首场海洋全球高阶会议 联合国世界环境日登场 建立於 2017/06/09 上稿编辑： 邹敏惠 摘译自 2017年6月5日 ENS美国，纽约市报导；姜唯编译；蔡丽伶审校 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 6月5日是世界环境日。联合国秘书长古特雷斯（António Guterres）透过影片为世界环 境日致词，重申人人可为保护唯一的家园尽一份心力，包括少用塑胶、少开车、少浪费食 物，以及最重要的，激发他人多尽一份关心的力量。 1972年，联合国大会将6月5日订为世界环境日，是最大的全球环境行动日。今年环境日由 加拿大担任主办国，同时也是加拿大建国150周年。 「我鼓励所有加拿大人参加环境日活动，亲近自然，再次承诺留一个更健康的环境给後代 子孙。」加拿大环境与气候变迁部长麦坎纳（Catherine McKenna）致词表示。 http://imgur.com/xhudAS5.jpg 加拿大海域一只座头鲸从水中跃出水面。图片来源：Leigh Hilbert（CC BY-SA 2.0） 联合国环境规划署执行董事梭雷（Erik Solheim）指出，今日全球六大洲有数千人加入大 规模的海滩和公园清扫活动，全球共1,600平方公里的陆地受到保护，超过30个知名地标 点起绿色灯光，包括帝国大厦、里约热内卢耶稣像和尼加拉瀑布。 联合国纽约总部为期五天的海洋研讨会恰好也在2017年环境日揭幕，是第一个讨论海洋保 育、永续利用海洋资源的全球高阶会议，由斐济和瑞典政府共同主办。 http://imgur.com/yxE8VPI.jpg 联合国海洋研讨会海报。图片来源：联合国环境署。 2030年永续发展议程的目标14和15即聚焦保育和永续利用海洋资源，保护、重建和提倡土 地生态系统的永续利用。 全世界许多国家、企业和公民团体自主提出海洋健康行动承诺，累积超过600项，预计在 海洋研讨会上将有更多成员加入。这些行动承诺解决各式各样的海洋问题，包括保护珊瑚 礁、加强永续渔业、减塑和减缓气候变迁影响。 「透过加入海洋研讨会的自主承诺、在合作夥伴对话中针对海洋问题提出具体解决方案、 重申研讨会的行动呼吁，我们要逆转所有人类对海洋的错误行为。」联合国大会主席汤普 森（Peter Thomson）说。 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 原文内容: UN Oceans Conference Opens on World Environment Day NEW YORK, New York, June 5, 2017 (ENS) Secretary-General António Guterres today in a video message for World Environment Day, celebrated annually on June 5. The UN chief reaffirmed that everyone has a role to play “in protecting our only home,” including using less plastics, driving less, wasting less food and “teaching each other to care.” In 1972, the General Assembly of the United Nations designated June 5 as World Environment Day, the largest global day for positive environmental action. This year, the main celebrations are hosted by Canada, which is also celebrating its 150th anniversary. “I encourage all Canadians to join the celebrations, to connect with nature, and recommit to leaving a healthier environment for future generations,” said Catherine McKenna, Minister of Environment and Climate Change. Erik Solheim, executive director, United Nations Environment Programme, said thousands of people across six continents are joining massive clean-ups of beaches and parks, countries are protecting 1,600 square kilometres of land, and over 30 iconic landmarks, including the Empire State Building, the Christ the Redeemer statue in Rio de Janeiro, and Niagara Falls, will light up in green. The 2017 edition of World Environment Day coincides with the opening at UN Headquarters in New York of the five-day Ocean Conference, the first high-level global meeting on conservation and sustainable use of the oceans, seas and marine resources. The governments of Fiji and Sweden have the co-hosting responsibilities of the Conference. The 2030 Agenda resolves “to ensure the lasting protection of the planet and its natural resources,” in particular, the Agenda’s associated Sustainable Development Goals 14 and 15 focus on respectively conserving and sustainably using the oceans, seas and marine resources and on protecting, restoring and promoting sustainable use of land ecosystems. A surge in the number of voluntary commitments to take action to improve the health of the ocean by countries, businesses and civil society groups has been recorded, and more are expected as the Ocean Conference gets underway Monday, 5 June at United Nations Headquarters in New York. The commitments, now numbering over 600 and still increasing, target a wide range of ocean problems, ranging from protecting coral reefs, strengthening sustainable fisheries, reducing plastic pollution, and addressing the impacts of climate change on the ocean. “By adding to the conference’s register of voluntary commitments; of producing practical solutions to Ocean’s problems at the Partnership Dialogues; and through the affirmation of the conference’s Call for Action, we have begun that process of reversing the wrongs.” said Peter Thomson, President of the UN General Assembly. ※全文及图片详见: ENS https://goo.gl/nQaH1Q ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 来源网址: http://e-info.org.tw/node/205434 --

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