Community-powered solutions to the climate crisis | Rahwa Ghirmatzion and Zelalem Adefris

Transcriber: TED Translators Admin Reviewer: Mirjana Čutura

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

Don Cheadle: Home.

（旁白） 家，

It's where we celebrate our triumphs,

是我们庆祝胜利、

make our memories and confront our challenges.

留下回忆并面对挑战的地方。

And these days there are plenty of those.

最近，这样的事情 一直在接二连三的发生。

An historic pandemic, wildfires, floods and hurricanes

历史性的疫情大流行、 野火、洪水和飓风，

all threaten our basic safety.

都在威胁着我们的基本安全。

These challenges hit even harder

在那些被剥夺了平等机会的社区，

in communities that have been cut out of equal opportunities.

这些挑战带来的打击更大。

In the US, unfair and racist housing policies,

在美国，几十年来， 不公平和种族主义的住房政策，

called redlining,

即区域贷款歧视（redlining），

have for decades forced Black, brown, Indigenous and poor white families

迫使黑人、棕色人种、土著人 和贫穷的白人家庭

into areas rife with toxic chemicals that make people sick.

不得不入住弥漫着对人体有害的 有毒化学物质的地区，

They are surrounded by concrete that traps heat.

四周都是吸热的混凝土建筑。

Extreme temperatures demand more cooling,

极端温度也意味着更多的制冷措施，

more money, more energy, more carbon.

更多的资金、更多的能源， 和更多的碳排放。

Our problems are interconnected.

我们的问题是彼此交织的。

Imagine all we can do when we realize the solutions are too.

但是想象一下，如果 解决方案也是环环相扣的呢？

At the Solutions Project,

在“解决方案项目” （Solutions Project）中，

we've seen that some of the people most impacted by COVID-19,

我们已经看到一些 受到 COVID-19 影响最大，

least likely to have a steady place to call home

最不可能有一个稳定住所的人，

and most affected by the damage to our climate

以及受气候变化影响最大的人们，

are already working on effective and scalable solutions.

已经在研究 有效且可扩展的解决方案。

Take Buffalo and Miami,

以水牛城和迈阿密为例，

where affordable housing has become a community solution

那里的经济适用房

已成为解决气候危机的 社区解决方案。

to the climate crisis.

Rahwa Ghirmatzion: Buffalo, New York, is the third poorest city

拉瓦·吉玛泽恩（Rahwa Ghirmatzion）： 纽约州水牛城，

是美国第三贫穷的城市，

in the United States

and sixth most segregated,

在种族隔离最严重的城市中 排名第六，

but our people power is strong.

但我们的人民很强大。

Over the last 15 years, my organization, PUSH Buffalo,

在过去的 15 年中， 我的组织 PUSH Buffalo

has been working with residents to build green affordable housing,

一直在与居民合作 建造绿色的经济适用房，

deploy renewable energy

部署可再生能源，

and to grow the resilience and power in our communities.

以及增强社区的适应性和凝聚力。

When we saw heating bills soar over the last decade,

在过去十年中，当我们注意到 取暖费用在不断攀升时，

we organized to pass state policy,

我们组织起来通过了新的州政策，

help small businesses

帮助了小型企业，

and to put our people to work weatherizing homes.

并且由社区居民 自行改善住房条件。

We responded with eco-landscaping and green infrastructure.

我们以生态美化和 绿色基础设施作为回应。

When record rainfalls flooded our neighborhoods,

当创纪录的降雨淹没我们的社区时,

we replaced the concrete that overwhelmed and made heat waves unbearable.

我们更换了混凝土结构， 从此不再遭受热浪的侵袭。

Let us visit School 77,

我们来参观 一下 77 号学校，

an 80,000-square-foot public school building

这是一处近 7500 平方米的 公立学校建筑，

that was closed and abandoned for nearly a decade.

已关闭并废弃了近十年。

But PUSH Buffalo and the community

但是 PUSH Buffalo 和社区居民

transformed it into solar-powered, affordable senior apartments

将其改造成了太阳能供电，

and a community center.

价格适中的高级公寓和社区中心。

This is what the community wanted.

这就是社区想要的。

When private developers were eyeing that school building

当私人开发商贪婪的注视着 可被改造成

for high-end loft apartments,

高档阁楼公寓的教学楼时，

800 residents mobilized and came up with the plan.

有 800 名居民行动起来， 并提出了一项计划。

We became New York State's first community solar project

我们成为了纽约州的 第一个社区太阳能项目。

and during the coronavirus pandemic, a volunteer-run Mutual Aid Hub.

在新冠病毒大流行期间， 这里也是一个由志愿者运营的互助中心。

Zelalem Adefris: At Catalyst Miami and the Miami Climate Alliance,

泽拉莱姆 · 阿德弗里斯（Zelalem Adefris）： 在 Catalyst 迈阿密和迈阿密气候联盟，

we work with dozens of other organizations

我们与其他数十个组织

to enact policies that provide safe housing

合作制定了提供安全住房

and protect the climate.

和保护气候的政策。

Here in Miami, we've seen a 400-percent increase in tidal flooding

在迈阿密，从 2006 年到 2016 年，

between 2006 and 2016

潮汐洪水发生的次数增加了 400％，

and have seen 49 additional 90-degree days per year since 1970.

自 1970 年以来，每年气温达到 32 摄氏度的天数增加了 49 天。

We fought for the Miami Forever Bond to fund 400 million dollars

我们为“迈阿密永久债券” （ Miami Forever Bond）而斗争，

for affordable housing and climate solutions.

该项目为可负担住房和气候解决方案 提供了 4 亿美元的资金。

Yet every day, we continue to see luxury high-rise condos

然而每天，我们都能看到

being built in our neighborhoods,

社区里新建的豪华高层公寓

adding more concrete and heat on the ground.

为地面增加了 更多的混凝土和热量。

Some of our members are taking matters into their own hands, literally.

我们的一些社区成员 正在自己动手解决问题。

Conscious Contractors is a Grassroots Collective

Conscious Contractors 是在飓风“厄玛（Irma）”来袭期间

that formed during Hurricane Irma

成立的一个草根团体，

to protect, rebuild and beautify our communities,

旨在保护、重建和美化我们的社区，

all while increasing energy efficiency.

同时提高能源效率。

They don't think that anyone should have to choose

他们认为，任何人都不必

between paying a high AC bill

要么支付高额的空调账单，

and living in a hot and moldy house that will worsen respiratory illnesses

要么只能住在容易引发哮喘 和感染冠状病毒的

such as asthma or coronavirus.

闷热、潮湿的房子里。

They fix problems at the source.

他们从源头上解决了问题。

Advocates across the country are holding their governments accountable

全国各地的拥护者要求政府

to climate solutions that keep their communities in place.

对气候解决方案负责， 以保证社区的居住环境。

We need to push for more affordable housing,

我们需要推动政府 提供更多的可负担住房，

green infrastructure and flood protections

绿色基础设施和防洪措施，

because these are the solutions that solve many problems at once.

因为这些方案 可以同时解决许多问题。

DC: Climate change is the epic challenge of our lives,

（旁白） 气候变化是我们生活中的重大挑战，

but we're confident we can solve it.

但我们有信心能够战胜它。

Community leaders like Rahwa and Zelalem are already doing it.

拉瓦和泽拉朗等社区领导人 已经行动起来了。

We can create the future we want,

我们可以创造我们想要的未来，

but getting there is going to take everyone contributing

但要实现这一目标， 需要动员世界各地的每个人，

around the world, wherever we call home.

无论我们的家园在哪里。