The case for stubborn optimism on climate | Christiana Figueres

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譯者: Anne E 審譯者: Amanda Zhu

Any reality we are given is not set in stone,

任何呈現在我們面前的現實都不是定數，

it can be changed.

都是改變得了的。

I come from Costa Rica,

我是哥斯大黎加人。

a country known for our deep commitment to peace,

這個國家以我們對和平的堅定承諾、

our high level of education

高水準的教育

and our far-sighted stewardship of nature.

和維護自然的卓越遠見而聞名。

But it wasn't always like that.

但並不是一直都這樣。

Way back in the '40s,

早在 40 年代，

my father, José Figueres Ferrer,

我的父親何塞·菲格雷斯·費雷爾

was a young farmer, tilling the soil of these mountains,

還是個年輕的農夫， 他在這些山上的土地耕種，

and cultivating his vision of a country grounded in social justice

同時也培養了他對於這個國家的願景：

以社會正義為立足點、 以法治為指導方針。

and guided by the rule of law.

His vision was tested, when in 1948,

1948 年，政府拒絕接受 民主選舉的結果，

the government refused to accept the result of democratic elections

以軍隊介入，

and brought in the military.

使得此一願景受到考驗。

My father could have been indifferent,

我父親本來可以漠不關心，

but he chose to do what was necessary to restore democracy,

但他的家園和農場被燒毀，

surviving the burning of his home and his farm.

倖存的他選擇盡其所能 來恢復民主制度。

From here, he launched a revolutionary army

從此他組織了一支由幾個勇敢的男女

of a few courageous men and women,

組成的革命軍隊，

who against all odds, defeated the government forces.

他們逆勢打敗了政府軍。

Then he disbanded his army,

接著他解散了自己的軍隊，

outlawed the national army,

立法將國家軍隊列為非法，

and redirected the military budget

並將軍事預算重新分配，

to establish the basis of the unique country Costa Rica is today.

用以將哥斯大黎加 建設為今天這個獨特的國家。

From my father, I learned stubborn optimism,

我從父親那裡學會了頑固的樂觀主義，

the mindset that is necessary to transform the reality we're given

這種心態的力量 足以將發生在我們身上的現實

into the reality we want.

轉變為我們想要的現實。

Today, at the global level,

今天，在全球的規模上，

we face a rapidly accelerating climate emergency,

我們面臨著迅速惡化的氣候危機，

daunting because we have procrastinated way too long.

但令人害怕的原因是我們拖延了太久。

We now have one last chance to truly change our course.

現在是我們改變命運的最後一次機會。

This is the decisive decade in the history of humankind.

這是人類歷史上具有決定性的十年。

That may sound like an exaggeration, but it's not.

這聽起來像我在誇大其辭， 但事實就是如此。

If we continue on the current path,

如果我們循著目前的路徑走下去，

we condemn our children and their descendants

後代子孫就注定要活在

to a world that is increasingly uninhabitable,

一個越來越不適合人類居住的世界。

with exponentially growing levels of disease,

那個世界的疫病、

famine, and conflict,

飢荒、衝突

and irreversible ecosystem failures.

和永久崩潰的生態系將以指數成長。

Conversely, if we cut our current greenhouse gas emissions in half

反之，如果未來 10 年的 溫室氣體排放量

over the next 10 years,

能減少至目前的一半，

we open the door to an exciting world

我們便會打開通往一個 令人雀躍的世界的大門；

where cities are green, the air is clean,

在那個世界裡，城市是綠色的、 空氣是乾淨的、

energy and transport are efficient,

能源和交通很有效率、

jobs in a fair economy are abundant,

經濟是公平的、工作機會豐富，

and forests, soil and waters are regenerated.

而且森林、土壤和水源都重生了。

Our world will be safer and healthier,

那個世界也會比現在

more stable and more just than what we have now.

更安全、健康、穩定、公正。

This decade is a moment of choice unlike any we have ever lived.

這十年是一個抉擇的時刻， 過去人類從未面臨過這樣的抉擇。

All of us alive right now share that responsibility

現在我們在世上的所有人

都分擔了這個責任，也享有這個機會。

and that opportunity.

There are many changes to make over the next 10 years,

在未來十年中，我們要做許多改變，

and each of us will take different steps along the way.

每個人將採取不一樣的方法。

But all of us start the transformation in one place, our mindset.

但所有轉變都是從同一個地方開始——

我們的心態。

Faced with today's facts,

面對今天的現實狀況，

we can be indifferent,

我們可以漠不關心，

do nothing

什麼都不做，

and hope the problem goes away.

然後希望問題會自己消失，

We can despair and plunge into paralysis,

我們也可以陷入絕望和癱瘓；

or we can become stubborn optimists

或者我們可以成為頑固的樂觀主義者，

with a fierce conviction that no matter how difficult,

無論有多麼困難，

we must and we can rise to the challenge.

都堅信我們一定要也一定能迎接挑戰。

Optimism is not about blindly ignoring the realities that surround us,

樂觀不是盲目地忽略周遭的現實問題。

that's foolishness.

那叫愚蠢。

It's also not a naive faith that everything will take care of itself,

樂觀也不是天真地相信 就算我們什麼也不做，

even if we do nothing.

船到橋頭自然直。

That is irresponsibility.

那叫不負責任。

The optimism I'm speaking of is not the result of an achievement,

我所謂的樂觀不是來自成就感，

it is the necessary input to meeting a challenge.

而是迎接挑戰的力量來源。

It is, in fact, the only way to increase our chance of success.

事實上，要增加成功的機會， 除了樂觀，別無他途。

Think of the impact of a positive mindset on a personal goal you have set yourself.

回想一下正面心態 對你個人目標曾有過的影響；

Running a marathon, learning a new language,

跑馬拉松、學新語言、

creating a new country, like my father,

像我父親一樣創建一個國家，

or like me, reaching a global agreement on climate change.

或像我一樣讓全球達成氣候變遷的協定。

The Paris Agreement of 2015 is hailed as a historical breakthrough.

2015 年的《巴黎協議》 被譽為歷史性的突破。

What we started in utter gloom

2010年，聯合國在哥本哈根的會議

when I assumed leadership

失敗六個月後，

of the international climate change negotiations in 2010,

在悲觀的氣氛下，

我接任國際氣候變遷談判的領導人。

six months after the failed Copenhagen meetings,

the world was in a very dark place on climate change.

當時世界氣候變遷議題的推動 壟罩在黑暗之中，

No one believed we would ever agree on global decarbonization.

沒有人相信我們會就 全球減碳問題達成協議，

Not even I believed it was possible.

連我自己都不相信。

But then I realized,

但後來我領悟到，

a shared vision

擁有共同的願景

and a globally agreed route toward that vision was indispensable.

和用全球一致同意的方法 來達成這個願景

是必要條件。

It took a deliberate change of mindset, first in me,

首先是我，然後是所有其他參與者，

and then in all other participants,

強迫自己改變心態；

who gradually but courageously moved from despair to determination,

我們抱著勇氣，漸漸從絕望轉向決心。

from confrontation to collaboration,

從衝突轉向合作，

until we collectively delivered the global agreement.

直到我們共同達成全球協議。

But we have not moved fast enough.

但我們的行動不夠快。

Many now believe it is impossible

許多人不相信，

to cut global emissions in half in this decade.

在這十年內，全球排放量能減少一半。

I say, we don't have the right to give up or let up.

我說：我們沒有權利放棄或停下腳步。

Optimism means envisioning our desired future

樂觀的意思是要設定對於未來的期望，

and then actively pulling it closer.

然後積極地實現。

Optimism opens the field of possibility,

樂觀開啟無盡的可能性，

it drives your desire to contribute, to make a difference,

驅使你渴望有所貢獻並改變現狀，

it makes you jump out of bed in the morning

讓你早上精神抖擻地蹦下床，

because you feel challenged and hopeful at the same time.

因為你要迎接挑戰卻也充滿希望。

But it isn't going to be easy.

但這道路艱難，

We will stumble along the way.

我們一路上將蹣跚而行。

Many other global urgencies could temper our hope for rapid progress,

許多其他全球危機 可能會消磨我們迅速推進的希望，

and our current geopolitical reality could easily dampen our optimism.

而地緣政治的現況也很容易 挫折我們的樂觀心態。

That's where stubbornness comes in.

這時候固執就派上用場了。

Our optimism cannot be a sunny day attitude.

樂觀不可以是事事順心時才有的態度。

It has to be gritty, determined, relentless.

它必須是經得起磨練、 堅定、義無反顧的。

It is a choice we have to make every single day.

這是我們必須每天重複的抉擇。

Every barrier must be an indication to try a different way.

我們必須將每個障礙當作路標， 指引我們改變方式。

In radical collaboration with each other,

在積極的合作下，

we can do this.

我們就做得到。

For years, I had a recurring nightmare

多年來，我反覆做同樣的噩夢。

in which I saw seven pairs of children's eyes,

我看到七對孩子的眼睛，

the eyes of seven generations,

象徵著未來七個世代的眼睛，

staring back at me, asking,

盯著我問：

"What did you do?"

「你做了什麼？」

Now, we have millions of children in the streets,

現在有數百萬兒童走上街頭，

asking us adults the same question,

問我們大人同樣的問題：

"What are you doing?"

「你在做什麼？」

And we have to respond.

我們必須回應。

Like our fathers and mothers before us,

就像我們上一代的人一樣，

we are the farmers of the future.

我們為了未來而深耕。

I invite each of you to ask yourself:

請你們每個人自問：

What is the future you want,

你想要什麼樣的未來？

and what are you doing to make that future a reality?

為了實現那個未來，你正在做什麼？

You will each have a different answer,

每個人都會有不同的答案，

but you can all start by joining the growing family

但你們都可以從加入世界各地

of stubborn optimists around the world.

日益壯大的頑固樂觀主義大家庭開始。

Welcome to the family.

歡迎加入！