Ying-Shih Hsieh

Typhoons and earthquakes are real life experience in Taiwan. To breathe simultaneously with typhoons and earthquakes is the ultimate homework for Taiwanese people. This book, "Fireflies after the Typhoon", speaks of exactly that dependency relationship between people and the natural environment. These upcoming years are crucial as world leaders will agree on a new sustainable development framework for the next 15 years. The proposed 17 Sustainable Development Goals include targets to end poverty, to ensure healthy lives and quality education and to combat climate change, among others. The decisions taken will undoubtedly have a huge impact on children's lives and rights today as well as the lives and rights of future generations.