The disarming case to act right now on climate change | Greta Thunberg

Translator: Akinori Oyama Reviewer: Peter van de Ven

Translator: Lars Hansen Reviewer: Jette Thrane

When I was about eight years old,

Jeg var 8 år,

I first heard about something called climate change or global warming.

da jeg første gang hørte om klimaforandring og global opvarmning.

Apparently, that was something humans had created by our way of living.

Tilsyneladende var det noget mennesker havde skabt gennem vores måde at leve på.

I was told to turn off the lights to save energy

Jeg blev bedt om at slukke lysene for at spare energi

and to recycle paper to save resources.

og genbruge papir for at spare resurser.

I remember thinking that it was very strange

Jeg tænkte, det var sært

that humans, who are an animal species among others,

at mennesker, som er en dyreart blandt mange,

could be capable of changing the Earth's climate.

var i stand til at ændre Jordens klima.

Because if we were, and if it was really happening,

For hvis vi var og hvis det virkelig skete,

we wouldn't be talking about anything else.

ville vi ikke tale om andet.

As soon as you'd turn on the TV, everything would be about that.

Tændte man fjernsynet, ville alt handle om det.

Headlines, radio, newspapers,

Overskrifter, radio, aviser,

you would never read or hear about anything else,

man ville aldrig læse eller høre om andet,

as if there was a world war going on.

som om der var en verdenskrig igang.

But no one ever talked about it.

Men ingen talte om det.

If burning fossil fuels was so bad that it threatened our very existence,

Hvis brugen af fossile brændstoffer var så slemt at det truede vores eksistens,

how could we just continue like before?

hvordan kunne vi så bare fortsætte?

Why were there no restrictions?

Hvorfor var der ingen restriktioner?

Why wasn't it made illegal?

Hvorfor blev det ikke gjort ulovligt?

To me, that did not add up.

I mine øjne gav det ingen mening.

It was too unreal.

Det var uvirkeligt.

So when I was 11, I became ill.

Så da jeg var 11, blev jeg syg.

I fell into depression,

Jeg fik en depression.

I stopped talking,

Jeg hverken talte

and I stopped eating.

eller spiste mere.

In two months, I lost about 10 kilos of weight.

På to måneder tabte jeg 10 kilo.

Later on, I was diagnosed with Asperger syndrome,

Senere fik jeg diagnosen Aspergers syndrom,

OCD and selective mutism.

OCD og selektiv mutisme

That basically means I only speak when I think it's necessary -

Det betyder at jeg kun taler, når jeg finder det nødvendigt --

now is one of those moments.

som i dette øjeblik.

(Applause)

(Bifald)

For those of us who are on the spectrum,

For os, der er inden for spektret,

almost everything is black or white.

er næsten alt sort eller hvidt.

We aren't very good at lying,

Vi er ikke gode til at lyve,

and we usually don't enjoy participating in this social game

og vi bryder os ikke om at deltage i denne sociale leg,

that the rest of you seem so fond of.

som resten af jer virker så glade for.

(Laughter)

(Latter)

I think in many ways that we autistic are the normal ones,

Jeg tror på mange måder at vi autister er de normale

and the rest of the people are pretty strange,

og resten af befolkningen de sære,

(Laughter)

(Latter)

especially when it comes to the sustainability crisis,

især når det handler om bæredygtighedskrisen,

where everyone keeps saying climate change is an existential threat

hvor alle siger klimaforandringer er en eksistentiel krise

and the most important issue of all,

og det vigtigste emne

and yet they just carry on like before.

og alligevel fortsætter som før.

I don't understand that,

Det forstår jeg ikke,

because if the emissions have to stop,

for skal udslippene stoppes,

then we must stop the emissions.

så skal vi stoppe udslippene.

To me that is black or white.

For mig er det sort eller hvidt.

There are no gray areas when it comes to survival.

Der er ingen gråzoner, når det handler om at overleve.

Either we go on as a civilization or we don't.

Enten fortsætter vi som civilisation eller også gør vi ikke.

We have to change.

Vi må forandre os.

Rich countries like Sweden need to start reducing emissions

Rige lande som Sverige skal reducere deres udslip

by at least 15 percent every year.

med mindst 15 procent hvert år.

And that is so that we can stay below a two-degree warming target.

Blot så vi kan holde os under 2 grader-målet.

Yet, as the IPCC have recently demonstrated,

Men som IPCC påviste for nylig,

aiming instead for 1.5 degrees Celsius

vil et mål om 1,5 grader

would significantly reduce the climate impacts.

begrænse klimapåvirkningen markant.

But we can only imagine what that means for reducing emissions.

Men det bliver ved forestillingen ...

You would think the media and every one of our leaders

Man skulle tro medierne og alle verdens ledere

would be talking about nothing else,

ikke talte om andet,

but they never even mention it.

men de nævner det aldrig.

Nor does anyone ever mention

Ej heller nævnes

the greenhouse gases already locked in the system.

drivhusgasserne der allerede er frigivet.

Nor that air pollution is hiding a warming

Eller at luftforureningen skjuler en stigning,

so that when we stop burning fossil fuels,

så når vi stopper brugen af fossile brændsler

we already have an extra level of warming

vil vi allerede have øget temperaturen

perhaps as high as 0.5 to 1.1 degrees Celsius.

måske så meget som 0,5 til 1,1 grader.

Furthermore does hardly anyone speak about the fact

Ydermere taler kun få om det faktum

that we are in the midst of the sixth mass extinction,

at vi er midt i den 6. masseudryddelse

with up to 200 species going extinct every single day,

hvor op til 200 arter uddør dagligt,

that the extinction rate today

at udryddelsesraten i dag

is between 1,000 and 10,000 times higher

er mellem 1.000 og 10.000 gange højere

than what is seen as normal.

end normalt.

Nor does hardly anyone ever speak about the aspect of equity or climate justice,

Kun sjældent nævnes princippet om klimalighed eller klimaretfærdighed,

clearly stated everywhere in the Paris Agreement,

der tydeligt fremgår af Paris-aftalen,

which is absolutely necessary to make it work on a global scale.

som det er absolut nødvendigt at få til at fungere globalt.

That means that rich countries

Det betyder at de rige lande

need to get down to zero emissions within 6 to 12 years,

helt skal stoppe deres udslip i løbet af 6 til 12 år

with today's emission speed.

med de nuværende udslip.

And that is so that people in poorer countries

Det vil give folk i fattigere lande

can have a chance to heighten their standard of living

muligheden for at hæve deres levestandard

by building some of the infrastructure that we have already built,

ved at bygge noget af den infrastruktur vi allerede har

such as roads, schools, hospitals,

såsom veje, skoler, hospitaler,

clean drinking water, electricity, and so on.

rent drikkevand, elektricitet osv.

Because how can we expect countries like India or Nigeria

For hvordan kan vi forvente lande som Indien eller Nigeria

to care about the climate crisis

skal bekymre sig om klimakrisen

if we who already have everything don't care even a second about it

når vi der allerede har alt, er helt ligeglade med den

or our actual commitments to the Paris Agreement?

eller vores forpligtelser i Paris-aftalen?

So, why are we not reducing our emissions?

Hvorfor nedbringer vi ikke vores udslip?

Why are they in fact still increasing?

Hvorfor øges de?

Are we knowingly causing a mass extinction?

Er det bevidst at vi forårsager en masseudryddelse?

Are we evil?

Er vi onde?

No, of course not.

Nej, selvfølgelig ikke.

People keep doing what they do

Folk gør som de altid har gjort

because the vast majority doesn't have a clue

fordi størstedelen ikke aner noget

about the actual consequences of our everyday life,

om de faktiske konsekvenser for vores hverdagsliv,

and they don't know that rapid change is required.

og ikke ved at der kræves hurtige forandringer.

We all think we know, and we all think everybody knows,

Vi tror alle vi ved det og vi tror alle andre ved det,

but we don't.

men det gør vi ikke.

Because how could we?

For hvordan kan vi det?

If there really was a crisis,

Hvis der virkelig var en krise

and if this crisis was caused by our emissions,

og denne krise var forårsaget af vores udslip,

you would at least see some signs.

ville vi i det mindste se tegn på det.

Not just flooded cities, tens of thousands of dead people,

Ikke bare oversvømmede byer, titusindvis af døde

and whole nations leveled to piles of torn down buildings.

og hele nationer lagt i ruiner.

You would see some restrictions.

Vi ville se restriktioner.

But no.

Men nej.

And no one talks about it.

Og ingen taler om det.

There are no emergency meetings, no headlines, no breaking news.

Der er ingen hastemøder, ingen overskrifter, intet seneste nyt.

No one is acting as if we were in a crisis.

Ingen opfører sig som var vi midt i en krise.

Even most climate scientists or green politicians

De fleste klimaforskere eller grønne politikere

keep on flying around the world, eating meat and dairy.

flyver fortsat verden rundt og spiser kød og mejeriprodukter.

If I live to be 100, I will be alive in the year 2103.

Jeg fylder 100 i år 2103.

When you think about the future today, you don't think beyond the year 2050.

Når du tænker på din fremtid i dag tænker du ikke længere end 2050.

By then, I will, in the best case, not even have lived half of my life.

På det tidspunkt vil jeg, i bedste fald, have levet under halvdelen af mit liv.

What happens next?

Hvad sker der derefter?

The year 2078, I will celebrate my 75th birthday.

I 2078 kan jeg fejre min 75 års fødselsdag.

If I have children or grandchildren, maybe they will spend that day with me.

Måske jeg tilbringer dagen med mine børn og børnebørn.

Maybe they will ask me about you,

Måske de spørger mig om jer,

the people who were around, back in 2018.

om de folk der levede i 2018.

Maybe they will ask why you didn't do anything

Måske de spørger hvorfor I ikke gjorde noget,

while there still was time to act.

mens der stadig var tid til at handle.

What we do or don't do right now will affect my entire life

Hvad vi gør eller ikke gør lige nu vil påvirke resten af mit liv

and the lives of my children and grandchildren.

og mine børn og børnebørns liv.

What we do or don't do right now,

Hvad vi gør eller ikke gør lige nu,

me and my generation can't undo in the future.

kan jeg og min generation ikke lave om på i fremtiden.

So when school started in August of this year,

Så da skolen startede i august i år,

I decided that this was enough.

besluttede jeg at nu var det nok.

I set myself down on the ground outside the Swedish parliament.

Jeg satte mig udenfor det svenske parlament.

I school striked for the climate.

Jeg gik i skolestrejke for klimaets skyld.

Some people say that I should be in school instead.

Nogle siger jeg hellere skulle gå i skole.

Some people say that I should study to become a climate scientist

Nogle siger jeg skal uddanne mig til klimaforsker

so that I can "solve the climate crisis."

så jeg kan "løse klimakrisen".

But the climate crisis has already been solved.

Men klimakrisen er allerede løst.

We already have all the facts and solutions.

Vi har allerede alle fakta og løsninger.

All we have to do is to wake up and change.

Nu skal vi bare vågne op og ændre os.

And why should I be studying for a future that soon will be no more

Hvorfor skulle jeg studere for en fremtid, der snart ikke findes mere

when no one is doing anything whatsoever to save that future?

fordi ingen gør noget for at redde den?

And what is the point of learning facts in the school system

Hvad er pointen i at lære fakta i skolen

when the most important facts

når de vigtigste fakta

given by the finest science of that same school system

baseret på videnskab i det samme skolesystem

clearly means nothing to our politicians and our society.

tydeligvis ikke betyder noget for vores politikere og samfund.

Some people say that Sweden is just a small country,

Nogle mener at Sverige blot er et lille land

and that it doesn't matter what we do,

og at det er uden betydning hvad vi gør

but I think that if a few children can get headlines all over the world

men jeg mener at når et par børn kan skabe overskrifter i hele verden

just by not coming to school for a few weeks,

blot ved ikke at komme i skole i et par uger,

imagine what we could all do together if you wanted to.

forestil jer så hvad vi alle kunne gøre i fællesskab.

(Applause)

(Bifald)

Now we're almost at the end of my talk,

Nu nærmer vi os enden på min tale

and this is where people usually start talking about hope,

og det er her folk normalt taler om håb,

solar panels, wind power, circular economy, and so on,

solpaneler, vindkraft, cirkulær økonomi osv.

but I'm not going to do that.

men det gør jeg ikke.

We've had 30 years of pep-talking and selling positive ideas.

Vi har brugt 30 år på at sælge positive idéer og peptalks.

And I'm sorry, but it doesn't work.

Jeg beklager, men det virker ikke.

Because if it would have,

For gjorde det det,

the emissions would have gone down by now.

ville udslippene være mindre nu.

They haven't.

Det er de ikke.

And yes, we do need hope,

Ja, vi har brug for håb,

of course we do.

selvfølgelig har vi det.

But the one thing we need more than hope is action.

Men vi har mere brug for handling end håb.

Once we start to act, hope is everywhere.

Når vi begynder at handle, er der håb overalt

So instead of looking for hope,

Så fremfor at lede efter håb,

look for action.

så gør noget.

Then, and only then, hope will come.

Kun sådan er der håb.

Today, we use 100 million barrels of oil every single day.

I dag bruger vi 100 mio. tønder olie dagligt.

There are no politics to change that.

Ingen har som politik at ændre det.

There are no rules to keep that oil in the ground.

Der er ingen regler, der forhindrer udvinding af olie.

So we can't save the world by playing by the rules,

Vi kan altså ikke redde verden ved at spille efter reglerne

because the rules have to be changed.

så reglerne må ændres.

Everything needs to change --

Alting må forandres --

and it has to start today.

fra i dag af.

Thank you.

Tak.

(Applause)

(Bifald)