Averting the climate crisis | Al Gore

Translator: Kenneth Andres Reviewer: Schubert Malbas

Thank you so much, Chris.

Maraming salamat Chris. Ito'y isang malaking karangalan

And it's truly a great honor to have the opportunity

na binigyan ako ng pagkakataon na pumunta dito upang tumayo sa inyong harapan. Labis akong nalulugod.

to come to this stage twice; I'm extremely grateful.

I have been blown away by this conference,

Ako'y humahanga sa pagtitipong ito, at gusto ko kayong pasalamatan sa maraming

and I want to thank all of you for the many nice comments

magagandang komentaryo tungkol sa tinalakay ko noong isang gabi.

about what I had to say the other night.

And I say that sincerely,

At totoo ang mga sinabi ko, dahil -- (mangiyak-ngiyak) -- kailangan ko talaga 'yon! (Tawanan)

partly because (Mock sob)

I need that.

(Laughter)

Put yourselves in my position.

Ilagay n'yo ang inyong sarili sa aking kinalalagyan!

(Laughter)

I flew on Air Force Two for eight years.

Ako'y isang piloto ng Air Force Two sa loob ng walong taon.

(Laughter)

Now I have to take off my shoes or boots to get on an airplane!

Ngayon kailangan ko nang tanggalin ang aking sapatos at bota para sumakay ng eroplano!

(Laughter)

(Tawanan) (Palakpakan)

(Applause)

I'll tell you one quick story

Kukwentuhan ko kayo kung ano na ang nangyayari sa buhay ko.

to illustrate what that's been like for me.

(Laughter)

It's a true story -- every bit of this is true.

Ito'y totoong kwento -- lahat ng laman nito ay totoo.

Soon after Tipper and I left the -- (Mock sob) White House --

Pagkatapos namin iwanan ni Tipper ang --(hindi tunay na pag-iyak) -- White House -- (Tawanan) --

(Laughter)

we were driving from our home in Nashville to a little farm we have

nagmamaneho kami galing sa aming bahay sa Nashville patungo sa aming maliit na bukid

50 miles east of Nashville.

50 milya sa silangan ng Nashville --

Driving ourselves.

kami-kami lang ang nagmamaneho.

(Laughter)

I know it sounds like a little thing to you, but --

Alam kong mababaw lang ito para sa inyo, pero -- (Tawanan) --

(Laughter)

I looked in the rear-view mirror

Nang tumingin ako sa rearview mirror at bigla, napagtanto ko.

and all of a sudden it just hit me.

There was no motorcade back there.

Walang motorcade sa likod namin.

(Laughter)

You've heard of phantom limb pain?

Nakarinig na ba kayo ng kumukulong tiyan? (Tawanan)

(Laughter)

This was a rented Ford Taurus.

Ito'y inupahan lang na Ford Taurus. Maghahapunan na,

(Laughter)

It was dinnertime,

and we started looking for a place to eat.

at nagsimula na kaming maghanap ng makakainan.

We were on I-40.

Nandoon kami sa I-40. Narating namin ang Exit 238, Lebanon, Tennessee.

We got to Exit 238, Lebanon, Tennessee.

We got off the exit, we found a Shoney's restaurant.

Lumabas kami sa exit, at naghanap -- natagpuan namin ang isang Shoney's restaurant.

Low-cost family restaurant chain, for those of you who don't know it.

Mura at pampamilyang restaurant, para sa mga hindi nakaka-alam.

We went in and sat down at the booth, and the waitress came over,

Pumasok kami sa loob tapos umupo, at may weytres na lumapit sa amin,

made a big commotion over Tipper.

gumawa ng isang malaking gulo kay Tipper. (Tawanan)

(Laughter)

She took our order, and then went to the couple in the booth next to us,

Kinuha n'ya ang order namin, tapos bumalik sa mag-asawang katabi namin,

and she lowered her voice so much,

at sa mahinang boses, dahil halos hindi ko na marinig,

I had to really strain to hear what she was saying.

And she said "Yes, that's former Vice President Al Gore

sabi niya "Opo, yan ang dating Bise Presidente Al Gore at ang kanyang asawang si Tipper."

and his wife, Tipper."

And the man said,

At ang sabi ng lalaki, "Malayo na talaga ang kanyang narating ano?" (Tawanan)

"He's come down a long way, hasn't he?"

(Laughter)

(Applause)

There's been kind of a series of epiphanies.

May mga sumunod pang sorpresa.

(Laughter)

The very next day, continuing the totally true story,

Noong sumunod na araw, sa pagpapatuloy ng aking totoong kwento,

I got on a G-V to fly to Africa to make a speech in Nigeria,

sumakay ako ng G-5 at lumipad patungong Aprika upang magtalumpati sa Nigeria,

in the city of Lagos, on the topic of energy.

sa lungsod ng Lagos, tungkol sa enerhiya.

And I began the speech by telling them the story

Sinimulan ko ang talumpati gamit ang kuwento na nangyari

of what had just happened the day before in Nashville.

noong isang araw sa Nashville.

And I told it pretty much the same way I've just shared it with you:

At sinabi ko 'yon gaya ng pagkakasabi ko sa inyo ngayon.

Tipper and I were driving ourselves,

Kami ni Tipper, nagmamaneho, sa Shoney's, mura at pampamilyang restawran,

Shoney's, low-cost family restaurant chain,

what the man said -- they laughed.

ang sabi ng tao -- tumawa sila.

I gave my speech, then went back out to the airport to fly back home.

Binigay ko ang talumpati, at bumalik agad sa paliparan pauwi.

I fell asleep on the plane

Nakatulog ako sa eroplano, hanggang hating-gabi,

until, during the middle of the night, we landed

on the Azores Islands for refueling.

lumapag kami sa Azores Islands upang magpagasolina.

I woke up, they opened the door, I went out to get some fresh air,

Nagising ako, binuksan nila ang pintuan ng eroplano, lumabas ako para lumanghap ng sariwang hangin,

and I looked, and there was a man running across the runway.

at nakita kong may isang tao na tumatakbo sa kabilang dako ng tarmak.

And he was waving a piece of paper, and he was yelling,

Kumakaway siya hawak ang piraso ng papel, at sumisigaw,

"Call Washington! Call Washington!"

"Tawagan mo ang Washington! Tawagan mo ang Washington!"

And I thought to myself, in the middle of the night,

At napag-isipan ko, sa gitna ng gabi, sa gitna ng Karagatang Atlantiko,

in the middle of the Atlantic,

ano kaya ang problema sa Washington?

what in the world could be wrong in Washington?

Tapos naalala ko na maaring kahit ano pala.

Then I remembered it could be a bunch of things.

(Tawanan)

(Laughter)

But what it turned out to be,

Ang totoo, nabahala ang aking mga tauhan dahil

was that my staff was extremely upset

because one of the wire services in Nigeria had already written a story

sa kwentong isinulat ng isang wire service sa Nigeria tungkol sa aking talumpati.

about my speech,

and it had already been printed in cities

At nailimbag na ito sa mga lungsod sa buong lupalop ng Estados Unidos

all across the United States of America.

It was printed in Monterey, I checked.

-- iyon ay nalimbag sa Monterey. At ganito ang nakasulat,

(Laughter)

And the story began,

"Former Vice President Al Gore announced in Nigeria yesterday," quote:

"Dating bise-presidente Al Gore inanunsyo sa Nigeria kahapon,

'Kami ng aking asawa, si Tipper ay nagbukas ng mura at pampamilyang restaurant, ang pangalan ay Shoney's,

'My wife Tipper and I have opened a low-cost family restaurant'" --

(Laughter)

"'named Shoney's,

and we are running it ourselves.'"

at kami mismo ang nagpapatakbo nito.'" (Tawanan)

(Laughter)

Before I could get back to U.S. soil,

Bago ako makabalik sa Estados Unidos,

David Letterman and Jay Leno had already started in on --

naging tampulan ito ng biro nila David Letterman at Jay Leno

one of them had me in a big white chef's hat,

-- isa sa kanila nilagyan ang larawan ko ng malaking puting toque na pang-chef,

Tipper was saying, "One more burger with fries!"

At sabi ni Tipper sa larawan, "Isa pang burger, may kasamang fries!"

(Laughter)

Three days later,

Nakalipas ang tatlong araw, nakatanggap ako ng mahabang liham galing sa aking kaibigan

I got a nice, long, handwritten letter

from my friend and partner and colleague Bill Clinton, saying,

at kasamang si Bill Clinton na nagsasabing, "Al, binabati kita sa inyong bagong restawran!"

"Congratulations on the new restaurant, Al!"

(Laughter)

(Tawanan)

We like to celebrate each other's successes in life.

Gusto naming ipagdiwang ang mga tagumpay sa buhay.

(Laughter)

I was going to talk about information ecology.

Gusto ko sanang pag-uusapan ang information ecology.

But I was thinking that,

Pero napag-isip-isip ko na kung babalik lang ako dito sa TED,

since I plan to make a lifelong habit of coming back to TED,

that maybe I could talk about that another time.

pag-usapan nalang natin 'yon sa susunod na panahon. (Palakpakan)

(Applause)

Chris Anderson: It's a deal!

Chris Anderson: Sige!

(Applause)

Al Gore: I want to focus on what many of you have said

Al Gore: Gusto kong tukuyin ang paksa na marami sa inyo ay humiling ng ibayong paliwanag.

you would like me to elaborate on:

What can you do about the climate crisis?

Ano ang inyong magagawa tungkol sa krisis sa klima? Gusto kong magsimula sa --

I want to start with a couple of --

I'm going to show some new images,

May mga bagong imahe akong ipapakita, at uulitin ko lang ang apat o lima.

and I'm going to recapitulate just four or five.

Now, the slide show.

Ngayon, ang slideshow. Laging bago ang aking mga slideshow.

I update the slide show every time I give it.

I add new images,

Naglalagay ako ng bago upang may natututunan akong bago.

because I learn more about it every time I give it.

It's like beach-combing, you know?

Gaya ng paghahanap sa tabing dagat. Bawat pag-urong at pagsulong ng tubig

Every time the tide comes in and out, you find some more shells.

nakakahanap ka ng mga bagong kabibe.

Just in the last two days, we got the new temperature records in January.

Sa nakalipas na dalawang araw, noong Enero naabot natin ang bagong rekord sa temperatura.

This is just for the United States of America.

Ito ay sa Estados Unidos lamang. Ang pamantayan sa kasaysayan para sa

Historical average for Januarys is 31 degrees;

last month was 39.5 degrees.

buwan ng Enero ay 31 °F. Ang nakalipas na buwan ay umabot ng 39.5 °F.

Now, I know that you wanted some more bad news about the environment --

Gusto n'yo sigurong makarinig ng mas maraming masamang balita

I'm kidding.

-- biro lang -- pero ito'y inulit ko lamang,

But these are the recapitulation slides,

and then I'm going to go into new material about what you can do.

at pagkatapos lilipat na ako sa bagong slides tungkol sa mga bagay na maari ninyong gawin.

But I wanted to elaborate on a couple of these.

Gusto ko munang ipaliwanag ang sumusunod.

First of all, this is where we're projected to go

Una sa lahat, ito ang inaasahan na patutunguhan ng Estados Unidos sa kontribusyon nito sa pag-init ng planeta,

with the U.S. contribution to global warming,

under business as usual.

ayon sa datos ng paggamit natin ngayon. Maayos na paggamit ng kuryente at enerhiya

Efficiency in end-use electricity and end-use of all energy

is the low-hanging fruit.

ang siyang pinakamadaling maabot. Maayos at matipid:

Efficiency and conservation -- it's not a cost; it's a profit.

hindi ito gastusin kundi benepisyo. Mali ang nakasulat.

The sign is wrong.

It's not negative; it's positive.

Hindi negatibo, kundi positibo. Ito ay puhunang kumikita ng kusa.

These are investments that pay for themselves.

But they are also very effective in deflecting our path.

Ngunit mabisa din silang manlinlang.

Cars and trucks -- I talked about that in the slideshow,

Mga sasakyan at trak -- Pinag-usapan ko 'yan sa slideshow,

but I want you to put it in perspective.

pero gustong kong ilagay 'yan sa perspektibo.

It's an easy, visible target of concern --

Dapat nating silang alalahanin, at marapat lang,

and it should be --

but there is more global warming pollution that comes from buildings

ngunit mas malaki ang kontribusyon ng mga gusali sa pag-init ng planeta

than from cars and trucks.

kumpara sa mga sasakyan at trak.

Cars and trucks are very significant,

Ang mga sasakyan at trak ay importante, at napakaluwag ng batas natin sa ganitong bagay,

and we have the lowest standards in the world.

And so we should address that. But it's part of the puzzle.

kaya't dapat punahin natin 'yon. Ngunit bahagi lamang 'yan ng malaking suliranin.

Other transportation efficiency is as important as cars and trucks.

Ang maayos na sistema ng transportasyon ay kasing-halaga din ng mga sasakyan!

Renewables at the current levels of technological efficiency

Ang mga renewables ayon antas ng teknolohiya natin sa ngayon,

can make this much difference.

malaki ang nagagawang tulong nila, at ang ginagawa nila Vinod, at John Doerr, at iba pa,

And with what Vinod, and John Doerr and others, many of you here --

marami sa inyo dito -- maraming tao pa ang kasama nito

there are a lot of people directly involved in this --

this wedge is going to grow much more rapidly

-- pabibilisin pa nito ang ating paglago kaysa sa inaasahan.

than the current projection shows it.

Carbon Capture and Sequestration -- that's what CCS stands for --

Ang Carbon Capture and Sequestration -- CSS kung tawagin

is likely to become the killer app that will enable us

-- ay magiging killer app

na hihimukin tayong gumamit ng fossil fuels sa paraang ligtas.

to continue to use fossil fuels in a way that is safe.

Not quite there yet.

Wala pa tayo d'yan.

OK. Now, what can you do?

Ok. Ngayon, ano ang inyong magagawa? Bawasan ang inyong paggamit ng karbon sa inyong bahay.

Reduce emissions in your home.

Most of these expenditures are also profitable.

Karamihan ng mga gastusing ito ay kapaki-pakinabang din.

Insulation, better design.

Ang paglagay ng insulation, mas mahusay na disenyo, mas malinis na kuryente kung maaari.

Buy green electricity where you can.

I mentioned automobiles -- buy a hybrid.

Nabanggit ko ang mga sasakyan -- bumili kayo ng hybrid. Sumakay sa tren o LRT.

Use light rail.

Figure out some of the other options that are much better.

Mag-isip ng mga opsyon na makakabuti lalo. Mahalaga 'yon.

It's important.

Be a green consumer.

Maging mahusay na mamimili. Meron kang mapagpipilian sa mga bilihin,

You have choices with everything you buy,

between things that have a harsh effect,

kung ang produkto ba ay may masamang epekto o kaunti lang

or a much less harsh effect on the global climate crisis.

sa pandaigdigang krisis sa klima.

Consider this:

Isaalang-alang ninyo ito. Magpasya kayong maging carbon-neutral habambuhay.

Make a decision to live a carbon-neutral life.

Those of you who are good at branding,

Kayong magagaling sa marketing,

I'd love to get your advice and help

ibig kong kunin ang inyong payo at tulong

on how to say this in a way that connects with the most people.

kung paano ito sabihin sa paraang maiintindihan ng karamihan.

It is easier than you think.

Madali lang ito kaysa sa inaakala n'yo. Totoo 'yon.

It really is.

A lot of us in here have made that decision,

Karamihan sa atin dito ay nakapagpasya na, at naging madali lang.

and it is really pretty easy.

It means reduce your carbon dioxide emissions

Ibig sabihin: bawasan ang carbon dioxide emissions ayon sa kayang mong magawa,

with the full range of choices that you make,

and then purchase or acquire offsets

at bumili o gumawa ng pambawi sa mga hindi mo

for the remainder that you have not completely reduced.

nabawasang lubos. Mas malinaw ang paliwanag sa climatecrisis.net.

And what it means is elaborated at climatecrisis.net.

There is a carbon calculator.

Merong calculator ng karbon. Dahil sa Participant Productions,

Participant Productions convened --

with my active involvement --

kalakip ang aking paglahok, nagsama-sama ang mga nagsusulat ng software

the leading software writers in the world,

on this arcane science of carbon calculation,

na sangkot sa agham ng pagbibilang ng karbon upang gumawa ng

to construct a consumer-friendly carbon calculator.

consumer-friendly carbon calculator.

You can very precisely calculate what your CO2 emissions are,

Gamit ito, madali nang tiyakin ang iyong CO2 emissions,

and then you will be given options to reduce.

at bibigyan kayo nito ng mga opsyon upang paliitin ito.

And by the time the movie comes out in May,

At sa oras na lalabas ang pelikula ngayong Mayo, ito ay na-update na sa 2.0

this will be updated to 2.0,

and we will have click-through purchases of offsets.

at magkakaroon na tayo ng mga bilihing click-through na pang-offset.

Next, consider making your business carbon-neutral.

Sunod, gawing carbon neutral ang inyong negosyo. Ilan sa atin ay nagawa na ito,

Again, some of us have done that,

and it's not as hard as you think.

at hindi ito kasinghirap ng inyong iniisip. Ipasok ang mga solusyon sa klima sa lahat ng bagong likha,

Integrate climate solutions into all of your innovations,

whether you are from the technology,

ikaw man ay mula sa industriya ng teknolohiya, aliwan,

or entertainment, or design and architecture community.

o disenyo at arkitektura.

Invest sustainably.

Mamuhunan ng pangmatagalan. Binanggit na ito ni Majora.

Majora mentioned this.

Listen, if you have invested money with managers who you compensate

Makinig kayo, kung babayaran niyo ang mga managers ayon

sa kanilang taunang ulat, wala kayong karapatang

on the basis of their annual performance,

don't ever again complain about quarterly report CEO management.

magreklamo tungkol sa quarterly CEO management reports.

Over time, people do what you pay them to do.

Nagtatrabaho ang tao ayon sa binabayad. At kung iisipin nila ang halaga

And if they judge how much they're going to get paid

ng kikitain nila batay sa iyong ipinuhunan,

on your capital that they've invested,

based on the short-term returns,

batay sa mga panandaliang kita, panandalian din ang kanilang pagpapasya.

you're going to get short-term decisions.

A lot more to be said about that.

Marami pang masasabi ukol diyan.

Become a catalyst of change.

Maging instrumento ng pagbabago. Turuan ang iba; alamin ito; pag-usapan ito.

Teach others, learn about it, talk about it.

The movie is a movie version of the slideshow

Paglabas ng pelikula -- ang pelikula ay isang bersyon ng slideshow na

I gave two nights ago, except it's a lot more entertaining.

ibinahagi ko noong isang gabi, subalit mas nakalilibang 'yon. At lalabas ito sa Mayo.

And it comes out in May.

Many of you here have the opportunity to ensure that a lot of people see it.

Marami sa inyo dito ay may pagkakataong makatiyak na marami ang manonood nito.

Consider sending somebody to Nashville.

Maari kayong magpadala ng tao sa Nashville. Mamili ng mabuti.

Pick well.

And I am personally going to train people to give this slideshow --

At personal kong sasanayin ang mga taong ito tungkol sa slideshow, lahat bago,

re-purposed, with some of the personal stories obviously replaced

may ilan sa mga kuwento ko na papalitan ng mas generic na diskarte,

with a generic approach,

and it's not just the slides, it's what they mean.

at -- hindi lang ang mga slides, pati na rin ang diwa nito. Kung paano nila ito pagdudugtungin.

And it's how they link together.

And so I'm going to be conducting a course this summer

Magsasagawa ako ng isang kurso sa nalalapit na tag-init

for a group of people that are nominated by different folks

kasama ang mga tao na pinili ng mga komunidad na lumahok dito, at sila mismo

to come and then give it en masse,

in communities all across the country,

sa maramihan, ang magbabahagi sa mga komunidad sa bawat sulok ng bansa,

and we're going to update the slideshow for all of them every single week,

at maglalagay tayo ng ilang bago sa slideshow bawat linggo

to keep it right on the cutting edge.

upang panatilihin itong makabago.

Working with Larry Lessig, it will be, somewhere in that process,

Kasama si Larry Lessig, may ilalagay kaming

posted with tools and limited-use copyrights,

kasangkapan at limited-use copyrights,

so that young people can remix it and do it in their own way.

upang malayang magawa ng mga kabataan ang nais nila.

(Applause)

(Palakpakan)

Where did anybody get the idea

Saan ba nakukuha ang ideya na dapat dumikit sa pulitika?

that you ought to stay arm's length from politics?

Hindi ibig sabihin na kung ikaw ay isang Republican, kinukumbinse kitang maging

It doesn't mean that if you're a Republican,

that I'm trying to convince you to be a Democrat.

We need Republicans as well.

Democrat. Kailangan din natin ng Republicans. Ito ay isyu ng dalawang partido,

This used to be a bipartisan issue,

and I know that in this group it really is.

at alam kong totoo ito sa grupong ito. Maging aktibo sa pulitika.

Become politically active.

Make our democracy work the way it's supposed to work.

Paganahin natin ang ating demokrasya.

Support the idea of capping carbon dioxide emissions --

Suportahan n'yo ang paglalagay ng cap sa CO2 emmissions, polusyon sa global warming,

global warming pollution -- and trading it.

at sa pangangalakal nito. Bakit? Dahil hangga't bahagi ang Estados Unidos sa bukas na sistema ng mundo,

Here's why: as long as the United States is out of the world system,

it's not a closed system.

hindi ito saradong sistema.

Once it becomes a closed system, with U.S. participation,

Kapag ito'y naging saradong sistema, dahil na rin sa partisipasyon ng mga taga-U.S.,

then everybody who's on a board of directors --

lahat ng mga nakaupo sa lupon ng mga direktor

how many people here serve on the board of directors

-- ilan ba dito ang miyembro ng lupon ng mga direktor sa isang kompanya?

of a corporation?

Once it's a closed system,

Kapag ito'y naging saradong sistema, may pananagutan ka kung hindi mo sinabihan ang CEO

you will have legal liability if you do not urge your CEO

na pagbutihan ang pagbawas at pangangalakal ng carbon emissions

to get the maximum income from reducing and trading the carbon emissions

that can be avoided.

na maaaring iwasan. Malulutas ito ng merkado kung magagawa natin ito.

The market will work to solve this problem --

if we can accomplish this.

Help with the mass persuasion campaign that will start this spring.

Tumulong tayo sa kampanyang sisimulan ngayong darating na tagsibol.

We have to change the minds of the American people.

Kailangan nating baguhin ang pag-iisip ng mga taga-Amerika. Sa kasalukuyan

Because presently, the politicians do not have permission

walang pahintulot ang mga pulitiko na gawin ang mga kailangang tapusin.

to do what needs to be done.

And in our modern country, the role of logic and reason no longer includes

Sa ating modernong bansa, hindi na kabilang sa logic at reason

mediating between wealth and power the way it once did.

ang pagbalanse ng yaman at kapangyarihan na gaya ng dati.

It's now repetition of short, hot-button, 30-second, 28-second television ads.

Ngayon, ito'y tungkol sa paulit-ulit at maiikling 30-segundong, 28-segundong patalastas sa telebisyon.

We have to buy a lot of those ads.

Kailangan naming bumili ng maraming patalastas.

Let's re-brand global warming, as many of you have suggested.

Ibahin natin ang pagkakakilanlan sa global warming, gaya ng iminumungkahi ng karamihan sa inyo.

I like "climate crisis" instead of "climate collapse,"

Mas gusto ko ang "krisis sa klima" kaysa sa "pagbagsak ng klima,"

but again, those of you who are good at branding,

pero 'yon nga, sa magagaling sa marketing, kailangan ko ang tulong niyo.

I need your help on this.

Somebody said the test we're facing now, a scientist told me,

May nagsabi na ang pagsubok na hinaharap natin ngayon, ayon sa isang dalubhasa,

is whether the combination of an opposable thumb

ay kung ang pinagsamang hinlalaki

and a neocortex is a viable combination.

at neocortex ay isang magandang kombinasyon.

(Laughter)

That's really true.

Totoo. Sinabi ko noong isang gabi, uulitin ko ngayon; hindi ito isyung pulitika.

I said the other night, and I'll repeat now:

this is not a political issue.

Again, the Republicans here -- this shouldn't be partisan.

Muli, sa mga Republicans na nandito, hindi ito ayon sa partido.

You have more influence than some of us who are Democrats do.

Mas malaki ang inyong impluwensya kaysa sa aming Democrats.

This is an opportunity.

Ito ay pagkakataon. Hindi lamang ito, ngunit kaugnay sa ibang ideya ngayon,

Not just this, but connected to the ideas that are here,

to bring more coherence to them.

makakabuo tayo ng pag-unawa.

We are one.

Tayo ay iisa.

Thank you very much, I appreciate it.

Maraming salamat sa inyo, Ikinalulugod ko ito.

(Applause)

(Palakpakan)