New thinking on the climate crisis | Al Gore

Prevoditelj: Ivan Petrović Recezent: Nenad Maljković

I have given the slide show that I gave here two years ago about 2,000 times.

Prezentaciju koju sam ovdje održao prije dvije godine prikazao sam oko 2.000 puta.

I'm giving a short slide show this morning

Jutros ću vam pokazati kratku prezentaciju

that I'm giving for the very first time, so --

koji prikazujem po prvi puta... naime...

well it's -- I don't want or need to raise the bar,

ja ne želim i ne trebam podignuti pokazatelje,

I'm actually trying to lower the bar.

ja zapravo pokušavam sniziti pokazatelje.

Because I've cobbled this together

Ovo sam posložio kako bih

to try to meet the challenge of this session.

pokušao udovoljiti izazovu ove teme.

And I was reminded by Karen Armstrong's fantastic presentation

A sjajna prezentacija Karen Armstrong podsjetila me

that religion really properly understood

da se kod ispravnog razumijevanja religije

is not about belief, but about behavior.

ne radi o vjerovanju, već o ponašanju.

Perhaps we should say the same thing about optimism.

Možda bi to isto trebalo reći za optimizam.

How dare we be optimistic?

Kako se usuđujemo biti optimistični?

Optimism is sometimes characterized as a belief, an intellectual posture.

Za optimizam ponekad kažemo da je vjerovanje, intelektualni stav.

As Mahatma Gandhi famously said,

No Mahatma Gandhi izrekao je slavne riječi:

"You must become the change you wish to see in the world."

"Ti moraš postati promjena koju želiš vidjeti u svijetu."

And the outcome about which

A ishod u vezi s kojim želimo

we wish to be optimistic is not going to be created

biti optimistični neće nastati jedino

by the belief alone, except to the extent that the belief

na temelju vjerovanja, osim do mjere u kojoj to vjerovanje

brings about new behavior. But the word "behavior"

dovede do novog ponašanja. Ali i riječ "ponašanje" je

is also, I think, sometimes misunderstood in this context.

po mom mišljenju ponekad krivo shvaćena u ovom kontekstu.

I'm a big advocate of changing

Ja sam veliki zagovornik zamjene žarulja

the lightbulbs and buying hybrids,

i kupnje hibridnih vozila,

and Tipper and I put 33 solar panels on our house,

Tipper i ja smo stavili 33 solarna panela na našu kuću,

and dug the geothermal wells, and did all of that other stuff.

iskopali geotermalne bunare i napravili još štošta drugo.

But, as important as it is to change the lightbulbs,

No, koliko god bilo važno zamijeniti žarulje,

it is more important to change the laws.

još je važnije promijeniti zakone.

And when we change our behavior in our daily lives,

Kada mijenjamo naše svakodnevno ponašanje

we sometimes leave out the citizenship part

ponekad izostavljamo građanske dužnosti

and the democracy part. In order to be optimistic about this,

i demokraciju. Kako bismo po ovome pitanju postali optimistični

we have to become incredibly active as citizens in our democracy.

mi moramo postati izuzetno aktivni kao građani u našoj demokraciji.

In order to solve the climate crisis,

Kako bismo riješili klimatsku krizu,

we have to solve the democracy crisis.

mi moramo riješiti krizu demokracije.

And we have one.

A krizu i imamo.

I have been trying to tell this story for a long time.

Ja već jako dugo pokušavam ispričati ovu priču.

I was reminded of that recently, by a woman

Nedavno me na to podsjetila jedna žena

who walked past the table I was sitting at,

koja prošla pored stola za kojim sam sjedio

just staring at me as she walked past. She was in her 70s,

i zurila u mene dok je prolazila. Bila je u svojim sedamdesetima,

looked like she had a kind face. I thought nothing of it

izgledala je kao fina gospođa. Nisam o njoj razmišljao

until I saw from the corner of my eye

sve dok krajičkom oka nisam spazio

she was walking from the opposite direction,

da se vraća iz suprotnog smjera,

also just staring at me. And so I said, "How do you do?"

opet zureći u mene. Pa sam joj rekao, "Kako ste?"

And she said, "You know, if you dyed your hair black,

A ona je rekla, "Znate, da obojite kosu u crno,

you would look just like Al Gore." (Laughter)

izgledali biste baš kao Al Gore."

Many years ago, when I was a young congressman,

Prije mnogo godina, dok sam bio mlad kongresnik,

I spent an awful lot of time dealing with the challenge

jako sam puno vremena provodio baveći se izazovom

of nuclear arms control -- the nuclear arms race.

kontrole nuklearnog oružja - utrke u nuklearnom naoružavanju.

And the military historians taught me,

A vojni povjesničari su me naučili

during that quest, that military conflicts are typically

tijekom tog razdoblja da se vojni sukobi obično

put into three categories: local battles,

dijele u tri kategorije: lokalne bitke,

regional or theater wars, and the rare but all-important

regionalne ili ograničene ratove, te rijetke no sveobuhvatne

global, world war -- strategic conflicts.

globalne, svjetske ratove. Strateške sukobe.

And each level of conflict requires a different allocation of resources,

A svaka razina sukoba zahtijeva drugačije raspoređivanje resursa,

a different approach,

drugačiji pristup,

a different organizational model.

drugačiji organizacijski model.

Environmental challenges fall into the same three categories,

Izazovi očuvanja okoliša mogu se svrstati u iste tri kategorije

and most of what we think about

i većina onih o kojima razmišljamo

are local environmental problems: air pollution, water pollution,

su lokalni problemi okoliša: zagađenje zraka, zagađenje voda,

hazardous waste dumps. But there are also

odlaganje opasnog otpada. No postoje i

regional environmental problems, like acid rain

postoje regionalni problemi očuvanja okoliša, poput kiselih kiša

from the Midwest to the Northeast, and from Western Europe

od Srednjeg zapada do Sjeveroistoka, te od Zapadne Europe

to the Arctic, and from the Midwest

do Arktika i od Srednjeg zapada

out the Mississippi into the dead zone of the Gulf of Mexico.

niz Mississippi do mrtve zone Meksičkog zaljeva.

And there are lots of those. But the climate crisis

I takvih ima puno. Ali klimatska kriza

is the rare but all-important

je onaj rijetki, ali sveobuhvatni

global, or strategic, conflict.

globalni, odnosno strateški sukob.

Everything is affected. And we have to organize our response

Utječe na sve. I našu reakciju moramo organizirati

appropriately. We need a worldwide, global mobilization

na odgovarajući način. Trebamo svjetsku, globalnu mobilizaciju

for renewable energy, conservation, efficiency

za obnovljivu energiju, očuvanje, efikasnost

and a global transition to a low-carbon economy.

i svjetsku tranziciju na nisko ugljičnu ekonomiju.

We have work to do. And we can mobilize resources

To treba odraditi. I možemo mobilizirati resurse

and political will. But the political will

i političku volju. No politička volja

has to be mobilized, in order to mobilize the resources.

mora biti mobilizirana da bi mobilizirala resurse.

Let me show you these slides here.

Pokazat ću vam ove slajdove.

I thought I would start with the logo. What's missing here,

Mislio sam početi s logom. Ono što ovdje nedostaje je

of course, is the North Polar ice cap.

naravno, ledeni prekrivač Sjevernoga pola.

Greenland remains. Twenty-eight years ago, this is what the

Grenland je ostao. Prije 28 godina ovako je izgledao

polar ice cap -- the North Polar ice cap -- looked like

polarni ledeni prekrivač - ledeni prekrivač Sjevernoga pola -

at the end of the summer, at the fall equinox.

na kraju ljeta za jesenskoga ekvinocija.

This last fall, I went to the Snow and Ice Data Center

Prošle jeseni sam otišao Centar za obradu podataka o snijegu i ledu

in Boulder, Colorado, and talked to the researchers

u Boulderu u Coloradu te razgovarao sa znanstvenicima

here in Monterey at the Naval Postgraduate Laboratory.

ovdje u Montereyu u Poslijediplomskom pomorskom laboratoriju.

This is what's happened in the last 28 years.

Ovo se dogodilo u posljednjih 28 godina.

To put it in perspective, 2005 was the previous record.

Da to stavimo u perspektivu, prethodni rekord je iz 2005.

Here's what happened last fall

Evo što se dogodilo prošle jeseni

that has really unnerved the researchers.

i stvarno uznemirilo znanstvenike.

The North Polar ice cap is the same size geographically --

Ledeni prekrivač Sjevernoga pola je iste površine - zemljopisno -

doesn't look quite the same size --

ne čini se tako ali jest -

but it is exactly the same size as the United States,

točno iste veličine kao Sjedinjene države,

minus an area roughly equal to the state of Arizona.

umanjene za površinu otprilike jednaku veličini Arizone.

The amount that disappeared in 2005

Površina koja je nestala 2005.

was equivalent to everything east of the Mississippi.

bila je jednaka svemu istočno od Mississippija.

The extra amount that disappeared last fall

Dodatna površina koja je nestala prošle jeseni

was equivalent to this much. It comes back in the winter,

je jednaka ovome. Površina se vraća zimi

but not as permanent ice, as thin ice --

ali ne kao trajan led već kao tanak led.

vulnerable. The amount remaining could be completely gone

Krhak. Preostala površina bi mogla potpuno nestati

in summer in as little as five years.

za vrijeme ljeta već u idućih pet godina.

That puts a lot of pressure on Greenland.

To stvara veliki pritisak na Greenland.

Already, around the Arctic Circle --

Već sada, oko Arktičkog kruga...

this is a famous village in Alaska. This is a town

Ovo je slavno selo na Aljasci. Ovo je grad u Newfounlandu.

in Newfoundland. Antarctica. Latest studies from NASA.

Antarktika. Najnovija istraživanja NASA-e.

The amount of a moderate-to-severe snow melting

Područje umjerenog do izrazitog topljenja snijega

of an area equivalent to the size of California.

je površine jednake veličini Kalifornije.

"They were the best of times,

"Bila su to najbolja vremena,

they were the worst of times": the most famous opening sentence

bila su to najgora vremena": najpoznatija početna rečenica

in English literature. I want to share briefly

engleske književnosti. Htio bih ukratko ispričati

a tale of two planets. Earth and Venus

"Priču o dva planeta." Zemlja i Venera

are exactly the same size. Earth's diameter

su točno iste veličine. Zemljin promjer

is about 400 kilometers larger, but essentially the same size.

je oko 400 kilometara veći, no u biti su jednake veličine.

They have exactly the same amount of carbon.

Oba planeta imaju jednaku količinu ugljika.

But the difference is, on Earth, most of the carbon

No razlika je u tome što je na Zemlji većina ugljika

has been leeched over time out of the atmosphere,

s vremenom izvučena iz atmosfere

deposited in the ground as coal, oil,

i nataložena u tlu kao ugljen, nafta,

natural gas, etc. On Venus, most of it

prirodni plin, itd. Na Veneri je većina

is in the atmosphere. The difference is that our temperature

u atmosferi. Razlika je u tome da je naša prosječna

is 59 degrees on average. On Venus,

temperatura 15 stupnjeva C. Na Veneri je

it's 855. This is relevant to our current strategy

457. To je ima veze s našom trenutnom strategijom

of taking as much carbon out of the ground as quickly as possible,

izvlačenja što više ugljika iz tla što je moguće brže

and putting it into the atmosphere.

i njegovog ispuštanja u atmosferu.

It's not because Venus is slightly closer to the Sun.

Venera nije toplija jer je nešto bliža Suncu.

It's three times hotter than Mercury,

Ona je tri puta toplija od Merkura

which is right next to the Sun. Now, briefly,

koji je odmah pored Sunca. Sada, kratko,

here's an image you've seen, as one of the only old images,

ovo je slika koju ste vidjeli kao jednu od rijetkih starih slika,

but I show it because I want to briefly give you CSI: Climate.

no ja je pokazujem jer vam želim na brzinu prikazati CSI: Klima.

The global scientific community says:

Globalna znanstvena zajednica kaže,

man-made global warming pollution, put into the atmosphere,

od ljudi stvoreno globalno toplinsko zagađenje, ispušteno u atmosferu,

thickening this, is trapping more of the outgoing infrared.

zgušnjavajući ovo, zarobljava više odlaznog infracrvenog zračenja.

You all know that. At the last

Svi to znate.

IPCC summary, the scientists wanted to say,

U zadnjem IPCC sažetku, znanstvenici su na

"How certain are you?" They wanted to answer that "99 percent."

"Koliko ste sigurni?" htjeli reći "99 posto."

The Chinese objected, and so the compromise was

Kinezi su se pobunili pa je kompromis bio

"more than 90 percent."

"više od 90 posto."

Now, the skeptics say, "Oh, wait a minute,

Sada skeptici govore: "Pa čekajte malo,

this could be variations in this energy

moguće da su to varijacije u... u toj energiji

coming in from the sun." If that were true,

koja dolazi od Sunca." Da je to istina

the stratosphere would be heated as well as the

stratosfera bi bila zagrijana kao i

lower atmosphere, if it's more coming in.

niža atmosfera, da nam dolazi više energije.

If it's more being trapped on the way out, then you would

Ako je više zarobljeno na odlasku, onda biste

expect it to be warmer here and cooler here. Here is the lower atmosphere.

očekivali da je toplije ovdje, a hladnije ovdje. Ovdje je niža atmosfera.

Here's the stratosphere: cooler.

Ovdje je stratosfera: hladnije.

CSI: Climate.

CSI: Klima.

Now, here's the good news. Sixty-eight percent of Americans now believe

A sada evo dobrih vijesti. Trenutno 68% amerikanaca vjeruje

that human activity is responsible

da je ljudska aktivnost odgovorna

for global warming. Sixty-nine percent believe that the Earth is heating up

za globalno zagrijavanje. 69% vjeruje da se Zemlja

in a significant way. There has been progress,

znatnije zagrijava. Postoji napredak,

but here is the key: when given a list

no ključno je ovo: kada pogledate popis

of challenges to confront, global warming is still listed at near the bottom.

izazova s kojima se suočavamo, globalno zagrijavanje se još uvijek nalazi pri dnu.

What is missing is a sense of urgency.

Ono što nedostaje je osjećaj hitnosti.

If you agree with the factual analysis,

Ako se slažete s analizom činjenica,

but you don't feel the sense of urgency,

no ne osjećate hitnost,

where does that leave you?

kamo vas to vodi?

Well, the Alliance for Climate Protection, which I head

Savez za zaštitu klime, kojeg vodim,

in conjunction with Current TV -- who did this pro bono --

u suradnji s CurrentTV - koja je to radila bez naknade,

did a worldwide contest to do commercials on how to communicate this.

raspisao je svjetski natječaj za izradu reklama na temu kako ovo komunicirati.

This is the winner.

Ovo je pobjednik.

NBC -- I'll show all of the networks here -- the top journalists

NBC - pokazat ću sve mreže ovdje - vrhunski novinari

for NBC asked 956 questions in 2007

NBC-a postavili su 956 pitanja

of the presidential candidates: two of them were about

predsjedničkim kandidatima 2007. - od toga su dva bila

the climate crisis. ABC: 844 questions, two about the climate crisis.

o klimatskoj krizi. ABC 844 pitanja, dva o klimatskoj krizi.

Fox: two. CNN: two. CBS: zero.

Fox: dva. CNN: dva. CBS: nula.

From laughs to tears -- this is one of the older

Od smijeha do suza. Ovo je jedna od starijih

tobacco commercials.

reklama za duhanske proizvode.

So here's what we're doing.

To je ono što radimo.

This is gasoline consumption in all of these countries. And us.

Ovo je potrošnja benzina u svim ovim zemljama. I kod nas.

But it's not just the developed nations.

Ali nisu u pitanju samo razvijene države.

The developing countries are now following us

Zemlje u razvoju nas sada slijede

and accelerating their pace. And actually,

i ubrzavaju svoj tempo. I zapravo,

their cumulative emissions this year are the equivalent

zbroj njihovih emisija ove godine jednak je

to where we were in 1965. And they're catching up

onome gdje smo mi bili 1965. I sustižu nas

very dramatically. The total concentrations:

vrlo dramatično. Ukupnim koncentracijama

by 2025, they will be essentially where we were in 1985.

do 2025. zapravo će biti tamo gdje smo mi bili 1985.

If the wealthy countries were completely missing

Kada bogatih zemalja uopće ne bi bilo

from the picture, we would still have this crisis.

na slici, još uvijek bismo imali ovu krizu.

But we have given to the developing countries

Ali mi smo zemljama u razvoju dali

the technologies and the ways of thinking

tehnologije i načine razmišljanja

that are creating the crisis. This is in Bolivia --

koji stvaraju ovu krizu. Ovo je u Boliviji.

over thirty years.

Tijekom trideset godina.

This is peak fishing in a few seconds. The '60s.

Ovo je prekomjerni izlov riba u nekoliko sekundi. Šezdesete.

'70s. '80s. '90s. We have to stop this. And the good news is that we can.

Sedamdesete. Osamdesete. Devedesete. Moramo ovo zaustaviti. I dobra vijest je da možemo.

We have the technologies.

Imamo tehnologije.

We have to have a unified view of how to go about this:

Moramo imati jedinstveni pogled na to kako pristupiti ovome.

the struggle against poverty in the world

Borba protiv siromaštva u svijetu

and the challenge of cutting wealthy country emissions,

i izazov smanjenja onečišćenja iz bogatih zemalja,

all has a single, very simple solution.

sve ima jedinstveno, vrlo jednostavno rješenje.

People say, "What's the solution?" Here it is.

Ljudi pitaju "Što je rješenje?" Evo ga.

Put a price on carbon. We need a CO2 tax, revenue neutral,

Staviti cijenu na ugljik. Trebamo CO2 porez, neovisan o prihodima,

to replace taxation on employment, which was invented by Bismarck --

kao zamjenu za porez na zaposlenost, koji je izmislio Bismark -

and some things have changed

a neke stvari su se promijenile

since the 19th century.

od 19. stoljeća.

In the poor world, we have to integrate the responses

U siromašnom svijetu, moramo povezati rješavanje

to poverty with the solutions to the climate crisis.

siromaštva s rješavanjem klimatske krize.

Plans to fight poverty in Uganda

Planovi za borbu protiv siromaštva u Ugandi

are mooted, if we do not solve the climate crisis.

su sporni ako ne riješimo klimatsku krizu.

But responses can actually make a huge difference

No reakcije mogu doista puno promijeniti

in the poor countries. This is a proposal

u siromašnim zemljama. Evo prijedloga

that has been talked about a lot in Europe.

o kojem se puno govorilo u Europi.

This was from Nature magazine. These are concentrating

Ovo je iz časopisa Nature. Ovo su koncentrirane

solar, renewable energy plants, linked in a so-called "supergrid"

solarne elektrane obnovljive energije, povezane u tzv. supermrežu

to supply all of the electrical power

koja opskrbljuje Europu svom potrebnom električnom energijom,

to Europe, largely from developing countries -- high-voltage DC currents.

većinom iz zemalja u razvoju. Visokonaponska istosmjerna mreža.

This is not pie in the sky; this can be done.

Ovo nisu "kule u oblacima", ovo je moguće.

We need to do it for our own economy.

To moramo učiniti za naše vlastito gospodarstvo.

The latest figures show that the old model

Zadnji podaci pokazuju da stari model

is not working. There are a lot of great investments

ne funkcionira. Postoji mnogo sjajnih investicija.

that you can make. If you are investing in tar sands

Ako investirate u ležišta bitumenskog pijeska

or shale oil, then you have a portfolio

ili naftnog škriljavca, tada imate portfelj

that is crammed with sub-prime carbon assets.

koji je pretrpan trećerazrednim CO2 investicijama.

And it is based on an old model.

I temelji se na starom modelu.

Junkies find veins in their toes when the ones

Narkomani traže vene u nožnim prstima

in their arms and their legs collapse. Developing tar sands

kad su im u rukama i nogama uništene. Eksploatacija bitumenskog pijeska

and coal shale is the equivalent. Here are just a few of the investments

i naftnih škriljavaca je to isto. Evo samo nekoliko investicija

that I personally think make sense.

za koje osobno smatram da imaju smisla.

I have a stake in these, so I'll have a disclaimer there.

Imam udjele u ovima, zato je ovdje odricanje od odgovornosti.

But geothermal, concentrating solar,

Geotermalna, koncentrirana solarna energija,

advanced photovoltaics, efficiency and conservation.

napredni fotonaposnski uređaji, efikasnost i pohrana.

You've seen this slide before, but there's a change.

Ovaj popis ste vidjeli i prije, no postoji promjena.

The only two countries that didn't ratify

Jedine dvije zemlje koje nisu ratificirale [Kyoto]

-- and now there's only one. Australia had an election.

- sada je ostala samo jedna. Australija je imala izbore.

And there was a campaign in Australia

I imali su kampanju

that involved television and Internet and radio commercials

koja je obuhvaćala televiziju, internet i radio reklame

to lift the sense of urgency for the people there.

da povećaju osjećaj hitnosti među ljudima.

And we trained 250 people to give the slide show

Obučili smo 250 ljudi da drže predavanja

in every town and village and city in Australia.

u svakom mjestu i selu i gradu u Australiji.

Lot of other things contributed to it,

Još mnogo čega je pridonijelo tome,

but the new Prime Minister announced that

ali novi premijer je objavio da će

his very first priority would be to change Australia's position

njegov prvi prioritet biti promijeniti službeni stav Australije

on Kyoto, and he has. Now, they came to an awareness

o Kyotu, a to je i učinio. Istina, do osvješćivanja je došlo

partly because of the horrible drought that they have had.

dijelom i zbog užasne suše koju su imali.

This is Lake Lanier. My friend Heidi Cullen

Ovo je jezero Lanier. Moja prijateljica Heidi Cullins

said that if we gave droughts names the way we give hurricanes names,

rekla je da kada bi sušama davali imena kao što ih dajemo uraganima,

we'd call the one in the southeast now Katrina,

sadašnja suša na jugoistoku zvala bi se Katrina

and we would say it's headed toward Atlanta.

i rekli bismo da ide smjeru Atlante.

We can't wait for the kind of drought

Ne možemo čekati sušu poput one

Australia had to change our political culture.

u Australiji da bismo promijenili našu političku kulturu.

Here's more good news. The cities supporting Kyoto in the U.S.

Evo još dobrih vijesti. Broj gradova koji podržavaju Kyoto u SAD,

are up to 780 -- and I thought I saw one go by there,

popeo se na 780 - čini mi se da sam vidio kako je prošao...

just to localize this -- which is good news.

da malo lokaliziram ovo... Što je dobra vijest.

Now, to close, we heard a couple of days ago

Za zaključak, čuli smo prije nekoliko dana

about the value of making individual heroism so commonplace

o značaju pretvaranja individualnog junaštva u nešto toliko uobičajeno

that it becomes banal or routine.

da postane banalno ili navika.

What we need is another hero generation. Those of us who are alive

Ono što trebamo je još jedna generacija junaka. Mi koji živimo u

in the United States of America

Sjedinjenim Američkim Državama

today especially, but also the rest of the world,

posebno danas, ali i ostatak svijeta,

have to somehow understand that history

moramo nekako razumjeti da nam je povijest

has presented us with a choice -- just as Jill [Bolte] Taylor was figuring out

dala izbor - baš kako je Jill Taylor razmišljala

how to save her life while she was distracted

kako da spasi svoj život dok je bila ometana

by the amazing experience that she was going through.

zadivljujućim iskustvom kroz koje je prolazila.

We now have a culture of distraction.

Mi sada imamo kulturu koja nas ometa.

But we have a planetary emergency.

No imamo planetarnu hitnu krizu.

And we have to find a way to create,

I moramo naći način da stvorimo,

in the generation of those alive today, a sense of generational mission.

u ovoj generaciji koja živi danas, osjećaj generacijske misije.

I wish I could find the words to convey this.

Kada bih barem mogao naći riječi da prenesem ovo.

This was another hero generation

Ovo je bila još jedna generacija junaka

that brought democracy to the planet.

koja je planetu donijela demokraciju.

Another that ended slavery. And that gave women the right to vote.

Još jedna koja je okončala ropstvo. I koja je dala ženama pravo glasa.

We can do this. Don't tell me that we don't have the capacity to do it.

Mi to možemo. Nemojte mi reći da nemamo sposobnosti za to.

If we had just one week's worth of what we spend on the Iraq War,

Da smo imali vrijednost samo jednotjedne potrošnje na rat u Iraku,

we could be well on the way to solving this challenge.

bili bismo na dobrom putu rješavanja ovog izazova.

We have the capacity to do it.

Imamo sposobnost da to učinimo.

One final point: I'm optimistic, because I believe

I zaključna poanta. Optimističan sam jer vjerujem

we have the capacity, at moments of great challenge,

da imamo sposobnosti, u trenucima velikog izazova,

to set aside the causes of distraction and rise to the challenge

staviti u stranu uzroke ometanja i prihvatiti izazov

that history is presenting to us.

koji povijest stavlja pred nas.

Sometimes I hear people respond to the disturbing facts of the climate crisis

Ponekad čujem kako ljudi na uznemirujuće činjenice klimatske krize

by saying, "Oh, this is so terrible.

reagiraju govoreći "Oh, to je tako grozno,

What a burden we have." I would like to ask you

kakav mi teret imamo." Htio bih vas zamoliti

to reframe that. How many generations

da preoblikujemo to. Koliko je generacija

in all of human history have had the opportunity

u cjelokupnoj ljudskoj povijesti imalo priliku

to rise to a challenge that is worthy of our best efforts?

prihvatiti izazov koji je vrijedan naših najvećih napora?

A challenge that can pull from us

Izazov koji iz nas može izvući

more than we knew we could do? I think we ought to approach

više nego smo znali da možemo? Mislim da bismo trebali pristupiti

this challenge with a sense of profound joy

ovom izazovu s osjećajem duboke radosti

and gratitude that we are the generation

i zahvalnosti što smo mi generacija

about which, a thousand years from now,

koju će, tisuću godina od danas,

philharmonic orchestras and poets and singers will celebrate

filharmonijski orkestri, pjesnici i pjevači slaviti

by saying, they were the ones that found it within themselves

govoreći, oni su bili ti koji su u sebi našli ono što je trebalo

to solve this crisis and lay the basis

da se kriza riješi i postavili temelje

for a bright and optimistic human future.

za svijetlu i optimističnu budućnost čovječanstva.

Let's do that. Thank you very much.

Učinimo to. Hvala.

Chris Anderson: For so many people at TED, there is deep pain

- Za mnoge ljude na TED-u, postoji duboka bol

that basically a design issue

da je u biti pitanje dizajna - na kraju krajeva,

on a voting form --

problematičan dizajn glasačkog listića -

one bad design issue meant that your voice wasn't being heard

jedan loš dizajn je značio da se vaš nije

like that in the last eight years in a position

na ovaj način čuo u zadnjih osam godina

where you could make these things come true.

na poziciji gdje ste to mogli i ostvariti.

That hurts.

To boli.

Al Gore: You have no idea. (Laughter)

- Nemate pojma koliko.

CA: When you look at what the leading candidates

- Kada pogledate što vodeći kandidati

in your own party are doing now -- I mean, there's --

u vašoj stranci trenutno čine - hoću reći -

are you excited by their plans on global warming?

jeste li uzbuđeni njihovim planovima oko globalnog zagrijavanja?

AG: The answer to the question is hard for me

- Odgovor na to pitanje je težak za mene

because, on the one hand, I think that

jer, s jedne strane, mislim da bi nam trebalo

we should feel really great about the fact

biti stvarno drago zbog činjenice

that the Republican nominee -- certain nominee --

da republikanski kandidat, konkretan kandidat,

John McCain, and both of the finalists

John McCain i oba finalista

for the Democratic nomination -- all three have a very different

za demokratsku nominaciju - svi troje imaju bitno drugačiju

and forward-leaning position

i naprednu poziciju

on the climate crisis. All three have offered leadership,

o klimatskoj krizi. Svi troje su ponudili vodstvo

and all three are very different from the approach taken

i svi troje imaju vrlo drugačiji pristup od

by the current administration. And I think

pristupa koji ima trenutna vlada. I mislim

that all three have also been responsible in

da su svi troje bili odgovorni u

putting forward plans and proposals. But the campaign dialogue that --

predlaganju planova i davanju prijedloga. Ali... dijalog u kampanji -

as illustrated by the questions --

kako su ona pitanja ilustrirala -

that was put together by the

pitanja koja je prikupila

League of Conservation Voters, by the way, the analysis of all the questions --

Liga glasača za očuvanje okoliša, usput, analiza svih pitanja -

and, by the way, the debates have all been

i usput, sve debate je sponzoriralo

sponsored by something that goes by the Orwellian label,

nešto Orwellovskog naziva:

"Clean Coal." Has anybody noticed that?

"Čisti ugljen". Je li to netko primijetio?

Every single debate has been sponsored by "Clean Coal."

Svaku pojedinu debatu je sponzorirao "Čisti ugljen."

"Now, even lower emissions!"

"Sada još manje onečišćenje!"

The richness and fullness of the dialogue

Bogatstvo i potpunost dijaloga

in our democracy has not laid the basis

u našoj demokraciji nije postavilo temelje

for the kind of bold initiative that is really needed.

za hrabru inicijativu kakvu trebamo.

So they're saying the right things and they may --

Dakle oni govore prave stvari i moguće da će

whichever of them is elected -- may do the right thing,

učiniti pravu stvar bez obzira tko od njih bio izabran,

but let me tell you: when I came back from Kyoto

no dopustite mi da vam kažem: kad sam se vratio iz Kyota

in 1997, with a feeling of great happiness

1997. s osjećajem velike sreće

that we'd gotten that breakthrough there,

da smo tamo napravili prekretnicu,

and then confronted the United States Senate,

i nakon toga se suočio sa Senatom SAD.

only one out of 100 senators was willing to vote

Samo jedan od 100 senatora bio je voljan glasati

to confirm, to ratify that treaty. Whatever the candidates say

za ratifikaciju sporazuma. Što god kandidati rekli

has to be laid alongside what the people say.

to mora biti u skladu s onime što ljudi govore.

This challenge is part of the fabric

Ovaj izazov je utkan u

of our whole civilization.

cijelu našu civilizaciju.

CO2 is the exhaling breath of our civilization, literally.

CO2 je ono što naša civilizacija izdiše, doslovno.

And now we mechanized that process. Changing that pattern

I sad smo mehanizirali taj proces. Promjena tog uzorka

requires a scope, a scale, a speed of change

traži opseg, veličinu i brzinu promjena

that is beyond what we have done in the past.

veću od bilo čega što smo činili u prošlosti.

So that's why I began by saying,

Zato sam započeo rekavši,

be optimistic in what you do, but be an active citizen.

budite optimistični u onome što radite, no budite aktivni građani.

Demand -- change the light bulbs,

Zahtijevajte... zamijenite žarulje,

but change the laws. Change the global treaties.

no mijenjajte i zakone. Promijenite globalne sporazume.

We have to speak up. We have to solve this democracy -- this --

Moramo biti glasniji. Moramo riješiti ovu demokratsku... ovu...

We have sclerosis in our democracy. And we have to change that.

Imamo sklerozu u našoj demokraciji i to moramo promijeniti.

Use the Internet. Go on the Internet.

Koristite internet. Idite na internet.

Connect with people. Become very active as citizens.

Povežite se s ljudima. Postanite vrlo aktivni kao građani.

Have a moratorium -- we shouldn't

Napravimo moratorij - ne bismo trebali

have any new coal-fired generating plants

imati nikakvih novih elektrana na ugljen

that aren't able to capture and store CO2, which means we have to

koje nisu sposobne skupiti i pohraniti CO2. Što znači da

quickly build these renewable sources.

moramo brzo graditi obnovljive izvore.

Now, nobody is talking on that scale. But I do believe

Nitko u ovome trenutku ne govori na toj razini. No vjerujem

that between now and November, it is possible.

da je između danas i studenog to moguće.

This Alliance for Climate Protection

Spomenuti Savez za klimatsku zaštitu

is going to launch a nationwide campaign --

će pokrenuti nacionalnu kampanju

grassroots mobilization, television ads, Internet ads,

široku mobilizaciju, televizijske oglase, internet oglase,

radio, newspaper -- with partnerships with everybody

radio, tisak - uz partnerstvo sa svima

from the Girl Scouts to the hunters and fishermen.

od izviđača do lovaca i ribolovaca.

We need help. We need help.

Trebamo pomoć. Trebamo pomoć.

CA: In terms of your own personal role going forward,

- U smislu vaše osobne uloge u budućnosti,

Al, is there something more than that

Al, postoji li još nešto

you would like to be doing?

što bi ste voljeli činiti?

AG: I have prayed that I would be able to find the answer

- Molio sam se da budem u stanju pronaći odgovor

to that question. What can I do?

na to pitanje. Što mogu učiniti?

Buckminster Fuller once wrote, "If the future

Buckminster Fuller je jednom napisao: "Da budućnost

of all human civilization depended on me, what would I do?

cjelokupne ljudske civilizacije ovisi o meni, što bih učinio?

How would I be?" It does depend on all of us,

Kakav bih bio?" To ovisi o svima nama,

but again, not just with the light bulbs.

no opet, ne samo o žaruljama.

We, most of us here, are Americans. We have a democracy.

Većina nas ovdje smo Amerikanci. Imamo demokraciju.

We can change things, but we have to actively change.

Možemo promijeniti stvari, no moramo aktivno mijenjati.

What's needed really is a higher level of consciousness.

Ono što je stvarno potrebno je viša razina svijesti.

And that's hard to --

A to je teško -

that's hard to create -- but it is coming.

to je teško napraviti - ali dolazi.

There's an old African proverb that some of you know

Postoji stara Afrička poslovica koju neki od vas znaju

that says, "If you want to go quickly, go alone;

ona kaže: "Ako želiš ići brzo, idi sam;

if you want to go far, go together." We have to go far, quickly.

ako želiš ići daleko, idi u društvu." Mi moramo ići daleko brzo.

So we have to have a change in consciousness.

Dakle moramo imati promjenu svijesti.

A change in commitment. A new sense of urgency.

Promjenu onoga što nam je važno. Novi osjećaj hitnosti.

A new appreciation for the privilege

Novi osjećaj zahvalnosti za privilegiju

that we have of undertaking this challenge.

koju imamo u suočavanju s ovim izazovom.

CA: Al Gore, thank you so much for coming to TED.

- Al Gore, puno vam hvala za dolazak na TED.

AG: Thank you. Thank you very much.

- Hvala vam. Puno hvala.