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【#一瞬間】法新社2019年度最具代表性的環境議題圖片 全文：https://bit.ly/2ZSJiHq
上月法新社選出2019年最有代表性的新聞圖片，有不少壯觀影像記錄了全球過去一年所面對的環境與氣候挑戰，包括造成至少五十四人喪生的巴哈馬多利安颶風(Hurricane Dorian)、加州的瑪麗亞大火(Maria Fire)和北極圈一帶的冰川融等。
同時，全球各地要求徹底改革政治制度和應對氣候變化的示威行動激增。來自瑞典、年僅十六歲的環保鬥士Greta Thunberg在波蘭卡托維茲舉行的聯合國氣候峰會上發表激烈的演講後，引發了世界各地學童的氣候抗議浪潮。
#法新社 #圖輯 #環境 #氣候 #GretaThunberg
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Climate Change Emergency
每年我參加氣候會議時，只要時間可以，都會參加一場由各個宗教團體在氣候會議會場聯合在一起的祈福許願或遊行活動，不同宗教會用不同方式來祈禱，希望能影響更多人，雖然我不是天主教徒或是基督徒，但幾次的活動中，可以感受到不同宗教界的平和與憂心，都會透過各種方法來提醒世人。
一早收到世界基督教協會，看到這個 Climate Change Emergency 氣候變遷緊急的宣言，Emergency 在我們風險管理中很重要，也有應急管理 Emergency Management ，不只是救護車上的 Emergency 而已，我們真的要非常體認重視這問題了。
幾年前我曾訪問過吳偉立神父，大家可以從 Podcast 聽這段聲音
https://open.spotify.com/show/1ryyVpjRt6faqRT1YfsWif…
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Statement on the Climate Change Emergency
25 November 2019
World Council of Churches
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
Bossey, Switzerland
20-26 November 2019
Doc. No. 04.3 rev
Statement on the Climate Change Emergency
But the earth will be desolate because of its inhabitants, for the fruit of their doings.
Micah 7:13
Recent extreme weather events of increasing strength and frequency around the world together with further studies conducted by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) have jolted many into belated recognition that the climate crisis is not a distant prospect, but is upon us today.
From Hurricane Maria, Tropical Cyclone Idai, Hurricane Dorian and Typhoon Hagibis which caused loss of lives and left widespread devastation in Puerto Rico, in Mozambique, Zimbabwe and Malawi, in the Bahamas and in Japan respectively, to ongoing bushfires in Australia and California, to unprecedented flooding in Bangladesh and in Venice, and to the very recent landslide following exceptionally heavy rains in Kenya, the impacts on our communities - especially the poorest and most vulnerable among us – and on the bountiful Creation that God has entrusted to human beings as stewards – are now all too tragically real.
The latest IPCC special reports on climate change, land, oceans and cryosphere confirm that climate change has become a top driver of hunger all over the world, and project rising sea levels of up to 1 metre by 2100 due to melting glaciers, water scarcity affecting nearly 2 billion people and more intense sea-level events such as storms and flooding, if warming is not kept at the safer limit of 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels.
Moreover, exceptionally destructive fires and the encroachment of industrial agriculture and mining, have greatly increased concern about runaway deforestation in the largest remaining rainforest ecosystems – the earth’s lungs, the home and heritage of many Indigenous Peoples, and a critical resource in confronting the threat of climate change. Especially in the Amazon, in the Congo Basin, and in West Papua and elsewhere in Indonesia, this resource is, often deliberately, being squandered at a perilous rate.
Children, young people and ordinary citizens have made public demonstration of their outrage at the lack of any adequate response by governments to the gravity of this global crisis, and against the backsliding by some governments. Children have been obliged to mobilize and to raise their voices to demand what adults have failed or refused to deliver – fundamental changes to our economic and social systems in order to preserve God’s Creation and their future.
Indeed, a recent research report shows that governments are currently projected to produce 120% more fossil fuels by 2030 than can be burned if the world is to limit warming to an increase of 1.5°C
In particular, the United States’ formal notification of its intention to withdraw from the Paris Agreement – despite the increasingly disastrous impact of extreme weather events in the US itself – seriously undermines the best hope the international community had secured for a multilateral global response to the climate crisis. This is an abject failure and abdication of global leadership, at precisely the historical moment when such leadership is most needed. It will embolden other backsliding states. It impoverishes and imperils all of us.
The protests against widening inequality in Chile, triggering the move of the 25th Conference of Parties (COP 25) of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) from Santiago to Madrid, underscore the importance of holding together the goals of sustainability and equity, and ensuring that the costs of transitioning to a carbon neutral economy are not borne by those who already have few resources. In other words, there can be no real transition without socio-economic justice.
The time for debate and disputation of established scientific facts is long over. The time for action is swiftly passing. We will all be held to account for our inaction and our disastrous stewardship of this precious and unique planet. The climate emergency is the result of our ecological sins. It is time for metanoia for all. We must now search our hearts and our most fundamental faith principles for a new ecological transformation, and for divine guidance for our next steps to build resilience in the face of this unprecedented millennial challenge.
The executive committee of the World Council of Churches, meeting in Bossey, Switzerland, on 20-26 November 2019, therefore:
Joins other faith leaders, communities and civil society organizations in declaring a climate emergency, which demands an urgent and unprecedented response by everyone everywhere – locally, nationally and internationally.
Expresses its bitter disappointment at the inadequate and even regressive actions by governments that should be leaders in the response to this emergency, especially inaction to stop fires and deforestation, the destruction of Indigenous Peoples’ ancestral lands and livelihoods, and attacks on ecological defenders; the weak commitments made under the Paris Agreement; and measures that place additional financial burdens on poor communities.
Calls on COP 25, taking place in Madrid on 2 to 13 December 2019, to:
- set the groundwork for committing to more ambitious cuts in greenhouse gas emissions as part of Nationally Determined Contributions with a view to attaining carbon neutrality by 2050 and limiting warming to not more than 1.5°C;
- ramp up commitments by wealthy nations to provide sufficient, predictable and transparent climate finance to low-income nations for adaptation and resilience-building;
- strengthen the Warsaw International Mechanism for Loss and Damage to include finance to support people and communities affected by the impacts of the climate emergency; and
- promote actions to engage and learn from Indigenous Peoples in and beyond the UNFCCC process, protect biodiversity, combat deforestation, encourage agro-ecology and construct circular and redistributive economies.
Invites UN system partners, consistent with the critical research and policy advice emanating from UN sources, to examine and divest from fossil fuel investments in their own banking systems and pension funds.
Calls on member churches, ecumenical partners, other faith communities and all people of good will and moral conscience to find the means whereby we can make a meaningful contribution in our own contexts to averting the most catastrophic consequences of further inaction and negative actions by governments – and may join in confronting this global crisis through concerted advocacy for climate change mitigation and adaptation, zero fossil fuel use and a “just transition”, as well as through local action, everywhere – in our fellowship, our churches, our communities, our families, and as individuals.
【創業大冒險】新創飛耀國際 台灣芬蘭新創交流會現場直擊👀
經濟部中小企業處率領自 #GCamp 獲選之5家新創團隊，產業領域為AR、AIOT、智慧醫療、農業科技及車聯網行動數據應用等領域，✈前進SLUSH Helsinki參展交流。
SLUSH開展前夕，更結合當地知名加速器Maria 01🚀
舉辦#台灣芬蘭新創交流會(Taiwan x Finland Demo Day)
邀集🌏國際創投與台灣新創交流互動，並由台灣&芬蘭新創新星展開精彩Demo Pitch。
📢📢佳績公告
恭喜台灣新創奇翼醫電股份有限公司獲選
🏆Light up Finland由Maria 01提供的加速落地進駐計畫
芬蘭新創selko獲選
🏆Light up Taiwan由GCamp x IAPS提供的A2T(Access to Taiwan)計畫
此外，亞太電信5G加速器🚀也特別加碼提供落地台灣進駐APTG 5G計畫，由芬蘭新創Hurricane Unwinder獲得青睞
相信國際交流能帶給雙方新創事業更多商機，促進雙方在創業路上實質合作，同時也成功打造跨境新創生態系，共創雙贏🎉🎉
#攜手官方主動出擊
GCamp「Growing，Global，Go」品牌精神，經濟部中小企業處透過國際加速器專業導師為台灣新創客製規劃新創培訓課程，希望引導國內新創企業開拓全球市場，成為「獨角獸」新星
【Big Startup Adventure】Startups shine on the global stage – Taiwan x Finland Demo Day 👀
SMEA leads 5 GCamp startups from the AR, AIOT, smart healthcare, agricultural technology and V2X mobile data application industries to participate in ✈ Slush Helsinki
Before Slush kicks off, #Taiwan x Finland Demo Day was organized by the SMEA and a renowned accelerator based in Helsinki, Maria 01🚀, for 🌏 international investors to meet Taiwan’s startups, who competed along with those from Finland in an amazing demo pitch.
📢📢Winners announced
Congratulations! Singular Wings Medical has won the 🏆Light up Finland award and the prize of the soft-landing program provided by Maria 01; selko has won the 🏆Light up Taiwan award and the prize of A2T(Access to Taiwan) program provided by GCamp x IAPS.
In addition, Taiwan’s APTG 5G Accelerator🚀 has offered a bonus prize of a special APTG 5G soft-landing program to Hurricane Unwinder. We believe that these international exchanges can create business opportunities, cooperation and a win-win situation for startups from both sides🎉🎉
#Being proactive with the help of SMEA
Following GCamp’s brand spirit of “Growing, Global, Go,” the SMEA designed a customized entrepreneurship training program for Taiwan startups through professional mentors from international accelerators with an aim to pave the way for them to explore the global market and become “unicorns.”
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