New thinking on the climate crisis | Al Gore

Translator: Erik Ušaj Reviewer: Ales Rosina

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

Ob prosojnicah, predstavljenih tukaj pred dvema letoma, sem predaval približno 2000 krat.

I'm giving a short slide show this morning

Danes zjutraj predstavljam krajše predavanje ob prosojnicah,

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

ki jih predstavljam čisto prvič, torej -

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

dobro je -- nočem in ne rabim zvišati nivoja;

I'm actually trying to lower the bar.

pravzaprav poskušam zmanjšati nivo.

Because I've cobbled this together

Ker sem spravil to skupaj,

to try to meet the challenge of this session.

da bi dosegel izziv te predstavitve.

And I was reminded by Karen Armstrong's fantastic presentation

In opomnjen sem bil ob fantastični prestavitivi Karen Armstrong,

that religion really properly understood

da je religija res ustrezno dojeta

is not about belief, but about behavior.

ni na ravni prepričanja, temveč vedenja.

Perhaps we should say the same thing about optimism.

Morda bi morali reči isto za optimizem.

How dare we be optimistic?

Kako si drznemo biti optimistični?

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

Optimizem je včasih označen kot prepričanje, intelektualno prepričanje.

As Mahatma Gandhi famously said,

Kot je Mahatma Gandhi v znanem govoru rekel,

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

"Vi morate poosebiti spremembe, ki jih želite videti v svetu."

And the outcome about which

In izzd o katerem

we wish to be optimistic is not going to be created

želimo biti optimistični ne bo ustvarjen

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

na podlagi samega prepričanja, razen do mere, ki jo prepričanje

brings about new behavior. But the word "behavior"

prinaša glede novega vedenja. Toda beseda "vedenje"

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

je tudi, mislim, včasih nerazumljena v tem kontekstu.

I'm a big advocate of changing

Sem velik zagovornik sprememb:

the lightbulbs and buying hybrids,

menjavi žarnic in nakupu hibridnih vozil,

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

in Tipper in jaz sva postavila 33 sončnih panelov na našo hišo,

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

in vrtala geotermalne vodnjake ter vse ostale stvari.

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

Toda, kot je pomembno menjati žarnice,

it is more important to change the laws.

še bolj pomembno je spremeniti zakone.

And when we change our behavior in our daily lives,

In ko spremenimo naše vedenje v našem vsakdanjiku,

we sometimes leave out the citizenship part

včasih spregledamo državljanski del,

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

in demokratičen del. Da bi bili optimistični o tem,

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

moramo postati neverjetno aktivni, kot državljani v naši demokraciji.

In order to solve the climate crisis,

Če želimo rešili klimatsko krizo,

we have to solve the democracy crisis.

moramo rešiti krizo demokracije.

And we have one.

In prav to imamo.

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

To zgodbo sem poskušal povedati že večkrat.

I was reminded of that recently, by a woman

Na to sem bil opomnjen pred nedavnim, ko je gospa,

who walked past the table I was sitting at,

ki se je sprehodila mimo mize ob kateri sem sedel,

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

le zijala vame, ko je šla mimo. Bila je v svojih 70.,

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

videti je bila prijetnega obraza. Nisem dal pozornosti na to,

until I saw from the corner of my eye

dokler nisem videl v kotu očesa,

she was walking from the opposite direction,

da je hodila iz nasprotne smeri,

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

in prav tako zijala vame. Tako sem rekel "Kako ste kaj?"

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

In rekla je "Veste, če bi si barvali lase črno,

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

bi bili videti kot Al Gore."

Many years ago, when I was a young congressman,

Pred mnogimi leti, ko sem bil mlad kongresnik,

I spent an awful lot of time dealing with the challenge

sem namenil ogromno časa izzivu

of nuclear arms control -- the nuclear arms race.

problema nadzora nukleranega orožja -- jederske tekme.

And the military historians taught me,

In vojaški zgodovinarnji so me med tem iskanjem

during that quest, that military conflicts are typically

naučili, da so vojaški konflikti tipično,

put into three categories: local battles,

razvršeni v tri kategorije: lokalni boji,

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

regionalni ali gledališke vojne, in redki, toda najbolj pomembni:

global, world war -- strategic conflicts.

globalne, svetovne vojne. Strateški konflikti.

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

In vsak nivo konflikta zahteva različno dodelitev virov

a different approach,

drugačen pristop,

a different organizational model.

drugačen organizacijski model.

Environmental challenges fall into the same three categories,

Okoljske izzive lahko razdelimo v iste tri kategorije,

and most of what we think about

in največ o čemer razmišljamo,

are local environmental problems: air pollution, water pollution,

so lokalni okoljski problemi: onesnaženje zraka, onesnaženje vode,

hazardous waste dumps. But there are also

odlaganje nevarnih odpadkov. Toda tu so tudi

regional environmental problems, like acid rain

regionalni okoljski problemi, kot je kisel dež,

from the Midwest to the Northeast, and from Western Europe

od Srednjega zahoda do severovzhoda ZDA in od zahodne Evrope

to the Arctic, and from the Midwest

do Arktike, ter od sredjegazahoda ZDA

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

iz Missisipija v mrtvo cono Mehiškega zaliva.

And there are lots of those. But the climate crisis

In veliko je tega. Toda klimatska kriza

is the rare but all-important

je redek toda vse-pomemben

global, or strategic, conflict.

globalen ali strateški konflikt.

Everything is affected. And we have to organize our response

Vse je prizadeto. In moramo organizirati naš odziv

appropriately. We need a worldwide, global mobilization

na ustrezen način. Potrebujemo svetovno, globalno mobilizacijo

for renewable energy, conservation, efficiency

za obnovljivo energijo, ohranjevanje, učinkovitost

and a global transition to a low-carbon economy.

in globalen prehod na ekonomijo nizkih ogljikovih ravni.

We have work to do. And we can mobilize resources

Čaka nas delo. In lahko mobiliziramo vire

and political will. But the political will

in politično voljo. Toda politična volja

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

mora biti najprej mobilizirana, če želimo mobilizirati vire.

Let me show you these slides here.

Naj vam pokažem te prosojnice.

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

Mislil sem začeti začel z logotipom. Kar manjka tukaj,

of course, is the North Polar ice cap.

je seveda, severni polarni led.

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

Grenlandija ostaja. Tako je zgledal severni polarni led

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

28. let nazaj -- severni polarni led

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

ob koncu poletja ob jesenskem enakonočju.

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

Prejšnjo jesen, sem obiskal podatkovno središče

in Boulder, Colorado, and talked to the researchers

za Sneg in led v Boulder, Koloradu in govoril z raziskovalci

here in Monterey at the Naval Postgraduate Laboratory.

tukaj v Montereju v laboratoriju podiplomske plovbe.

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

To je, kar se je zgovilo v zadnjih 28. letih.

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

Da damo v prespektivo, 2005 je bil predhodnji rekord.

Here's what happened last fall

To se je zgodilo lansko jesen,

that has really unnerved the researchers.

kar je res razburilo raziskovalce.

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

Severni polarni pokrov je geografsko iste velikosti.

doesn't look quite the same size --

Čeprav ni videti enake velikosti,

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

toda je enake velikosti, kot ZDA

minus an area roughly equal to the state of Arizona.

brez področja približne velikosti zvezne države Arizona.

The amount that disappeared in 2005

Količina, ki je izginila v letu 2005

was equivalent to everything east of the Mississippi.

je enakovredna vsemu vzhodno od Missisipija.

The extra amount that disappeared last fall

Dodatna količina, ki je izginila prejšnjo jesen,

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

je ekvivalentna temu. Povrne se pozimi,

but not as permanent ice, as thin ice --

toda ne kot trajen led, ampak kot tanek led.

vulnerable. The amount remaining could be completely gone

Ranljivo. Količina ki ostaja lahko povsem izgine

in summer in as little as five years.

poleti v obdobju kratkem zgolj peti let.

That puts a lot of pressure on Greenland.

To pomeni velik pritisk za Grenlandijo.

Already, around the Arctic Circle --

Že sedaj, okrog Arktičnega kroga --

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

to je znamenita vasica na Aljaski, To je mestece

in Newfoundland. Antarctica. Latest studies from NASA.

v Novi Funlandiji. Antarktika. Najnovejše študije agencije NASA.

The amount of a moderate-to-severe snow melting

Količina zmernega do hudega taljenja snega

of an area equivalent to the size of California.

je ekvivalentna velikosti Kalifornije.

"They were the best of times,

"Bili so dobrni časi

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

in bili so hudi časi", najbolj znan začetni stavek

in English literature. I want to share briefly

v angleški literaturi. Želim na kratko deliti z vami

a tale of two planets. Earth and Venus

"Povest o dveh planetih." Zemlji in Veneri.

are exactly the same size. Earth's diameter

Zemlja in venera sta povsem enake velikosti. Zemljin premer

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

je približno 400 kilometrov daljši, toda v bistvu enake velikosti.

They have exactly the same amount of carbon.

Imata povsem enako količino ogljika.

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

Toda razlika je, da na Zemlji, večina ogljika

has been leeched over time out of the atmosphere,

izpuščena tekom časa v ozračje,

deposited in the ground as coal, oil,

je bila v začetku v obliki ogljikovodikov v premogu, nafti.

natural gas, etc. On Venus, most of it

plinu, id. Na Veneri je večina le tega

is in the atmosphere. The difference is that our temperature

v atmosferi. Razlika je v tem, da je naša temperatura

is 59 degrees on average. On Venus,

je povprečno 15 stopinj Celzija, na Veneri

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

je ta 457 stopinj Celzija. To je pomembno za našo trenutno strategijo

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

črpanja čimveč vodika iz tal v čim krajšem času

and putting it into the atmosphere.

in vnosu le tega v atmosfero-

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

To ni posledica tega, da je Venera nekoliko bližje Soncu.

It's three times hotter than Mercury,

Je trikrat bolj vroča od Merkurja,

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

ki je čisto ob soncu. Zdaj na kratko,

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

tu je slika, ki ste jo videli, kot eno izmed starih slik,

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

toda prikazijem jo, ker vam želim podati CSI: Klima

The global scientific community says:

Globalna znanstvena skupnost govori:

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

človeško povzročeno svetovno onesnaženje, izpuščeno v ozračje,

thickening this, is trapping more of the outgoing infrared.

ga zgoščuje, tako ujame več izhodnega infrardečega sevanja.

You all know that. At the last

Vsi vemo to. Na zadnjem

IPCC summary, the scientists wanted to say,

srečanju IPCC, znanstveniki so želeli sporočiti:

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

"Kako gotovi ste o tem?" želeli so odgovoriti "99 odstotno."

The Chinese objected, and so the compromise was

Kitajci so nasprotovali in kompromis je bil

"more than 90 percent."

"več kot 90 %".

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

Zdaj skeptiki pravijo "Hej, počakaj trenutek,

this could be variations in this energy

to so lahko varijacije v - v tej energiji,

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

ki prihaja iz Sonca." Če bi to bilo res,

the stratosphere would be heated as well as the

bi bila segreta stratosfera, kot tudi

lower atmosphere, if it's more coming in.

nižje plasti atmosfere, če je večji vnos.

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

Če je več ujetega na poti ven, potem lahko

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

pričakujemo, da je topleje tukaj in hladnjeje tu. To so nižje plasti atmosfere.

Here's the stratosphere: cooler.

In to je stratosfera: hladnejša.

CSI: Climate.

CSI: Klima.

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

Zdaj, tu so dobre novice. 68% američanov zdaj verjame,

that human activity is responsible

da so človeške aktivnosti odgovorne

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

za globalno segrevanje. 69% verjame, da se Zemlja segreva

in a significant way. There has been progress,

in to opazno. Prišlo je do napredka,

but here is the key: when given a list

toda tu je ključ: ob danem seznamu

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

izzivov je globalno segrevanje še vedno pri dnu.

What is missing is a sense of urgency.

Kar manjka je občutek za nujnost.

If you agree with the factual analysis,

Če se strinjate z analizo dejstev,

but you don't feel the sense of urgency,

toda ne čutite občutka njunosti,

where does that leave you?

kaj vam to prepušča?

Well, the Alliance for Climate Protection, which I head

No, združenje za zaščito klime, katerega vodim

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

v sodelovanju z CurrentTV - ki to opravlja v dobro,

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

sta pripravili so svetovni natečaj za oglase, kako to sporočati.

This is the winner.

To je zmagovalni oglas.

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

NBC - prikazal bom vse TV-postaje, -- najboljši novinarji

for NBC asked 956 questions in 2007

za NBC so vprašali 956 vprašanj v 2007

of the presidential candidates: two of them were about

predsedniškim kandidatom, le dve vprašanji od teh

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

so bili o klimatski krizi. ABC: 844 vprašanj, dve o klimatski krizi.

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

Fox: dve. CNN: dve. CBS: nobeno.

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

Od smeha do solz. To je en starejših

tobacco commercials.

tobačnih oglasov.

So here's what we're doing.

To je kar počnemo.

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

To je poraba nafte v vseh naštetih državah in v ZDA.

But it's not just the developed nations.

Niso le razvite države.

The developing countries are now following us

Države v razvoju nam sledijo

and accelerating their pace. And actually,

in povečujejo hod. In pravzaprav

their cumulative emissions this year are the equivalent

njihove skupne emisijie so v tem letu ekvivalente

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

našim v letu 1965. In dohitevajo nas

very dramatically. The total concentrations:

zelo dramatično. Skupne koncentracije:

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

do 2025 bodo v bistvu tam, kjer smo mi bili leta 1985.

If the wealthy countries were completely missing

Četudi bi bogate države povsem izginile

from the picture, we would still have this crisis.

iz slike, bi vseeno imeli to krizo.

But we have given to the developing countries

Toda mi smo dali državam v razvoju

the technologies and the ways of thinking

tehnologije in način razmišljanja,

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

ki sutvarjajo krizo. To je Bolivija.

over thirty years.

V preseku 30 leti.

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

To je vrhunec v nekaj sekundah. 60.

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

70. 80. 90. To moramo ustaviti. In dobra novica je, da lahko.

We have the technologies.

Imamo tehnologije.

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

Moramo imeti poenoten pogled kako pristopiti k temu:

the struggle against poverty in the world

boj z revščino v svetu

and the challenge of cutting wealthy country emissions,

in izziv zmanjšanja emisij v bogatih državah,

all has a single, very simple solution.

vse ima enotno, zelo preprosto rešitev.

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

Ljudje sprašujejo "Kakšna je rešitev?" In tukaj je.

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

Dajmo ogljiku ceno. Potrebujemo davek na CO2, prihodkovno-nevtralen,

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

ki bo zamenjal davke na zaposlovanje, ki so Bismarkov izzum.

and some things have changed

In nekatere stvari so se spremenile

since the 19th century.

od 19. stoletja.

In the poor world, we have to integrate the responses

V obubožanem svetu, moramo integrirati odzive

to poverty with the solutions to the climate crisis.

na revščino z rešitvami za klimatsko krizo.

Plans to fight poverty in Uganda

Načrti za boj z revšino v Ugandi

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

so sporni, če ne rešimo klimatske krize.

But responses can actually make a huge difference

Toda odzivi lahko dejansko naredijo veliko razliko

in the poor countries. This is a proposal

v revnih državah. To je predlog

that has been talked about a lot in Europe.

o katerem se je veliko govorilo v Evropi.

This was from Nature magazine. These are concentrating

To je iz revije Nature. To so zgoščevalne

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

sončne obnovljive-elektrarne, povezane v tako imenovano super mrežo

to supply all of the electrical power

za nudenje vse električne energije

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

za Evropo, v glavnem iz držav v razvoju. Visokonapetostni tokovi.

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

To niso "sanje v oblakih", to je mogoče narediti.

We need to do it for our own economy.

To rabimo za našo lastno ekonomijo.

The latest figures show that the old model

Zadnje številke kažejo, da je stari modeli

is not working. There are a lot of great investments

ne delujejo. Obstaja veliko odličnih investicij,

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

ki jih lahko izberete. Če investirate v pesek bogat z

or shale oil, then you have a portfolio

oljem, potem imate portfolio,

that is crammed with sub-prime carbon assets.

ki je obremenjem z ogljikom.

And it is based on an old model.

In je osnovan na starem modelu.

Junkies find veins in their toes when the ones

Zasvojenci najdejo žile na palcih nog, ko so

in their arms and their legs collapse. Developing tar sands

tiste na rokah in nogah pred kolapsom. Razvoj pridobivanja

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

nafte ujete v pesku je enakoverden temu. Tu je le nekaj naložb

that I personally think make sense.

za ketere osebno menim, da so smiselne.

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

Sam imam delež v teh, zato moram tole razglasiti.

But geothermal, concentrating solar,

Toda geotermična, zbirna sončna,

advanced photovoltaics, efficiency and conservation.

napredna fotovoltaika, učinkovitost in ohranjevanje.

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

To prosojnico ste že videli pred tem, toda tu je sprememba.

The only two countries that didn't ratify

Le dve državi nista ratificirali

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

-- sedaj le ena. Avstralija je imela volitve.

And there was a campaign in Australia

In kampanija v Avstraliji

that involved television and Internet and radio commercials

je vključevala televizijske, internetne in radijske oglase,

to lift the sense of urgency for the people there.

za dvigovanje občutka njunosti pri prebivalcih.

And we trained 250 people to give the slide show

Izurili smo 250 ljudi za predavatelje, ki so predavali

in every town and village and city in Australia.

v vsakem mestu in kraju v Avstraliji.

Lot of other things contributed to it,

Veliko drugih stvari je prispevalo k temu,

but the new Prime Minister announced that

predsednik vlade je napovedal, da

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

je njegova prva prioriteta sprememba pozicije Avstralije

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

glede Kjotskega sporazuma, in to je tudi storil. Zdaj so ozaveščeni

partly because of the horrible drought that they have had.

deloma zaradi hude suše, ki so jo utrpeli.

This is Lake Lanier. My friend Heidi Cullen

To je Lake Lanier. Moja prijateljica Heidi Cullins

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

je rekla, da če suše poimenujemo, kot poimenujemo orkane,

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

bi to sušo na jugovzhodu poimenovali Katrina in

and we would say it's headed toward Atlanta.

rekli, da je na poti proti Atlanti.

We can't wait for the kind of drought

Ne smemo čakati na sušo, podobno tisti,

Australia had to change our political culture.

ki je prizadela Avstralijo, da spremenimo našo politično kulturo.

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

Tu je več dobrih novic. Število mestv ZDA, ki podpirajo Kjotski sporazum,

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

se je povzpelo na 780 - in mislim, da vidim še eno med njimi,

just to localize this -- which is good news.

da postavim to v lokalen kontekst. To je dobra novica.

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

Da zaključim, pred nekaj dnevi smo slišali

about the value of making individual heroism so commonplace

o vrednosti posameznega junaštva, ki postane tako vsakovnevno,

that it becomes banal or routine.

da postane običajno ali rutinsko.

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

Kar potrebijemo je nova generacija herojev. Med nami, ki živimo

in the United States of America

v ZDA danes,

today especially, but also the rest of the world,

še posebej, kot tudi v drugih predelih sveta,

have to somehow understand that history

moramo nekako razumeti, da nam zgodovina

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

nudi možnost izbire - tako kot Jill Bolte Taylor je poskušala ugotoviti

how to save her life while she was distracted

kako rešiti svoje življenje, medtem ko jo je zmotila

by the amazing experience that she was going through.

neverjetna izkušnja pred njo.

We now have a culture of distraction.

Sedaj imamo kulturo odvračanja pozornosti.

But we have a planetary emergency.

Toda imamo globalno krizo.

And we have to find a way to create,

In moramo najti način ustvarjanja,

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

med generacijo tistih, ki živimo danes, občtek generacijske misije.

I wish I could find the words to convey this.

Želim, da bi našel prave besede, da vam posredujem to.

This was another hero generation

To je še ena generacija herojev,

that brought democracy to the planet.

ki so prinesli demokracijo našemu planetu.

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

Še eni, ki so končali sužensjtvo. In dali ženskam volilno pravico.

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

Mi to zmoremo. Ne recite mi, da nimamo sposobnosti izpeljati tega.

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

Če imamo le tednesko vrednost tega, kar danes zapravimo za vojno v Iraku,

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

smo lahko na lepi poti do rešitve izziva.

We have the capacity to do it.

Imamo vse sposobnosti, da to naredimo.

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

Kot končna točka. Sem oprimist, ker verjamem,

we have the capacity, at moments of great challenge,

da imamo sposobnost, v trenutkih velikih izzivov,

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

da damo na stran zadeve, ki odvračajo našo pozornost in se posvetimo pravim izzivom,

that history is presenting to us.

kot nam jih ponuja zgodovina.

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

Včasih slišim odzive ljudi na moteča dejstva o klimatski krizi,

by saying, "Oh, this is so terrible.

ko govorijo "Joj, to je tako strašno.

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

Kako breme nosimo." Rad bi vas vprašal

to reframe that. How many generations

da to ponovno uokvirite. Koliko generacij

in all of human history have had the opportunity

v celotni zgodovini človeštva je imelo priložnost

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

da se zoperstavi izzivu vrednemu naših najboljših moči?

A challenge that can pull from us

Izzivu, ki nas lahko potegne

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

več kot vemo, več lahko naredimo? Mislim, da moramo približati

this challenge with a sense of profound joy

ta izziv z smislom in globokim veseljem

and gratitude that we are the generation

in hvaležnostjo, da smo mi generacija

about which, a thousand years from now,

o kateri, bodo čez tisoče let od danes,

philharmonic orchestras and poets and singers will celebrate

orkestri, pesniki in pevci slavili,

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

z besedami, da so oni tisti, ki so našli v sebi

to solve this crisis and lay the basis

rešitev krize in postavitev osnov

for a bright and optimistic human future.

svetle in optimistične prihodnosti človeštva.

Let's do that. Thank you very much.

Naredimo to. Najlepša hvala.

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

Chris Anderson: Za veliko ljudi pri TED, je velika bolečina,

that basically a design issue

da je v osnovi vprašanje oblikovanja - na koncu dneva,

on a voting form --

vprašanje oblikovanja na glasovalnem obrazcu.

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

slabo oblikovanje lahko pomeni, da vaš glas ni bil slišan,

like that in the last eight years in a position

kot v preteklih osmih letih na položaju,

where you could make these things come true.

ko bi lahko uresničili te stvari.

That hurts.

To bili.

Al Gore: You have no idea. (Laughter)

Al Gore: Nimate pojma.

CA: When you look at what the leading candidates

CA: Ko gledate na to, kar počnejo vodilni kandidati

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

v vaši lastni stranki - mislim, je -

are you excited by their plans on global warming?

ali ste razburjeni nad njihovimi načrti glede globalnega segrevanja?

AG: The answer to the question is hard for me

AG: Odgovor na to vprašanje je težek,

because, on the one hand, I think that

ker na eni strani, menim, da

we should feel really great about the fact

bi se morali počutiti odlično že ob dejstvu,

that the Republican nominee -- certain nominee --

da je Republikanski kandidat - določen kandidat-

John McCain, and both of the finalists

John McCain, in oba finalista

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

med Demokrati - vsi imajo zalo različne

and forward-leaning position

in naprej usmerjene poglede

on the climate crisis. All three have offered leadership,

glede klimatske krize. Vsi trije do ponudili vodstvo,

and all three are very different from the approach taken

in vsi so povsem drugačni od pristopa

by the current administration. And I think

trenutne administracije. In mislim,

that all three have also been responsible in

da so vsi trije zelo odgovorno

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

postavili plane in predloge. Toda kampanija dialoga, ki

as illustrated by the questions --

kot ilustrirano s pomočjo vprašanj,

that was put together by the

ki so jih sestavilo pri

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

volilci pri Ligi za Ohranitev, mimogrede, analiza vseh vprašanj -

and, by the way, the debates have all been

in mimogrede, vse debate so bile

sponsored by something that goes by the Orwellian label,

sponzorirane iz nečesa, kar presega oznako Orwelliansko,

"Clean Coal." Has anybody noticed that?

"Čisti premog" Je kdo opazil to?

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

Vsaka posamezno debato je omogočil "Čisti premog".

"Now, even lower emissions!"

"Zdaj, še nižji izpusti"

The richness and fullness of the dialogue

Bogastvo in polnost dialoga

in our democracy has not laid the basis

v naši demokraciji nima osnov

for the kind of bold initiative that is really needed.

za močne pobude, ki jih res potrebujemo.

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

Torej pravijo, prave stvari, ki jih morda --

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

kdorkoli je že izvoljen -- morda bo naredil pravo stvar.

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

toda naj vam povem: ko sem se vrnil iz Kjota

in 1997, with a feeling of great happiness

lata 1997 z občutkom sreče,

that we'd gotten that breakthrough there,

da nam uspe preboj,

and then confronted the United States Senate,

in se soočil z senatom ZDA,

only one out of 100 senators was willing to vote

le en on 100 senatorjev je bil pripralvjan glasovati

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

in potrditi ter ratificirati pogodbo. Karkoli kandidati rečejo

has to be laid alongside what the people say.

mora biti postavljeno poleg tega, kar ljudje rečejo.

This challenge is part of the fabric

Izziv je del tkiva

of our whole civilization.

naše celotne civilizacije.

CO2 is the exhaling breath of our civilization, literally.

CO2 je izdih naše civilizacije, dobesedno.

And now we mechanized that process. Changing that pattern

In zdaj smo mehanizirali ta proces. Spremenili vzorec,

requires a scope, a scale, a speed of change

kar zahteva obseg, doseg in hitrost sprememb,

that is beyond what we have done in the past.

ki presega tiste iz preteklosti.

So that's why I began by saying,

Zato sem začel, s tem da sem dejal,

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

bodimo optimistični v tem kar delamo, bodimo aktivni državljani.

Demand -- change the light bulbs,

Zahtevajmo. Menjajmo žarnice in

but change the laws. Change the global treaties.

spremenimo zakone. Spremenimo globalne pogodbe.

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

Moramo spregovoriti. Moramo rešiti to demokracijo -- to --

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

Naša demokracija je pozabljiva. In to moramo spremeniti.

Use the Internet. Go on the Internet.

Uporabimo Internet. Pojdimo na Internet.

Connect with people. Become very active as citizens.

Povežimo se z ostalimi. Postanimo zelo aktivni državljani.

Have a moratorium -- we shouldn't

Vzpostavimo moratorije -- ne smemo

have any new coal-fired generating plants

imeti nobenih novih elektrarn na premog,

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

ki niso sposobne zajemanja in shranjevanja CO2. Kar pomeni, da moramo

quickly build these renewable sources.

hitro graditi obnovljive vire energije.

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

Danes, nihče ne dela tega v takem obsegu. Toda varjamem,

that between now and November, it is possible.

da med zdaj in novembrom, je to mogoče.

This Alliance for Climate Protection

Naše zavezništvo za zaščito klime

is going to launch a nationwide campaign --

bo začelo nacionalno kampanijo --

grassroots mobilization, television ads, Internet ads,

mobilizacijo prek televizijskih, internetnih oglasov,

radio, newspaper -- with partnerships with everybody

radia, novic -- s pomočjo partnerstva z vsemi

from the Girl Scouts to the hunters and fishermen.

od tabornic do lovcev in ribolovcev.

We need help. We need help.

Potrebujemo pomoč. Potrebujemo pomoč.

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

CA: V okviru vaše osebne vloge vnaprej,

Al, is there something more than that

Al, je še kaj več, kar

you would like to be doing?

bi radi počeli?

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

AG: Molil sem, da bi našel odgovor

to that question. What can I do?

na to vprašanje. Kaj lahko počnem?

Buckminster Fuller once wrote, "If the future

Buckminster Fuller je nekoč zapisal: "Če je prihodnost

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

vsega človeštva odvisna od mene, kaj lahko storim?

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

Kakšen bi bil?" Odvisna je od nas vseh,

but again, not just with the light bulbs.

toda spet, ne samo od menjave žarnic.

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

Mi, večina nas tukaj, smo Američani. Imamo demokracijo.

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

Lahko spremenimo stvari, toda moramo aktivno spreminjati.

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

Kar v resnici potrebujemo, je višji nivo zavesti.

And that's hard to --

In to je težko -

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

to je težko ustvariti -- toda to je na poti.

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

Star afriški pregovor, morda ga nekateri med vami poznajo,

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

govori: "Če želite hitro, pojdite sami.

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

Če želite daleč, pojdite skupaj." Mi moramo daleč in hotro.

So we have to have a change in consciousness.

Zato moramo spremeniti zavest.

A change in commitment. A new sense of urgency.

Sprememba k zavezi. Nov občutek nujnosti.

A new appreciation for the privilege

Novo cenjenje privilegija,

that we have of undertaking this challenge.

da se soočamo s tem izzivom.

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

CA: Al Gore, najlepša hvala, za udeležbo na TED.

AG: Thank you. Thank you very much.

AG: Hvala. Najlepša hvala tudi vam.