致國立臺灣師範大學的公開信
2022年4月25日
國立臺灣師範大學（以下簡稱「臺師大」）於該校今（2022）年度的《財務規劃報告書》中宣布，該校響應聯合國永續發展目標（SDGs），將持續選取永續穩健經營、保護環境及善盡社會責任之企業為投資標的，以落實大學社會責任（USR）。
此舉使臺師大成為繼國立臺灣大學之後、臺灣第二間公開宣布其校務基金將落實責任投資的大學，並與全球超過170間已完全或部分撤資化石燃料產業的高等教育機構一同成為教育界對抗氣候危機、實踐永續發展的行列。
350臺灣在此表達高度的肯定和讚賞、支持臺師大的這項決定。在當今的氣候緊急狀態下，若全球社會欲達成《巴黎協議》控制大氣升溫幅度的目標，各方利害關係人必須改變資金的流向以扭轉氣候危機，意即撤資化石燃料產業，並將資金轉投資於能促進永續發展的產業和領域，例如再生能源、循環經濟、電動化運輸及其他對氣候變遷的解決方案。同時，培育青年學子的大學更應向校內師生及社會大眾做出正面表率、對未來世代負責，以維護後代的生存權益、落實世代衡平。
如今，氣候變遷、永續發展不僅是環境議題，更已成為一個國家的治理和國際間經貿往來、外交關係乃至軍事衝突、區域安全等高階政治場域中的重點因素。當2050年淨零排放的目標已成為全球絕大多數國家的共識時，綠色金融、永續投資已成為國際趨勢及投資人的目光焦點，其對再生能源、循環經濟、電動化運輸及其他相關永續創新技術的大量資金支持，更是我們全力減緩氣候變遷的、最有力的後盾。
同時，350臺灣也再次呼籲各大學、金融單位、民間企業、政府部門及其他多方利害關係人跟進，一同停止資助化石燃料產業，共同守護我們自身和未來世代的福祉、為扭轉氣候危機做出改變的一步！
350臺灣團隊
An Open Letter to National Taiwan Normal University
April 25th, 2022
National Taiwan Normal University (NTNU) has announced that it will continue to invest in companies that operate sustainably and robustly, protect the natural environment, and fulfill their Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) in its 2022 Financial Plan Report in response to the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), in order to fulfill its University Social Responsibility (USR).
This makes NTNU become the 2nd university in Taiwan after National Taiwan University (NTU) that pledges to ensure that its endowment funds will be of responsible investment, making itself aligned with 170+ higher education institutes worldwide that have completely or partially divested from fossil-fuel industries to fight against climate change and realize sustainable developments.
350 Taiwan hereby highly supports and appreciates this decision made by NTNU. With the ongoing “climate emergency”, if the human society wishes to achieve the temperature goal set by the Paris Agreement, multilateral stakeholders must change the direction of money flow to combat the climate crisis, which means divesting from fossil-fuel industries and re-investing in industries that accelerate sustainable development, including renewable energies, circular economy, electrification of transportation, and other solutions to climate change. In the meantime, universities, which educate and empower youth students, must become positive paradigms for their students and faculties and be responsible for future generations, in order to preserve their right to live and ensure intergenerational equity.
Nowadays, climate change and sustainable development are not only an environmental issue, but also a crucial factor in the governance of a nation, as well as in the high-level political fields, inclusive of international trades, diplomatic relations, and even military conflicts and regional safety. As the 2050 Net-Zero Emission has become the consensus among most nations, green finance and sustainable investments have become an international trend and the focus of investors, whose financial support for renewables, circular economy, electrification of transportation, and other innovative technologies serves as our most solid foundation for mitigating climate change.
Once again, 350 Taiwan calls upon universities, financial institutes, corporations, governmental sectors, and other relevant stakeholders to stop investing in fossil-fuel industries, to preserve the welfare of ourselves and of future generations. By doing so, we can all take a step forward to tackle the climate crisis!
350 Taiwan