Averting the climate crisis | Al Gore

譯者: Judy Christensen 審譯者: Jeannie Cheng

Thank you so much, Chris.

非常謝謝你，克里斯。能有這個機會第二度踏上這個演講台

And it's truly a great honor to have the opportunity

真是一大榮幸。我非常感激。

to come to this stage twice; I'm extremely grateful.

I have been blown away by this conference,

這個研討會給我留下了極為深刻的印象，我想感謝大家

and I want to thank all of you for the many nice comments

對我之前演講的好評。

about what I had to say the other night.

And I say that sincerely,

我是由衷的想這麼說，有部份原因是因為 —（假哭）— 我真的有需要! （笑聲）

partly because (Mock sob)

I need that.

(Laughter)

Put yourselves in my position.

請你們設身處地為我想一想！

(Laughter)

I flew on Air Force Two for eight years.

我曾搭乘副總統專機八年。

(Laughter)

Now I have to take off my shoes or boots to get on an airplane!

現在我卻必須脫了鞋子才能上飛機!

(Laughter)

（笑聲）（掌聲）

(Applause)

I'll tell you one quick story

讓我跟你們說一個很短的故事，你們就會明白我的日子是怎麼過的。

to illustrate what that's been like for me.

(Laughter)

It's a true story -- every bit of this is true.

這是一個真實的故事 — 徹頭徹尾都是真實的。

Soon after Tipper and I left the -- (Mock sob) White House --

在我跟我夫人蒂佩爾離開 —（假哭）— 白宮 —（笑聲）— 後

(Laughter)

we were driving from our home in Nashville to a little farm we have

我們從那什維爾的家開車到

50 miles east of Nashville.

東邊 50 英哩外的一個我們擁有的小農場 —

Driving ourselves.

自己開車去。

(Laughter)

I know it sounds like a little thing to you, but --

我知道這對你們來說是一件小事，但是 —（笑聲）—

(Laughter)

I looked in the rear-view mirror

當我看了後照鏡後，才突然驚覺～

and all of a sudden it just hit me.

There was no motorcade back there.

車後並沒有車隊跟隨。

(Laughter)

You've heard of phantom limb pain?

我想大家都聽過「鬼腳痛」吧？（笑聲）

(Laughter)

This was a rented Ford Taurus.

那是一部租來的福特金牛座汽車。正值晚餐時刻，

(Laughter)

It was dinnertime,

and we started looking for a place to eat.

我們也開始尋找用餐的地方。

We were on I-40.

我們在 I-40 公路上。從 238 號出口交流道，下到田納西州黎巴嫩市。

We got to Exit 238, Lebanon, Tennessee.

We got off the exit, we found a Shoney's restaurant.

我們下了交流道後就開始找餐廳 — 我們發現了一家 Shoney' s餐館。

Low-cost family restaurant chain, for those of you who don't know it.

如果你沒聽過這家餐廳的話，這是一家廉價家庭連鎖式餐廳。

We went in and sat down at the booth, and the waitress came over,

我們進去坐下，女服務員也走了過來，

made a big commotion over Tipper.

對著蒂佩爾恭維聊天了好一會兒。（笑聲）

(Laughter)

She took our order, and then went to the couple in the booth next to us,

她幫我們點了菜，然後就走去了我們座位旁邊的一對夫妻那兒，

and she lowered her voice so much,

她大大地降低了她的音量，我必須很努力才能聽到她在說些什麼。

I had to really strain to hear what she was saying.

And she said "Yes, that's former Vice President Al Gore

她說：是，那是前副總統艾爾•高爾和他的夫人蒂佩爾。

and his wife, Tipper."

And the man said,

那位男士跟着說，「他真是一落千丈啊，難道不是嗎？」（笑聲）

"He's come down a long way, hasn't he?"

(Laughter)

(Applause)

There's been kind of a series of epiphanies.

這有點兒像是一連串的明證。

(Laughter)

The very next day, continuing the totally true story,

第二天，繼續一個完全真實的故事，

I got on a G-V to fly to Africa to make a speech in Nigeria,

我搭乘 G-5 飛到非洲奈及利亞的

in the city of Lagos, on the topic of energy.

拉哥斯市去做一個關於能源的演說。

And I began the speech by telling them the story

我用前一天剛剛在那什維爾所發生的故事

of what had just happened the day before in Nashville.

來作為我演講的開場。

And I told it pretty much the same way I've just shared it with you:

我就以如同我剛剛才跟你們說過一樣的方式講了這個故事。

Tipper and I were driving ourselves,

蒂佩爾和我自己駕駛， Shoney' s，低價家庭連鎖式餐館，

Shoney's, low-cost family restaurant chain,

what the man said -- they laughed.

那位男士所說的話 — 他們都笑了。

I gave my speech, then went back out to the airport to fly back home.

演講完後，我去機場準備搭機回家。

I fell asleep on the plane

我在飛機上一直睡到半夜，

until, during the middle of the night, we landed

on the Azores Islands for refueling.

我們在亞速爾群島落地加油。

I woke up, they opened the door, I went out to get some fresh air,

我醒了，他們打開了門，我出去呼吸一下新鮮空氣，

and I looked, and there was a man running across the runway.

然後我看見一個人越過跑道跑過來。

And he was waving a piece of paper, and he was yelling,

他揮舞着一張紙，並且叫喊着，

"Call Washington! Call Washington!"

「打電話到華盛頓！打電話到華盛頓！」

And I thought to myself, in the middle of the night,

我在想，在這半夜裡，在大西洋中間，

in the middle of the Atlantic,

到底華盛頓會出什麼事？

what in the world could be wrong in Washington?

然後我想起了華盛頓有很多事可能出問題。

Then I remembered it could be a bunch of things.

（笑聲）

(Laughter)

But what it turned out to be,

結果原來是我的職員很不高興，因為

was that my staff was extremely upset

because one of the wire services in Nigeria had already written a story

奈及利亞的其中一個通訊社已經寫了一篇關於我演講的報導。

about my speech,

and it had already been printed in cities

並且它在全美各大城市都已經刊登了

all across the United States of America.

It was printed in Monterey, I checked.

— 我查出來是在蒙特利所印的。報導的起頭是這樣，

(Laughter)

And the story began,

"Former Vice President Al Gore announced in Nigeria yesterday," quote:

「前副總統艾爾•高爾昨日在奈及利亞宣布，

我夫人蒂佩爾和我開設了一家廉價家庭連鎖式餐館，名為 Shoney' s

'My wife Tipper and I have opened a low-cost family restaurant'" --

(Laughter)

"'named Shoney's,

and we are running it ourselves.'"

餐館是由我們自己親手經營。」（笑聲）

(Laughter)

Before I could get back to U.S. soil,

在我還沒有回到美國前，

David Letterman and Jay Leno had already started in on --

大衛•萊特曼和杰伊•萊諾已經開始拿我開玩笑了

one of them had me in a big white chef's hat,

-- 他們中的一個有我戴上大白色廚師帽子，

Tipper was saying, "One more burger with fries!"

蒂佩爾說， " 再來一個漢堡配炸薯條! "

(Laughter)

Three days later,

三日后，我收到一封我朋友兼伙伴兼同事的手寫信件，

I got a nice, long, handwritten letter

from my friend and partner and colleague Bill Clinton, saying,

比爾・克林頓說，"艾爾，祝賀你的新餐館開張! "

"Congratulations on the new restaurant, Al!"

(Laughter)

(笑聲)

We like to celebrate each other's successes in life.

我們倆都喜歡互相恭賀對方的成就。

(Laughter)

I was going to talk about information ecology.

我原本應談論一下信息生態的。

But I was thinking that,

但因我計劃終身回來TED，

since I plan to make a lifelong habit of coming back to TED,

that maybe I could talk about that another time.

那我可能下次再談吧。 (掌聲)

(Applause)

Chris Anderson: It's a deal!

克里斯・安徒生： 一言為定!

(Applause)

Al Gore: I want to focus on what many of you have said

艾爾•戈爾：我想要集中講一些你們希望我詳盡闡述的題目。

you would like me to elaborate on:

What can you do about the climate crisis?

你對氣候危機能做些什麼？ 我想要以這開始 –

I want to start with a couple of --

I'm going to show some new images,

我想給你們看一些新的圖象，我會概述其中四或五張。

and I'm going to recapitulate just four or five.

Now, the slide show.

現在，幻燈片放映。 我每次演講前都更新我的幻燈片材料。

I update the slide show every time I give it.

I add new images,

我增加了新的圖象是因為我每次用它我都學到更多的東西。

because I learn more about it every time I give it.

It's like beach-combing, you know?

你知道嗎，這就像梳海灘一樣。在浪潮一進一退時，

Every time the tide comes in and out, you find some more shells.

你找到更多的貝殼。

Just in the last two days, we got the new temperature records in January.

在剛過去的兩天，我們得到一月份新的溫度紀錄。

This is just for the United States of America.

這只是美國的數字。歷年來一月份的平均溫度為

Historical average for Januarys is 31 degrees;

last month was 39.5 degrees.

31度。上個月是39.5度。

Now, I know that you wanted some more bad news about the environment --

現在，我知道你們想聽更多關於環境的壞消息。

I'm kidding.

-- 我只是說笑 -- 但是這些是概括的幻燈片

But these are the recapitulation slides,

and then I'm going to go into new material about what you can do.

然後我會談一下新的材料，是關於個人能做些什麼。

But I wanted to elaborate on a couple of these.

但我想先詳盡闡述幾點。

First of all, this is where we're projected to go

首先，這是我們估計美國對全球性變暖的貢獻，

with the U.S. contribution to global warming,

under business as usual.

在一切正常之下。最終使用的電和所有能量的效率

Efficiency in end-use electricity and end-use of all energy

is the low-hanging fruit.

是低垂懸的果子， 很容易就達到。效率和保護：

Efficiency and conservation -- it's not a cost; it's a profit.

不是成本，是盈利。標志是錯誤的。

The sign is wrong.

It's not negative; it's positive.

不是負數， 是正數。這些是能支付自己的投資。

These are investments that pay for themselves.

But they are also very effective in deflecting our path.

但是他們也是非常有效地偏轉我們的前路。

Cars and trucks -- I talked about that in the slideshow,

汽車和卡車 -- 我在這裡談了一點，

but I want you to put it in perspective.

但是我想進一步解釋一下。

It's an easy, visible target of concern --

本來就是一個容易而可見的目標，是應該那樣的，

and it should be --

but there is more global warming pollution that comes from buildings

但是來自高樓大廈的全球性變暖污染比

than from cars and trucks.

從汽車和卡車產生更多。

Cars and trucks are very significant,

汽車和卡車是非常重要的，但是我們在世界上算是有最低的標準，

and we have the lowest standards in the world.

And so we should address that. But it's part of the puzzle.

因此我們應該特別對此注意。但是這是問題的一部分。

Other transportation efficiency is as important as cars and trucks.

其他運輸效率跟汽車和卡車是一樣重要的!

Renewables at the current levels of technological efficiency

可再生能源的當前技術效率

can make this much difference.

可以產生這些變化，與維諾德，約翰•多爾和其他人，

And with what Vinod, and John Doerr and others, many of you here --

包括你們在內 -- 直接參與的人們

there are a lot of people directly involved in this --

this wedge is going to grow much more rapidly

-- 這一塊會比當前預報的更加迅速地增長。

than the current projection shows it.

Carbon Capture and Sequestration -- that's what CCS stands for --

碳封存 -- 縮略詞就是CCS

is likely to become the killer app that will enable us

-- 可能成為最有效

可使我們繼續安全地使用礦物燃料的應用系統。

to continue to use fossil fuels in a way that is safe.

Not quite there yet.

但是我們還沒達到那裡。

OK. Now, what can you do?

好了。 現在，你能做些什麼？ 從你的家裡減排

Reduce emissions in your home.

Most of these expenditures are also profitable.

這些開支也是有利的。

Insulation, better design.

絕緣材料，更好的設計，應盡可使用綠色電。

Buy green electricity where you can.

I mentioned automobiles -- buy a hybrid.

我以前提及過汽車 -- 買混合動力汽車。 使用輕鐵。

Use light rail.

Figure out some of the other options that are much better.

找其他更好的選擇。這是很重要的。

It's important.

Be a green consumer.

成為一個綠色消費者。 你有權去選擇你買的一切，

You have choices with everything you buy,

between things that have a harsh effect,

在有苛刻的作用或對

or a much less harsh effect on the global climate crisis.

全球性氣候危機的較不苛刻的作用來選擇。

Consider this:

考慮一下吧。決定去過一個碳中立的生活。

Make a decision to live a carbon-neutral life.

Those of you who are good at branding,

你們那些擅長品牌的人，

I'd love to get your advice and help

我想征求你們的意見和幫助

on how to say this in a way that connects with the most people.

有關怎樣去說服更多人的方法。

It is easier than you think.

實際上這比你想象的更容易。 是真的。

It really is.

A lot of us in here have made that decision,

我們這裡很多人都做出了那個決定，並且是一個相當容易的決定。

and it is really pretty easy.

It means reduce your carbon dioxide emissions

從個人選擇方面來減少二氧化碳排出，

with the full range of choices that you make,

and then purchase or acquire offsets

然後購買或者獲取能

for the remainder that you have not completely reduced.

完全地抵消剩下的。它的意思在climatecrisis.net有詳盡闡述。

And what it means is elaborated at climatecrisis.net.

There is a carbon calculator.

那裡有碳計算器。Participant Productions已經聚集了，

Participant Productions convened --

with my active involvement --

與我的活躍介入，世界的主導軟件作家

the leading software writers in the world,

on this arcane science of carbon calculation,

在碳演算這神秘科學修建一個

to construct a consumer-friendly carbon calculator.

消費者友好的碳計算器。

You can very precisely calculate what your CO2 emissions are,

你能非常精確地計算什麼你的二氧化碳排放,

and then you will be given options to reduce.

然后將給你減少排放的選擇。

And by the time the movie comes out in May,

並且，當電影在5月出來的時候，這將被更新到2.0，

this will be updated to 2.0,

and we will have click-through purchases of offsets.

並且我們將有按點購買抵消產品。

Next, consider making your business carbon-neutral.

其次，考慮把你的企業變成碳中性。 再次，我們一部份人已經做到了

Again, some of us have done that,

and it's not as hard as you think.

這並不是你想象的那麼困難。把你創新的發明與解決氣候問題合並起來，

Integrate climate solutions into all of your innovations,

whether you are from the technology,

不論你在技術，或娛樂，

or entertainment, or design and architecture community.

或設計和建築行業。

Invest sustainably.

可持續地去投資。 Majora提及了此。

Majora mentioned this.

Listen, if you have invested money with managers who you compensate

聽着，如果你的投資報償是

根據他們的每年表現來計算的，

on the basis of their annual performance,

don't ever again complain about quarterly report CEO management.

CEO首席執行官與管理層再不要抱怨季度報告了。

Over time, people do what you pay them to do.

隨着時間，人們做你支付他們的去做事。如果他們的

And if they judge how much they're going to get paid

報酬是根據用你的資本來做

on your capital that they've invested,

based on the short-term returns,

短期回歸投資的話，你就會得到短期決定。

you're going to get short-term decisions.

A lot more to be said about that.

此話有多說法。

Become a catalyst of change.

成為一個變革的催化劑。 教育其他人，學習更多，多討論。

Teach others, learn about it, talk about it.

The movie is a movie version of the slideshow

電影出來了 -- 電影是我前兩天晚上給大家看過的幻燈片

I gave two nights ago, except it's a lot more entertaining.

的電影版本，但電影版本就更有娛樂性了。電影版會在五月出來。

And it comes out in May.

Many of you here have the opportunity to ensure that a lot of people see it.

在座的每位有這個機會去說服更多人來看它。

Consider sending somebody to Nashville.

考慮派人到納稀威。選擇好。

Pick well.

And I am personally going to train people to give this slideshow --

我會親自訓練他們去給這個幻燈片的，再改一些，

re-purposed, with some of the personal stories obviously replaced

用一些普通的方法來替換某些個人故事，

with a generic approach,

and it's not just the slides, it's what they mean.

和 -- 這不僅是幻燈片，並且他們意味著什麼。 他們是怎麼連接起來的。

And it's how they link together.

And so I'm going to be conducting a course this summer

我今年夏天會舉辦一個培訓班

for a group of people that are nominated by different folks

給一群各方提名來的學員，然后把這個幻燈片，

to come and then give it en masse,

in communities all across the country,

集體地，在全國各地的社區廣播

and we're going to update the slideshow for all of them every single week,

並且我們每一個星期會去更新所有的材料

to keep it right on the cutting edge.

來保持它的尖端性。

Working with Larry Lessig, it will be, somewhere in that process,

與拉里•萊西希一起合作，那個過程中將是，

posted with tools and limited-use copyrights,

張貼有限使用版權的工具，

so that young people can remix it and do it in their own way.

因此青年人能用他們自己的方式去再混合使用它。

(Applause)

(掌聲)

Where did anybody get the idea

誰說你應該跟政治保持一定的距離？

that you ought to stay arm's length from politics?

如果你是共和黨人這並不是說我想說服你成為

It doesn't mean that if you're a Republican,

that I'm trying to convince you to be a Democrat.

We need Republicans as well.

民主黨。我們也需要共和黨人。 這曾經是一個兩黨問題，

This used to be a bipartisan issue,

and I know that in this group it really is.

我知道在這一群人中它真正是的。成為一個政治活躍的人。

Become politically active.

Make our democracy work the way it's supposed to work.

使我們的民主能做它應該做的工作。

Support the idea of capping carbon dioxide emissions --

支持加蓋二氧化碳放射想法，全球性變暖污染。

global warming pollution -- and trading it.

和改變它。為什麼： 隻要美國是在世界系統外面，

Here's why: as long as the United States is out of the world system,

it's not a closed system.

這就不是一個封閉的系統。

Once it becomes a closed system, with U.S. participation,

一旦它成為一個封閉系統，有美國的參與，

then everybody who's on a board of directors --

那麼大家都在董事會裡

how many people here serve on the board of directors

-- 這裡多少人在企業裡擔任董事的？

of a corporation?

Once it's a closed system,

只要這是一個封閉系統，你將有法律責任，如果你不敦促你的CEO

you will have legal liability if you do not urge your CEO

去從減少和更換可以被避免的碳排放

to get the maximum income from reducing and trading the carbon emissions

that can be avoided.

來得到最大收入。如果我們可以完成此，市場運作將會解決這個問題的。

The market will work to solve this problem --

if we can accomplish this.

Help with the mass persuasion campaign that will start this spring.

加入今年春天的大規模促進工作。

We have to change the minds of the American people.

我們必須改變美國人民的想法。 由於現在

Because presently, the politicians do not have permission

政客們還沒有得到允許去做需要做的事。

to do what needs to be done.

And in our modern country, the role of logic and reason no longer includes

在我們的現代國家裡，邏輯和辯解的角色不再包括

mediating between wealth and power the way it once did.

斡旋在財富和權力之間了。

It's now repetition of short, hot-button, 30-second, 28-second television ads.

現在是重復短的，熱按鈕， 30秒， 28秒的電視廣告。

We have to buy a lot of those ads.

我們必須買很多那些廣告。

Let's re-brand global warming, as many of you have suggested.

好像你建議的，讓我們從新為全球性變暖打一個新的品牌。

I like "climate crisis" instead of "climate collapse,"

我比較喜歡氣候危機而不是氣候崩潰，

but again, those of you who are good at branding,

但再次，你們那些擅長品牌的，我需要你們的幫助。

I need your help on this.

Somebody said the test we're facing now, a scientist told me,

科學家告訴了我，我們現在面對的挑戰

is whether the combination of an opposable thumb

是一個相對的拇指

and a neocortex is a viable combination.

和大腦皮層的組合是否是一個可實行的組合。

(Laughter)

That's really true.

那是非常真實的。 我前夜說過，現在再重復一次： 這不是一個政治問題。

I said the other night, and I'll repeat now:

this is not a political issue.

Again, the Republicans here -- this shouldn't be partisan.

再次，在這裡的共和黨人，這不應該有黨派之分的。

You have more influence than some of us who are Democrats do.

你比我們一些民主黨更有影響力。

This is an opportunity.

這是一個機會。 不僅這，還可以連接在這裡的不同想法，

Not just this, but connected to the ideas that are here,

to bring more coherence to them.

給它們帶來更多合理性。

We are one.

我們是一體的。

Thank you very much, I appreciate it.

謝謝，感激大家。

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