UN / WATER FOR CLIMATE
23-Mar-2023
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Mami Mizutori, Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Disaster Risk Reduction, said that water “is the element that connects 90 percent of disasters around the world. And with climate change, it is increasingly difficult for communities to manage water-related disaster risks.” UNIFEED
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STORY: UN / WATER FOR CLIMATE
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LANGUAGE: ENGLISH / NATS
DATELINE: 22 - 23 MARCH 2023, NEW YORK CITY
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SOURCE: UNIFEED
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LANGUAGE: ENGLISH / NATS
DATELINE: 22 - 23 MARCH 2023, NEW YORK CITY
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22 MARCH 2023, NEW YORK CITY
1. Various shots, United Nations Headquarters, exterior
23 MARCH 2023, NEW YORK CITY
2. Wide shot, conference room
3. SOUNDBITE (English) Susan Gardner, Director, Ecosystems Division, United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP):
“We must protect and restore aquatic ecosystems, seeing them as the ultimate in nature-based solution so that we can continue to provide essential services for climate and disaster-resilience for food, for water security, now and for future generations.”
4. Med shot, participants
5. SOUNDBITE (English) Mami Mizutori, Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Disaster Risk Reduction / Head, United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR):
“Water, too much or too little, is the element that connects 90 percent of disasters around the world. And with climate change, it is increasingly difficult for communities to manage water-related disaster risks. Last week, the UN Economic Commission for Africa reported that African countries are spending up to 9 percent of their budgets to respond to extreme weather events. And disasters impede sustainable development but are a matter of survival for many developing countries.”
6. Wide shot, conference room
7. SOUNDBITE (English) Mami Mizutori, Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Disaster Risk Reduction / Head, United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR):
“For countries suffering the impacts of climate-related disasters, this is a matter of national security. To address these risks before they become disasters, countries must break down silos which exist between disaster, water, climate, and environmental policies to have a more comprehensive approach to managing risks.”
8. Med shot, participants
9. SOUNDBITE (English) Bruno Oberle, Director-General, International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN):
“Never before have we understood the true scale of the climate risk we collectively face. Never before have we had such attention on water as the key resource that stabilizes our planet and allows us to survive. We must act now on this opportunity.”
10. Med shot, participants
1. Various shots, United Nations Headquarters, exterior
23 MARCH 2023, NEW YORK CITY
2. Wide shot, conference room
3. SOUNDBITE (English) Susan Gardner, Director, Ecosystems Division, United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP):
“We must protect and restore aquatic ecosystems, seeing them as the ultimate in nature-based solution so that we can continue to provide essential services for climate and disaster-resilience for food, for water security, now and for future generations.”
4. Med shot, participants
5. SOUNDBITE (English) Mami Mizutori, Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Disaster Risk Reduction / Head, United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR):
“Water, too much or too little, is the element that connects 90 percent of disasters around the world. And with climate change, it is increasingly difficult for communities to manage water-related disaster risks. Last week, the UN Economic Commission for Africa reported that African countries are spending up to 9 percent of their budgets to respond to extreme weather events. And disasters impede sustainable development but are a matter of survival for many developing countries.”
6. Wide shot, conference room
7. SOUNDBITE (English) Mami Mizutori, Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Disaster Risk Reduction / Head, United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR):
“For countries suffering the impacts of climate-related disasters, this is a matter of national security. To address these risks before they become disasters, countries must break down silos which exist between disaster, water, climate, and environmental policies to have a more comprehensive approach to managing risks.”
8. Med shot, participants
9. SOUNDBITE (English) Bruno Oberle, Director-General, International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN):
“Never before have we understood the true scale of the climate risk we collectively face. Never before have we had such attention on water as the key resource that stabilizes our planet and allows us to survive. We must act now on this opportunity.”
10. Med shot, participants
STORYLINE
Mami Mizutori, Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR), said that water “is the element that connects 90 percent of disasters around the world. And with climate change, it is increasingly difficult for communities to manage water-related disaster risks.”
Speaking at the 2023 Water Conference’s Interactive Dialogue “Water for Climate, Resilience, and Environment: Source to Sea, Biodiversity, Climate, Resilience, and DRR” in New York today (23 Mar), Mizutori said, “disasters impede sustainable development but are a matter of survival for many developing countries.”
She also said, “For countries suffering the impacts of climate-related disasters, this is a matter of national security. To address these risks before they become disasters, countries must break down silos which exist between disaster, water, climate, and environmental policies to have a more comprehensive approach to managing risks.”
Increasing climate extremes and variability, coupled with unsustainable growth and consumption, are leading to more severe and frequent water-related disasters and risks, worsening environmental degradation, including pollution, increasing water temperatures and ecosystem loss, and profoundly affecting economies, societies, and the environment.
This, in turn, undermines the natural ability of ecosystems to combat both the causes and impacts of climate change.
An increase in global warming is projected to exacerbate risks to ecosystems and humans; 9 out of 10 disasters triggered by natural hazards during the past decade were water-related.
Owing to their water-dependent nature, food security, human health, urban and rural settlements, energy production, industrial development, economic development, and ecosystems are increasingly vulnerable to the impacts of climate change.
At the same time, responses to climate change also impact water resources and hydrological processes.
Also speaking at today’s Interactive Dialogue, Susan Gardner, Director of the Ecosystems Division at the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), said, “We must protect and restore aquatic ecosystems, seeing them as the ultimate in nature-based solution so that we can continue to provide essential services for climate and disaster-resilience for food, for water security, now and for future generations.”
Bruno Oberle, Director-General of the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), stressed, “Never before have we understood the true scale of the climate risk we collectively face. Never before have we had such attention on water as the key resource that stabilizes our planet and allows us to survive. We must act now on this opportunity.”
Speaking at the 2023 Water Conference’s Interactive Dialogue “Water for Climate, Resilience, and Environment: Source to Sea, Biodiversity, Climate, Resilience, and DRR” in New York today (23 Mar), Mizutori said, “disasters impede sustainable development but are a matter of survival for many developing countries.”
She also said, “For countries suffering the impacts of climate-related disasters, this is a matter of national security. To address these risks before they become disasters, countries must break down silos which exist between disaster, water, climate, and environmental policies to have a more comprehensive approach to managing risks.”
Increasing climate extremes and variability, coupled with unsustainable growth and consumption, are leading to more severe and frequent water-related disasters and risks, worsening environmental degradation, including pollution, increasing water temperatures and ecosystem loss, and profoundly affecting economies, societies, and the environment.
This, in turn, undermines the natural ability of ecosystems to combat both the causes and impacts of climate change.
An increase in global warming is projected to exacerbate risks to ecosystems and humans; 9 out of 10 disasters triggered by natural hazards during the past decade were water-related.
Owing to their water-dependent nature, food security, human health, urban and rural settlements, energy production, industrial development, economic development, and ecosystems are increasingly vulnerable to the impacts of climate change.
At the same time, responses to climate change also impact water resources and hydrological processes.
Also speaking at today’s Interactive Dialogue, Susan Gardner, Director of the Ecosystems Division at the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), said, “We must protect and restore aquatic ecosystems, seeing them as the ultimate in nature-based solution so that we can continue to provide essential services for climate and disaster-resilience for food, for water security, now and for future generations.”
Bruno Oberle, Director-General of the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), stressed, “Never before have we understood the true scale of the climate risk we collectively face. Never before have we had such attention on water as the key resource that stabilizes our planet and allows us to survive. We must act now on this opportunity.”
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