伊丽莎白-汤普森(Elizabeth Thompson)大使在接受 "C2GTalk "采访时说,由于气候变化带来的生存威胁,岛屿人民很可能会考虑改变气候的方法,如清除二氧化碳和改变太阳辐射。在她看来,主要挑战之一是如何确保在考虑这些方法时,最脆弱的群体能够参与其中。
This interview was recorded on November 24, 2020, and is also available with interpretation into 中文, Español, and Français.
Island peoples may well consider climate-altering approaches, like carbon dioxide removal and solar radiation modification, because of the existential threat posed by climate change, said Ambassador Elizabeth Thompson during a C2GTalk interview. One of the main challenges, in her view, is how to ensure that the most vulnerable will have a seat at the table when these approaches are considered.
Ambassador Elizabeth Thompson is the permanent representative of Barbados to the United Nations. She has worked in development policy for nearly 25 years. She served as an elected member of Parliament from 1994 to 2008, and at various times as minister of energy and environment, housing and lands, physical development and planning, and health.
Thompson served as assistant secretary-general of the United Nations as one of two executive coordinators at the Rio+20 Conference on Sustainable Development, and engaged in a number of advisory roles within the UN system, including on the transition from the MDGs to the SDGs, in the Office of the UN Secretary General, UNDP, the President of the General Assembly and on the Secretary General’s global energy initiative, Sustainable Energy for All (SE4ALL). This interview was recorded on November 24, 2020.
For more, including an edited transcript, please visit C2G's website.