient and people-centred cities and transit systems, and energy grids that prioritize low emissions and sustainability. But that will require an urgent transformation in how we build our societies, power our cities and invest in our economies.”
7. Wide shot, meeting room
8. SOUNDBITE (English) Antonio Guterres, Secretary-General of the United Nations:
“We need to come together and achieve two central objectives: first, a quantum leap in the mobilization of resources available for the developing world to implement the Sustainable Development Goals; and second, the capacity to stop runaway climate change.”
9. Cutaway, delegates
10. SOUNDBITE (English) Antonio Guterres, Secretary-General of the United Nations:
“Now, it is in this context that the Belt and Road Initiative assumes remarkable and urgent importance. With the scale of its planned investments, it offers a meaningful opportunity to contribute to the creation of a more equitable, prosperous world for all, and to reversing the negative impact of climate change.”
11. Cutaway, delegates
12. SOUNDBITE (English) Antonio Guterres, Secretary-General of the United Nations:
“The five pillars of the Belt and Road – policy coordination, facilities connectivity, unimpeded trade, financial integration, and people-to-people exchanges – are intrinsically linked to the 17 Sustainable Development Goals. These are conceptual pillars that can be translated into real-life progress for all people.”
13. Wide shot, meeting room
14. SOUNDBITE (English) Antonio Guterres, Secretary-General of the United Nations:
“The United Nations is poised to support the alignment of the Belt and Road Initiative with the Sustainable Development Goals, to share knowledge, and to make the most of the opportunities of this large-scale initiative for maximum sustainable development dividends. Let us work together to restore trust by making good on the shared promise of the 2030 Agenda and our common commitment to leave no one behind.”
15. Wide shot, applause
STORYLINE
Speaking in Beijing, China, Secretary-General António Guterres said, China’s international trade and economic development plan – known as the Belt and Road Initiative – could contribute to a more equitable, prosperous world, and to reversing the negative impact of climate change.
Addressing Chinese President Xi Jinping and dozens of other state leaders at the second Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation, Guterres urged the international community to “come together” in mobilizing resources to implement the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and “to stop runaway climate change.”
He pledged the support of United Nations country teams – which comprise UN agencies, founds and programmes operating in a country - saying the pillars of the Belt and Road Initiative link to the 17 SDGs, which include ending extreme poverty and hunger, and can translate into “real-life progress for people.”
That means also helping to close the financing gaps for achieving the SDGs, he said noting the nearly $1 trillion needed for infrastructure investments in developing countries.
Looking globally, Guterres said that countries today “need to come together and achieve two central objectives: first, a quantum leap in the mobilization of resources available for the developing world to implement the Sustainable Development Goals; and second, the capacity to stop runaway climate change.”
Noting that at least 75 percent of the infrastructure the world needs by 2050 has yet to be built, Guterres lauded China for its investment in renewable energy job creation and technologies.
“With the scale of its planned investments, it offers a meaningful opportunity to contribute to the creation of a more equitable, prosperous world for all, and to reversing the negative impact of climate change,” he told the Forum.
Earlier in his speech, he noted there was now “a unique opportunity to build a new generation of climate resilient and people-centred cities and transit systems, and energy grids that prioritize low emissions and sustainability.”
While in Beijing, Guterres, who is joined on the visit by Liu Zhenmin, Under-Secretary-General at the UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs (DESA), will meet one-on-one with President Xi and other senior officials. On Saturday, he is due to participate in a roundtable on promoting green and sustainable development.
Addressing Chinese President Xi Jinping and dozens of other state leaders at the second Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation, Guterres urged the international community to “come together” in mobilizing resources to implement the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and “to stop runaway climate change.”
He pledged the support of United Nations country teams – which comprise UN agencies, founds and programmes operating in a country - saying the pillars of the Belt and Road Initiative link to the 17 SDGs, which include ending extreme poverty and hunger, and can translate into “real-life progress for people.”
That means also helping to close the financing gaps for achieving the SDGs, he said noting the nearly $1 trillion needed for infrastructure investments in developing countries.
Looking globally, Guterres said that countries today “need to come together and achieve two central objectives: first, a quantum leap in the mobilization of resources available for the developing world to implement the Sustainable Development Goals; and second, the capacity to stop runaway climate change.”
Noting that at least 75 percent of the infrastructure the world needs by 2050 has yet to be built, Guterres lauded China for its investment in renewable energy job creation and technologies.
“With the scale of its planned investments, it offers a meaningful opportunity to contribute to the creation of a more equitable, prosperous world for all, and to reversing the negative impact of climate change,” he told the Forum.
Earlier in his speech, he noted there was now “a unique opportunity to build a new generation of climate resilient and people-centred cities and transit systems, and energy grids that prioritize low emissions and sustainability.”
While in Beijing, Guterres, who is joined on the visit by Liu Zhenmin, Under-Secretary-General at the UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs (DESA), will meet one-on-one with President Xi and other senior officials. On Saturday, he is due to participate in a roundtable on promoting green and sustainable development.
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