Interview with fmr Nobel Peace Prize winner Wangari Maathai

• published: 23 Jul 2015
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SHOTLIST ++NIGHT SHOTS++ 1. Wide of Faculty of Life Sciences building, University of Copenhagen 2. Window of building with lights on inside ++INTERIOR SHOTS++ 3. Professor Wangari Maathai, winner of 2004 Nobel Peace Prize, entering room 4. Wide of Maathai sitting at table for interview 5. SOUNDBITE: (English) Professor Wangari Maathai, 2004 Nobel Peace Prize winner: "President Obama getting the Nobel Peace Prize, I want to warmly congratulate him, and I want to warmly congratulate the Nobel Committee for having chosen him. He represents hope. He represents idealism. He represents what the world would like to see the one superpower we have, do, and that is engage the rest of the world, allow the rest of the world to speak, listen to the rest of the world, provide the leadership that can push us towards a more stable world. Remember, nobody gets the Nobel Peace Prize because peace has been achieved through their activities. People get the Nobel Peace Prize because they are working towards a more peaceful world. And I know for sure that the leadership that he has already demonstrated, the values that he has already demonstrated, the commitment that he has already demonstrated, can do a lot for the world because he is the president of the United States of America." 6. Cutaway of Maathai's hand on table 7. SOUNDBITE: (English) Professor Wangari Maathai, 2004 Nobel Peace Prize winner: "But I can tell you that you don't quite realise what a gift that prize is, until you begin to talk to the same world you are talking to, and for once, they listen. So it's a great forum for one to promote the ideas which the Norwegian Nobel Committee recognises. And I do hope that President Obama will use that great forum to do good for the world and to take us to another level of human understanding." 8. Cutaway of photographer 9. SOUNDBITE: (English) Professor Wangari Maathai, 2004 Nobel Peace Prize winner: "When you are here as a head of state, and with President Obama in Copenhagen, it is possible for all of you heads of states to agree on a legally binding agreement that is going to help the planet survive, and help (m) millions of people who are extremely vulnerable, right now as we speak, there are islands in the Pacific that are literally sinking, there are fields in Africa that are parched, there are people who are starving as we speak, and therefore it's extremely important that you heads of states come and make a legally binding instrument that should include a good, doable financial mechanism that will help us move forward." 10. Maathai talking to group of people 11. Close-up of Maathai listening STORYLINE Kenyan Nobel Peace Prize laureate Wangari Maathai congratulated US President Barack Obama on receiving the peace prize on Thursday and said he "represents hope." Speaking in Copenhagen, where she is attending the international climate change conference, Maathai said Obama could "provide the leadership that can push us towards a more stable world." Obama received the peace prize in Oslo on Thursday. In awarding the prize to Obama, the Nobel panel cited his call for a world free of nuclear weapons, for a more engaged US role in combating global warming, for his support of the United Nations and multilateral diplomacy and for broadly capturing the attention of the world and giving its people "hope." Maathai said the prize recognised Obama's potential and his work "towards a more peaceful world." She said the prize is a "gift" that gives the winner a stronger voice in the world. "I do hope that President Obama will use that great forum to do good for the world and to take us to another level of human understanding," she said. You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/youtube/55936a21d10a7249ff24eb72730979d0 Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork