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出處 : https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-48221080
時間 : 2019/05/09

標題 :

Climate change: Ireland declares climate emergency

新聞內容 :
The Republic of Ireland has declared a climate and biodiversity emergency.
A Fianna Fáil amendment to the Oireachtas report on Climate Action was accepted without a vote.
In May a national climate emergency was declared by the UK Parliament.
In Scotland targets are being set to reduce greenhouse gas emissions to net-zero by 2045. Dozens of local areas around the UK have also said there is a climate emergency.
There is no single definition, but many areas say they want to be carbon-neutral by 2030.
Fine Gael's Hildegarde Naughton, who is chair of the Climate Action Committee, welcomed the outcome as "an important statement" but added "now we need action."
She said the Minister for Climate Action Richard Bruton would bring new proposals to the Dáil (Irish parliament) and she looked forward to working "with all parties and none" to scrutinise them.
Green Party leader Eamon Ryan warned that "declaring an emergency means absolutely nothing unless there is action to back it up.
"That means the Government having to do things they don't want to do," he added.
The Fianna Fáil amendment was moved by the party's climate action spokesman Timmy Dooley.
However, when the vote came before the House, it was put forward by Deputy Ryan as there were only six TDs in the chamber and none of them were from Fianna Fáil.
The Green Party leader said: "We have declared a climate emergency in our own Irish way."
Teenage activist Greta Thunberg tweeted that it was "great news" from Ireland.
The issue of a biodiversity emergency is to be considered by a citizens' assembly.
The Oireachtas Climate Action report come from a citizens' assembly report.

心得 :
英國國會在5月初，由反對黨工黨黨魁柯賓 (Jeremy Corbyn) 發起動議，投票通過氣候緊急狀態 (Climate Emergency) 之發布。而在5月9日，愛爾蘭則由國會以不表決的方式發布氣候緊急狀態，成為全球第二個響應的國家。英國與愛爾蘭接連發布氣候緊急狀態之原因，可以歸因於2018年在英國成立的非政府組織 - 反抗滅絕 (Extinction Rebellion) 。反抗滅絕是由一群英國的學者與環境倡議人士所組成，該組織的主要訴求為 : 透過非暴力抗議的方式對政府施壓，讓政府立即對氣候變遷、生物多樣性採取行動，目標使英國在2025年達成零碳排放。

反抗滅絕在去年年底便開始了多起的集會遊行，包含了上個月長達十餘天的占領行動，至今已超過一千人因為參與行動遭到警方逮捕，最終換來的是英國國會由於民意壓力而宣布發布氣候緊急狀態，且承諾會採取相關行動改善環境與氣候，使得反抗滅絕獲得了初步的大勝利，也代表著氣候變遷與環境保護，已經成為全球各國必須去面對與處理的問題。

氣候變遷與生活在地球上的所有生物皆息息相關，但身為人類的我們卻缺乏了對環境的關注與保護。以英國為例，近年英國國會所辯論與研擬的議題，當然脫歐為最主要的焦點，而這樣的關注偏差使得政治人物們忽略那些真正攸關生存的氣候問題。氣候倡議議題不同於政治議題，從這一年的發展趨勢可以很明顯的觀察到，在世界多國引起了眾多年輕世代的響應，正是因為將來的地球是屬於這些年輕人的，而當那些成熟的大人們口口聲聲說要保護自己的後代，卻只願意把時間放在辯論政治、討論脫歐，而沒有打算去討論嚴苛的氣候變遷議題，那麼這樣又要如何保護自己的後代呢 ? 脫歐有很多種可能性，但地球只有一個，唯有共同拯救環境，才有未來可言。