UN / CLIMATE CHANGE JUNE WRAP
10-Jul-2023
00:04:37
Ahead of COP 28, being held in Dubai from 30 November to 12 December, the United Nations kept a sharp focus on the issue of climate change during the month of June. UNIFEED / FILE
Subject to the Terms of Usages of UNifeed, UNifeed materials are available free of charge for news purposes only. UNifeed materials may not be sold or redistributed to third parties without the prior written consent of the UN or the UN entity which is source of the UNifeed material. All users of UNifeed materials must provide due credit to the United Nations or any UN entity source(s) in their use and broadcast of UNifeed materials.
Size
Format
Acquire
DESCRIPTION
STORY: UN / CLIMATE CHANGE JUNE WRAP
TRT: 04:37
SOURCE: UNIFEED / UNSOM / FAO / UNICEF
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH / NATS
DATELINE: FILE
TRT: 04:37
SOURCE: UNIFEED / UNSOM / FAO / UNICEF
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH / NATS
DATELINE: FILE
SHOTLIST
FILE - NEW YORK CITY
1. Wide shot, exterior, United Nations Headquarters
FILE - 01 JUNE 2023, NEW YORK CITY
2. Wide shot, dais
3. SOUNDBITE (English) Lana Zaki Nusseibeh, Permanent Representative to the United Nations, United Arab Emirates (UAE):
“We aim to underscore how climate change has been, is and will continue to directly impact the Council's ability to carry out its mandate. But we also believe that the impacts of climate change on international peace and security require a carefully calibrated role for the Security Council.”
4. Wide shot, journalists
5. SOUNDBITE (English) Lana Zaki Nusseibeh, Permanent Representative to the United Nations, United Arab Emirates (UAE):
“In terms of the UAE perspective, we would welcome – as our president has said – the last barrel of oil being drawn out of our country. We welcome the transition to clean energy. We think this is a vital, important issue to us.”
FILE - 13 JUNE 2023, NEW YORK CITY
6. Wide shot, Security Council
7. SOUNDBITE (English) Jean-Pierre Lacroix, Under-Secretary-General for Peace Operations, United Nations:
“We already see a strong correlation between Member States facing fragility and those facing climate change. Of the 16 countries that are the most climate vulnerable, nine of them host a UN field mission.”
8. Pan left, Security Council
9. SOUNDBITE (English) Jean-Pierre Lacroix, Under-Secretary-General for Peace Operations, United Nations:
“Military engineers in South Sudan are diverted to dealing with the floods and building of dikes on a fulltime basis so that they can safeguard critical infrastructure such as IDP camps, UNMISS’ own bases, major roads, and the airstrip. In Somalia, years of conflict have ravaged the resilience of the State and communities. The current drought, the worst in four decades, compounds vulnerabilities and contributes to displacement, hunger and grievance. In Iraq, water scarcity, rising temperatures, and dust storms put heightened pressure on intercommunal relations.”
10. Wide shot, Security Council
11. SOUNDBITE (English) Jean-Pierre Lacroix, Under-Secretary-General for Peace Operations, United Nations:
“In these and many other places, the cascading effects of climate change are reshaping the parameters for our work on conflict prevention, peace-making, peacebuilding, and peacekeeping.”
FILE – FAO - JULY 2022, FIUMICINO, ITALY
12. Wide shot, seagull flying with the sun in the background
FILE – FAO - JUNE 2021, DEBUNDSHA, CAMEROON
13. Various shots, small-scale fishers harbour
FILE – FAO - MAY 2023, ROME, ITALY
14. SOUNDBITE (English) Manuel Barange, the FAO Director of Fisheries and Aquaculture Policy and Resources Division of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO):
“There is not a single problem that we have nowadays, whether it is climate change, whether it is food security, whether it is poverty that can be solved without considering the oceans as part of the solution.”
FILE - 08 JUNE 2023, NEW YORK CITY
15. Various shots, World Oceans Day opening ceremony performance
16. SOUNDBITE (English) António Guterres, Secretary-General, United Nations:
“The ocean is the foundation of life. It supplies the air we breathe, and food we eat. It regulates our climate and weather. The ocean is our planet's greatest reservoir of biodiversity. Its resources sustain communities, prosperity, and human health around the world. Humanity counts on the ocean. But can the ocean count on us? We should be the oceans best friends but right now, humanity is its worst enemy.”
FILE - 24 JANUARY 2023, SÃO VICENTE, CABO VERDE
17. Various shots, ocean and coastline
FILE – UNSOM - 13 JUNE 2023, BAIDOA, SOUTH WEST STATE, SOMALIA
18. Wide shot, Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Somalia Catriona Laing meeting with President Abdiaziz Hassan Mohamed ‘Laftagareen’
19. SOUNDBITE (English) Catriona Laing, Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Somalia:
“We started by talking about the ongoing serious humanitarian situation here in South West State – a part of the country that used to be the breadbasket, I hear, of Somalia, but now is one of the most vulnerable due to these repeated droughts.”
FILE – UNDATED - BAIDOA, SOUTH WEST STATE, SOMALIA
20. Various shots, dead animals and parched earth
13 JUNE 2023, BAIDOA, SOUTHWEST STATE, SOMALIA
21. SOUNDBITE (English)Catriona Laing, Special Representative of the Secretary-General’s for Somalia:
“We also talked about the importance of dealing with the underlying drivers around climate change and building resilience and a stronger economic base.”
FILE - NEW YORK CITY
22. Wide shot, exterior, United Nations Headquarters
FILE - 16 MAY 2023, NEW YORK CITY
23. SOUNDBITE (English) António Guterres, Secretary-General, United Nations:
“We depend on land for our survival. Yet, we treat it like dirt. Unsustainable farming is eroding soil 100 times faster than natural processes can restore them. And up to 40 percent of our planet's land is now degraded, imperilling food production, threatening biodiversity and compounding the climate crisis.”
FILE – UNICEF - 23 FEBRUARY 2022, OMO VALLEY, ETHIOPIA
24. Wide shot, people walking in arid desert.
25. Wide shot, lower angle, people and cattle.
FILE - UNICEF - BAARDHEERE, SOMALIA
26. Wide shot, dry, cracked earth.
27. Wide shot, dust blowing through village.
1. Wide shot, exterior, United Nations Headquarters
FILE - 01 JUNE 2023, NEW YORK CITY
2. Wide shot, dais
3. SOUNDBITE (English) Lana Zaki Nusseibeh, Permanent Representative to the United Nations, United Arab Emirates (UAE):
“We aim to underscore how climate change has been, is and will continue to directly impact the Council's ability to carry out its mandate. But we also believe that the impacts of climate change on international peace and security require a carefully calibrated role for the Security Council.”
4. Wide shot, journalists
5. SOUNDBITE (English) Lana Zaki Nusseibeh, Permanent Representative to the United Nations, United Arab Emirates (UAE):
“In terms of the UAE perspective, we would welcome – as our president has said – the last barrel of oil being drawn out of our country. We welcome the transition to clean energy. We think this is a vital, important issue to us.”
FILE - 13 JUNE 2023, NEW YORK CITY
6. Wide shot, Security Council
7. SOUNDBITE (English) Jean-Pierre Lacroix, Under-Secretary-General for Peace Operations, United Nations:
“We already see a strong correlation between Member States facing fragility and those facing climate change. Of the 16 countries that are the most climate vulnerable, nine of them host a UN field mission.”
8. Pan left, Security Council
9. SOUNDBITE (English) Jean-Pierre Lacroix, Under-Secretary-General for Peace Operations, United Nations:
“Military engineers in South Sudan are diverted to dealing with the floods and building of dikes on a fulltime basis so that they can safeguard critical infrastructure such as IDP camps, UNMISS’ own bases, major roads, and the airstrip. In Somalia, years of conflict have ravaged the resilience of the State and communities. The current drought, the worst in four decades, compounds vulnerabilities and contributes to displacement, hunger and grievance. In Iraq, water scarcity, rising temperatures, and dust storms put heightened pressure on intercommunal relations.”
10. Wide shot, Security Council
11. SOUNDBITE (English) Jean-Pierre Lacroix, Under-Secretary-General for Peace Operations, United Nations:
“In these and many other places, the cascading effects of climate change are reshaping the parameters for our work on conflict prevention, peace-making, peacebuilding, and peacekeeping.”
FILE – FAO - JULY 2022, FIUMICINO, ITALY
12. Wide shot, seagull flying with the sun in the background
FILE – FAO - JUNE 2021, DEBUNDSHA, CAMEROON
13. Various shots, small-scale fishers harbour
FILE – FAO - MAY 2023, ROME, ITALY
14. SOUNDBITE (English) Manuel Barange, the FAO Director of Fisheries and Aquaculture Policy and Resources Division of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO):
“There is not a single problem that we have nowadays, whether it is climate change, whether it is food security, whether it is poverty that can be solved without considering the oceans as part of the solution.”
FILE - 08 JUNE 2023, NEW YORK CITY
15. Various shots, World Oceans Day opening ceremony performance
16. SOUNDBITE (English) António Guterres, Secretary-General, United Nations:
“The ocean is the foundation of life. It supplies the air we breathe, and food we eat. It regulates our climate and weather. The ocean is our planet's greatest reservoir of biodiversity. Its resources sustain communities, prosperity, and human health around the world. Humanity counts on the ocean. But can the ocean count on us? We should be the oceans best friends but right now, humanity is its worst enemy.”
FILE - 24 JANUARY 2023, SÃO VICENTE, CABO VERDE
17. Various shots, ocean and coastline
FILE – UNSOM - 13 JUNE 2023, BAIDOA, SOUTH WEST STATE, SOMALIA
18. Wide shot, Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Somalia Catriona Laing meeting with President Abdiaziz Hassan Mohamed ‘Laftagareen’
19. SOUNDBITE (English) Catriona Laing, Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Somalia:
“We started by talking about the ongoing serious humanitarian situation here in South West State – a part of the country that used to be the breadbasket, I hear, of Somalia, but now is one of the most vulnerable due to these repeated droughts.”
FILE – UNDATED - BAIDOA, SOUTH WEST STATE, SOMALIA
20. Various shots, dead animals and parched earth
13 JUNE 2023, BAIDOA, SOUTHWEST STATE, SOMALIA
21. SOUNDBITE (English)Catriona Laing, Special Representative of the Secretary-General’s for Somalia:
“We also talked about the importance of dealing with the underlying drivers around climate change and building resilience and a stronger economic base.”
FILE - NEW YORK CITY
22. Wide shot, exterior, United Nations Headquarters
FILE - 16 MAY 2023, NEW YORK CITY
23. SOUNDBITE (English) António Guterres, Secretary-General, United Nations:
“We depend on land for our survival. Yet, we treat it like dirt. Unsustainable farming is eroding soil 100 times faster than natural processes can restore them. And up to 40 percent of our planet's land is now degraded, imperilling food production, threatening biodiversity and compounding the climate crisis.”
FILE – UNICEF - 23 FEBRUARY 2022, OMO VALLEY, ETHIOPIA
24. Wide shot, people walking in arid desert.
25. Wide shot, lower angle, people and cattle.
FILE - UNICEF - BAARDHEERE, SOMALIA
26. Wide shot, dry, cracked earth.
27. Wide shot, dust blowing through village.
STORYLINE
Ahead of COP 28, being held in Dubai from 30 November to 12 December, the United Nations kept a sharp focus on the issue of climate change during the month of June.
The United Arab Emirates (UAE), which presided the Security Council during the month, hosted an open debate on open debate, on 13 June, dedicated to climate change, peace and security.
Ahead of the meeting, UAE Ambassador Lana Zaki Nusseibeh, said, “we aim to underscore how climate change has been, is and will continue to directly impact the Council's ability to carry out its mandate. But we also believe that the impacts of climate change on international peace and security require a carefully calibrated role for the Security Council.”
The Ambassador said, “in terms of the UAE perspective, we would welcome – as our president has said – the last barrel of oil being drawn out of our country. We welcome the transition to clean energy. We think this is a vital, important issue to us.”
During the open debate, Peacekeeping Chief Jean-Pierre Lacroix noted that “of the 16 countries that are the most climate vulnerable, nine of them host a UN field mission.”
Lacroix said, “military engineers in South Sudan are diverted to dealing with the floods and building of dikes on a fulltime basis so that they can safeguard critical infrastructure such as IDP camps, UNMISS’ own bases, major roads, and the airstrip. In Somalia, years of conflict have ravaged the resilience of the State and communities. The current drought, the worst in four decades, compounds vulnerabilities and contributes to displacement, hunger and grievance. In Iraq, water scarcity, rising temperatures, and dust storms put heightened pressure on intercommunal relations.”
He said, “in these and many other places, the cascading effects of climate change are reshaping the parameters for our work on conflict prevention, peace-making, peacebuilding, and peacekeeping.”
On 8 June, the United Nations marked World Oceans Day.
Ahead of the Day, the Food and Agriculture Organization’s (FAO) Director of Fisheries and Aquaculture Policy and Resources Division, Manuel Barange said, “there is not a single problem that we have nowadays, whether it is climate change, whether it is food security, whether it is poverty that can be solved without considering the oceans as part of the solution.”
On a message recorded for the Day, Secretary-General António Guterres said, “the ocean is the foundation of life. It supplies the air we breathe, and food we eat. It regulates our climate and weather. The ocean is our planet's greatest reservoir of biodiversity. Its resources sustain communities, prosperity, and human health around the world. Humanity counts on the ocean. But can the ocean count on us? We should be the oceans best friends but right now, humanity is its worst enemy.”
The new Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Somalia, Catriona Laing, spent a good part of the month visiting the different regions of the country, one of the most affected by climate change.
After meeting with South West State President Abdiaziz Hassan Mohamed ‘Laftagareen, Laing said, “we started by talking about the ongoing serious humanitarian situation here in South West State – a part of the country that used to be the breadbasket, I hear, of Somalia, but now is one of the most vulnerable due to these repeated droughts.”
Laing said, “we also talked about the importance of dealing with the underlying drivers around climate change and building resilience and a stronger economic base.”
Later in the month, the General Assembly held a high-level event to mark Desertification and Drought Day.
In a pre-recorded message for the event, the Secretary-General said, “we depend on land for our survival. Yet, we treat it like dirt. Unsustainable farming is eroding soil 100 times faster than natural processes can restore them. And up to 40 percent of our planet's land is now degraded, imperilling food production, threatening biodiversity and compounding the climate crisis.”
Also in June, UNICEF, together with Children’s Environmental Rights Initiative (CERI) coalition; Plan International, and Save the Children released a new report which found that children are being failed by climate funding commitments, despite bearing the brunt of the climate crisis.
Just 2.4 percent of key global climate funds can be classified as child-responsive, the report finds. According to UNICEF’s Children’s Climate Risk Index, more than a billion children are at extremely high risk of the impacts of the climate crisis.
The United Arab Emirates (UAE), which presided the Security Council during the month, hosted an open debate on open debate, on 13 June, dedicated to climate change, peace and security.
Ahead of the meeting, UAE Ambassador Lana Zaki Nusseibeh, said, “we aim to underscore how climate change has been, is and will continue to directly impact the Council's ability to carry out its mandate. But we also believe that the impacts of climate change on international peace and security require a carefully calibrated role for the Security Council.”
The Ambassador said, “in terms of the UAE perspective, we would welcome – as our president has said – the last barrel of oil being drawn out of our country. We welcome the transition to clean energy. We think this is a vital, important issue to us.”
During the open debate, Peacekeeping Chief Jean-Pierre Lacroix noted that “of the 16 countries that are the most climate vulnerable, nine of them host a UN field mission.”
Lacroix said, “military engineers in South Sudan are diverted to dealing with the floods and building of dikes on a fulltime basis so that they can safeguard critical infrastructure such as IDP camps, UNMISS’ own bases, major roads, and the airstrip. In Somalia, years of conflict have ravaged the resilience of the State and communities. The current drought, the worst in four decades, compounds vulnerabilities and contributes to displacement, hunger and grievance. In Iraq, water scarcity, rising temperatures, and dust storms put heightened pressure on intercommunal relations.”
He said, “in these and many other places, the cascading effects of climate change are reshaping the parameters for our work on conflict prevention, peace-making, peacebuilding, and peacekeeping.”
On 8 June, the United Nations marked World Oceans Day.
Ahead of the Day, the Food and Agriculture Organization’s (FAO) Director of Fisheries and Aquaculture Policy and Resources Division, Manuel Barange said, “there is not a single problem that we have nowadays, whether it is climate change, whether it is food security, whether it is poverty that can be solved without considering the oceans as part of the solution.”
On a message recorded for the Day, Secretary-General António Guterres said, “the ocean is the foundation of life. It supplies the air we breathe, and food we eat. It regulates our climate and weather. The ocean is our planet's greatest reservoir of biodiversity. Its resources sustain communities, prosperity, and human health around the world. Humanity counts on the ocean. But can the ocean count on us? We should be the oceans best friends but right now, humanity is its worst enemy.”
The new Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Somalia, Catriona Laing, spent a good part of the month visiting the different regions of the country, one of the most affected by climate change.
After meeting with South West State President Abdiaziz Hassan Mohamed ‘Laftagareen, Laing said, “we started by talking about the ongoing serious humanitarian situation here in South West State – a part of the country that used to be the breadbasket, I hear, of Somalia, but now is one of the most vulnerable due to these repeated droughts.”
Laing said, “we also talked about the importance of dealing with the underlying drivers around climate change and building resilience and a stronger economic base.”
Later in the month, the General Assembly held a high-level event to mark Desertification and Drought Day.
In a pre-recorded message for the event, the Secretary-General said, “we depend on land for our survival. Yet, we treat it like dirt. Unsustainable farming is eroding soil 100 times faster than natural processes can restore them. And up to 40 percent of our planet's land is now degraded, imperilling food production, threatening biodiversity and compounding the climate crisis.”
Also in June, UNICEF, together with Children’s Environmental Rights Initiative (CERI) coalition; Plan International, and Save the Children released a new report which found that children are being failed by climate funding commitments, despite bearing the brunt of the climate crisis.
Just 2.4 percent of key global climate funds can be classified as child-responsive, the report finds. According to UNICEF’s Children’s Climate Risk Index, more than a billion children are at extremely high risk of the impacts of the climate crisis.
Category
Topical Subjects
Personal Subjects
Geographic Subjects
Corporate Subjects
Source
Alternate Title
unifeed230710c