Conflict-stricken countries most vulnerable, least adaptive to climate change: Red Cross official

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Conflict-stricken countries most vulnerable, least adaptive to climate change: Red Cross official

STORY: Conflict-stricken countries most vulnerable, least adaptive to climate change: Red Cross official DATELINE: Nov. 10, 2022 LENGTH: 0:01:38 LOCATION: SHARM EL-SHEIKH, Egypt CATEGORY: SOCIETY/POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of COP27 2. SOUNDBITE (English): ROBERT MARDINI, Director-general, International Committee of Red Cross (ICRC) 3. various of COP27 STORYLINE: In a recent interview with Xinhua, a senior Red Cross official said that countries enduring conflicts are highly vulnerable to climate risks due to their limited adaptive capacity. Robert Mardini, director-general of the International Committee of Red Cross (ICRC), made the remarks on the sidelines of the 27th session of the Conference of the Parties (COP27) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, currently being held in Egypt's Red Sea resort city of Sharm El-Sheikh. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): ROBERT MARDINI, Director-general, International Committee of Red Cross (ICRC) "The ICRC's three main asks coming to COP27 is really t

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