
简又新
台湾永续动力基金会董事长
Abstract
半个世纪以来,气候变迁及地球暖化,形成灾祸频传,包罗热浪、暴雨、干旱等各类极度天气不休上演,并环环相扣,而格陵兰等冰川大面积熔化使得海平面回升,迫使小岛国度面对生计危机。连台湾也深受极度天气所害,无情的八八风灾是台湾人一生的暗影。跟着影响规模日渐扩展,全部世界正在动力、火安徽、食粮皆将发生严峻失调。亚洲开发银行(ADB:AsianDevelopmentBank)日前颁发的一项研讨成果便指出,若是继承无视气候变迁问题,亚太国度将面对食粮跟动力欠缺、贫困问题好转与作物不休减收等效果。这些天气衍生之问题不只只会正在电视新闻上被报导,它会真实的正在每一个人生涯方圆产生。
Duringthepasthalfcenturyclimatechangeandglobalwarminghavecausedfrequentdisasterssuchasheatwavesheavyrainsanddroughts;allthesedisastersarecloselyconnected.ThemeltingofglaciersinGreenlandiscausingsealeveltoriseandthreateningthesurvivalofislandnations.Taiwanisalsoseverelyinfluencedbyextremeclimatesthe88FloodwillhauntTaiwanesepeoplelifelong.Withtheincreaseoftheaffectedareatherewillbeworldwideimbalanceinenergyresourceswaterresourcesandfoodsupplies.TheAsianDevelopmentBank(ADB)recentlyreleasedaresearchthatindicatesifclimatechangecontinuestobeignoredAsianPacificcountrieswillsufferconsequencessuchasshortageinfoodandenergyworsenedpovertyproblemsandcontinualreductionofcropyield.Theseclimatechangerelatedissueswillnotjustbebroadcastingontelevisionnews;theywilltakeplacearoundeveryone.
依据?合国气候变化纲领条约(UNFCCC:UnitedNationsFrameworkConventiononClimateChange)所提出之应答气候变迁的方法为:“减量”与“调适”。将来全世界将会限定化石燃料等的使用量,迈入低碳经济期间,此蕴含着安徽产业革命机缘与期间的到来,是项应战,更是个时机,咱们应紧捉住这个巨变中之机缘,扭转时局。比如英国从18世纪中叶动员寰球第一波工业革命后,经济实力先继被美、中、德、驲所逾越,不外,英国人仍没有抛却再突起之时机,当全世界把地球暖化视为世纪年夜威逼时,英国人却把它视为新的时机,盼再创低碳新经济反动。
AccordingtotheUnitedNationsFrameworkConventiononClimateChange(UNFCCC)reductionandadaptationareconsideredassolutionforfightingagainstthethreatofclimatechange.Inthefuturetheworldwillrestrictpetroleumfuelconsumptionandenteranageoflowcarboneconomy.Thisimpliesthearrivalofanewindustrialrevolution.Itwillbeachallengeaswellasanopportunity.Wemustseizetheopportunityduringthisgreatchange.Duringthemid18thcenturyGreatBritaintooktheleadofthefirstwaveoftheIndustrialRevolutionbutitseconomicstrengthwassubsequentlysurpassedbytheUnitedStatesChinaGermanyandJapan.HowevertheBritishdidnotgiveuponregainingtheedge;astheworldlookuponglobalwarmingasagreatthreatofthecenturytheBritishconsidersitanewopportunityandaimstolaunchalowcarboneconomyrevolution.
除产业上的转变中,团体习气的“调适”也是至关重要的。台湾的情况与经济将来面临气候变迁劫难之打击好像是无可避免,而基础解决之道在于社会群众认识的醒觉,咱们必需转变过来的生活习惯,取舍俭朴永续之生涯型态,同心携手办理这一世纪最大问题,尽力将各类打击降到最低,为下一代的将来争夺最大生气希望。
Otherthanindustrialandeconomicchangespersonaladaptationisalsocrucial.DisasterscausedbyclimatechangewillhaveinevitableimpactontheenvironmentandeconomyofTaiwan;thesolutionrestsuponpublicawareness.Wemustchangeourhabitsandchooseasustainablewayofliving.Wemustsolvethegreatestproblemofthiscenturytogetherworktominimizeitsimpactandhelpthenextgenerationsurvive.