难以忽视的真相 An Inconvenient Truth(2/2)
hethreatofcliatecrisis—athreatthatisreal,risg,ientanduniversal.Thepenaltiesfnthischallengeareseandgrog,andatsonearpotwouldbeunstaableandunreverable.Fornowwestillhavethepowertochooseourfate,andthereagquestionisonlythis:Havewethewilltoactvigorolyandti,orwillwereaiprisonedbyadangeroilsion?
MahataGandhiawakehergestdeocraearthandfedasharedresolvewithwhathecalled“Satyagraha”—or“truthforce”.
Truthalsohasthepowertouniteandbridgethedistancebeeen“”and“we”,creatgthebasisforoneffortandsharedresponsibility.
ThereisanAfriproverbthatsays,“Ifyouwanttogoquickly,goalone.Ifyouwanttogotogether.”Weogofar,quickly.
Wetabandodividual,isoted,privateasaretheaheyanddohelp.Buttheywillnottakefarenoughwithoutllectivea.Atthesati,wetehatobilizgglobally,wedonotvitetheestablishntofideologiforityandanewlock-step“is”.
Thatansadoptgprciples,vaes,wsandtreatiesthatreleasecreativityanditiativeateverylevelofsocietyultifoldrespogncurrentlyandspontaneoly.
Thisnewnsessrequiresexpandgthepossibilitiesherentallhuanity.Thenovatorswhowilldeviseanewwaytoharhesun’senergyforpenniesorventa’scarboiveayliveLagosorMubaiorMontevideo.Wetehatentrepreneursaorseverywhereontheglobehavethecetogetheworld.
Whenweuniteforaoralpurposethatisalygoodandtrue,thespiritualenergyunleashedtransfor.Thegeionthatdefeatedfascisthroughouttheworldthe1940sfound,risgtoettheirawesochallehattheyhadgaedtheoralauthorityandlong-tervisiontounchtheMarshallPn,theUnitedNations,andanewlevelofglobaloperationandfhtthatunifiedEuropeandfacilitatedtheergenceofdeocradprosperityGerany,Japan,Italyanduchoftheworld.Oneoftheirvisionaryleaderssaid,“Itistiwesteeredbythestarsandnotbythelightsofeverypassgship.”
Iyearofthatwar,yougavethePeacePrizetoaanfroyhotownofothoandpeople,Carthage,Tennessee.CordellHullwasdescribedbyFranklRooseveltasthe“FatheroftheUnitedNations”.Heirationaoyownfather,whofollowedHullthegressandtheU.S.Senateandhisitnttoworldpeadglobaloperation.
MyparentsspokeoftenofHull,alwaystonesofreverendadiratioweeksago,whenyouannouhisprize,thedeepesteotionIfeltwaswhenIsawtheheadleyhotoerthatsiplynotedIhadwonthesaprizethatCordellHullhadwon.Inthatont,Iknewwhatyfatherandotherwouldhavefeltweretheyalive.
JtasHull’sgeionfoundoralauthorityrisgtosolvetheworldcrisiscaedbyfascis,sotoowefdreatestopportunityrisgtosolvethecliatecrisis.IntheKanjicharactersedbothCheseandJapanese,“crisis”iswrittenwithosybols,thefirstang“danger”,thesend“opportunity”.Byfadreovgthedangerofthecliatecrisis,wehavetheopportunitytogatheoralauthorityandvisiontovastlycreaseouroacitytosolveothercrisesthathavebeentoolongignored.
Wetuandtheionsbeeenthecliatecrisisandtheafflisofpoverty,hunger,HIV-aidsandotherpandeics.Astheseproblesarelked,sotootbetheirsotiobegbyakgtheonrescueoftheglobalenvironntthetralanizgprcipleoftheworldunity.
Fifteenyearsago,Iadethatcaseatthe“EarthSuit”RiodeJaneiro.Tenyearsago,IpreseKyoto.Thisweek,IwillurgethedelegatesBalitoadoptaboldandateforatreatythatestablishesauniversalglobalcaponeissionsahearketeissionstradgtoeffitlyallocateresourcestotheosteffectiveopportunitiesforspeedyred.
HeadsofstateshouldetearlyyeartoreviewwhatlishedBaliandtakepersonalresponsibilityforaddressgthiscrisis.Itisnotunreasooask,giventhegravityofourcirctahattheseheadsofstateeteverythreeonthsuntilthetreatyispleted.
Wealsoneedaoratoriuoruktothepeople,progressively,atothewsofeaation,waysthatshifttheburdenoftaxationfroeploynttopoltion.Thisisbyfartheosteffectiveandsiplestwaytoaeleratesotionstothiscrisis.
Theworldneedsanalliance—especiallyofthosenationsthatweighheaviestthescaleswhereearthisthebance.IsateEuropeandJapanforthestepsthey’vetakeyearstoetthechallenge,andthenewgovernntAtralia,whichhasadesolvgthecliatecrisisitsfirstpriority.
Buttheoutewillbedecisivelyfencedbyonationsthatarenowfailgtodoenough:theUatesandCha.WhileIndiaisalsfastiportashouldbeabsotelyclearthatitistheestCO2eitters—ostofall,yownuntry—thatwilloaketheboldestoves,orstandaountablebeforehistoryfortheirfairetoact.
Bothuntriesshouldsgtheother’sbehaviorasanexceforstaleateandsteaddevelopanagendaforutualsurvivalasharedglobalenvironnt.
Thesearethestfewyearsofdecision,buttheybethefirstyearsofabrightandhopefulfutureifwedowhatwet.Nooneshouldbelieveasotionwillbefoundwithouteffort,withoutst,withoutge.Letaowledgethatifwewishtoredeesquaiandspeakagawithoralauthority,thenthesearethehardtruths:
Thewayaheadisdifficult.Theouterboundaryofwhatwecurrentlybelieveisfeasibleisstillfarshortofwhatweactuallytdo.Wearestandgattheostfatefulforkthatpath.SoIwanttoendasIbegan,withavisionofofutures—eachapalpablepossibility—andwithaprayerthatwewillseewithvividcritytheyofchoosgbeeenthoseofutures,andtheurgencyofakgtherightchoiow.
Theyoungpeoplewillknockthedoorofthefuture.Soletre,andsaytogether:“Wehaveapurpose.Weareany.Forthispurposewewillrise,andwewillact.”
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