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Conférence de presse du PNUE : Pollution plastique (INC-5.2) - 05 août 2025
Conférence de presse d'ouverture, Deuxième partie de la cinquième session du Comité intergouvernemental de négociation sur la pollution plastique (INC-5.2)
Orateurs :
- Inger Andersen, Directrice exécutive, Programme des Nations Unies pour l'environnement (PNUE)
- Luis Vayas Valdivieso, Président du Comité intergouvernemental de négociation (INC)
- Katrin Schneeberger, Directrice de l'Office fédéral de l'environnement (OFEV), Suisse
- Jyoti Mathur-Filipp, Secrétaire exécutive du Comité intergouvernemental de négociation (INC)
HISTOIRE : Famine généralisée à Gaza – IPC, ONU Femmes
TRT : 3’10”
SOURCE : UNTV CH
RESTRICTIONS : AUCUNE
LANGUE : ANGLAIS/ NATS
RAPPORT D'ASPECT : 16:9
DATELINE : 05 AOÛT 2025 GENÈVE, SUISSE
Orateurs :
- Inger Andersen, Directrice exécutive, Programme des Nations Unies pour l'environnement (PNUE)
- Katrin Schneeberger, Directrice de l'Office fédéral de l'environnement (OFEV), Suisse
LISTE DES PLANS
- Plan large extérieur : Palais des Nations, allée des drapeaux.
- Plan large, podium de la salle de presse et journalistes, écrans de télévision.
- EXTRAIT SONORE (Anglais) – Inger Andersen, Directrice exécutive, Programme des Nations Unies pour l'environnement (PNUE) : “Nous ne pouvons pas oublier que le monde veut et a besoin d'un traité conventionnel sur le plastique parce que la crise devient incontrôlable et les gens sont franchement indignés ; les gens qui vivent avec cette pollution. Nous savons que le plastique est dans notre nature, dans nos océans, et oui, même dans nos corps.”
- Plan large, orateurs au podium.
- EXTRAIT SONORE (Anglais) – Katrin Schneeberger, Directrice de l'Office fédéral de l'environnement (OFEV), Suisse : “Aujourd'hui, nous sommes à un carrefour critique. Les déchets plastiques étouffent nos lacs, nuisent à la faune et menacent la santé humaine. Ce n'est pas seulement un problème environnemental, c'est un défi mondial qui exige une action urgente et collective.”
- Plan large, journalistes, participants, écrans de télévision montrant l'orateur.
- EXTRAIT SONORE (Anglais) – Katrin Schneeberger, Directrice de l'Office fédéral de l'environnement (OFEV), Suisse : “Contrairement à certains rapports médiatiques, il ne s'agit pas d'un appel à un plafonnement de la production. Clarifier cela lors de réunions informelles était un message important pour les pays producteurs. Parvenir à une compréhension commune que des mesures sont nécessaires tant du côté de la production que de la consommation peut aider à débloquer les négociations.”
- Plan large, journalistes, participants, écrans de télévision montrant l'orateur
- EXTRAIT SONORE (Anglais) – Inger Andersen, Directrice exécutive, Programme des Nations Unies pour l'environnement (PNUE) : “Ce qui est sûr, c'est que personne ne veut vivre avec la pollution plastique. Personne ne la veut dans les sols, dans l'eau potable, encore moins dans nos océans et dans nos corps.”
- Plan large, journalistes de la salle de presse, participants, écrans de télévision montrant l'orateur, cabines de contrôle.
- EXTRAIT SONORE (Anglais) – Inger Andersen, Directrice exécutive, Programme des Nations Unies pour l'environnement (PNUE) : “J'ai eu le privilège mais aussi le lourd devoir de visiter le Pakistan juste après les inondations ; ces inondations terribles, terribles, incroyablement catastrophiques. Et les débris et le plastique faisaient partie intégrante du problème et c'est pourquoi nous sommes ici, pour trouver une solution sans laisser personne de côté et tout en veillant à ce que les rouages économiques continuent de tourner.”
- Plan large, journalistes, photographes, participants.
- EXTRAIT SONORE (Anglais) – Inger Andersen, Directrice exécutive, Programme des Nations Unies pour l'environnement (PNUE) : “Certains devront gérer la réduction, d'autres devront gérer le recyclage mécanique et d'autres encore s'occuperont des alternatives. Voyons comment nous pouvons y parvenir à travers les négociations. Je pense qu'il y a beaucoup de bonne volonté dans le groupe de travail en ce moment.”
- Plan moyen-large, journalistes vidéo TV, journalistes, cabines de contrôle.
- EXTRAIT SONORE (Anglais) – Inger Andersen, Directrice exécutive, Programme des Nations Unies pour l'environnement (PNUE) : “Cela commence par avoir des règles mondiales. C'est vraiment ça. Et c'est ce que ce traité permettra ; lorsque des règles mondiales existeront sur la manière dont ces choses sont gérées, les investisseurs pourront voir qu'ils ont de la prévisibilité parce qu'ils savent qu'il y a un marché pour ce qu'ils collectent et alors il y aura des investissements. Parce que tout d'un coup, ce qui est aujourd'hui un déchet, demain aura de la valeur.”
- Plan moyen-large, journalistes.
- Plan moyen, journalistes.
- Plan moyen, photographe.
- Plan moyen-large, journalistes, participants.
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