Former UN chief appeals for increased funding during climate summit

STORY: Former UN chief appeals for increased funding during climate summit DATELINE: Sept. 5, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:49 LOCATION: Nairobi CATEGORY: POLITICS/ENVIRONMENT SHOTLIST: 1. various of the Africa Climate Summit 2. SOUNDBITE (English): BAN KI-MOON, Former UN secretary-general STORYLINE: The Africa Climate Summit opened in the Kenyan capital of Nairobi on Monday. Former UN secretary-general Ban Ki-Moon attended the three-day summit, calling for increased funding. SOUNDBITE (English): BAN KI-MOON, Former UN secretary-general "Climate issues cannot be handled by only one country or one organization, including the United Nations. All should put their hands together. That is why all African leaders are coming to Nairobi to make sure that the necessary actions are being made to help people overcome this climate crisis. We have no time to lose. We have only one planet Earth. At least I am urging that climate support for adaptation activities, the current level of support should be increased by tenfold, ten t

New Okinawa minister defends budget policy as U.S. base battle drags on

New Okinawa minister defends budget policy as U.S. base battle drags on

Tetsuma Esaki, Japan's new minister in charge of Okinawa issues, speaks at a press conference at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Aug. 3, 2017, after his appointment in a Cabinet reshuffle. Esaki defended the idea that funding from the national budget for the island prefecture's development should be linked to the fate of a key U.S. air base at the center of an ongoing legal fight between the central and prefectural governments. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo