Community-powered solutions to the climate crisis | Rahwa Ghirmatzion and Zelalem Adefris

Transcriber: TED Translators Admin Reviewer: Mirjana Čutura

譯者: Anne E 審譯者: Amanda Zhu

Don Cheadle: Home.

唐·奇多：家。

It's where we celebrate our triumphs,

這是我們慶祝勝利、

make our memories and confront our challenges.

留下回憶、迎接挑戰的地方。

And these days there are plenty of those.

最近生活裡多的是這些事情。

An historic pandemic, wildfires, floods and hurricanes

一場歷史性的流行病、 野火、洪水和颶風

all threaten our basic safety.

都威脅著我們的基本安全。

These challenges hit even harder

這些挑戰在那些被剝奪了 平等機會的社區

in communities that have been cut out of equal opportunities.

受到的打擊更大。

In the US, unfair and racist housing policies,

在美國，有一種不公平、 種族歧視的住房政策

called redlining,

稱為紅色鄰里。

have for decades forced Black, brown, Indigenous and poor white families

該政策幾十年來迫使黑人、棕色人、 原住民和貧窮的白人家庭

into areas rife with toxic chemicals that make people sick.

居住在充滿有毒化學物質 的地方，使人生病。

They are surrounded by concrete that traps heat.

混凝土包圍著他們，留住暑熱。

Extreme temperatures demand more cooling,

極端溫度讓我們需要更多製冷設備、

more money, more energy, more carbon.

更多錢、更多能源、更多碳。

Our problems are interconnected.

我們的問題是有連動性的，

Imagine all we can do when we realize the solutions are too.

但當我們意識到解決方案 也有連動性時，

我們能做的也很多。

At the Solutions Project,

在「解決專案」中，

we've seen that some of the people most impacted by COVID-19,

我們看到一些受 COVID-19 影響最大的人，

least likely to have a steady place to call home

他們難有個穩定的居所，

and most affected by the damage to our climate

受氣候破壞的影響也最大，

are already working on effective and scalable solutions.

但他們已經在研究有效、 可大規模應用的解決方案。

Take Buffalo and Miami,

以水牛城和邁阿密來說，

where affordable housing has become a community solution

那裡的經濟型住房

已經成為氣候危機的社區解決方案。

to the climate crisis.

Rahwa Ghirmatzion: Buffalo, New York, is the third poorest city

拉瓦·吉爾馬齊翁：紐約州的水牛城

是美國第三窮的城市，

in the United States

and sixth most segregated,

也是第六大種族區隔最嚴重的城市，

but our people power is strong.

但我們的人民力量強大。

Over the last 15 years, my organization, PUSH Buffalo,

在過去的 15 年裡， 我的組織「推動水牛城」

has been working with residents to build green affordable housing,

一直在與居民合作，

建設綠色的經濟型住房、 部署再生能源，

deploy renewable energy

and to grow the resilience and power in our communities.

並提高我們社區的韌性和力量。

When we saw heating bills soar over the last decade,

在過去十年中， 當我們看到暖氣費用飛漲時，

we organized to pass state policy,

我們組織起來通過州政策，

help small businesses

幫助小企業，

and to put our people to work weatherizing homes.

讓我們的人民著手加強 房屋對氣候的耐受性。

We responded with eco-landscaping and green infrastructure.

當創紀錄的降雨淹沒了我們的社區時，

When record rainfalls flooded our neighborhoods,

我們以生態美化 和綠色基礎設施來因應。

we replaced the concrete that overwhelmed and made heat waves unbearable.

我們汰換熱浪來襲時 難以散熱的混凝土，

Let us visit School 77,

讓我們參觀一下第 77 號學校，

an 80,000-square-foot public school building

這是一座八萬平方英尺的 公立學校建築，

that was closed and abandoned for nearly a decade.

已經關閉並廢棄近十年。

But PUSH Buffalo and the community

但「推動手牛城」和這裡的社區

transformed it into solar-powered, affordable senior apartments

將其改造成太陽能供電、 平價的老人公寓

and a community center.

以及社區中心。

This is what the community wanted.

這是社區想要的。

When private developers were eyeing that school building

當私人開發商覬覦那所學校，

for high-end loft apartments,

想改建為高檔公寓時，

800 residents mobilized and came up with the plan.

800 名居民動員起來， 激盪出一項計劃。

We became New York State's first community solar project

我們成為紐約州的 第一個社區太陽能專案，

and during the coronavirus pandemic, a volunteer-run Mutual Aid Hub.

而在冠狀病毒大流行期間， 也是第一個志願者經營的互助中心。

Zelalem Adefris: At Catalyst Miami and the Miami Climate Alliance,

澤萊姆·戈德里斯： 在「催化邁阿密」和邁阿密氣候聯盟，

we work with dozens of other organizations

我們與數十個組織合作，

to enact policies that provide safe housing

制定政策、提供安全住房

and protect the climate.

和保護氣候。

Here in Miami, we've seen a 400-percent increase in tidal flooding

在邁阿密，2006 年至 2016 年，

between 2006 and 2016

潮汐洪水增加了 400%，

and have seen 49 additional 90-degree days per year since 1970.

自 1970 年以來，每年氣溫 超過攝氏 32 度的天數增加了 49 個。

We fought for the Miami Forever Bond to fund 400 million dollars

我們為「邁阿密永恆債券」 爭取了四億美元的資金，

for affordable housing and climate solutions.

用於經型住房和氣候解決方案，

Yet every day, we continue to see luxury high-rise condos

然而我們仍不斷看到豪華公寓大廈

being built in our neighborhoods,

一棟一棟地在我們的社區矗立，

adding more concrete and heat on the ground.

在地面上增加了更多混凝土 和散不掉的熱。

Some of our members are taking matters into their own hands, literally.

我們有些成員將問題 掌握在自己「手」中。

Conscious Contractors is a Grassroots Collective

「環境意識承包商」是在 颶風「伊爾瑪」期間

that formed during Hurricane Irma

成立的草根團體，

to protect, rebuild and beautify our communities,

旨在保護、重建和美化我們的社區，

all while increasing energy efficiency.

同時提高能源效率。

They don't think that anyone should have to choose

他們認為任何人都不應該

between paying a high AC bill

在昂貴的冷氣帳單 和炎熱、發霉的房子之間做選擇。

and living in a hot and moldy house that will worsen respiratory illnesses

那種房子會使像是哮喘或冠狀病毒等 呼吸系統疾病惡化。

such as asthma or coronavirus.

They fix problems at the source.

他們從源頭解決問題。

Advocates across the country are holding their governments accountable

全國各地的群眾運動都要求政府 對氣候解決方案負責，

to climate solutions that keep their communities in place.

讓他們的社區更安定。

We need to push for more affordable housing,

我們需要推動更多的經濟型住房、

green infrastructure and flood protections

綠色基礎設施和防洪，

because these are the solutions that solve many problems at once.

因為這些解決方案 可以同時解決許多問題。

DC: Climate change is the epic challenge of our lives,

唐：氣候變遷是我們生活中 堅苦卓絕的挑戰，

but we're confident we can solve it.

但我們有信心能夠解決它。

Community leaders like Rahwa and Zelalem are already doing it.

像拉瓦和澤拉萊姆 這樣的社區領袖已經著手進行了。

We can create the future we want,

我們有能力創造我們想要的未來，

but getting there is going to take everyone contributing

但需要每個人的貢獻才能達成，

around the world, wherever we call home.

無論你在世界的哪個角落。