Why you should be a climate activist | Luisa Neubauer

Prevodilac: Ivana Krivokuća Lektor: Kristina Radosavljević

I never planned to become a climate activist.

Nikada nisam planirala da postanem klimatski aktivista.

But things have changed,

Ali stvari su se promenile,

and now, standing here as a climate activist,

i sada, dok stojim ovde kao klimatski aktivista,

I ask you all to become one, too.

tražim od vas da to postanete i vi.

Here's why,

Evo zašto,

and most importantly, how.

i što je najvažnije, kako.

Ten years ago, when I was 13 years old,

Pre deset godina, kada sam imala 13 godina,

I first learned about the greenhouse effect.

prvi put sam saznala za efekat staklene bašte.

Back then, we spent 90 minutes on this issue,

Tada smo potrošili 90 minuta na tu temu,

and I remember finding it quite irritating

i sećam se da me je baš nerviralo

that something so fundamental

što je nešto tako suštinsko

would be squeezed into a single geography lesson.

ugurano u jednu jedinu lekciju geografije.

Some of this irritation remained, so when I graduated from high school,

Deo te frustracije se zadržao,

pa sam po završetku srednje škole rešila da studiram geografiju,

I decided to study geography,

just to make sure I was on the right track with this whole climate change thing.

samo da bih se uverila da ispravno shvatam stvari vezano za klimatske promene.

And this is when everything changed.

Tada se sve promenilo.

This was the first time I looked at the data,

Prvi put sam sagledala podatke,

at the science behind the climate crisis,

nauku iza klimatske krize,

and I couldn't believe what I was reading.

i nisam mogla da verujem u ono što čitam.

Like many of you,

Kao i mnogi među vama,

I thought that the planet wasn't really in a good state.

mislila sam da planeta baš i nije u dobrom stanju.

I had no idea that we are rushing into this self-made disaster

Nisam imala pojma da vrtoglavo jurimo u katastrofu koju smo sami stvorili.

in such a rapid pace.

There was also the first time I understood what difference it makes

Takođe sam prvi put shvatila koliko su stvari drugačije

when you consider the bigger picture.

kada se uzme u obzir šira slika.

Take the CO2 concentration in the atmosphere, for instance,

Uzmimo, na primer, koncentraciju ugljen-dioksida u atmosferi,

the number one driver for global warming.

glavnog uzročnika globalnog zagrevanja.

Yes, this looks bad.

Da, ovo loše izgleda.

This looks like we are on a pretty bad track.

Izgleda kao da nam se loše piše.

But it's only once you don't just consider the last 60 years

Ali tek kada uzmete u obzir ne samo poslednjih 60 godina,

but the last 10,000 years

već proteklih 10 000 godina,

that you understand how terrifying this really is.

konačno shvatite koliko je ovo zaista zastrašujuće.

And this is just one aspect of the crisis we're seeing.

A to je samo jedan aspekt krize koju vidimo.

I'm not going to get into details here, but let me tell you so much:

Neću ovde ulaziti u detalje, ali reći ću ovoliko:

we are in a point of history

nalazimo se u trenutku u istoriji

that the most destructive force on the planet is humanity itself.

u kome je sam ljudski rod najrazornija sila na planeti.

We are in a point of history

Nalazimo se u trenutku u istoriji

that no scientist could guarantee you that you will survive this.

u kome vam nijedan naučnik ne može garantovati da ćete ovo preživeti.

We are in a point of history

Nalazimo se u trenutku u istoriji

that humanity is creating an environment

u kome čovečanstvo stvara okruženje

that's not safe for humans anymore.

koje više nije bezbedno za ljude.

Yeah, there I was,

Da, i tako sam bila

first year of geography,

na prvoj godini studija geografije i osećala se prilično preplavljeno.

and felt pretty overwhelmed.

But ...

Ali...

there was good news.

bilo je dobrih vesti.

The very same year I first learned about all this,

Iste godine kada sam prvi put saznala za sve ovo,

leaders from across the globe came together in Paris

vođe širom sveta okupili su se u Parizu kako bi odredili zajednički cilj

to decide on the common target to limit global warming to below two degrees.

ograničavanja globalnog zagrevanja na ispod dva stepena.

Pictures went around the world,

Slike su putovale svetom,

and I was told that history was made that day.

i rečeno mi je da je tog dana postignut istorijski dogovor.

How relieving, right?

Kakvo olakšanje, zar ne?

Except ...

Osim što...

something didn't quite work out about this.

nešto tu baš i nije funkcionisalo.

After this agreement was signed,

Nakon što je sporazum potpisan,

things didn't really get better.

stvari se nisu zaista poboljšale.

Actually, they got much worse.

Zapravo, znatno su se pogoršale.

Decision makers and industries, leaders and politicians,

Donosioci odluka, industrije, vođe i političari

they went back to business as usual,

vratili su se na svoje uobičajene poslove,

exploiting our livelihoods like there is literally no tomorrow,

iskorišćavali sredstva za život bukvalno kao da sutra ne postoji,

building coal power plants again and again,

iznova i iznova gradili elektrane na ugalj,

even though we know that needs to stop,

iako znamo da treba da prestanemo sa tim,

according to the Paris Agreement.

prema pariskom sporazumu.

So while there are also good developments, of course --

Iako postoje i pomaci, naravno -

there are installations of wind and solar energy all over the globe, yes --

instalacije za energiju vetra i sunca se postavljaju širom sveta, da -

but these positive changes are slow -- too slow, in fact.

ali te pozitivne promene su spore - previše spore, zapravo.

So since the Paris Agreement was signed,

Otkako je potpisan pariski sporazum,

climate graphs keep racing to the top,

klimatski grafikoni pokazuju sve veće brojeve

smashing records every year.

i obaraju rekorde svake godine.

The five hottest years ever recorded

Pet najtoplijih godina zabeleženih u istoriji

were the previous five years,

su prethodnih pet godina,

and at no time have global emissions been higher than today.

i emisije štetnih materija nikada nisu bile veće nego danas.

I tako je to bilo sa mnom,

So there I was,

seeing and understanding the science on the one side,

videla sam i razumela nauku sa jedne strane,

but not seeing answers, not seeing the action, on the other side.

ali sa druge strane nisam videla odgovore niti akciju.

At that point, I had enough.

U tom trenutku, bilo mi je dosta svega.

I wanted to go to the UN Climate Conference myself,

Htela sam da lično odem na klimatsku konferenciju UN-a,

that very place that was created to bring people together

upravo to mesto koje je stvoreno da okupi ljude kako bi popravili klimu -

to fix the climate --

except not really, apparently.

osim što, izgleda, i nije baš tako.

Ovo je bilo prošle godine.

This was last year.

I traveled to the Climate Conference and wanted to find out

Otputovala sam na klimatsku konferenciju i želela sam da saznam

what this is really like, what this is about.

kako to stvarno izgleda, šta je u pitanju.

For political realists, this might be no surprise,

Ovo možda neće biti iznenađenje za političke realiste,

but I found it hard to bear:

ali za mene je teško to podneti:

that fossil fuel industries and political leaders

da industrije fosilnih goriva i političke vođe

are doing everything, everything to prevent real change from happening.

rade sve kako bi sprečili da se dogodi stvarna promena.

They are not keen to set targets that are ambitious enough

Nemaju želju da postave ciljeve koji su dovoljno ambiciozni

to put us on a below-two-degree pathway.

da bismo krenuli u pravcu ispod dva stepena.

After all, these are the only ones who benefit from this climate crisis, right?

Uostalom, samo oni imaju koristi od ove klimatske krize, zar ne?

The fossil fuel industry generates profits,

Industrija fosilnih goriva donosi profit,

and political leaders, well, they look at the next election,

a političke vođe, pa, oni gledaju sledeće izbore,

at what makes them popular,

šta će im doneti popularnost,

and I guess that's not asking the inconvenient questions.

a pretpostavljam da to nije postavljanje nezgodnih pitanja.

There is no intention for them to change the game.

Oni nemaju nameru da menjaju igru.

There is no country in the world where either companies or political powers

Ne postoji zemlja na svetu u kojoj se kompanije ili političke sile

are sanctioned for wrecking the climate.

sankcionišu zbog uništavanja klime.

With all the strangeness and the sadness about this conference,

Uz svu tu neobičnost i tugu vezanu za ovu konferenciju,

there was one someone who was different,

tu je bio neko drugačiji,

someone who seemed to be quite worried,

neko ko se činio vrlo zabrinutim,

and that was Greta Thunberg.

a to je bila Greta Tunberg.

I decided right there that everything else seemed hopeless

Tamo sam presudila da sve ostalo deluje beznadežno

and didn't seem to make sense,

i čini se besmislenim,

so I joined her climate strike right there at the conference.

tako da sam se tu na konferenciji priključila njenom klimatskom štrajku.

It was my very first climate strike ever

To je bio prvi klimatski štrajk u mom životu

and an incredibly strange setting,

i neverovatno čudno okruženje,

just me and her sitting there at this conference hall,

samo nas dve sedimo u sali za konferencije,

surrounded by this busyness of the suit-wearing conference crowd

okružene užurbanom konferencijskom gomilom u poslovnim odelima,

who had no idea what to do with us.

ljudima koji nisu znali šta će sa nama.

And yet, this felt more powerful

A ipak, to se činilo kao moćnije

than anything I had expected in a very long time.

od bilo čega što sam očekivala već duže vreme.

And it was right there that I felt it was maybe time

I baš tamo sam osetila da je možda došlo vreme

to start striking in Germany.

da počnemo sa štrajkom u Nemačkoj.

I was now certain that no one else was going to fix this for us,

Bila sam sigurna da niko drugi neće to popraviti umesto nas,

and if there was just the slightest chance that this could make a difference,

i ako postoji i najmanja šansa da ovo može dovesti do promene,

it seemed almost foolish not to give it a go.

činilo se da je gotovo suludo ne pokušati.

So I --

I tako -

(Applause)

(Aplauz)

So I traveled back to Berlin.

Tako sam otputovala nazad u Berlin.

I found allies who had the same idea at the same time,

Našla sam saveznike koji su istovremeno imali istu ideju,

and together we thought we'd give this "Fridays For Future" thing a go.

i zajedno smo rešili da probamo to sa „Petkom za budućnost“.

Obviously, we had no idea what we were getting into.

Očigledno, nismo imali pojma u šta se upuštamo.

Before our first strike, many of us, including me,

Pre našeg prvog štrajka, mnogi među nama, uključujući i mene,

had never organized a public demonstration or any kind of protest before.

nikada nisu organizovali javne demonstracije niti bilo kakav protest.

We had no money, no resources

Nismo imali novca, sredstava

and absolutely no idea what climate striking really is.

niti bilo kakvu ideju o tome šta je zaista klimatsko štrajkovanje.

So we started doing what we were good at:

Zato smo počeli sa onim što nam dobro ide:

we started texting,

počeli smo da šaljemo poruke,

texting en masse, night and day, everyone we could reach,

da ih masovno danonoćno šaljemo svakome do koga smo mogli da dopremo,

organizing our first climate strike via WhatsApp.

i tako smo organizovali prvi klimatski štrajk preko Votsapa.

The night before our first strike, I was so nervous I couldn't sleep.

Noć pre prvog štrajka bila sam toliko nervozna da nisam mogla da spavam.

I didn't know what to expect, but I expected the worst.

Nisam znala šta da očekujem, ali očekivala sam najgore.

Maybe it was because we weren't the only ones

Možda zato što nismo bili jedini

who had been longing to have a voice in a political environment

koji su želeli da se izjasne u političkoj sredini

that had seemingly forgotten how to include young people's perspective

u kojoj je naizgled zaboravljeno kako da se uključi perspektiva mladih

into decision-making, maybe.

u donošenje odluka, možda.

But somehow this worked out.

Ali ovo je nekako uspelo.

And from one day to the other,

Iz dana u dan,

we were all over the place.

bilo nas je na sve strane.

And I, from one day to the other,

I ja sam iz dana u dan

became a climate activist.

postajala klimatski aktivista.

Usually,

Obično,

in these kind of TED Talks,

u ovakvom TED govoru,

I would now say how it's overly hopeful,

sada bih rekla kako to daje mnogo nade,

how we young people are going to get this sorted,

kako ćemo mi mladi sve to da sredimo,

how we're going to save the future and the planet and everything else,

kako ćemo spasiti budućnost, planetu i sve ostalo,

kako ćemo mi mladi koji štrajkujemo zbog klime

how we young people striking for the climate

are going to fix this.

popraviti ovo.

Usually.

Obično je tako.

But this is not how this works.

Ali ovde stvari ne stoje tako.

This is not how this crisis works.

Ova kriza ne funkcioniše tako.

Here's a twist:

Evo u čemu je caka:

today, three and a half years after that Paris Agreement was signed,

danas, tri i po godine nakon potpisivanja pariskog sporazuma,

when we look at the science,

kada pogledamo nauku,

we find it's still possible to keep global warming

vidimo da je još uvek moguće da se globalno zagrevanje održi

to below two degrees --

na nivou ispod dva stepena -

technically.

tehnički.

And we also see it's still possible to hold other disastrous developments

Takođe vidimo da je i dalje moguće zauzdati druge katastrofalne događaje

we're seeing, such as mass extinction and soil degradation --

koje vidimo, kao što je masovno izumiranje i propadanje zemljišta -

yes, technically.

da, tehnički.

It's just incredibly, incredibly unlikely.

Samo što je to neverovatno malo verovatno.

And in any case,

U svakom slučaju,

the world would have to see changes

svet bi morao da vidi promene

which we have never experienced before.

kakve još nikad nismo doživeli.

We'd have to fully decarbonize our economies by 2050

Morali bismo da potpuno razugljeničimo naše ekonomije do 2050. godine

and transform the distribution of powers

i transformišemo raspodelu moći

that is currently allowing those fossil fuel giants and political leaders

koja trenutno dozvoljava gigantima fosilnih goriva i političkim vođama

to stay on top of the game.

da uspešno ostaju u igri.

We are talking of nothing less than the greatest transformation

Govorimo o ništa manje nego najvećoj transformaciji

since the Industrial Revolution.

od industrijske revolucije.

We are talking, if you want to put it that way,

Govorimo o, može se reći,

we are talking of a climate revolution

klimatskoj revoluciji

in a minimum amount of time.

u minimalnom vremenskom roku.

We wouldn't have a single further year to lose.

Ne bismo imali ni jednu jedinu godinu za gubljenje.

And in any case, for any of that change to happen,

I u svakom slučaju, da bi se dogodila bilo koja od ovih promena,

the world needs to stop relying on

svet mora prestati da se oslanja

one or two or three million school strikers to sort this out.

na milion, ili dva ili tri miliona štrajkača školaraca da to reše.

Yes, we are great, we are going to keep going,

Da, mi smo super i nastavićemo dalje,

and we are going to go to places no one ever expected us, yes.

i ići ćemo tamo gde nas još niko nije očekivao.

But we are not the limit;

Ali mi nismo granica;

we are the start.

mi smo početak.

This is not a job for a single generation.

Ovo nije posao za jednu generaciju.

This is a job for humanity.

Ovo je posao za čovečanstvo.

And this is when all eyes are on you.

I sada su sve oči uprte u vas.

For this change to happen,

Da bi se ova promena desila,

we will have to get one million things sorted.

moraćemo da sredimo milion stvari.

It's an incredibly complex thing, after all.

To je vrlo složena stvar, na kraju krajeva.

But ...

Ali...

there are some things that everyone can get started with.

postoje neke stvari sa kojima svi mogu početi.

Bad news first: if you thought I would tell you now to cycle more

Prvo loša vest: ako ste mislili da ću vam reči da više vozite bicikl

or eat less meat, to fly less, or to go secondhand shopping,

ili da jedete manje mesa, da manje letite ili da kupujete polovno,

sorry, this is not that easy.

žao mi je, nije tako jednostavno.

But here comes the good news:

Ali evo dobrih vesti:

you are more than consumers and shoppers,

vi ste više od potrošača i kupaca,

even though the industry would like you to keep yourselves limited to that.

iako bi industrija volela da se ograničite na to.

No; me and you -- we are all political beings,

Ne; ja i vi - svi smo mi politička bića

and we can all be part of this answer.

i svi možemo biti deo ovog odgovora.

We can all be something that many people call climate activists.

Svi mi možemo biti ono što mnogi nazivaju klimatskim aktivistima.

Yay?

Je?

(Laughter)

(Smeh)

So what are the first steps?

Pa koji su prvi koraci?

Four first steps that are essential to get everything else done,

Četiri prva koraka koja su neophodna za postizanje svega ostalog,

four first steps that everyone can get started with,

četiri prva koraka sa kojima svi mogu krenuti,

four first steps that decide about everything that can happen after.

četiri prva koraka koja odlučuju o svemu što može uslediti.

So what's that?

Pa, šta je u pitanju?

Number one:

Broj jedan:

we need to drastically reframe our understanding of a climate activist,

moramo drastično promeniti shvatanje o klimatskim aktivistima,

our understanding of who can be the answer to this.

naše shvatanje o tome ko može dati odgovor na sve ovo.

A climate activist isn't that one person that's read every single study

Klimatski aktivista nije ona osoba koja je pročitala sva moguća istraživanja

and is now spending every afternoon handing out leaflets about vegetarianism

i sada svakog popodneva deli letke o vegetarijanstvu

in shopping malls.

u tržnim centrima.

No.

Ne.

A climate activist can be everyone,

Klimatski aktivista može biti svako,

everyone who wants to join a movement of those who intend to grow old

ko god da želi da se priključi pokretu onih koji nameravaju da ostare

on a planet that prioritizes protection of natural environments

na planeti koja daje prednost zaštiti životne sredine,

and happiness and health for the many

sreći i zdravlju mnoštva ljudi

over the destruction of the climate and the wrecking of the planet

nad uništavanjem klime i pustošenjem planete

for the profits of the few.

zarad koristi nekolicine.

And since the climate crisis is affecting every single part of our social,

A pošto klimatska kriza utiče na svaki deo našeg društvenog,

of our political and of our private life,

političkog i privatnog života,

we need climate activists everywhere on every corner,

potrebni su nam klimatski aktivisti svuda, na svakom uglu,

not only in every room,

ne samo u svakoj prostoriji,

but also in every city and country and state and continent.

već i u svakom gradu, zemlji, državi i kontinentu.

Second:

Drugo:

I need you to get out of that zone of convenience,

morate izaći iz te zone pogodnosti,

away from a business as usual that has no tomorrow.

udaljiti se od obavljanja poslova kao da sutra ne postoji.

All of you here, you are either a friend or a family member,

Svi vi ovde ste prijatelj ili član porodice,

you are a worker, a colleague, a student, a teacher

radnik, kolega, učenik, predavač

or, in many cases, a voter.

ili, u mnogim slučajevima, glasač.

All of this comes along with a responsibility

Uz sve to ide odgovornost

that this crisis requires you to grow up to.

na koju vas ova kriza poziva.

There's the company that employs you

Tu je kompanija koja vas zapošljava

or that sponsors you.

ili koja vas sponzoriše.

Is it on track of meeting the Paris Agreement?

Da li se kreće ka tome da ispuni odredbe pariskog sporazuma?

Does your local parliamentarian know that you care about this,

Da li vaš lokalni parlamentarac zna da vam je stalo do ovoga,

da želite da ovo bude prioritet na svim izborima?

that you want this to be a priority in every election?

Does your best friend know about this?

Da li vaš najbolji prijatelj zna za ovo?

Do you read a newspaper or write a newspaper? Great.

Da li čitate novine ili pišete za novine? Odlično.

Then let them know you want them to report on this in every issue,

Onda ih obavestite da želite da izveštavaju o ovome u svakom izdanju,

and that you want them to challenge decision makers in every single interview.

i da želite da preispituju donosioce odluka u svakom intervjuu.

If you're a singer, sing about this. If you're a teacher, teach about this.

Ako ste pevač, pevajte o ovome. Ako ste predavač, podučavajte o tome.

And if you have a bank account, tell your bank you're going to leave

Ako imate bankovni račun, recite banci da ćete ih napustiti

ako nastave da ulažu u fosilna goriva.

if they keep investing in fossil fuels.

And, of course, on Fridays, you should all know what to do.

I, naravno, svi bi trebalo da znate šta da radite petkom.

Thirdly:

Treće:

leaving that zone of convenience works best when you join forces.

napuštanje te zone pogodnosti najbolje uspeva kada udružite snage.

One person asking for inconvenient change

Jedna osoba koja traži neprijatne promene

is mostly inconvenient.

uglavnom je neprijatnost.

Two, five, ten, one hundred people asking for inconvenient change

Dvoje, petoro, desetoro, stotinu ljudi koji traže neugodne promene

are hard to ignore.

teško je ignorisati.

The more you are, the harder it gets for people to justify

Što vas je više, ljudima je teže da opravdaju

a system that has no future.

sistem koji nema budućnost.

Power is not something that you either have or don't have.

Moć nije nešto što ili imate ili nemate.

Power is something you either take or leave to others,

Moć je nešto što ili uzmete ili ostavite drugima,

and it grows once you share it.

i ona raste kada je podelite.

We young people on the streets, we school strikers,

Mi mladi na ulici, učenici štrajkači,

we are showing how this can work out.

pokazujemo kako to može da uspe.

One single school striker will always be one single school striker --

Jedan učenik štrajkač uvek će biti jedan štrajkač -

well, Greta Thunberg.

pa, Greta Tunberg.

Two, five, ten, one thousand people striking school are a movement,

Dvoje, petoro, desetoro, stotinu ljudi koji štrajkuju su pokret,

and that's what we need everywhere.

a to je ono što nam je potrebno svuda.

No pressure.

Bez pritiska.

(Laughter)

(Smeh)

And number four, finally --

I broj četiri, najzad -

and this is probably the most important aspect of all of this --

a ovo je verovatno najvažniji aspekt u svemu ovome -

I need you to start taking yourselves more seriously.

morate početi da ozbiljnije shvatate sebe.

If there's one thing I've learned

Ako postoji jedna stvar koju sam naučila

during seven months of organizing climate action,

za sedam meseci organizovanja klimatskih akcija,

it's that if you don't go for something,

to je da ako ne krenete sami da nešto uradite,

chances are high that no one else will.

velika je verovatnoća da niko drugi neće.

The most powerful institutions of this world

Najmoćnije institucije ovog sveta

have no intention of changing the game they're profiting from most,

nemaju nameru da menjaju igru od koje imaju najviše profita,

so there's no point in further relying on them.

tako da nema svrhe više se oslanjati na njih.

That's scary, I know.

To je zastrašujuće, znam.

That's a huge responsibility, a huge burden on everyone's shoulders, yes.

To je ogromna odgovornost, veliki teret na ramenima svih, da.

But this also means,

Ali to takođe znači da,

if we want to,

ako to želimo,

we can have a say in this.

možemo imati udela u ovome.

We can be part of that change. We can be part of that answer.

Možemo biti deo te promene. Možemo biti deo tog odgovora.

And that's quite beautiful, right?

A to je baš lepo, zar ne?

So let's give it a try, let's rock and roll,

Pa hajde da probamo, hajde da se pokrenemo,

let's flood the world with climate activists.

preplavimo svet klimatskim aktivistima.

Let's get out of the zones of convenience

Izađimo iz zone pogodnosti,

and join forces and start taking ourselves more seriously.

udružimo snage i počnimo da shvatamo sebe ozbiljnije.

Imagine what this world would look like,

Zamislite kako bi izgledao ovaj svet,

where children would grow up,

gde će deca odrastati

knowing their future was this one great adventure to look forward to

znajući da je njihova budućnost velika avantura kojoj se treba radovati,

and nothing to be scared of,

a ne nešto čega se treba bojati,

what this world would look like when the next climate conference

kako bi izgledao ovaj svet kada bi sledeća klimatska konferencija

is this great happening of people who come together,

bila veliko dešavanje sa ljudima koji će se okupiti,

who had heard the voices of millions,

koji će čuti milione glasova

who would then roll up their sleeves, ready to create real change.

i zatim zavrnuti rukave, spremni da istinski ostvare promene.

You know,

Znate,

I dream of this world

maštam o svetu

where geography classes teach about the climate crisis

u kome se na časovima geografije uči o klimatskoj krizi

as this one greatest challenge

kao o najvećem izazovu

that was won by people like you and me,

koji su savladali ljudi poput vas i mene,

who had started acting in time

koji su preduzeli akcije na vreme

because they understood they had nothing to lose

jer su shvatili da nemaju šta da izgube,

and everything to win.

već samo da dobiju.

So why not give it a go?

Pa zašto ne probati?

No one else will save the future for us.

Niko drugi nam neće spasiti budućnost.

This is more than an invitation. Spread the word.

Ovo je više od pozivnice. Širite priču o tome.

Thank you.

Hvala.

(Applause)

(Aplauz)