Esivumelwaneni esiyingqopha-mlando, emigqeni eseceleni Yokugubha iminyaka engu-50 ye-Club of Rome, u-Geoffrey Lipman, umsunguli-munye we-Strong Universal Network (SUNx) kanye no-Jinfeng Zhou uNobhala Jikelele we-China Biodiversity Conservation and Green Development Foundation [I-CBCGDF] bavumile ukwandisa inethiwekhi esungulwe njengefa kumngane wabo nomeluleki uMaurice Strong.

I-SUnx kanye ne-CBCGDF bazosebenzisana ekuthuthukisweni kwenethiwekhi Yokumelana Nesimo Sezulu kanye nokwakhiwa kwamakhono e-China, i-One Belt One Road States kanye namazwe ase-Afrika ahlobene. Izingxenye eziyinhloko zobambiswano yilezi:

• Ukusungulwa kwe-Beijing SUnx Centre

• Ukuthuthukiswa Kwenethiwekhi ye-SUnx e-China, i-One Belt One Road, kanye ne-Afrika

• Ukusingatha Izinsuku Eziqinile Zokulwa Nesimo Sezulu kusuka endaweni yase-Beijing

• Ukuthuthukisa Uhlelo lwe-Maurice Strong Legacy Scholarship Programme e-China nangale kwayo

Amaqembu avumile ukugxila ngokushesha ekukhuthazeni Uhambo Olunobungane Besimo Sezulu futhi ikakhulukazi ngokubhekiselwa kumaPaki, Izindawo Ezivikelekile kanye nezindawo Zamagugu Amasiko.

UGeoffrey Lipman uthe “Lokhu kuyimpumelelo enkulu ohlelweni olwagqugquzelwa uMaurice Strong, omunye wobaba beSustainable Development kanye nomboni wemibono owabona umkhakha wezokuvakasha nowokuvakasha ubalulekile ekuthuthukisweni komhlaba kodwa odinga uguquko olusheshayo Umnotho Omusha Wesimo Sezulu. Kuphinde kuveze umbono wakhe wokuthi isizukulwane esilandelayo sizoba ngompetha besimo sezulu emhlabeni wethu nokuthi i-China izobamba iqhaza eliphambili. Siyajabula ukusebenzisana ne-CBCGDF inhlangano enerekhodi eliziqhenyayo lokusimama nobuholi bezokongiwa kwemvelo. Siyavuma ukuthi ukuguquguquka kwesimo sezulu kuyiqiniso elikhona ku-ajenda yomhlaba wonke nokuthi amanethiwekhi aqinisiwe emoyeni we-SDG 17 ayisihluthulelo sekusasa lethu. "

U-Jinfeng Zhou uthe “Ngiyaziqhenya kakhulu ngokuthi senza isivumelwano phakathi Nomkhosi Weminyaka engama-50 we-Club of Rome. Njengelungu elisanda kukhethwa loMkhandlu Ophethe Weqembu, ngikholwa ukuthi ilona kanye uhlobo loshintsho lwesistimu esilumele. Kungakho umngane wethu uMaurice Strong, ukuzibophezela kwakhe okuyinganekwane ekuthuthukisweni okusimeme kweplanethi nabantu bayo, kubonakala futhi embonweni wemingcele yeplanethi yeClub. Lezi yizimiso esizisekelayo kwa-CBCGDF zokukholisa okugxile esenzweni ngokuzibandakanya okuqinile nababambiqhaza. Izindawo ezivikelwe kanye nezinhlobo zezilwane ziyingxenye ebalulekile ye-bio-system yethu futhi sidinga ukuqinisa ukuzivikela kwethu. Lesi sivumelwano siza ngesikhathi sokunyatheliswa kwencwadi entsha ethi Remembering Maurice Strong ebonisa ngokucace kakhulu lapho besikhona nokuthi kufanele siyephi ngokuphuthumayo.”

UZhou wengeze wathi, “Sithemba ukuthi i-SUNx Centers izophinde ibe yizindawo zokukhombisa umbono ovuselelwe weClub of Rome woshintsho olusheshayo kuMnotho Omusha Wesimo Sezulu.”

Ukuze uthole olunye ulwazi sicela uthinte: SUnx, Olly Wheatcroft [i-imeyili ivikelwe] ; CBCGDF, Linda Wong, [i-imeyili ivikelwe]

LOKHO ONGAKUTHATHE KULESI SIHLOKO:

Geoffrey Lipman said “This is a massive breakthrough in a program that was inspired by Maurice Strong, one of the fathers of Sustainable Development and a visionary who saw the travel and tourism sector as vital to global development but in need of an accelerated transformation to the New Climate Economy.
In a landmark agreement, in the side-lines of the Club of Rome's 50th Anniversary, Geoffrey Lipman, Co-founder of the Strong Universal Network (SUNx) and Jinfeng Zhou Secretary General of The China Biodiversity Conservation and Green Development Foundation [CBCGDF] agreed to expand the network established as a legacy to their friend and mentor Maurice Strong.
We agree that Climate Change is the existential reality on the global agenda and that strengthened networks in the spirit of SDG 17 are a key to our future.