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譯者: Jennifer Yu 審譯者: Helen Chang

(Marshallese) Ukot boka eo.

(馬紹爾語) Ukot boka eo.

“Turn the tides.

扭轉局勢

We must give back,”

我們必須歸還

chant my ancestors.

我的祖先們吟唱著

The thunder strikes --

雷聲大作

(Hands clap)

(拍手)

as the sea demoness swept through the lands

海魔帶著像樂淘熾熱的火焰 席捲大地

with a fiery likeness of Letao’s fire.

Tearing apart livelihood,

撕裂生計

the mounting waves and erosions leave my island gaping

不斷增加的海浪和侵蝕 使我的島像死魚的嘴般張開

like the mouth of a dead fish.

Tense muscles of uncles and aunties

叔叔和阿姨們繃緊的肌肉

that hauled cement for the seawall,

為海堤拖運水泥

cooked meals for the hungry bellies.

為飢腸轆轆的人們準備飯菜

Release in relief.

如釋重負

The tides have gone out.

潮水已退

I look to my grandparents’ graves,

我看著祖父母的墳墓

intimate with limp seaweeds.

與柔軟的海藻親密接觸

The disrespect.

非常不敬

(Marshallese) Iakwe nan aolep.

(馬紹爾語) Iakwe nan aolep

My name is Selina Leem.

我的名字是賽琳娜·利姆

At 18 at the COP 21,

2015年聯合國氣候變化 大會，我當時18歲

alongside late ambassador for climate change Tony de Brum,

我和已故氣候變化大使 托尼·德布魯姆一起出席

I introduced myself as a small island girl with big dreams.

我介紹自己是有大夢想的小島女孩

Five years later, I reintroduced myself

五年後，我重新自我介紹

as a climate warrior from Aelon Kein Ad,

是來自馬紹爾群島 Aelon Kein Ad (政黨)的氣候戰士

the Marshall Islands.

Situated between Hawaii and Australia,

位於夏威夷和澳大利亞之間

our chain of islands decorate the Pacific Ocean like seashells,

我們的島嶼鏈像貝殼般妝點著太平洋

and they are home to about 60,000 people.

它們是約六萬人的家園

Our islands average about two meters above sea level,

我們的島嶼平均高度約為海拔兩米

and it is not uncommon to see both the ocean and lagoon side

無論你站在哪都看得到 海洋和潟湖的景象並不少見

from wherever you stand.

We say our highest point

我們自稱我們的最高點

is the bridge which curves about seven meters above the sea.

是拱起約海拔七米的橋樑

The massive body of water is our reality and our livelihood.

巨大水域面積是我們的現實和生計

With a history of seafaring,

在航海歷史中

the ocean connected our islands together

海洋將我們的島嶼 連接在一起

as well as providing many resources to fish,

並且提供豐富的漁業資源

to feed,

海洋餵養我們

and to adorn our handicrafts with seashells that we make a living from.

海洋讓我們用貝殼裝飾謀生的手工藝品

But the climate crisis has brought calamities to my people,

但氣候危機帶給我們國家人民的災難

threatening our very livelihoods.

威脅到我們的生計

In the Pacific, king tide season is from November to April.

在太平洋，國王潮汐季節 是從十一月到四月

This is when the tides are at their highest,

這是海水潮汐最高的時候

and each year the sea level rises.

每年海平面都在上升

In these months, especially houses by the seashore end up flooded

在這幾個月裡，尤其是海邊的房子

最後不是淹水就是完全損壞

or damaged completely.

Schools and churches have had to open their doors for community members

學校和教堂必須開放大門

讓社區成員能夠進去睡覺

to come sleep at

when announcements come in the radio advising to find shelter

當廣播通知大家因為潮水來 必須尋找庇護所時

because of incoming tides.

And we huddled together with our blankets and pillows,

我們和毯子、枕頭蜷縮在一起

no matter that we are strangers as we sleep next to one another.

僅管我們不認識 我們還是彼鄰睡在一起

Seawalls are rebuilt as soon as it’s low tide,

一旦退潮，海堤就被重建

only to be broken down again

每年越來越高的海浪 又會再度毀掉海堤

by the waves that grow higher each year.

And these waves,

這些海浪

their path continues on into the islands,

繼續它們的路徑進到島上

bringing with it garbage we’ve thrown into it.

帶來我們丟進海裡的垃圾

You see the graves of your loved ones submerged in water,

你看到所愛的人的墳墓 淹沒在水中

littered.

被垃圾掩蓋

Then the vegetation starts to brown;

然後植被開始變褐色

it is dying.

頻臨死亡

The soil becomes salinated.

土壤鹽化

You pray the bigger trees hold on

你祈禱大的樹堅持住

for their roots are needed to prevent further erosion.

因為它們的根能防止進一步的侵蝕

In the most effected parts of the lands,

在受災最嚴重的地區

the land has regressed,

海岸線退縮

coming closer and closer to the road each year.

每年越來越接近道路

Our driest part of the year happens within this time period, too.

我們一年中最乾燥的時間 也發生在這段期間

We are unable to use groundwater well because it becomes saltier as well.

我們無法使用地下水 因為它也變得更鹹了

In the capital, Majuro, once per week,

首都馬朱羅每週一次配水

water is dispensed

and my neighbors and I fill up our tanks,

我和鄰居們把我們的貯水池、集水區

our water catchments,

our bottles and our buckets.

瓶子、水桶都裝滿水

Our government has had to declare a state of national emergency,

我們的政府必須宣布 國家緊急狀態

calling for help from our friends.

向我們的朋友求助

Sea-level rising,

海平面上升

flooding,

水患

droughts,

乾旱、侵蝕

erosion have been the reality of my people for many, many, many years.

已經成為我們國家人民很多年 很多年的真實生活

We’ve been told to move.

有人告訴我們要搬離

To become climate change refugees.

變成氣候難民

I’m not even sure who would even take us in.

我甚至不確定誰會接納我們

But to those who think that we can just accept our fate,

對於那些認為我們只能接受命運的人

I want to say:

我想說的是：

Adaptation and Indigenous knowledge are the solutions.

適應和當地知識 就是解決方案

These islands are our ancestors,

這些島嶼是我們的祖先

our predecessors,

我們的前輩

our homes.

我們的家園

We are at the risk of losing all of that

我們面臨失去這一切的風險

for something we contributed very, very little to.

而這並不是我們的行為造成的

Raising and expanding the islands is something my country is thinking of.

我國正考慮提高和擴大島嶼

However, we don’t have the resources nor the infrastructure.

然而我們沒有資源 也沒有基礎設施

Regardless,

無論如何

we remain adamant.

我們依然堅決

We continue to fight for our livelihoods

我們繼續為生計而戰

and not abandon our home.

不放棄我們的家園

Thank you.

謝謝

(Marshallese) Komool tata.

(馬紹爾語) Komool tata.

(Applause)

（鼓掌）