Why act now? | Kristen Bell + Giant Ant

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Why act now?
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點解宜家就要行動?
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The best time to act was yesterday.
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行動嘅最佳時機喺尋日
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The second best time is today.
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之後就係今日
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Every year that we don't reduce emissions
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如果我哋每年唔減少排放
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represents another 55 gigatons of greenhouse gases
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咁就意味著後代要從空氣中
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that future generations will have to scrub out of the air.
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清除另外 550 億噸溫室氣體
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That would cost 8 trillion dollars a year,
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每年要使八萬億美金
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almost half the entire US economy today.
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幾乎係宜家全美經濟嘅收入嘅一半
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And that price doesn't include the cost of people forced to move,
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而呢個代價重未包括人類被迫遷移
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the natural world transformed and lives lost.
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自然變化同人命喪失嘅價值
開發唔排放二氧化碳嘅新技術
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It's much cheaper to develop new technologies
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that don't emit carbon dioxide
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比收返我哋已經排放咗嘅二氧化碳
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than to capture carbon dioxide that we've already emitted.
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要慳錢得多
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Every ton of carbon dioxide we emit now imposes a burden on us and the planet,
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我哋宜家排放嘅每噸二氧化碳 都對我哋同地球造成咗壓力
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but also a debt that would have to be paid by our children
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仲令我哋嘅子子孫孫
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and untold generations to come.
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欠咗一筆環保債
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The sooner we start fixing this, the easier it'll be.
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我哋越早解決呢個問題,就越容易收科
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So do what you can where you can.
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所以,我哋要竭盡所能
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Vote, change your diet and your commute,
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喺投票,改變飲食模式同出行方式
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organize, plant trees, advocate for ideas,
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組織團體、種植樹木、提倡環保建議
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advocate for science
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同環保科學
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and most importantly, advocate for action today.
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最緊要嘅係,宜家就要行動
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