世界银行行长金墉在G20会议上的讲话（中英对照）

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在G20会议上的讲话：气候变化构成真实的现实挑战

World Bank President Jim Kim

世界银行行长金墉

Moscow, Russian Federation

莫斯科，俄罗斯联邦

February 16, 2013

2013年2月16日

Looking further down the road, I would be remiss in not highlighting the serious consequences to the economic outlook of failing to tackle the serious challenges presented by climate change.  These are not just risks.  They represent real consequences.

展望未来之路，如果我不强调解决不好气候变化构成的严峻挑战可能会对经济前景带来的严重后果，就是失职。这些不仅仅是风险，而是代表着真实的后果。

I also know that issues around climate change do not typically come before Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors.  This, I firmly believe, is a mistake. And to underscore my point, we need to look no farther than what is happening in our host country.

我也知道气候变化的问题通常不是摆在财政部长和央行行长面前的问题。我坚信这是一个错误。而要强调这一点，我们只需要看看我们的东道国发生的事情。

This winter, for instance, Moscow has had record snowfalls. Climate scientists tell us that as the earth warms up, we will have more and more bursts of precipitation and other periods of extreme weather. Just two-and-a-half years ago, an extreme heat wave in Russia led to 55,000 deaths. So the people of Russia have experienced two once-in-a-lifetime extreme weather events in the last few years. One hot, one cold. We’re not talking about a risk that is 50 years away. We’re talking about risks that are here today. 

比如今冬莫斯科遭遇创纪录的降雪。气候科学家告诉我们，随着地球变暖，我们将会遭遇越来越多的暴雨和其他极端天气。就在两年半以前，极端热浪袭击俄罗斯造成55000人死亡。所以俄罗斯人民在短短几年遭遇了两次千载难逢的极端天气事件——一热一冷。我们现在谈的不是50年以后的风险，而是今天就面临的风险。

No country – rich or poor – is immune from the impacts of climate-related disasters. In Thailand, for example, the 2011 floods resulted in losses of approximately $45 billion or about 13 percent of GDP. The impacts of this disaster spread across borders disrupting international supply chains.

没有任何一个国家无论贫富能够在气候相关的灾害中独善其身。例如，泰国2011年的洪水造成约450万美元的损失，约相当于GDP的13%。这场灾难的影响波及国外造成国际供应链中断。

Damages and losses from natural disasters have more than tripled over the past 30 years. Years of development efforts are often wiped out in days or even minutes.

自然灾害造成的破坏和损失在过去30年增加了两倍。多年发展努力的成果往往在几天甚至几分钟一扫而光。

While we’ve seen developed countries struggling to cope with blizzards and events like Hurricane Sandy, developing countries have even less resources to mitigate the economic and human costs of these disasters. At the World Bank Group we are stepping up our mitigation, adaptation and disaster risk management work. I would welcome more attention from the G20 on what we need to do to face climate change, which is a very real and present danger.

我们目睹发达国家疲于应付暴风雪和飓风桑迪等事件，而发展中国家在减少这些灾难造成的经济和人员损失方面拥有的资源更少。我们世界银行集团正在加强缓解、适应和灾害风险管理工作。我对G20更加重视我们需要做些什么来直面气候变化表示欢迎，因为这是一种非常真实和现实的危险。