STORY: Year-end review: Addressing climate challenges in 2023
SHOOTING TIME: Dec. 21, 2023/file
DATELINE: Dec. 22, 2023
LENGTH: 00:02:31
LOCATION: UN Headquarters
CATEGORY: ENVIRONMENT

SHOTLIST:
1. various of climate crises in 2023
2. STANDUP (English): XIE E, Xinhua correspondent
3. various of COP28 climate conference

STORYLINE:

STANDUP (English): XIE E, Xinhua correspondent
"The year of 2023 is declared as the hottest year on record in human history by the World Meteorological Organization when it was still nearly a month to go before the year wraps up. The UN agency warned that 2023 marked a year of unprecedented climate records being shattered, as extreme weather events left behind a trail of widespread devastation and despair. Around the world, we have seen not only accelerating temperatures, but also record emissions, ferocious forest fires, deadly droughts, and an acceleration in sea levels rising.
According to the UN's Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, greenhouse gas emissions must be cut by 43 percent by 2030 compared to 2019 levels. This is critical to limiting temperature rise to 1.5 degrees Celsius by the end of this century and avoiding the worst impacts of climate change, including more frequent and severe droughts, heatwaves, and rainfall.
At the recently concluded COP28 climate conference, we finally had some good news. The convention delivered a historic consensus to ratchet up global climate action. It's also the first-ever response to the global stocktake of the Paris Agreement, and the historic inclusion of fossil fuels in a climate deal. After two-week intensive consultations among nearly 200 parties, the summit had mobilized more than 85 billion U.S. dollars in funding and launched and supported 11 pledges and declarations. These include declarations on food systems transformation, health, renewables, and energy efficiency, in addition to initiatives to decarbonize heavy-emitting industries.
The UN chief Antonio Guterres said COP28 offered building blocks for progress, and that he is mobilizing the entire UN system to assist in those efforts. He reiterated that much more is needed to keep the hope of the 1.5-degree limit alive and deliver climate justice to those on the frontlines of the crisis. It is essential to come together around real, practical, and meaningful climate solutions that match the scale of the climate crisis."

Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from UN Headquarters.
(XHTV)