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Transcriber: TED Translators Admin Reviewer: Rhonda Jacobs
譯者: Peggy Chen 審譯者: Amanda Zhu
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Why act now?
為什麼現在就要行動？
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The best time to act was yesterday.
最佳的行動時機是昨日，
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The second best time is today.
其次是今天。
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Every year that we don't reduce emissions
光是一年不減少排放量，
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represents another 55 gigatons of greenhouse gases
都會多出 550 億噸的溫室氣體，
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that future generations will have to scrub out of the air.
留給後代清除，
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That would cost 8 trillion dollars a year,
一年的花費是 9 兆美元，
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almost half the entire US economy today.
幾乎是今天美國經濟的一半。
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And that price doesn't include the cost of people forced to move,
這些費用還不包括人們被迫搬遷、
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the natural world transformed and lives lost.
適應自然世界的變化， 以及喪失生命的成本。
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It's much cheaper to develop new technologies
相較於從空氣中去除二氧化碳，
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that don't emit carbon dioxide
開發不會產生二氧化碳的新科技
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than to capture carbon dioxide that we've already emitted.
更為經濟。
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Every ton of carbon dioxide we emit now imposes a burden on us and the planet,
現在產生的每一噸二氧化碳 都會成為我們和地球的負擔，
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but also a debt that would have to be paid by our children
也就是我們欠的債
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and untold generations to come.
將留給我們的孩子 以及後來的世世代代償還。
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The sooner we start fixing this, the easier it'll be.
我們越快採取行動，就越容易成功。
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So do what you can where you can.
所以讓我們盡力而為吧。
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Vote, change your diet and your commute,
投票給重視環保的候選人、 改變你的飲食和交通方式、
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organize, plant trees, advocate for ideas,
成立組織、植樹、倡導環保思想、
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advocate for science
提倡環保科學；
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and most importantly, advocate for action today.
最重要的是，倡導馬上行動。
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[Countdown
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Take action on climate at Countdown.ted.com]
採取行動因應氣候變遷， 詳情請見 Countdown.ted.com】
