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Crises in Europe: A Sunset or a Dawn?

Pre-Summit Meeting - Amsterdam, 14 November 2013. Crises in Europe: A Sunset or a Dawn?. Luc GNACADJA. Is the crisis just financial? Only european ? We must look at the big picture. The parable of the sower ( Mark 4, AMP):

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Crises in Europe: A Sunset or a Dawn?

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  1. Pre-Summit Meeting - Amsterdam, 14 November 2013 Crises in Europe: A Sunset or a Dawn? Luc GNACADJA

  2. Is the crisis justfinancial? Only european?We must look at the big picture • The parable of the sower(Mark 4, AMP): • The soil’s economy and the far-reaching impacts of soil degradation

  3. Extreme Poverty Food insecurity & Hunger Water stress & Increasedvulnerability to Drought CC: Loss of resilience & Increased emissions of GHG Biodiversity Loss Economics:LD cost up to 5% Agri. GDP/Year Deforestation Instability & Crises Environ. induced Migrations Soil degradation linkage with global issues

  4. Poverty eradication • Improving livelihood through pro-poor policies on Sustainable Land & Water Management • Food Security • Preserving the resource base for food security – Land productivity/Soil fertility improvement at the core of all long term strategies • Drought & Water stress • Improving water availability & quality through sustainable land & water management • Climate change • Land is a win-win context for adaptation, mitigation & resilience building • Biodiversity • Biodiversity conservation through improvement of land ecosystems’ conditions The benefits of SLM and Restoration HolisticStewardship • Avoided Deforestation • Sust. Land Management & Restoration of degraded Lands as an alternative to Deforestation • Bio Energies • Opportunities for Bio energies through biomass production • Avoiding environ. Forced Migrations • Changing the DAM paradigm • “Degrade-Abandon-Migrate”

  5. As soil degradation, ‘spiritual degradation’is a slow motion crisis but with far-reaching impacts • The initial response to the economic crisis has been built on the scarcity paradigm. Thank God for the sophisticated but Europe needs the supernatural. Operating according to the Kingdom’s economy: where Kingdom’s mathematics 1+1 = multiple of 2 prevails • Societal crises are leadership crises • From societal degradation to restoration: To be effective, restoration must be undertaken through Holistic stewardship for societal transformation • Why is society so ill-equipped to understand degradation & restoration?

  6. Understanding the economy of the Kingdom • Understanding the time &the season • Leadership: Need of the revelation & the anointingthatproduce the vision for the transformation and itsparadigm & patterns Can europe return to prosperity again ?

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