實現淨零排放以減少全球衝突

衝突與和解問題專家艾瑪·斯凱 (Emma Sky) 將於明天發表演講，探討如何實現淨零碳排放，以及加強台灣的安全

Taiwan must reach net zero to boost its security, says conflict expert

衝突專家表示，台灣必須實現淨零排放以增強安全

Emma Sky, an expert on conflict and reconciliation, will give a talk tomorrow on ways to reach net zero carbon emissions — and for Taiwan, boost its security

衝突與和解問題專家艾瑪·斯凱 (Emma Sky) 將於明天發表演講，探討如何實現淨零碳排放，以及加強台灣的安全

Taiwan’s current energy and food situation is unsustainable — and an alarming security issue.

台灣目前的能源和糧食狀況是不可持續的，也是一個令人擔憂的安全問題。

Emma Sky, an expert on conflict and reconciliation and director of Yale University’s International Leadership Center, says that tackling climate change and shoring up Taiwan’s security are two sides of the same coin.

衝突與和解專家、耶魯大學國際領導中心主任艾瑪·斯凱表示，應對氣候變遷和維護台灣安全是同一件事的兩個面向。

“Taiwan imports 97 percent of its energy, two-thirds of its food — that’s not sustainable, that’s not moving towards net zero,” she says, adding: “what you need to address climate change is the same as what you need to do to become more resilient to withstand the squeeze from China.”

「台灣97% 的能源、三分之二的食品依賴進口——這是不可持續的，也沒有實現淨零排放，」她說，並補充道：「解決氣候變遷所需的措施與你需要做的事情是一樣的。

Emma Sky, second from left, in January 2009 accompanies general Ray Odierno, center, on a visit to a local market in Khalis, Iraq, January 2009.

2009 年 1 月，艾瑪·斯凱（左二）陪同雷·奧迪爾諾將軍（中）參觀伊拉克哈利斯的當地市場。

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She adds that since COVID and the rise in global tensions, countries are “derisking,” by shrinking supply chains, and focusing on food production at home — changes that Taiwan needs to accelerate.

她補充說，自從新冠肺炎疫情和全球緊張局勢加劇以來，各國正在透過收縮供應鏈並專注於國內糧食生產來「規避風險」——台灣需要加快這項變革。

“Food, energy and water security makes Taiwan more capable of coping with a strangulation of a blockade and those types of scenarios,” she says.

「糧食、能源和水安全使台灣更有能力應對封鎖和此類情況，」她說。

Sky, who spent years advising the US military in Iraq and later fostering Israeli-Palestinian co-existence, will draw on her extensive experience in conflict resolution to discuss the reasons why climate change should form the centerpiece of all government policy.

斯凱多年來一直為駐伊拉克美軍提供諮詢，後來促進了以色列與巴勒斯坦的共存。

Emma Sky, a conflict resolution specialist who has worked with the US military in Iraq and fostered co-existence between Israel and Palestine, will give a lecture in Taipei tomorrow.

曾在伊拉克與美軍合作並促進以色列和巴勒斯坦共存的衝突解決專家艾瑪·斯凱(Emma Sky)將於明天在台北發表演講。

Photo courtesy of the Lung Yingtai Cultural Foundation

龍應台文化基金會供圖

The speech, titled Peace Does Not Come Through Passivity and open to the public, will be held tomorrow evening in Taipei and moderated by Lung Yingtai (龍應台), a former minister of culture and founder of the Lung Yingtai Cultural Foundation.

這場題為「和平並非被動而來」的演講將於明晚在台北舉行，由前文化部部長、龍應台文化基金會創始人龍應台主持。

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