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.
关于气候变化令人沮丧的现实是:我们能够以可控的成本解决这个问题,但却没能这么做。这是由于视而不见和自欺欺人的行为所致。持视而不见态度者是那些否认气候变化现实的人,比如美国总统唐纳德•特朗普(Donald Trump)。而自欺歁人者则是那些接受现实、只是假装要解决问题的人。我们必须采取更有效的行动,而且必须尽快。这不再是一项科学或技术挑战,而更多是一项政治和社会挑战。