The depressing reality about climate change is that we could solve the problem, at manageable cost, but are failing to do so. This failure is due to a mixture of blindness and self-deception. The blindness comes from those, such as US president Donald Trump, who deny the reality of climate change. The self-deception comes from those who accept the reality, but only pretend to solve it. We must do better than this — and very soon. This is no longer a scientific or technological challenge, it is far more a political and social one.
關于氣候變化令人沮喪的現實是:我們能夠以可控的成本解決這個問題,但卻沒能這么做。這是由于視而不見和自欺欺人的行為所致。持視而不見態度者是那些否認氣候變化現實的人,比如美國總統唐納德?特朗普(Donald Trump)。而自欺歁人者則是那些接受現實、只是假裝要解決問題的人。我們必須采取更有效的行動,而且必須盡快。這不再是一項科學或技術挑戰,而更多是一項政治和社會挑戰。