The race to a zero-emission world starts now | António Guterres

Transcriber: TED Translators Admin Reviewer: Rhonda Jacobs

翻译人员: TED Translators Admin 校对人员: Yolanda Zhang

We are all here today because the climate countdown has begun,

今天，我们相聚在此， 因为气候倒计时已经开始，

and we are nowhere near where we need to be.

而我们离既定目标还很远。

Science tells us we must limit to global heating

科学家认为， 我们必须将全球升温限制在

to 1.5 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels.

比工业化前高 1.5 摄氏度的范围内。

We are on track for three degrees at least.

而按照目前的趋势， 全球升温将达到至少 3 摄氏度。

Billions of people around the world

全世界已经有数十亿人

are already suffering from our failure to act.

因为我们没有及时采取行动 而饱受气候变化的折磨。

Climate disruption, due to our outdated addiction to fossil fuels,

由于我们对化石燃料过时的依赖 而造成的气候破坏

is causing unprecedented wildfires,

正在造成前所未有的大规模野火，

more intense and frequent cyclones,

更强烈、更频繁的旋风，

以及洪水、干旱和其他极端天气。

floods, droughts, and other weather extremes.

Toxic air pollution is choking our major cities and harming our health,

有毒的空气正在让很多主要城市的居民 感到窒息，并危害着我们的健康，

and biodiversity on land and sea is under growing pressure.

陆地和海洋的生物多样性 也正承受着越来越大的压力。

No country's immune from the climate crisis.

没有一个国家能够 逃脱气候危机的影响。

But in every country,

但无论在哪个国家，

最弱势的群体受到的影响往往最大，

it is the poorest and most vulnerable who are hardest hit,

despite having done least to cause the problem.

尽管他们并不是 造成这一危机的罪魁祸首。

Over the past 25 years,

在过去的 25 年中，

the richest 10 percent of the global population

全球最富有的 10% 人口

has been responsible for more than half of all carbon emissions,

制造了超过一半以上的碳排放，

and the poorest 50 percent

而最贫穷的 50% 人口

were responsible for just seven percent of emissions.

仅排放了 7% 的碳。

Rank injustice and inequality of this scale is a cancer.

这种等级的不公正和不平等 造成的危害不容忽视。

If we don't act now, this century may be one of humanity's last.

如果我们现在不及时采取行动， 人类的繁荣很快就将走向终结。

新冠肺炎的大流行暴露了

The COVID-19 pandemic

has laid bare the fundamental injustices and inequality of our societies.

人类社会中 根本性的不公正和不平等。

The upheaval of this pandemic

这场大流行病所引发的剧变

presents an opportunity to chart a new course,

为我们提供了一个机会 去开辟一条新的道路，

one that can address every aspect of the climate crisis head-on.

以直面气候危机下的各种问题。

History shows that when we grab such moments, we can succeed.

历史已经表明，当我们及时抓住 这样的时机，就能取得成功。

We can build a safer, fairer, more resilient world.

我们可以建立一个更安全、 更公平、更能抵御风险的世界，

But we need to move quickly.

但我们必须快速行动起来。

That is why I'm urging governments

因此，我敦促各国政府

to take six climate-positive actions to recover better together:

共同采取六项对气候有利的行动， 以更好的恢复经济：

Invest in green jobs;

1. 投资绿色的就业岗位。

do not bail out polluting industries, especially coal;

2. 不要救助污染行业， 尤其是煤炭行业。

end fossil fuel subsidies, and put a price on carbon;

3. 取消化石燃料补贴， 为碳排放定价。

take climate risks into account in all financial and policy decisions;

4. 在所有的财政和政治决策中 都要考虑到气候风险。

work together in solidarity;

5. 步调一致的工作。

and most important, leave no one behind.

6. 最重要的是，不让任何人掉队。

This is the course of action that thousands of companies,

以上也是成千上万的公司、

cities, states, regions, universities, and investors

城市、州、地区、大学和投资者

are already choosing by committing to net-zero emissions

通过承诺最迟在 2050 年 实现净零排放

by 2050 at the latest.

所做出的选择。

They are moving to protect people and our planet.

他们行动起来是为了 保护人类和我们的星球。

Momentum is building.

积极的势头正在形成。

Cities and regions with a carbon footprint greater than the United States

碳足迹超过美国的城市和地区，

and companies with revenues of more than 11.4 trillion US dollars

以及收入超过 11.4 万亿美元的公司

have now committed to net-zero emissions by 2050.

已经承诺，到 2050 年 实现净零排放。

That's doubled the number from when this initiative was launched

这一数字是 2019 年气候行动峰会

at the Climate Action Summit in 2019.

启动该倡议时的两倍。

Likewise, investors managing over four trillion US dollars

同样的，管理着超过 4 万亿美元的投资者

have joined the race to zero.

也加入到了零排放的竞赛中。

This number has also more than doubled

在同一次峰会上 首次发起该倡议以来，

since the initiative was first launched at the same summit.

这一数字也增加了一倍多。

But it is still necessary for governments

但政府仍有必要 建立税收和监管框架，

to create the tax and regulatory frameworks

以进一步刺激私营部门

采取气候保护行动。

that will further stimulate climate action by the private sector.

European Union has announced plans to cut its emissions

欧盟已经宣布，计划到 2030 年，

by at least 55 percent by 2030

将其排放量减少降低 55%，

and to achieve climate neutrality by 2050.

并在 2050 年实现气候中性。

And China has recently announced its intention

中国最近也宣布，

to become carbon neutral before 2060.

计划在 2060 年之前实现碳中性。

I now count on these and other main emitters

我非常期待这些国家 和其他主要排放国

to present before COP26 concrete plans and policies

能够在联合国气候变化会议 第 26 次会议之前

提出具体的计划和政策， 使世界在 2050 年实现气候碳中性。

that will bring the world to carbon neutrality by 2050.

We must make sure that each country,

我们必须确保每个国家、

each city, company, bank, and international organization

每个城市、公司、银行和国际组织

has a transition plan to reach zero net emissions.

都制定了零净排放的过渡计划。

We also need to see much greater efforts

我们还需要付出更大的努力，

to build resilience in vulnerable countries,

以提升易受影响的国家 对抗环境风险的能力——

which do least to cause climate change but bear the worst impacts.

这些国家对气候变化的影响最小， 却承受着其带来的最严重的后果。

In the big coastal deltas,

在比较大的沿海三角洲、

the islands of the Pacific and the Caribbean,

太平洋岛屿和加勒比地区，

and dry lands such as the Africa Sahel region,

以及非洲萨赫勒等干旱地区，

we must help people adapt to climate impacts

我们必须帮助人们 在从新冠疫情中恢复的同时，

as they recover from COVID-19.

适应气候带来的影响。

I call on developed countries to meet their commitment

我呼吁发达国家履行其承诺，

to mobilize 100 billion US dollars a year

每年动用 1000 亿美元

for mitigation, adaptation, and resilience in developing countries.

以援助发展中国家缓解并适应 气候变化的影响，同时提升抗灾害能力。

We must work to create the conditions needed

我们必须努力创造 能够筹集大量资金的

for a massive mobilization of funds.

必要的条件，

Also from financial institutions and private investors.

这些资金也可以来自 金融机构和私人投资者。

We must keep building climate ambition.

我们必须不断坚定气候保护的信念。

On the fifth anniversary of the Paris Agreement in December,

在 12 月，《巴黎协定》签署五周年之际，

leaders from government, business, and civil society

来自政府、企业和民间社会的领导人

will gather online to do just that.

会在网络上齐聚一堂， 共同为这一目标而努力。

We need to kickstart the race to the Glasgow Climate Conference in 2021.

我们需要努力推动 2021 年 格拉斯哥气候大会的顺利举行。

To those who have already joined the race, I applaud you,

我要为所有已经加入 这场竞赛的人而鼓掌，

but I also ask you to do more and much faster.

但我们还要做得更多，做得更快。

You have raised your ambition and your commitment.

你们已经提升了自己的雄心和承诺。

We need you now to also raise your voices and push governments to do better,

现在，也请放大你们的声音， 推动政府做得更好，

especially those who emit the most.

尤其是那些排放量最大的经济体。

To those yet to join, my message is simple:

对于那些尚未加入的人， 我要传递的信息很简单：

We can only win the race to zero together.

只有团结一致， 我们才能赢得这场零排放的比赛。

So I urge you all to get on board.

所以，请尽快加入我们。

The countdown has begun.

倒计时已经开始了。