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AP-APTN-1830: Qatar Climate Preview Sunday, 25 November 2012 STORY:Qatar Climate Preview- +4:3 Governments to meet for new round of talks on crafting a global climate treaty LENGTH: 03:10 FIRST RUN: 1430 RESTRICTIONS: AP Clients Only TYPE: English/Natsound SOURCE: AP TELEVISION/GREENPEACE STORY NUMBER: 868378 DATELINE: Various dates, locations LENGTH: 03:10 SHOTLIST: AP TELEVISION - AP CLIENTS ONLY New York, USA, 30 Oct 2012 ++16:9++ 1. Wide of Statue of Liberty seen across rough water from Battery Park 2. Pan from rough water to waves crashing against New York Harbour front 3. Mid of part-submerged cars 4. Top view of cars, tilt down to car with open boot 5. Wide of rain on street AP TELEVISION - AP CLIENTS ONLY Port-au-Prince, Haiti - 25 Oct 2012 ++16:9++ 6. Mid of house wall collapsing into swollen river AP TELEVISION - AP CLIENTS ONLY Manila, Philippines - 6 August 2012 ++16:9++ 7. Motorcycle wading through flooded road AP TELEVISION - AP CLIENTS ONLY Doha, Qatar - 25 November, 2012 ++16:9++ 8. Top beauty shot of Doha 9. Plenary room showing large screen reading (English) 'DOHA 2012 UN Climate Change Conference COP 18 - CMP8' 10. Wide of news conference with EU chief climate negotiator Artur Runge-Metzger 11. SOUNDBITE (English) Artur Runge-Metzger, EU Chief Climate Negotiator: ++AUDIO AS INCOMING++ "On the Kyoto Protocol side, we need to conclude, I think this is the last moment we can really decide on a second commitment period because it will have to start on 1st January, 2013. But I am very optimistic. There's only a few outstanding issues. They are quite political, that is true. But I think ministers can get their heads around (it) in order to move forward. From the EU side, I think we can say we are ready. We have our domestic legislation in place. We can start on the first of January 2013. That's not a problem at all." 12. Attendees walking through main corridor inside conference centre 13. Set up shot of Tim Gore, International Climate Change Policy Advisor at Oxfam International 14. SOUNDBITE (English) Tim Gore, International Climate Change Policy Advisor at Oxfam International: "There's no question that superstorm Sandy has changed the debate about climate change, at least in the United States. Now we hope that those types of extreme weather events, including the droughts that hit the United States this year and pushed up world food prices, are helping re-engage political leaders. That's got to send a clear message to leaders in Europe and Australia to go ahead with the Kyoto Protocol and for those countries which are not in the Kyoto Protocol to nonetheless come forward with stronger actions, new commitments, because if we don't take our opportunities to act on climate change in these next few years, it's going to be too late to avoid catastrophic climate impacts." GREENPEACE VNR - AP CLIENTS ONLY Date and location unknown ++4:3++ 15. Zoom in to ice shelves from glaciers calving and falling into icy water GREENPEACE VNR - AP CLIENTS ONLY Greenland, Denmark - 14 September 2012 ++16:9++ 16. Iceberg floating in Prins Christian Sund Fjord GREENPEACE VNR - AP CLIENTS ONLY Dates and location unknown ++4:3++ 17. Various of coal plants with smoke chimneys and cooling towers 18. Oil pumpjacks AP TELEVISION - AP CLIENTS ONLY Doha, Qatar - 25 November 2012 ++16:9++ 19. SOUNDBITE (English) Tim Gore, Oxfam International, International Climate Change Policy Advisor "New Zealand, Russia, these countries haven't yet committed to sign up to continuing with Kyoto. It's critical they do, and over the next two weeks they're going to hear a lot from poor countries that are desperate for climate action and desperate for them to show the leadership which they need." 20. Qatari security guards praying inside conference centre STORYLINE: The devastation of Hurricane Sandy and other recent monster storms have put climate change back on the agenda, just as negotiators start a two-week UN conference in Doha to tackle the global issue. The EU's chief climate negotiator Artur Runge-Metzger held a news conference ahead of the summit on Sunday and said he was "very optimistic." Notwithstanding this enthusiasm, the science is deeply troubling. As the Kyoto agreement expires this year, the climate curves are still pointing in the wrong direction. Beyond the Kyoto Protocol, negotiators in Doha will also try to structure the talks for a new global climate deal that is supposed to be adopted in 2015, a process in which US leadership is considered crucial. The concentration of heat-trapping gases like carbon dioxide has jumped 20 percent since 2000, primarily from the burning of fossil fuels like coal and oil, according to a U.N. report released this week. And each year, the gap between what researchers say must be done to reverse this trend, and what's actually being done, gets wider. Tim Gore, Oxfam International's Climate Change Policy Advisor, believes Hurricane Sandy and other dramatic weather forces should compel strong engagement on Kyoto. "If we don't take our opportunities to act on climate change in these next few years, it's going to be too late to avoid catastrophic climate impacts," he said from Doha. The tiny gas and oil-rich Gulf state of Qatar hosts this year's United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change Conference of the Parties (UNFCCC COP 18) - ironic because it also happens to be the world's highest per capita carbon dioxide emitter. The headline issue in Doha is the extension of the Kyoto protocol, an expiring emissions pact with a dwindling number of members. The 1997 pact limited greenhouse emissions from industrialised nations. The U.S., alone among industrialised countries, didn't ratify the Kyoto Protocol because it found it unfair that China and other emerging economies, as developing countries, were not covered by any binding emissions targets. The U.S. and other rich countries say that firewall must be removed as the talks enter a new phase aimed at adopting a new climate treaty by 2015 that applies to all countries. The issue is unlikely to be resolved in Doha, where talks will focus on extending Kyoto as a stopgap measure while negotiators work on the wider deal, which would take effect in 2020. The 27-nation EU, Switzerland, Norway and Australia are on board to renew Kyoto but New Zealand, Canada and Japan don't want to be part of a second commitment period. That means the extended treaty would cover only about 15 percent of global emissions. Tim Gore believes that countries like New Zealand and Russia must commit to renewing Kyoto. "It's critical they do, and over the next two weeks they're going to hear a lot from poor countries that are desperate for climate action and desperate for them to show the leadership which they need," he said. Beyond the Kyoto Protocol, negotiators in Doha will also try to structure the talks for a new global climate deal that is supposed to be adopted in 2015, a process in which American leadership is considered crucial. 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