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UN Principals Brief Civilizational Transition for Human Survival Reorienting Economic Governance toward Life Value

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日期:2026/01/16   IAE 

UN Principals Brief

Civilizational Transition for Human Survival

Reorienting Economic Governance toward Life Value

Purpose｜目的

This brief provides senior UN principals with a concise strategic framing of why global economic governance must transition from capital-centered growth models toward Life Value–centered governance, in response to accelerating inequality, aging pressures, ecological risk, and civilizational sustainability.

本簡報旨在向聯合國高層決策者，清楚說明：
為何當前全球經濟治理，必須從以資本為核心的成長模式，轉型為以生命價值為核心的治理體系。

1. Strategic Context｜關鍵情勢判斷

Despite decades of economic growth, humanity faces converging systemic risks:

  • Extreme global inequality, with wealth concentration accelerating

  • Rapid population aging and care-system fragmentation

  • Ecological degradation exceeding planetary boundaries

  • Rising social instability and declining institutional trust

These trends indicate that current economic governance models are no longer aligned with human survival and long-term sustainability.

儘管全球經濟持續成長，人類卻同時面臨多重系統性風險：
貧富差距擴大、高齡化加速、照護體系斷裂、生態惡化與社會不穩定。
這顯示：既有經濟治理模式已無法支撐人類長期生存與文明延續。

2. Core Diagnosis｜核心診斷

The central failure is structural, not cyclical.

Economic systems optimized for capital efficiency and price signals systematically externalize:

  • Life and health costs

  • Care and social reproduction costs

  • Environmental and intergenerational costs

As a result, growth increasingly occurs alongside life depletion.

問題並非景氣循環，而是結構性失衡。
當經濟制度只回應價格與資本效率，
生命、照護、環境與世代成本便被制度性排除，
導致「成長伴隨生命耗損」成為常態。

3. Policy Reframing｜政策重構主張

This brief proposes a clear reframing principle:

Economic governance must transition
from maximizing capital returns
to maximizing Life Value.

Life Value refers to the integrated capacity of societies to ensure:

  • Human survival and health

  • Dignity and opportunity

  • Care continuity across the life course

  • Intergenerational sustainability

本簡報提出一項明確的治理重構原則：
經濟治理的核心目標，必須從資本報酬極大化，轉向生命價值極大化。

4. Operational Implications｜可操作的治理意涵

A Life Value–centered governance framework implies:

  • Integrating life, care, health, and environmental costs into policy evaluation

  • Shifting from post-crisis compensation to preventive investment

  • Strengthening planned and integrated social protection systems

  • Measuring success by life outcomes, not aggregate wealth alone

這意味著：
政策評估須納入生命與照護成本，
治理重心從事後補救轉向預防，
並以生命改善成果作為成效指標。

5. Alignment with UN Priorities｜與聯合國核心任務對齊

Life Value governance directly reinforces:

  • SDG 1 No Poverty

  • SDG 3 Health and Well-Being

  • SDG 10 Reduced Inequalities

  • SDG 13 Climate Action

  • SDG 16 Strong Institutions

It provides a unifying logic linking development, equity, and sustainability.

生命價值治理為 SDGs 提供一個一致的「文明治理邏輯」，
避免目標碎片化與政策各自為政。

6. Strategic Message for Principals｜給高層的關鍵訊息

  • Global inequality, aging, and ecological stress are life-value crises, not only economic ones

  • Without reframing governance goals, policy fragmentation will intensify

  • Life Value provides a cross-sector, cross-generational anchor for future UN initiatives

全球不平等、高齡化與生態危機，本質上是生命價值危機。
若不重構治理目標，政策碎片化將持續惡化。

7. Policy Conclusion｜政策結論

An economy that fails to protect life
cannot sustain civilization.

Economic governance must return to its fundamental purpose:
to safeguard human survival and ensure civilizational continuity.

Recommended Next Steps｜建議行動

  1. Mandate pilot application of Life Value–based indicators (e.g. LVI) in selected UN programs

  2. Integrate aging and long-term care governance into inequality frameworks

  3. Convene a High-Level Dialogue on Life Value and Economic Governance