STORY: Big Earth Data offers key resource for global community, says project leader
SHOOTING TIME: Sept. 27, 2024
DATELINE: Sept. 29, 2024
LENGTH: 00:02:19
LOCATION: UN headquarters
CATEGORY: POLITICS

SHOTLIST:
1. various of the report
2. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): GUO HUADONG, Director-general of International Research Center of Big Data for Sustainable Development Goals (CBAS)
3. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): GUO HUADONG, Director-general of International Research Center of Big Data for Sustainable Development Goals (CBAS)
4. SOUNDBITE 3 (English): CSABA KOROSI, Former president of the UN General Assembly

STORYLINE:

The 2024 Big Earth Data report, released at the 79th session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA), sets a new standard for using advanced technologies in promoting sustainable development and offers key resource for the global community, the project's leader told Xinhua in a recent interview.

The Big Earth Data report has been designated as a partner of the UN platform for sustainable development.

From 2019 to 2023, China had released the annual report for five consecutive years.

The report reflected the latest research results in the field of big data for sustainable development and deepens the innovative practice of using big data to support the implementation of the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

SOUNDBITE 1 (English): GUO HUADONG, Director-general of International Research Center of Big Data for Sustainable Development Goals (CBAS)
"The 2024 report focuses on 7 SDGs and explores their interconnections through 50 innovative case studies at global, national, regional and local (levels). It includes a detailed evaluation of China's progress on 227 SDG indicators from 2010 to 2023, offering insights into the country's achievements and challenges that can guide other nations. Additionally, the report highlights the applications of SDGSAT-1, enhancing Earth observation capabilities for SDG monitoring.
In summary, the 2024 report underscores the power of data-driven methods in advancing SDG efforts and sets a new standard for using advanced technologies in sustainable development. It could be a key resource for the global community as we move into the second half of the SDG implementation process."

SOUNDBITE 2 (English): GUO HUADONG, Director-general of International Research Center of Big Data for Sustainable Development Goals (CBAS)
"Big Earth Data is key to tackling agricultural challenges by giving us detailed information on crop distribution, production, and environmental impacts at different levels. It helps spot issues like drought and land competition."

SOUNDBITE 3 (English): CSABA KOROSI, Former president of the UN General Assembly
"If we have the big data, if we have the capabilities of processing big data, if we have the good methodology of how to integrate them and how to make conclusions on them, it will be just a new chapter of science, helping humanity to make the big leap forward."

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