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

Translator: Akinori Oyama Reviewer: Peter van de Ven

Prevoditelj: Djurdjica Ercegovac Recezent: Sanda L

When I was about eight years old,

Kada mi je bilo oko osam godina,

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

prvi puta sam čula za klimatske promjene ili globalno zagrijavanje.

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

Očito, to je bilo nešto što su stvorili ljudi svojim načinom života.

I was told to turn off the lights to save energy

Govorili su mi da gasim svjetlo kako bih štedila energiju

and to recycle paper to save resources.

i da recikliram papir kako bih štedila resurse.

I remember thinking that it was very strange

Sjećam se da sam pomislila kako je to vrlo čudno

that humans, who are an animal species among others,

da ljudi, koji su jedna od životinjskih vrsta,

mogu biti u stanju promijeniti klimu Zemlje.

could be capable of changing the Earth's climate.

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

Jer ako jesmo, i ako se to stvarno događa,

we wouldn't be talking about anything else.

tada ne bismo govorili ni o čemu drugome.

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

Čim biste upalili TV, sve bi bilo samo o tome.

Headlines, radio, newspapers,

Vijesti, radio, novine,

you would never read or hear about anything else,

nikada ne biste čitali ili čuli ni o čemu drugome,

as if there was a world war going on.

kao da se zbiva svjetski rat.

But no one ever talked about it.

Ali nitko nikada nije o tome govorio.

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

Ako je izgaranje fosilnih goriva tako loše da prijeti samoj našoj egzistenciji,

how could we just continue like before?

kako možemo samo nastavljati kao prije?

Why were there no restrictions?

Zašto nema nikakvih restrikcija?

Zašto to nije proglašeno nezakonitim?

Why wasn't it made illegal?

To me, that did not add up.

Meni to nije logično.

It was too unreal.

To je bilo previše nerealno.

So when I was 11, I became ill.

Pa kad mi je bilo 11 godina, razboljela sam se.

I fell into depression,

Pala sam u depresiju,

I stopped talking,

prestala sam govoriti

and I stopped eating.

i prestala sam jesti.

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

U dva mjeseca sam izgubila oko deset kilograma.

Later on, I was diagnosed with Asperger syndrome,

Kasnije su mi dijagnosticirali Aspergerov sindrom,

OCD and selective mutism.

opsesivno-kompulzivni poremećaj i selektivni mutizam.

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

To u osnovi znači da govorim samo kad ja mislim da je to potrebno -

now is one of those moments.

ovo je jedan od tih trenutaka.

(Applause)

(Pljesak)

For those of us who are on the spectrum,

Za one od nas koji smo u spektru,

almost everything is black or white.

skoro sve je crno-bijelo.

We aren't very good at lying,

Nismo baš vješti u laganju

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

i obično ne uživamo sudjelovati u toj društvenoj igri

that the rest of you seem so fond of.

koja se vama ostalima, izgleda, toliko sviđa.

(Laughter)

(Smijeh)

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

Ja mislim da smo na mnogo načina mi autisti, oni normalni,

a ostali ljudi su prilično čudni,

and the rest of the people are pretty strange,

(Laughter)

(Smijeh)

especially when it comes to the sustainability crisis,

pogotovo kad se radi o krizi održivosti,

where everyone keeps saying climate change is an existential threat

gdje svi stalno govore da su klimatske promjene egzistencijalna prijetnja

and the most important issue of all,

i najvažniji problem od svih,

and yet they just carry on like before.

a ipak jednostavno nastavljaju po starom.

I don't understand that,

Ja to ne razumijem,

because if the emissions have to stop,

jer ako emisije moraju prestati,

then we must stop the emissions.

onda moramo zaustaviti emisije.

To me that is black or white.

Za mene je to crno ili bijelo.

There are no gray areas when it comes to survival.

Nema sivih područja kad je u pitanju preživljavanje.

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

Ili ćemo nastaviti kao civilizacija ili nećemo.

We have to change.

Moramo se promijeniti.

Bogate zemlje poput Švedske trebaju početi smanjivati emisije

Rich countries like Sweden need to start reducing emissions

by at least 15 percent every year.

za bar 15 posto svake godine.

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

A to je zato da možemo ostati ispod ciljne granice zagrijavanja od dva stupnja.

Yet, as the IPCC have recently demonstrated,

Ipak, kako je nedavno pokazao IPCC, Međuvladin panel o klimatskim promjenama,

aiming instead for 1.5 degrees Celsius

ciljajući umjesto toga na 1,5 stupnjeva Celsijusa

would significantly reduce the climate impacts.

značajno bi umanjilo utjecaj na klimu.

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

No možemo samo zamisliti što to znači za smanjenje emisija.

You would think the media and every one of our leaders

Pomislili biste da mediji i svaki od naših lidera

would be talking about nothing else,

ne govore ni o čemu drugome,

but they never even mention it.

ali oni to čak ni ne spominju.

Niti itko ikada spominje

Nor does anyone ever mention

the greenhouse gases already locked in the system.

stakleničke plinove koji su već zarobljeni u sustavu.

Nor that air pollution is hiding a warming

Niti da zagađenje zraka prikriva zatopljenje

so that when we stop burning fossil fuels,

tako da kada prestanemo sagorijevati fosilna goriva,

we already have an extra level of warming

već imamo dodatnu razinu zatopljenja

perhaps as high as 0.5 to 1.1 degrees Celsius.

možda do visine od 0,5 do 1,1 stupnjeva Celsijusa.

Furthermore does hardly anyone speak about the fact

Nadalje, govori li uopće itko o činjenici

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

da se nalazimo usred šestog masovnog izumiranja,

with up to 200 species going extinct every single day,

sa skoro 200 vrsta koje izumiru svakoga dana,

that the extinction rate today

da je stopa izumiranja danas

is between 1,000 and 10,000 times higher

između 1.000 i 10.000 puta viša

than what is seen as normal.

od one koja se smatra normalnom.

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

Niti skoro nitko nikada ne govori o aspektu jednakosti ili klimatskoj pravdi,

clearly stated everywhere in the Paris Agreement,

jasno iskazanoj posvuda u Pariškom sporazumu,

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

koja je apsolutno nužna da bi to funkcioniralo u globalnim razmjerima.

That means that rich countries

To znači da bogate zemlje

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

moraju smanjiti svoje emisije na nulu unutar 6 do 12 godina,

with today's emission speed.

uz današnju brzinu emisija.

And that is so that people in poorer countries

A to je zato da ljudi u siromašnijim zemljama

can have a chance to heighten their standard of living

mogu imati priliku da podignu svoj životni standard

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

gradeći dio infrastrukture koju smo mi već sagradili,

such as roads, schools, hospitals,

kao što su ceste, škole, bolnice,

clean drinking water, electricity, and so on.

čista pitka voda, električna energija i tako dalje.

Because how can we expect countries like India or Nigeria

Jer kako možemo očekivati od zemalja poput Indije ili Nigerije

to care about the climate crisis

da mare za klimatsku krizu,

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

ako mi koji već imamo sve, ne marimo o tome ni na sekundu,

or our actual commitments to the Paris Agreement?

ili o našoj stvarnoj predanosti Pariškom sporazumu?

So, why are we not reducing our emissions?

Pa zašto onda ne smanjujemo emisije?

Why are they in fact still increasing?

Zašto ih zapravo još uvijek povećavamo?

Are we knowingly causing a mass extinction?

Uzrokujemo li svjesno masovno izumiranje?

Are we evil?

Jesmo li zli?

No, of course not.

Ne, naravno da nismo.

People keep doing what they do

Ljudi i dalje rade ono što rade

because the vast majority doesn't have a clue

zato jer velika većina nema pojma

about the actual consequences of our everyday life,

o stvarnim posljedicama našeg svakodnevnog života,

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

i ne znaju da je brza promjena nužna.

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

Svi mi mislimo da znamo i svi mislimo da svi znaju,

but we don't.

ali ne znamo.

Because how could we?

Jer kako bismo mogli znati?

If there really was a crisis,

Ako stvarno postoji kriza,

and if this crisis was caused by our emissions,

i ako je ta kriza uzrokovana našim emisijama,

vidjeli biste barem neke znakove.

you would at least see some signs.

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

Ne samo poplavljene gradove, desetine tisuća mrtvih ljudi

and whole nations leveled to piles of torn down buildings.

i cijele narode sravnjene s gomilama srušenih zgrada.

You would see some restrictions.

Vidjeli biste neke restrikcije.

But no.

Ali ne.

And no one talks about it.

I nitko o tome ne govori.

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

Nema hitnih sjednica, nema naslova, nema prijelomnih vijesti.

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

Nitko se ne ponaša kao da smo u krizi.

Even most climate scientists or green politicians

Čak i većina klimatskih znanstvenika ili političara pokreta zelenih

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

i dalje leti svijetom jedući meso i mliječne proizvode.

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

Ako poživim do svoje stote, bit ću živa 2103. godine.

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

Kada danas razmišljate o budućnosti, tada ne razmišljate dalje od 2050. godine.

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

Do tada ja neću, u najboljem slučaju, proživjeti ni polovicu svog života.

What happens next?

Što se događa dalje?

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

Godine 2078. proslavit ću svoj 75. rođendan.

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

Ako budem imala djecu ili unuke, možda će sa mnom provesti taj dan.

Maybe they will ask me about you,

Možda će me pitati o vama,

the people who were around, back in 2018.

ljudima koji su postojali davno prije u 2018.-oj.

Maybe they will ask why you didn't do anything

Možda će pitati zašto niste ništa učinili

while there still was time to act.

dok je još bilo vremena za djelovanje.

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

Što učinimo ili ne učinimo ovoga časa, utjecat će na cijeli moj život

and the lives of my children and grandchildren.

i živote moje djece i unuka.

What we do or don't do right now,

Što učinimo ili ne učinimo ovoga časa,

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

ja i moja generacija nećemo moći poništiti u budućnosti.

So when school started in August of this year,

Zato, kada je škola počela u kolovozu ove godine,

ja sam odlučila da je dosta toga.

I decided that this was enough.

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

Sjela sam na zemlju ispred švedskog parlamenta.

I school striked for the climate.

Štrajkala sam izostankom iz škole za klimu.

Some people say that I should be in school instead.

Neki ljudi kažu da bih umjesto toga trebala biti u školi.

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

Neki ljudi kažu da bih trebala studirati da postanem klimatolog,

so that I can "solve the climate crisis."

tako da mogu "riješiti klimatsku krizu".

But the climate crisis has already been solved.

Ali klimatska kriza je već riješena.

We already have all the facts and solutions.

Mi već imamo sve činjenice i rješenja.

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

Sve što moramo učiniti je da se probudimo i promijenimo.

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

I zašto bih studirala za budućnost koje uskoro više neće biti,

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

kad nitko ne radi uopće ništa kako bi spasio tu budućnost.

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

I koja je svrha učiti činjenice u školskom sustavu,

when the most important facts

kad najvažnije činjenice

given by the finest science of that same school system

dane od najbolje znanosti tog istog školskog sustava

clearly means nothing to our politicians and our society.

očigledno ne znače ništa našim političarima i našem društvu?

Some people say that Sweden is just a small country,

Neki ljudi kažu da je Švedska samo mala zemlja

and that it doesn't matter what we do,

i da nije važno što mi činimo,

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

ali ja mislim da ako nekoliko djece može ispuniti vijesti širom svijeta

just by not coming to school for a few weeks,

samo ne dolaskom u školu nekoliko tjedana,

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

zamislite što bismo mi svi mogli učiniti zajedno kad bismo željeli.

(Applause)

(Pljesak)

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

Skoro smo na kraju mog govora

and this is where people usually start talking about hope,

i to je čas kada ljudi obično počnu govoriti o nadi,

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

solarnim panelima, snazi vjetra, cirkularnoj ekonomiji i tako dalje,

but I'm not going to do that.

ali ja neću to učiniti.

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

Imali smo 30 godina poticajnih govora i prodavanja pozitivnih ideja.

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

I žao mi je, ali to ne djeluje.

Because if it would have,

Jer da je djelovalo,

the emissions would have gone down by now.

emisije bi se do sada već smanjile.

They haven't.

Nisu se smanjile.

And yes, we do need hope,

I da, potrebna nam je nada,

of course we do.

naravno da jest.

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

No jedna stvar koja nam treba više od nade je akcija.

Jednom kad počnemo djelovati, nada je posvuda.

Once we start to act, hope is everywhere.

So instead of looking for hope,

Pa umjesto da tražite nadu,

look for action.

tražite akciju.

Then, and only then, hope will come.

Tada i samo tada, doći će nada.

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

Danas trošimo 100 milijuna barela nafte svaki pojedini dan.

There are no politics to change that.

Ne postoji politika koja bi to promijenila.

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

Nema pravila da se nafta zadrži u zemlji.

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

Stoga ne možemo spasiti svijet tako da igramo po pravilima,

because the rules have to be changed.

jer pravila se moraju promijeniti.

Everything needs to change --

Sve se mora promijeniti

and it has to start today.

i to mora početi danas.

Hvala vam.

Thank you.

(Applause)

(Pljesak)