Andso, while I wasworriedaboutthethreatfromclimatechange, I wasworriedaboutitin a kindoftrivialwayuntilrelativelyrecently.
それで、気候変動の脅威を心配しながらも、比較的最近までは些細なことで心配していました。
Thatchangedabouttwoorthreeyearsagowhen, becauseofmyexistinginterestinthekindofnearfuture, I startedreading a lotofquitealarmingscientificpapersaboutwhatwaspossiblewithclimatechange.
Andas a journalistmyself, I watchedasthosesamereportsandotherslikethemwerecoveredinnewspapersandmagazinesandontelevisioninwaysthatseemedtomequitedivergentfromtherialfindingsoftheresearchitself.
Thefirstwasthatwehadbeentaughttoexpectthatclimatechangewasvery, veryslow, thatitwassomethingthatwouldbeunfoldingon a timescaleofdecadesatthefastestandprobablymorelikecenturies.
Andsowecouldimagine, whileitmightbe a problemforourgrandchildrenandtheirgrandchildren, thatwehad a lotoftimetoaddresstheissue, wehad a lotoftimetogrowourwayoutoftheissueandinventtechnologicalsolutionstotheproblem.
Infact, morethanhalfofallofthefossilfuelemissionsthatwe'veputintotheatmosphereinallofhumanhistoryhavebeenproducedinthelast 25 years, whichmeansthatwe'venowdonemoredamagetotheclimatesinceAlGorewrotehisfirstbookonglobalwarmingthaninallthemillenniabefore, sincethe U.
Justabouteverylevelatwhichviolencecouldbeconductedbetweenpeoplegoesupwhenthetemperaturerisesandwe'relookingat a futurethat's gonnabe a lothotter, whichmeanswe'relookingat a futurethatislikelytobemuchmoreviolentineveryway.
So I feelverystronglythatthiscenturythatwe'rewalkingintonowis, um, goingtobedefinedbythisissueinthesamewaythatpreviouscenturiesweredefined, say, bymodernityorbyfinancialcapitalism.