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

IS THE CRISIS JUST FINANCIAL? 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

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

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

Why is society so ill-equipped to understand degradation & restoration?  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

CAN EUROPE RETURN TO PROSPERITY AGAIN ?  Understanding the economy of the Kingdom  Understanding the time &the season  Leadership: Need of the revelation & the anointing that produce the vision for the transformation and its paradigm & patterns