Prince William | This decade calls for Earthshots to repair our planet

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大家好。

喺我嘅家庭長大， 會有種背負著歷史嘅感覺。

我係綿延久遠嘅族系中最新嘅一代。

Hello, everyone.

Growing up in my family gives you a certain sense of history.

呢棵橡樹離溫莎古堡很近，

我嘅家族喺呢個古堡裡住咗九百幾年。

I'm simply the latest in a line that can be traced back generations.

三十九位君主都曾經住喺呢度， 享受呢個美麗嘅環境。

This oak tree is close to Windsor Castle,

which has been home to my family for over 900 years.

我自己成日散步到呢度，

Thirty-nine monarchs have lived here and enjoyed these beautiful surroundings.

呢到生長嘅樹木同生物令到我好驚歎，

仰賴著土壤、雨水、陽光，

I've walked here many times myself,

and it always amazes me that some of the trees planted here,

竟然喺溫莎古堡建造之前就喺到啦。

living organisms, dependent on soil, rain and sunlight,

咁表示呢到有啲橡樹已經係千年古木。

were here as they laid the first stones of Windsor Castle.

呢啲樹木喺 1066 年 威廉一世征服英格蘭嘅時候發芽，

That makes some of the oaks here almost 1,000 years old.

原本佢哋都係好似咁樣嘅小小橡實。

These trees germinated during the reign of William the Conqueror in 1066,

等到亨利八世住喺呢到嘅時候，

佢哋就已經長成為成熟、威嚴嘅巨樹。

from a simple acorn like this.

驚人嘅係，

當年嘅樹木當中，有啲存活至今。

By the time that Henry VIII lived here,

they'd grown into mature, impressive giants.

佢哋長滿扭曲嘅瘡疤、變到中空，

And amazingly,

但係佢哋仍然充滿生命力。

some of those very same trees still survive here today.

呢啲橡樹生長喺呢到嘅期間，

曾經大約有三百五十億人 喺地球上生活過。

They're a bit gnarled and hollowed-out,

but they're still very much alive.

呢啲係三百五十億個 充滿希望、愛、恐懼、夢想嘅人生。

While these oaks have been growing,

around 35 billion people have lived their lives on our planet.

喺果段時間入面，人類發明咗航空、

That's 35 billion lifetimes' worth of hope, love, fear and dreams.

疫苗同埋電腦。

我哋探索咗地球嘅每一個角落，

In that time, humankind has invented air travel,

將人類基因組定序，

甚至嚟到大氣層之外。

vaccines and computers.

We've explored every part of the globe,

我哋嘅創新速度相當驚人，

sequenced the human genome

但係我哋造成嘅衝擊亦都喺急劇加速。

and even escaped Earth's atmosphere.

喺我嫲嫲過去九十年左右嘅人生入面，

Our speed of innovation has been incredible,

but so, too, has the acceleration of our impact.

我哋造成嘅衝擊太快，

令到氣候、海洋、空氣、大自然，

Over my grandmother's lifetime, the last 90 years or so,

同埋仰賴佢哋嘅一切都面臨危機。

our impacts accelerated so fast

呢棵橡樹喺呢到聳立咗好幾個世紀，

that our climate, oceans, air, nature and all that depends on them

但係從未面臨過好似咁樣嘅十年。

are in peril.

喺未來嘅十年展開時，

This oak has stood here for centuries,

我哋知道將會係歷史上最重要嘅十年。

but never has it faced a decade like this.

科學嘅證據已經無可辯駁。

We start this new decade

如果我哋喺呢十年唔採取行動，

knowing that it is the most consequential period in history.

我哋所造成嘅損害將無法逆轉。

The science is irrefutable.

會感受到呢啲效應嘅唔只係未來嘅世代，

If we do not act in this decade,

仲有生活喺今日嘅我哋。

the damage that we have done will be irreversible.

仲有，並唔係人人都遭受 程度相當嘅衝擊；

And the effects felt not just by future generations

but by all of us alive today.

果啲弱勢、

資源匱乏，

同埋造成氣候變遷責任最少嘅人，

And what's more, this damage will not be felt equally by everyone.

會受到最大嘅衝擊。

It is the most vulnerable,

呢啲赤裸裸嘅事實好得人驚。

those with the fewest resources

and those who've done the least to cause climate change

我哋點可能期望解決咁棘手嘅重大問題？

who will be impacted the most.

睇落好似毫無勝算，但係仲係有可能嘅。

These stark facts are terrifying.

How can we hope to fix such massive intractable problems?

人類有超凡嘅能力 嚟設定目標同埋努力達成。

It may seem overwhelming, but it is possible.

甘迺迪總統喺 1961 年訂下十年內將人類

Humans have an extraordinary capacity to set goals and strive to achieve them.

送上月球嘅使命，一直令到我深受鼓舞。

佢叫佢做「登月計畫」。

I've long been inspired by President John F. Kennedy's

呢個計畫睇落好似好瘋狂；

果陣時人類先剛剛發射咗第一個衛星。

1961 mission to put a man on the moon within a decade.

咁快就要將人送上月球，好似係唔可能嘅事。

He named it the Moonshot.

It seemed crazy.

但係呢個單純嘅挑戰有好複雜嘅內涵；

We'd only just launched the first satellite.

Putting a man on the moon that quickly seemed impossible.

佢話呢個目標係要組織同埋探究

我哋最佳精力同埋技能嘅極限。

But this simple challenge encompassed so much.

喺人類跨出果一大步嘅背後，

He called it a goal to organize and measure

登月計畫嘅幕後團隊

團結咗全世界幾百萬人。

the best of our energies and skills.

呢個瘋狂嘅野心，到頭嚟其實無咁瘋狂。

In taking that giant leap for mankind,

the team behind the Moonshot

一路上，呢個計畫仲促成咗呼吸設備、

united millions of people around the world --

that this crazy ambition wasn't so crazy after all.

電腦斷層掃瞄同埋太陽能板嘅發明。

And along the way, it helped the invention of breathing equipment,

但係宜家，我哋喺呢十年， 需要嘅唔係登月計畫，

而係「登地計畫」。

CAT scanners and solar panels.

我哋必須要用同樣嘅精神，將人類嘅才華

But now, rather than a Moonshot for this decade,

同埋使命感，精準、急速咁運用喺

we need Earthshots.

We must harness that same spirit of human ingenuity and purpose

我哋面臨過最迫切嘅挑戰：

修復我哋嘅地球。

and turn it with laser sharp focus and urgency

我哋呢個世代嘅共同目標非常清楚。

on the most pressing challenge we have ever faced,

我哋必須要一齊保護同埋恢復大自然，

repairing our planet.

要令到空氣變得乾淨，令到海洋復元，

The shared goals for our generation are clear.

Together, we must protect and restore nature,

建立無廢棄物嘅世界， 修復我哋嘅氣候。

clean our air, revive our oceans,

我哋必須要努力喺十年內完成呢啲目標。

build a waste-free world and fix our climate.

如果我哋可以喺 2030 年前達成呢啲目標，

我哋嘅生活就唔會變得更差，

And we must strive to do all of this in a decade.

我哋就唔需要犧牲宜家所享受嘅一切。

If we achieve these goals,

我哋所有人嘅生活方式反而會更健康、

by 2030 our lives won't be worse,

更乾淨、更聰明、更美好。

and we won't have to sacrifice everything we enjoy.

全球因應新冠病毒大流行嘅措施

Instead, the way we live will be healthier,

以及大量投入經濟復甦嘅資金

cleaner, smarter and better for all of us.

就顯示出， 當掌權嘅人團結起嚟、

The global response to the COVID-19 pandemic

決定採取行動時，

and the funds flowing into the economic recovery

可以有幾大嘅成就。

demonstrate how much can be achieved

我哋可以喺一夜之間就建造出醫院、 改造工廠作防疫用途、

when those in positions of power come together

投入數十億美金嚟開發疫苗 同埋搵更好嘅治療方式。

and decide to act.

We built hospitals overnight, repurposed factories,

世界各地每個社區入面 出現嘅英雄都鼓舞著我哋。

poured billions into the search for a vaccine and better treatments.

年輕人唔再相信要改變好困難。

And we've been inspired by heroes emerging in every community across the world.

佢哋見證咗世界大逆轉。

佢哋相信，氣候危機同埋 生物多樣性所受到嘅威脅

Young people no longer believe that change is too difficult.

都應該激發我哋全力嘅關注同埋野心。

They witnessed the world turn on its head.

佢哋諗嘅無錯。

They believe that the climate crisis and the threat to our biodiversity

宜家係我哋每個人展現領導力嘅時候啦。

deserves our full attention and ambition.

無論你喺美國嘅農民、

And they're right.

中國嘅科技公司老闆、肯亞嘅政治人物、

So now is the time for each one of us to show leadership.

英國嘅銀行家、馬爾地夫嘅漁民、

Whether you're a farmer in the US,

巴西嘅社區領導人，或者印度嘅學生，

a tech owner in China, a politician in Kenya,

a banker in Britain, a fisherman in the Maldives,

我哋每一個人都有要扮演嘅角色，

嚟利用我哋所擁有嘅任何機會。

a community leader in Brazil or a student in India,

我承諾，我要用我擁有嘅獨特地位，

every single one of us has a role to play

嚟協助設定 ｢登地計畫｣ 嘅目標，

in harnessing whatever opportunity we have.

同埋獎勵社會中每個區塊， 以及世界上每個角落

I'm committed to using the unique position that I have

盡一份心力嚟協助達成呢啲目標嘅人。

to help set those Earthshot goals and reward people

有啲人喺面臨危機嘅時候會採取行動，

across every sector of society and in every part of the world

但係對大部分人，

只有喺佢哋相信改變有可能、

who do their bit to help achieve them.

Some people are motivated to act by a crisis,

目標並唔係無希望嘅時候， 先會有所行動。

but for many,

the incentive to act only comes when they believe that change is possible,

如果大家真心相信呢啲挑戰，

亦姐係「登地計畫」係有可能嘅，

that it isn't a lost cause.

諗下我哋可以釋放出幾大嘅潛能。

If people really believe that these challenges,

我下定決心，呢十年，從頭到尾， 我都要做一個樂觀主義者。

these Earthshots, are possible,

just imagine all the potential we will unleash.

雖然同呢啲宏偉橡樹嘅一生相比，

我哋嘅世代只係短短嘅一瞬間，

I'm determined to both start and end this decade as an optimist.

但係我哋有力量同埋潛能， 可以確保呢啲樹木

Whilst our generation represents just a blip

in the lifetime of these magnificent oaks,

以及地球上嘅所有生命 喺一千年後都仍然欣欣向榮。

we have the power and potential to ensure that they and all life on earth

但係前提係我哋必須要發揮

thrive for another thousand years and more.

呢個世代最偉大嘅才能嚟修復地球。

除咗成功之外，我哋別無選擇。

But only if we now unleash the greatest talents of our generation

多謝。

to repair our planet.

We have no choice but to succeed.

Thank you.