Name: A global movement to solve global problems | Colombe Cahen-Salvador
Uploaded: 2020-10-23T20:53:35.000Z
Duration: 10 min 1 s

For years, I have been working on a simple idea:

for humanity to take its next leap ahead,

多年來，我一直致力於 一個簡單的想法：

we need to work together across borders to solve global issues.

no wall or border can protect us from crisis.

在現代世界中，不再有高牆或邊界 能在危機中保護我們。

In 2016, I was devastated by the UK's decision

I'm French, and for me, the EU is a symbol of a more open and global society.

我是法國人，對我而言， 歐盟象徵著更開放及全球化的社會。

但，突然間，我的信念被打碎了。

我的夥伴，義大利人安卓亞， 以及德國友人達米安，

also felt the shock of seeing the world turning inward.

也都因為看到世界 變得封閉而感到驚愕。

We realized that despite being from three different countries,

我們了解到，即便來自三個不同國家，

migration flows being dealt with in an inhuman manner,

氣候變遷，或年輕人的高失業率。

然而，我們卻也帶著 同樣的希望和夢想而活。

And we also had the same hopes and dreams in our everyday lives.

我們更了解到，若要解決歐洲議題，

We also realized that to solve European issues,

過時的、永遠把國家利益優先的模型

the outdated model of always putting national interests first

我們花了幾個月的時間 構思推出 Volt 的想法，

For a few months, we worked on the idea of launching Volt,

Volt 是第一個泛歐洲政治運動。

the first pan-European political movement.

接著，理所當然的， 我們通知了臉書好友們，

And then, naturally, we told our Facebook friends,

當中許多人回應說他們有興趣參與

and a lot of them responded saying they were up for the challenge

大家開始在公園、大學、酒店裡

People started holding small community meetings in parks,

並針對各洲最大的問題 分享他們的解決方案。

and share their solutions to the continent's biggest problems.

我們在歐洲二十八國裡動員了數萬人。

We mobilized tens of thousands of people across 28 European countries

Damian was elected to the European parliament

他的競選活動是由 各國的志工協助進行的，

on the campaign run by volunteers across borders

競選主軸則是團結使我們更強大。

on the idea that we are stronger together.

我們證明了，透過跨國界的合作，

We showed that by collaborating across borders,

we could start changing how people think.

在我們之前沒有人能做到 如此規模，且還能夠成功。

We were the first ones to attempt something of this scale

after the European elections in May 2019,

坦白地問了我們自己 一個困難的問題，

Andrea and I looked into each other's eyes

尤其是在努力兩年， 且有一定的成果之後：

and asked that frank question that you never want to ask

once you have worked for two years towards something

我們知道，現今迫切要解決的， 不僅是歐洲的難題，還有全球的。

We knew that today's urgent challenges are not just European

背後的原因在於我們看待世界的方式

We also knew that we couldn't even attempt to solve them

以及世界運作的方式 從根本上就錯了。

a continent that represents less than 10 percent of the world population.

世界改變的程度就超過了前兩萬年。

The underlying issue is that the way we see the world

可以在上海起床，到紐約入睡。

我們隨時隨地都能取得大量的資訊。

但我們仍然只關心身邊的世界。

the world has changed more than in the previous 20,000 years.

但像新型冠狀病毒、氣候變遷、

移民、財政公平或人權等全球性議題，

we can wake up in Shanghai and go to bed in New York.

意味著我們必須要有 跨越國界的思考與合作。

We have access to a huge amount of information all the time, everywhere.

它們需要有全球性的解決方案。

But we still see the world as our immediate vicinity.

But issues like COVID-19, climate change, migration,

分享資源、資訊，及解決方案。

mean that we need to think and unite beyond national borders.

A global approach is needed to solve them.

我和安卓亞決定要創造全球性的運動，

share resources, information and solutions.

我們稱之為「NOW!」 因為我們沒什麼創意，

So in the weeks following Damian's election,

Andrea and I decided that we would create a global movement

所以，以下是我們的引導架構：

and solve those issues that concern us all.

我稱之為「思考、團結、躍進」。

We called it NOW! because we're not very creative,

首先，要改變我們看世界的方式。

不論是否願意，我們早就 身處在全球化的世界中。

So I know that going beyond national borders is not the easiest thing to do,

我們必須要停止 在國家的架構裡思考，

so here's the framework that has been guiding our work.

I call it "think, unite and leap forward."

First, we need to change the way we think about the world.

但它們卻只在很少數的國家 支付很低額的稅金，

We need to stop thinking within national frameworks

就是因為我們只在國家的架構中思考。

Take, for example, how we think about taxation.

Multinational companies like Facebook or Amazon

but they pay very little taxes in very few countries

更清楚地說，只要有其中的一半，

because we think of them within national frameworks.

我們就能讓全球免於飢荒一整年。

countries are deprived of at least 500 billion dollars annually.

並了解「全球化」是新的常態，

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