Signs, impacts of more dramatic climate change in 2022

STORY: Signs, impacts of more dramatic climate change in 2022 DATELINE: Dec. 28, 2022 LENGTH: 00:07:50 LOCATION: Beijing CATEGORY: ENVIRONMENT SHOTLIST: 1. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): ANTONIO GUTERRES, UN Secretary-General 2. SOUNDBITE 2 (Somali): KAHA AHMED, Herder in Somalia 3. SOUNDBITE 3 (English): PAUL, Resident in London 4. SOUNDBITE 4 (French): MONIQUE, Resident in Lyon, France 5. SOUNDBITE 5 (Somali): ISSACK HASSAN, Displaced Somali 6. SOUNDBITE 6 (Somali): DUBEY IBRAHIM WERAR, Resident in Garissa, Kenya 7. SOUNDBITE 7 (English): SELWIN HART, Special Adviser to the Secretary-General and Assistant Secretary-General of the Climate Action Team 8. SOUNDBITE 8 (English): ADEYINKA BADEJO, WFP Acting Country Director in South Sudan 9. SOUNDBITE 9 (English): BARBARA CREECY, South African Minister of Environment, Forestry and Fisheries 10. SOUNDBITE 10 (English): CRISPIAN OLIVER, Executive director of the Presidential Climate Commission of South Africa 11. SOUNDBITE 11 (English): MICHAEL BADBACK, Ute Mountain Ute

Concrete actions urged to tackle climate crisis facing African countries

STORY: Concrete actions urged to tackle climate crisis facing African countries DATELINE: Nov. 27, 2022 LENGTH: 00:03:10 LOCATION: Kampala CATEGORY: POLITICS/ENVIRONMENT SHOTLIST: 1. various of severe drought in the Horn of Africa 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Somali): KAHA AHMED, Local resident in Somalia 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): JUERG EGLIN, Head of Int'l Committee of the Red Cross in Somalia 4. SOUNDBITE 3 (English): BARBARA CREECY, South African Minister of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment 5. various of COP27 6. SOUNDBITE 4 (English): GERALD LEPARIYO, Geo-politics and climate change analyst in Kenya 7. SOUNDBITE 5 (English): SELWIN HART, Special adviser to the secretary-general and assistant secretary-general of the UN climate action team STORYLINE: In the Horn of Africa, some 22 million people are suffering from food insecurity due to drought. According to data from the World Food Program, in 2022, at least 9.2 million livestock deaths occurred in the drought-affected areas of Ethiopia, Kenya and Somalia.

South African minister urges developed countries to uphold commitment to climate aid

STORY: South African minister urges developed countries to uphold commitment to climate aid DATELINE: Oct. 28, 2022 LENGTH: 0:02:59 LOCATION: JOHANNESBURG, South Africa CATEGORY: ENVIRONMENT SHOTLIST: 1. various of consultation meeting 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): BARBARA CREECY, South African Minister of Environment, Forestry and Fisheries 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): CRISPIAN OLIVER, Executive director of the Presidential Climate Commission STORYLINE: A South African official on Wednesday urged developed countries to uphold their commitment to providing developing countries with 100 billion Rand (5.57 billion U.S. dollars) in climate aid to assist them in making the switch from coal to cleaner energy. South Africa's Minister of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment Barbara Creecy made the statement at the national stakeholder meeting about South Africa's stance at COP27 on climate change. This commitment was made during COP15 in Copenhagen in 2009. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): BARBARA CREECY, South African Mini