Italian PM Draghi at virtual climate summit

STORY: Italy Draghi Climate Summit - Italian PM Draghi at virtual climate summit

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DATELINE: 22 April 2021 - Rome

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DEPARTMENT OF STATE via ITALY'S PM OFFICE

Rome - 22 April 2021

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1. SOUNDBITE (English) Mario Draghi, Italy's Prime Minister ++OVERLAID WITH SHOTS OF US PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN WATCHING DRAGHI ON SCREEN FROM WASHINGTON++

"I will begin by thanking President Biden for his leadership in taking this initiative. As Chancellor Merkel just said, it's a complete change. Now we are confident that together we will win this challenge."

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2. SOUNDBITE (English) Mario Draghi, Italy's Prime Minister:

"Under current policies, we are set to achieve 3 degrees of global warming. We need to reverse course, and do it soon. The fiscal plans we are designing to help our countries recover from the COVID-19 offer a unique opportunity. We can transform our economies and pursue a greener and more inclusive growth model."

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3. SOUNDBITE (English) Mario Draghi, Italy's Prime Minister:

"In Europe, we launched a 750 billion euro joint plan – what we called the Next Generation EU. One of its objectives is to support the environmental transition in Europe and make the EU carbon neutral by 2050. Around 10% of it, roughly 70 billion euros, will go for investment in green infrastructures, circular economy and sustainable mobility in Italy only."

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4. SOUNDBITE (English) Mario Draghi, Italy's Prime Minister:

"Italy is my own country, is a beautiful but a fragile country. The fight against climate change is a fight for our history, a fight for our landscapes. We need to frame our efforts towards sustainability within an effective and inclusive multilateral approach. Italy holds the Presidency of the G20 this year, and the safeguard of our planet is one of the main objectives of our programme. G20 countries account for 75% of global emissions. We have a special responsibility in ensuring we deliver on the objectives of the Paris Agreement."

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STORYLINE

Italy's prime minister said on Thursday that thanks to US President Joe Biden's new multilateral approach to climate change, that challenge could be won.

"Now we are confident that together we will win this challenge," Mario Draghi said speaking via videoconference during a world leaders climate summit.

Draghi said that the world needs to "reverse course soon if nations want to deliver on the objective of the Paris agreement."

Italy's premier said the European Union's 750 billion euros fiscal plan designed to help Europe recover from the pandemic will support the environmental transition and make EU carbon-neutral by 2050.

Around 10% of the plan's budget, Draghi said, "roughly 70 billion euros, will go in investment in green infrastructure, circular economy and sustainable mobility in Italy only."

"Italy is a beautiful but a fragile country. The fight against climate change is a fight for our history, a fight for our landscapes," Draghi said.

He pledged to take the safeguard of the planet as one of the main objectives of Italy's programme during its 2021 G20 Presidency.

President Joe Biden convened leaders of the world's most powerful countries on Thursday to try to spur global efforts against climate change, drawing commitments from Chinese President Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin to cooperate on cutting emissions despite their own sharp rivalries with the United States.

The Biden administration’s pledge would require by far the most ambitious U.S. climate effort ever, nearly doubling the reductions that the Obama administration had committed to in the landmark 2015 Paris climate accord.

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