Amina J. Mohammed: A new perspective on the journey to net-zero | TED Countdown

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As a girl, I walked along the shores of Lake Chad,

当我还是小女孩时沿着乍得湖散步，

one of the largest lakes in Africa.

它是非洲最大的一个湖泊之一，

It went on forever,

它无边无际，

touching four countries: Chad, Niger,

覆盖四个国家：乍得、尼日尔、

Cameroon and my own country, Nigeria.

喀麦隆和我的祖国尼日利亚。

It seemed like an ocean to me at the time,

当时在我眼里它就像大海一般，

with 30 million people relying on its bounty.

有3000万人依赖它的馈赠。

Sadly, today, as you fly over Lake Chad,

悲伤的是，今天，如果你飞过乍得湖

you won't see much.

你看不到什么。

It's a fraction of its original size.

它只有起初的一小块。

Ninety percent of this fresh water basin has dried up,

这个淡水盆地的90%干涸了，

and with it, millions and millions of livelihoods,

与之消失的，还有数百万人的生计，

farmers, fisherfolk and our market women.

农民、渔民和我们的市场女性。

Climate change takes yet another victim.

气候变化带来的又一个牺牲品。

Now, add another extreme weather event

现在，增添了另一个极端天气现象

the Harmattan.

哈马丹风。

What was once a short three-month season of dust and wind,

过去是短期三个月的沙尘季节，

one farmer told me the dust storms are coming earlier and bigger every year.

一位农民告诉我沙尘暴 一年比一年早和大。

A single storm can wipe out an entire year's crop overnight.

一场风暴会在一夜之间 抹去一整年的收成。

The human and ecological cost?

人类和生态成本呢？

More jobs lost.

越来越多的失业、

Hunger.

饥饿、

Families displaced.

流离失所，

A perfect storm for crushing poverty.

一场极端贫困的完美风暴；

And even more, sadly, violence.

更糟的是，暴力。

And so it may be a challenge to grow food today

今天在乍得盆地不仅种植食物

in the Lake Chad basin,

充满挑战，

but it has also become a fertile ground for extremists to take root,

而且它也成为了极端分子扎根的沃土，

wreaking havoc on peace.

破坏和平。

Sadly, touch down anywhere in the world,

可悲的是，降落到 世界的任何一个角落，

and you'll hear more tragic stories of climate devastation.

你会听到更多毁灭性气候的悲剧故事。

Droughts.

干旱、

Floods, wildfires.

洪水、山火，

Lives and livelihoods in jeopardy,

受到威胁的生命和生计，

tipping towards catastrophe.

正在走向灾难。

And yet, despite it all,

然而，尽管如此，

I still have hope in our human family.

我仍然对人类家园抱有希望。

And you might ask why.

你可能会问为什么。

It's our capacity for human endeavor to survive against all odds.

是人类在逆境中生存的能力。

One that created the extraordinary promise of the UN Paris Agreement

其中一个是联合国 《巴黎协定》的非凡承诺

and its power to drive the 17 Sustainable Development Goals

和推动17项人类和地球

for people and for planet.

可持续发展的目标的能力。

We know that the promise of Paris aims to limit global heating to 1.5 degrees

我们知道巴黎承诺旨在 将全球变暖控制在1.5度

to ensure that we survive as a human family.

以确保人类家庭的生存。

To get there, we know exactly what we must do.

为了实现这一点， 我们清楚知道必须要做什么。

We must decarbonise the global economy by 2050

到2050年，我们必须实现 全球经济的脱碳，

by way of halving the emissions in this decade.

方法是在这十年内将排放量减少一半。

We must make coal history,

我们必须让煤炭成为历史，

with coal phased out in rich countries by 2030

到2030年富裕国家逐步淘汰煤炭，

and in other countries by 2040.

其他国家则在2040年。

G20国家造成了80%的 所有温室气体污染，

The G20 produces 80 percent of all greenhouse gas pollution,

所以这20个全球领袖也必须

and so they too must,

these 20 global leaders,

take responsibility and lead.

负起责任来领导。

We must stop spending trillions subsidizing fossil fuels,

我们必须停止花费数万亿 补贴化石燃料，

clogging the lungs of our people

堵塞我们人们的肺

and destroying forests and oceans.

和摧毁森林和海洋的行为。

And we must provide the resources that are needed

我们必须为绿色和蓝天转型

for a just green and blue transition.

提供所需的资源。

We know that these are all essential ingredients

我们知道这些都是实现巴黎协定的

to fulfill the Paris Agreement.

根本要素。

Now, try to re-imagine with me

现在，和我一起重新想象

what this journey to net-zero emissions could look like

在另一个视角下这个净零排放

旅程会是什么样。

through another lens.

One that puts our focus on investing in people to reach their potentials

一个专注于投资人们实现他们的潜力

while protecting our home, planet Earth.

而同时保护我们的家园、地球的旅程。

Decarbonization, a powerful vehicle for climate action

脱碳是气候行动的强大工具，

but also for delivering on the 17 Sustainable Development Goals.

也用来实现17项可持续发展目标。

Let me give you an example of what this looks like.

让我给你们举个例子这会是什么样子。

绿色长城，

The Great Green Wall,

an idea born in Africa over a decade ago at the edge of the Sahara.

一个10多年前在撒哈拉沙漠边缘的 非洲诞生的想法，

It aims to stop desertification

旨在阻止荒漠化，

and restore 100 million hectares of degraded lands

恢复从西部塞内加尔

from Senegal in the West to Djibouti in the Horn of Africa.

到非洲之角吉布提的 1亿公顷退化土地。

It's an ambitious plan to plant 100 million trees,

这个雄心勃勃的计划要种1亿课树，

improve water harvesting and the use of land.

改善水收集和土地的使用能力。

Clearly, the climate benefits will be enormous,

显然，气候的好处是巨大的，

but it's about much more than keeping dust in the desert.

但这远比沙漠固沙要多；

It's about creating a green economic corridor

这关乎为5亿多人创造

for more than half a billion people.

一个绿色经济长廊，

Men, women, children.

包括男人、女人、小孩；

One that builds local value chains,

它建立本地价值链，加强经济，

strengthens economies and fosters a young, fast-growing workforce.

培养年轻、快速增长的劳动力。

And as an economic opportunity grows,

随着经济机会的增加，

hope for the future becomes a reality in millions of lives.

对未来的希望在数百万人的 生活中成为现实。

And the space for terrorism, extremism, recedes.

而恐怖主义和极端分子的空间 就会缩小。

The Great Green Wall inspires me because it is a journey

绿色长城激励着我

是因为它是人类潜力的旅程。

of the human potential.

Potential to amplify the deep knowledge of indigenous people

这种潜力可以放大

与自然和谐相处的 土著人民的深刻知识。

who survive and thrive in harmony with nature.

Potential to harness technology,

这种潜力可以利用科技

to connect and to bridge the renewable energy divide,

去连接和弥合可再生能源鸿沟，

especially for women and for girls.

尤其对于女性和女孩。

这种潜力可以改变食品系统

The potential to transform food systems

in ways which make people and planet healthier.

让人们和地球更健康。

So what's holding us back?

那么是什么阻碍了我们？

What will it take for this potential to become a shared, lived reality?

需要做什么能让这种潜力 成为共享的活生生的现实？

It would be easy for me to say money.

说是钱对我会比较容易。

让我们说吧。

So let me say it.

Money, more money.

钱，钱，钱。

(Laughter)

（笑声）

It's a big part of the solution.

这是解决方案的一大块。

We need to make good now on the handshake

我们现在需要兑现在巴黎达成的

that we had at Paris of 100 billion dollars.

1000亿美元协议。

And that was promised annually.

这是每年的承诺。

Rich countries,

富裕国家，

让我现在在这里说，

let me say here and now,

we are looking at you for the unfinished business.

我们在看你们未完成的事业。

你们必须向前一步，必须紧急做它。

You must step up, and you must do it urgently.

我们需要的另一个因素是团结。

The other ingredient we need is solidarity.

Sometimes that seems to be in fairly short supply.

有时候，这似乎相当短缺。

But we do know it exists.

但我们知道它存在。

After all, it's solidarity that forged the Paris Agreement.

毕竟正是团结造就了《巴黎协定》。

It's solidarity that got us the Montreal Protocol.

正是团结让我们达成了 《蒙特利尔议定书》。

And there you see that the ozone layer is saved and our world is healing.

你们看到臭氧层被挽救了， 我们的世界正在被治愈。

But we need to rekindle that spirit and we need to do that now.

但我们需要重新点燃这种精神， 我们现在就需要做。

It's not too late,

现在还不迟，

but the window of opportunity is closing.

但机会的窗口正在关闭。

Which brings me back to you.

这让我寄希望于你们。

You're the reason that I have hope.

你们是我仍抱希望的理由。

Time and time again,

一次又一次，

we've seen that when people raise their voices,

我们看到当人们提高声音，

that chorus becomes too urgent

这些呼声会变得急切、响亮

and too loud for leaders to ignore.

让领袖们无法忽视。

That chorus for bold climate action is growing,

对大的气候行动的呼声正在增长，

but it's in fits and starts.

但它是断断续续的。

Climate change doesn't pause, and neither must we.

气候变化不会暂停，我们也不能暂停。

Now, last I checked, every single person in this room

现在，让我核对一下， 每个在这个房间的人，

and all those watching online,

在网上观看的人，

teachers, presidents, shareholders, chief executives,

老师、总统、股东、首席执行官、

科学家、雇员、父亲和母亲，

scientists, employees, mums and dads,

everyone on Earth is a citizen on this planet.

地球上的每一个地球公民。

So now's the time to stand up.

是时候站起来了。

With the courage of your convictions,

用你坚定的勇气，

raise your voices yet again

再次提高呼声，

要求我们的领袖对1.5度世界的承诺

and demand our leaders to take action

on the promise of a 1.5 degree world.

采取行动。

Friends, it's time to make some serious noise

朋友们，是时候发出严肃的声音

to transform our world.

去改变世界了。

Right now, there's another young girl,

现在，这是另一个年轻女孩，

maybe it's Kolu, maybe it's Aisha, maybe it's Fatima,

也许是Kolu，也许是Aisha， 也许是Fatima，

walking on the shores of Lake Chad.

漫步在乍得湖岸。

She's looking out and wondering what her future may hold.

她望着外面，想知道她的未来会怎样。

Will it be an ocean of opportunity?

是一湖子的机会吗？

It could be.

它可以是。

Or will it be a wasteland of dust as far as the eyes can see?

还是目及所在皆为尘土的荒地？

She's asking that question of all leaders who hold her future in their hands,

她把这个问题抛给手中握住 她的未来的所有领袖，

and she's also asking it of all of us here today

她也同时在问今天在这里

和世界所有人。

and around the world.

The time for real action has come.

采取真正行动的时候到了。

The choice is ours.

选择是我们的。

Individually, collectively.

每个人的，集体的。

What will you do?

你将会做什么？

Thank you.

谢谢。

(Applause)

（掌声）