The case for stubborn optimism on climate | Christiana Figueres

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Any reality we are given is not set in stone,

我们面前的任何现实 都不是一成不变的，

it can be changed.

而是可以被人为改变。

I come from Costa Rica,

我来自哥斯达黎加，

a country known for our deep commitment to peace,

一个以坚定不移的 致力于维护和平、

our high level of education

高教育水平，

and our far-sighted stewardship of nature.

并以长远的眼光管理自然环境 而闻名的国家。

But it wasn't always like that.

但起初，情况远不是这样。

Way back in the '40s,

早在 40 年代，

my father, José Figueres Ferrer,

我的父亲 何塞·菲格雷斯·费雷尔 （ José Figueres Ferrer）

was a young farmer, tilling the soil of these mountains,

还是一个年轻的农夫， 在这些山上耕种土地，

and cultivating his vision of a country grounded in social justice

并致力于建设 一个以社会正义为根基、

and guided by the rule of law.

以法治为指导的国家。

His vision was tested, when in 1948,

然而在 1948 年， 他的愿景面临着挑战：

the government refused to accept the result of democratic elections

政府拒绝接受民主选举的结果，

and brought in the military.

还让军队介入其中。

My father could have been indifferent,

我父亲本可以无动于衷，

but he chose to do what was necessary to restore democracy,

但他选择了 采取必要的措施恢复民主，

surviving the burning of his home and his farm.

却险些因家里和农场 发生的大火而丧命。

From here, he launched a revolutionary army

自此，他发动了一支革命军，

of a few courageous men and women,

这支军队由一些勇敢的民众组成，

who against all odds, defeated the government forces.

他们克服重重困难， 最终打败了政府军。

Then he disbanded his army,

然后，他解散了自己的军队，

outlawed the national army,

宣布国民军为非法，

and redirected the military budget

并重新调整了军事预算，

to establish the basis of the unique country Costa Rica is today.

为今日哥斯达黎加的独树一帜 奠定了基础。

From my father, I learned stubborn optimism,

从父亲那里，我学到了 顽强的乐观主义精神，

the mindset that is necessary to transform the reality we're given

这种心态是将我们所面对的现实

into the reality we want.

转变为理想中现实的必要因素。

Today, at the global level,

今天，在全球范围内，

we face a rapidly accelerating climate emergency,

我们正面临着 加速恶化的气候危机，

daunting because we have procrastinated way too long.

这难免令人望而生畏， 因为我们迟迟未能采取必要的行动。

We now have one last chance to truly change our course.

目前，我们正面临着最后一次 真正改变未来轨迹的机会。

This is the decisive decade in the history of humankind.

这将是人类历史上决定性的十年。

That may sound like an exaggeration, but it's not.

这听起来可能有点夸张， 但形势就是如此严峻。

If we continue on the current path,

如果我们继续沿着 目前的道路上走下去，

we condemn our children and their descendants

就将使我们的子孙后代

to a world that is increasingly uninhabitable,

生活在一个越来越不宜居，

with exponentially growing levels of disease,

疾病、饥荒和冲突

famine, and conflict,

呈指数级增长，

and irreversible ecosystem failures.

且生态系统遭到 不可逆转的摧毁的世界。

Conversely, if we cut our current greenhouse gas emissions in half

相反，如果我们在未来的 10 年内

over the next 10 years,

将目前的温室气体排放量减半，

we open the door to an exciting world

我们就将迎来 一个激动人心的世界——

where cities are green, the air is clean,

绿色的城市，干净的空气，

energy and transport are efficient,

高效的能源和交通，

jobs in a fair economy are abundant,

工作无处不在的、 公平的经济环境，

and forests, soil and waters are regenerated.

并拥有可再生的 森林、土壤和水源。

Our world will be safer and healthier,

我们的世界将更加安全和健康，

more stable and more just than what we have now.

比现在更稳定、更公正。

This decade is a moment of choice unlike any we have ever lived.

这十年将是一个 我们从未经历过的抉择时刻。

All of us alive right now share that responsibility

所有在世的人都面对着

and that opportunity.

同等的责任和机会。

There are many changes to make over the next 10 years,

在未来 10 年中， 有许多变化亟待发生，

and each of us will take different steps along the way.

而我们每个人在这条道路上 都会采取不同的方法。

But all of us start the transformation in one place, our mindset.

但所有的转变都始于我们的心态。

Faced with today's facts,

面对今天的现状，

we can be indifferent,

我们可以无动于衷，

do nothing

坐以待毙，

and hope the problem goes away.

希望问题能自动消失。

We can despair and plunge into paralysis,

我们可以陷入绝望， 感到无能为力，

or we can become stubborn optimists

或者，我们也可以成为 顽固的乐观主义者，

with a fierce conviction that no matter how difficult,

并坚信，无论多么困难，

we must and we can rise to the challenge.

我们都必须， 并且有能力迎接挑战。

Optimism is not about blindly ignoring the realities that surround us,

乐观不是盲目的无视现实问题——

that's foolishness.

这叫愚蠢。

It's also not a naive faith that everything will take care of itself,

乐观也不是天真的相信 即便什么都不做，

even if we do nothing.

一切问题也都会自行解决——

That is irresponsibility.

这叫不负责任。

我说的乐观主义不是成就的产物，

The optimism I'm speaking of is not the result of an achievement,

it is the necessary input to meeting a challenge.

而是迎接挑战的必要条件。

It is, in fact, the only way to increase our chance of success.

事实上，它也是 增加成功机会的唯一途径。

Think of the impact of a positive mindset on a personal goal you have set yourself.

想想积极心态对你为自己 设定的个人目标的影响。

跑马拉松、学一门新语言、

Running a marathon, learning a new language,

creating a new country, like my father,

像我父亲那样创建一个的新国家，

or like me, reaching a global agreement on climate change.

或者像我一样， 就气候变化问题达成全球协议。

The Paris Agreement of 2015 is hailed as a historical breakthrough.

2015 年的《巴黎协定》 被公认为是一个历史性的突破。

What we started in utter gloom

2010 年，

在哥本哈根会议失败六个月后，

when I assumed leadership

of the international climate change negotiations in 2010,

我开始领导国际气候变化谈判，

six months after the failed Copenhagen meetings,

当时，全世界在气候变化问题上

the world was in a very dark place on climate change.

正处于一个非常黑暗的时刻。

No one believed we would ever agree on global decarbonization.

没人相信我们会 在全球脱碳的问题上

Not even I believed it was possible.

连我都不相信这是可能的。

But then I realized,

但后来我意识到，

a shared vision

一个共同的愿景和全球一致同意 实现这一愿景的道路

and a globally agreed route toward that vision was indispensable.

是必不可少的。

It took a deliberate change of mindset, first in me,

这需要一个主动的心态转变， 最先从我开始，

and then in all other participants,

然后是所有其他与会者。

who gradually but courageously moved from despair to determination,

大家都秉持着一种谨慎但无畏的态度， 逐渐从绝望走向决心，

from confrontation to collaboration,

从对抗走向合作，

until we collectively delivered the global agreement.

直到我们集体 就全球协议达成了共识。

But we have not moved fast enough.

但我们的行动还不够快。

Many now believe it is impossible

目前，许多人还认为不可能

to cut global emissions in half in this decade.

在十年内将全球排放量减半。

I say, we don't have the right to give up or let up.

我想说，我们没有放弃 或任其发展的权力。

Optimism means envisioning our desired future

乐观主义意味着 设想我们所期望的未来，

and then actively pulling it closer.

然后积极主动的去实现。

Optimism opens the field of possibility,

乐观主义开启了 一个充满可能性的世界，

it drives your desire to contribute, to make a difference,

它驱使你为了实现改变 而渴望有所作为，

it makes you jump out of bed in the morning

它让你每天早上兴奋的醒来，

because you feel challenged and hopeful at the same time.

充满希望的准备好迎接挑战。

But it isn't going to be easy.

但这条路并不容易，

We will stumble along the way.

一路上充满了艰难险阻。

Many other global urgencies could temper our hope for rapid progress,

许多其他的全球危机都可能 阻碍我们希望快速进步的愿景，

and our current geopolitical reality could easily dampen our optimism.

当前的地缘政治现实 也很容易打击我们的乐观情绪。

That's where stubbornness comes in.

这就是我们需要“顽固”的原因。

Our optimism cannot be a sunny day attitude.

我们的乐观不能 只是一种轻松、愉快的态度。

It has to be gritty, determined, relentless.

它必须是坚韧不拔、 坚定不移、不屈不挠的。

It is a choice we have to make every single day.

这是我们每天都要做出的选择。

Every barrier must be an indication to try a different way.

每一个障碍都必须 指引着我们尝试不同的方式。

In radical collaboration with each other,

在通力合作的情况下，

we can do this.

我们就可以做到。

For years, I had a recurring nightmare

多年来，我经常做同样的噩梦，

in which I saw seven pairs of children's eyes,

梦到七双孩子的眼睛，

the eyes of seven generations,

七代人的眼睛，

staring back at me, asking,

盯着我问，

"What did you do?"

“你做了什么？”

Now, we have millions of children in the streets,

现在，我们有数百万儿童走上街头，

asking us adults the same question,

在问成年人同样的问题，

"What are you doing?"

“你们在干什么？”

And we have to respond.

我们必须做出回应。

Like our fathers and mothers before us,

就像我们父母那一代人一样，

we are the farmers of the future.

我们都在为 一个更美好的未来播种。

I invite each of you to ask yourself:

我邀请你们每个人都扪心自问：

What is the future you want,

你想要的未来是什么，

and what are you doing to make that future a reality?

为此你做出了哪些行动？

You will each have a different answer,

每个人都有不同的答案，

but you can all start by joining the growing family

但你们都可以 从加入世界各地不断壮大的

of stubborn optimists around the world.

顽固乐观主义者大家庭开始。

Welcome to the family.

欢迎加入我们！