Barroso in New York: "There is Only One Planet"

Jose Manuel Barroso, President of the European Commission, the executive body of the European Union, talks in New York about climate change during a meeting at the Council on Foreign Relations. The speech is held in the context of the meeting on Climate Change at the United Nations, with 78 days to go before the UN COP15 climate summit in Copenhagen.

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Exterior shots of NYC and the Council for Foreign Affairs building, 58 East 68th Street, NYC
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Introduction and José Manuel BARROSO, EC President approaching the stage and cutaway audience
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SOUNDBITE (in English) by Barroso: Climate change is no longer the reserved province of the environmental community. It is an economic issue. It is a development issue. It is a health issue, a migration issue, an agriculture issue, a fisheries issue, and energy and a transport issue. Because climate change if going to affect all these areas of our lives.
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Cutaway press reviewing paper in seat
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SOUNDBITE (in English) by Barroso: Acting against climate change is of course a moral imperative to current and future generations. But it is also an immense economic opportunity.
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Cutaway wide shot Q&A
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Cutaway wide two shot of stage
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SOUNDBITE (in English) by Barroso: We need targets, binding targets, coming from developing countries, we need some plans of low carbon strategies from other developing countriesand we need some mechanisms of internatinal agreements to monitor all these developments and that's the position we are coming to Copenhagen with.
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Cutaway wide Q&A shot
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SOUNDBITE (in English) by Barroso: I am making a very strong appeal for the political will of our partners because we only have one planet. Some people say yes we have been developing less than you and we say yes the planet is their planet as it is ours. It is the planet of the Americas, of the Europeans and of the Chinese.....there is only one planet...so we need to inject momentum in these negotiations.
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Cutaway wide shot of press

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[ZZZ91924]

barroso is stupid! i know him...

[percestyler]

Only one planet? I told you that western education is pathetic xD

[butchd2010]

@agfigueroaa i think its just cos we have a big ball of fire called the sun slowly heating the planet up over millions of yrs and goverments blame us to make more money for tax

[agfigueroaa]

So, then, what are the scientific facts?

Can you show me some of them?

thats the point of arguement here.

You claimed that there were Scientific facts that without a shadow od doubt prove that the man make the weather to warm.

Show me the facts!

[xaviqaz]

Correct. That means there is not ONE science view

[WCPMC]

Science is a critical method of gaining facts.

[WCPMC]

You aren't telling me that you are one of those people that think that global warming is a scam? Please for Gods sake do I have to provide you with the facts that the scientist all over the world have been bragging about for decades? The undeniable fact that there IS climate change and that there IS global warming and it WILL be dangerous for us in the future if we don't act. The next thing you are going to tell me is that you believe in "The New World Order" thing.

[xaviqaz]

What or who is "science"?

[xaviqaz]

and only one government

[agfigueroaa]

Sir,

Please, can you provide me with the Scientific evidence that proves it?

Please, no more rethoric, just scientific proofs. Since you claimed that IS a threat, then I guess I can get the corresponding proofs.

Thanks.