The Future We Do NOT Want! Brazil proposes a new draft, youth: TheFutureWeDon'tWant
Reposted from Taiwan Youth Climate Coalition Reported by Li Chih-jung, a youth from Taiwan, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on June 17, 2012
The Preparatory Committee meeting (PrepComm) ended on June 15, but nearly two-thirds of the agenda items failed to reach consensus. Brazil, as the host country, shouldered the great responsibility for the success or failure of the meeting. Last night Brazil convened four major meetings to continue negotiations on themes such as "MoI, IFSD, Ocean, SDG" (for detailed explanations of these four major themes, please see the Further Reading section), and, leveraging its advantage as host, went a step further by proposing a new zero draft, drastically cutting the content, which caused an uproar among many countries.
Brazil's role should indeed be to ensure appropriate progress in the meeting, but compromising in order to reach consensus faster, turning a blind eye and letting everyone take whatever they want, only puts the cart before the horse. If Brazil does not take a more active role and urge countries to make commitments and contribute to sustainable development, then the "the future we want" that has been clamored about for the past few months will ultimately remain just a slogan, nothing but self-deception.
In contrast, in Taiwan, China, cases are argued over endlessly every year, strong plum rains strike, and twin typhoons hit from both sides; extreme weather events have been too numerous to count in recent years. The people have done so much to adapt and change, but not many know how such phenomena relate to climate change. Look at the government in Taiwan, China: how many officials truly and genuinely care, let alone those who actually take action to change things - is it already enough? I still remember that during the presidential election at the time, the candidates of the three major camps all listed "sustainable Taiwan, China" and "sustainable environment" as major policy platforms of their teams, but when faced with Taiwan, China's most serious energy issue, "nuclear power," they also ended up in chaos, at their wits' end, not knowing how to proceed; after all, what will the world's future be like? Perhaps everyone has placed their hopes on the "younger generation"!
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This year's Rio+20 Earth Summit, held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, is in full swing
Rio+20 is not only a once-a-decade meeting, but has also facilitated many international conventions
In order to obtain the latest information and connect with the international community, many scholars, experts and officials from Taiwan, China, as well as major environmental groups, have gone to participate
But among young people from Taiwan, China, participation has been very limited; the four representatives of the Taiwan Youth Climate Coalition are among the few
How fortunate we are, yet we also bear a heavy responsibility
Recording the various things in the venue from a youth perspective, making contact with senior figures from various countries, and exchanging with major NGOs
We also promote our ideas and thoughts from a youth perspective, and put them into practice by participating ourselves.
Here, the Taiwan Youth Climate Coalition invites you to join us in following the reports and latest developments of the four youth representatives
Let us all care about Rio+20 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil!!!