Al Gore: This Is the Moment to Take On the Climate Crisis | TED

譯者: Regina Chu 審譯者: Yi-Ping Cho (Marssi)

Al Gore: Thank you very much.

高爾：謝謝大家。

Whitney Pennington Rodgers: Hi, Al. Thank you so much for being here.

羅傑斯：你好，艾爾， 謝謝你來參加。

正如我提到的，

去年秋天你在我們《 倒數 》大會上 講了一場振奮人心的演說，

Just as I mentioned,

you gave a rousing talk at Climate Countdown last fall

about all of the things that we need to do

提到所有我們該做的事

to transform climate change and to turn things around here.

以改變氣候變遷，扭轉局面。

What would you say is the state of play with climate action now, six months later?

現在大會六個月後， 你對氣候行動會怎麼說？

AG: Well, thanks in part to many of the people

高：是，一部分要感謝許多

that are part of the TED community,

參與 TED 社群的人，

we've seen tremendous progress in the development of affordable,

我們看到極大的進展，

cheap, solar electricity, wind electricity,

像是開發價錢公道、便宜的 太陽能、風力發電、

electric vehicles, batteries,

電動車、電池、

regenerative agriculture, green hydrogen is coming along,

再生農業，綠色氫氣也要來了，

sustainable forestry.

永續林業。

But unfortunately,

但是不幸的是，

the crisis is getting much worse,

危機變得更嚴重，

much faster than predicted.

比預期快太多。

And it is getting worse at a rate faster

變嚴重的速度

than the rate at which we're deploying these solutions.

比我們部署解方的速度還快。

We have everything we need,

我們有我們所需的一切，

save sufficient political will.

就是沒有足夠的政治意願。

It's been that way for a while.

這種情況已經持續一段時間了。

And just since the Glasgow conference,

就在格拉斯科 聯合國氣候變遷大會之後，

we have seen a lot of backsliding

我們看到倒退，

and we've seen financial institutions,

我們看到金融機構、

banks and large investors,

銀行及大型投資人，

pumping more and more and more money into more and more fossil fuels.

將更多更多的錢 投入更多更多的石化燃料。

It is quite literally insane.

這簡直是瘋了。

Today, we will put another 162 million tonnes

今天，我們會再排放 1.62 億噸

into the thin shell of atmosphere surrounding the planet.

進入這圈環繞地球、 薄薄的大氣層中。

And the accumulated amount now traps as much extra heat

而且累積的量現在困住額外的熱，

as would be released by 600,000 Hiroshima-class atomic bombs

相當於六十萬顆廣島等級的原子彈

exploding every 24 hours.

每 24 小時就爆炸一次。

Just, you know, 95 miles northeast of here

你們知道就在 離這裡 95 哩外的東北方，

in Lytton, British Columbia,

加拿大不列顛哥倫比亞的利頓，

it reached 121.3 degrees less than a year ago.

不到一年前， 溫度高達華氏 121.3 度，

49.6 Celsius.

攝氏 49.6 度。

More than 80 all-time high temperature records

已經有超過 80 個最高溫紀錄

were broken here in British Columbia just in less than a year ago.

在不列顛哥倫比亞省這裡被打破， 就在不到一年前。

One day later, by the way, the entire town burned up.

順便一提，一天後， 整個鎮就被燒毀。

Yesterday, massive death in the Philippines

昨天，菲律賓有許多人喪命，

from another superstorm fueled by the climate crisis.

原因就是另一個因氣候危機 而火上加油的超級暴風。

Chile just yesterday declared a drought emergency.

智利昨天才宣布進入乾旱緊急狀態。

But we are seeing the development of the solutions.

但是我們也看到解決方案有所進展。

Unfortunately, the financial interest,

不幸的是，金融利益，

the fossil fuel companies,

石化業者，

have captured the policy-making process in key countries

已經掌握了關鍵國家的 政策決定過程，

and have intentionally zombified as many people as they can

並故意使這世上盡可能多的人

around the world

對這無感，

with false messaging that they knew was false.

放他們早就知道是假的消息。

They knew it,

他們早就知道了，

it's been proven to a fare-thee-well.

而且證明效果非常完美。

And as a consequence,

結果就是，

our political decision-making process in key countries

關鍵國家的政治決策過程

is locked, paralyzed.

被卡住、癱瘓了。

So the political will necessary to break through this

所以要打破僵局的政治意願

has to be expressed in a much more effective way.

必須以更有效的方式表達。

We are nearing a political event horizon.

我們正面臨政治面的重大轉捩點。

And in the United States, JP Morgan Chase, Citi, Wells Fargo ...

在美國，摩根大通、 花旗銀行、富國銀行，

Others, Bank of America, Royal Bank of Canada here ...

還有其他如美國銀行， 這裡的加拿大皇家銀行，

Several banks in Canada joined the Net-Zero Banking Alliance,

好幾個加拿大的銀行都加入 淨零排放金融聯盟，

and then last year they doubled the amount of money

然而去年他們卻投入雙倍資金

pumped into the tar sands,

開採焦油砂，

which is the dirtiest form of fossil fuels.

這是石化燃料中最髒的一種。

You know, when junkies

你們都知道當毒癮患者

can't use the veins in their arms and legs anymore,

不能再用手及腿的血管注射時，

they shoot between their toes.

他們就在腳趾間注射。

That's what the tar sands is like.

焦油砂就像那樣。

So I want to say

所以我想說的是

that this is a moment when we have to rise to this occasion.

現在正是我們必須挺身而出的時刻。

Abraham Lincoln said the occasion is piled with difficulty,

林肯說困難重重，

piled high with difficulty,

如山高的困難，

and we have to rise with the occasion.

但我們必須挺身而出。

As our case is new, we must think anew and act anew.

由於我們面臨的情況前所未有， 所以我們必須重新思考和重新行動。

We have to find ways to solve the democracy crisis

我們必須先找出方法解決民主危機，

in order to solve the climate crisis.

才能解決氣候危機。

(Applause)

（掌聲）

WPR: Well, you know, I think with the war in Ukraine,

羅：你也知道，我想因為烏克蘭戰爭，

we're now seeing the question of energy security being brought center-stage.

我們現在看到能源安全問題 成為舞台焦點。

And I'm curious what you think that will do in terms of accelerating

我很好奇你的看法，這會加速

or decelerating the energy transition?

還是減緩能源轉型？

AG: Yeah, well, this should be a moment of global epiphany.

高：是，這應該是全球頓悟的時刻。

This is a fossil fuel war, as many have said.

這是場石化燃料的戰爭， 很多人這麼說。

And the timidity of some European countries, understandably,

某些歐洲國家有點膽怯，這可以理解，

because they are so dependent on Russian gas and oil,

因為他們太依賴 俄國的天然氣及石油，

is another consequence of our dependence.

這也是我們對其依賴的另一個後果。

And then we see this horrible scene

然後我們看到非常可怕的景象，

where the United States goes begging other petrostates,

就是美國去求其他石油輸出國家，

like Saudi Arabia and Venezuela and Iran,

如沙烏地阿拉伯、委內瑞拉及伊朗，

to pump up more and more fossil fuels.

增加石化燃料的產量。

We should see this as a threat to national security and global security.

我們應該視之為對國家安全 及全球安全的威脅。

It is a threat to disadvantaged communities.

這對弱勢群體是一種威脅。

I mean, the coal pollution from burning fossil fuels

我是指，燃燒石化燃料的煤污染

kills nine million people every year.

每年殺了九百萬人。

A large multiple of the number of people killed by COVID

比死於新冠肺炎還多好幾倍的人

are killed annually by the particulate pollution

每年被微粒污染殺害，

that comes from fossil fuels.

這也是來自石化燃料。

We can save money,

我們可以省錢，

we can fight inflation, by the way.

我們可以對抗通膨，順帶一提。

The sustainability revolution,

永續革命，

including renewable energy, is massively deflationary.

包括再生能源， 是大規模的通貨緊縮。

The cost continues to go down.

成本持續下降。

There are multiple reasons why we should see this

有好幾個理由我們應該視其

as a moment of decision

為決策時刻，

to make a big change and get off of fossil fuels.

做出重大改變，擺脫石化燃料。

We can't keep pumping more and more money in pursuit of short term profit

我們不能繼續將愈來愈多的錢 投入追求短暫利益、

in activities that are destroying the future of humanity.

摧毀人類未來的活動。

This is not a time for moral cowardice.

現在不是道德怯懦的時候。

This is not a time for surrender

現在不是投降

and reckless indifference to the fate of humanity.

和對人類的命運毫不在乎、 冷漠無情的時候。

WPR: I think in thinking about this being a time for change,

羅：我想，在思考這是改變的時刻，

the IPCC recently put out a report

政府間氣候變化專門委員會 最近出版了一個報告，

where they said that if we do want to come around the bend,

裡面說如果我們真的想脫離 這個瘋狂的現象，

that we have until 2025 to see CO2 levels peak.

我們必須在 2025 年前 看到二氧化碳量達到高峰。

I mean, that's just three years from now.

我是說，只剩三年了。

How realistic do you think that actually?

你認為這有多實際？

高：其實他們是說

AG: Well, actually, what they said,

要在 2020 到最遲 2025 年間 達到高峰，是的。

it needs to peak between 2020 and no later than 2025, yes.

First, let me share some good news from that dire IPCC report.

首先，讓我先提一下 那篇恐怖的報告裡的好消息。

They also said if we reach net-zero, true net-zero,

他們也說，如果我們能 達到淨零，真的淨零，

then the temperatures on our planet will stop going up

那地球的溫度就可以停止上升，

with a lag of as little as three to five years.

只要等三到五年就可以看到結果。

And if we stay at net-zero,

如果我們能維持淨零，

half of the human-caused CO2 in the atmosphere

大氣層中，半數人為造成的二氧化碳

will fall out of the atmosphere in as little as 25 to 30 years.

只需 25 到 30 年就會掉出大氣外。

We have the technologies, we have the solutions,

我們有科技，我們有解方，

we have the ability to stop this progressive destruction

我們有能力停止這項

對人類未來漸進性的破壞， 並開始漫長的療傷過程。

of the future of humanity and start the long healing process.

But we have to break through the capture of our political systems.

但是我們必須打破政治僵局。

They say boycotts don't work.

他們說抵制沒有用。

Should we boycott all of these banks and all of these financial institutions?

難道我們不應該抵制 這些銀行和金融機構？

(Applause)

（掌聲）

You know, scientists, climate scientists,

你們知道嗎，科學家，氣候科學家，

some of them announced last week and started doing this,

上星期他們有些人宣布 並開始這樣做，

gluing themselves to the doors,

他們堵門，

to the gates of these fossil fuels facilities.

把這些石化機構的門堵住。

If climate scientists have reached the conclusion

如果氣候科學家做出結論，

that more facts and more data and more research is of absolutely no good

認為更多的事實、更多的數據 和更多的研究沒有任何好處，

unless we, the people, can find the means

直到我們人類能找出方法，

to break through the imprisonment of our self-determination

衝破我們對大型、

on the part of large, massive polluters who are just looking at profits,

大規模污染者的自決牢籠， 這些污染者只看利潤，

then the scientists say they have to go into the streets.

科學家說我們只能走上街頭。

So I'm sorry to get all hot and charged-up about this.

所以我很抱歉對這個議題熱血沸騰。

WPR: I think everyone appreciates it.

羅：我想大家都很愛。

(Applause and cheers)

（掌聲及歡呼聲）

AG: But yes, what the IPCC report --

高：但是是的，這份報告指出──

I mean, you know, it's an asymptotic curve

我是說，你也知道， 這是一條漸進曲線，

that gets closer and closer to absolute panic, OK?

離絕對恐怖愈來愈近了，好嗎？

And all the reports are very similar.

這些報告說的都差不多。

This is real.

這是真的。

You know, Voltaire once said, if you can convince people of absurdities,

你知道，伏爾泰曾經說過， 如果你能說服人們相信荒謬，

you can convince them to commit atrocities.

你就能說服他們犯下暴行。

We are seeing that in Ukraine today.

今天我們在烏克蘭看到這個。

We are seeing that on a global basis

我們在全球都看到這個，

with this reckless indifference to the future of humanity.

對人類未來毫不在乎的冷漠。

What will we say to the next generations

我們要怎麼跟下個世代交代？

when they look back and see, you had the chance to do this?

當他們回頭看， 說我們其實有機會能做到？

We have the means.

我們有方法。

The International Energy Agency,

國際能源署說

says that in order to cut emissions by 50 percent in 2030,

要在 2030 年砍掉半數的排放量，

we have all of the technologies we need,

我們有所需的科技，都已充分開發，

fully developed, with deployment plans that have been proven to work.

還有證明有效的部署計畫。

For the next 50 percent between 2030 and 2050,

在 2030 到 2050 年間那另外半數，

all of the technologies are in various stages of development.

所有的技術都在不同的研發階段。

They can be ready if we decide to develop them quickly enough,

只要我們決定要用夠快的速度發展， 這些技術就可以準備好，

they will be ready.

就能派上用場。

We have to stop destroying our future.

我們必須停止破壞我們的未來。

It sounds so simple,

聽起來真的很簡單，

but we have to break through this paralysis.

但是我們必須突破這場癱瘓。

WPR: Well, we have to break through this paralysis.

羅：我們必須突破這場癱瘓。

Ladies and gentlemen, Al Gore.

各位來賓，高爾。

AG: I have one other thing to say, and I've said this before.

高：我還有一件事要說， 這也是我之前就提過的。

Do not give up hope.

不要放棄希望。

And remember always,

永遠記得，

that political will is itself a renewable resource.

政治意願本身就是一種可再生能源。

Thank you.

謝謝。

WPR: Thank you so much, Al.

非常謝謝你，艾爾。

(Applause and cheers)

（掌聲和歡呼聲）