Tshering Tobgay: An urgent call to protect the world's "Third Pole"
Tshering Tobgay: Un llamado urgente para proteger al "tercer polo" del mundo
Acting on his mandate to move Bhutan into the 21st century, Prime Minister Tshering Tobgay is transforming his nation -- while maintaining its “Gross National Happiness.” Full bio
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did something unusual.
Nasheed, hizo algo fuera de lo común:
de gabinete bajo el agua.
scuba diving, as it were,
a bucear, literalmente,
that his country could drown
puede terminar sumergido
el calentamiento global.
his message across to the world or not,
prestó atención a su mensaje,
from where I come from --
over their impending fate.
no me quita el sueño.
I saw another political stunt.
on Mount Everest.
en el monte Everest.
to the base camp of Everest
hasta el campamento base del Everest
se estaban derritiendo.
interfere with my beauty sleep.
interfiera con mi sueño reparador.
on the Hindu Kush Himalaya mountains
en las montañas Hindú Kush Himalaya
el calentamiento global
over preindustrial levels.
de los niveles preindustriales.
mucho más rápido.
ambitious targets
del Acuerdo de París
to two degrees centigrade.
calentamiento global a 2 °C.
the best-case scenario.
en el mejor de los casos.
repository of ice,
más grande del mundo
the "Third Pole."
como el "tercer polo".
se están derritiendo.
I remember thinking.
recuerdo haber pensado.
much more quickly than I anticipate?
mucho más rápido de lo que anticipo?
vulnerable than previously thought?
vulnerables de lo que se pensaba?
the glacial lakes --
los lagos glaciares,
that form when glaciers melt --
cuando se derriten los glaciares,
under the weight of additional water?
cascade into other glacial lakes,
en otros lagos glaciares
flash floods in my country.
sin parangón en mi país.
to literally destroy our land,
para literalmente destruir nuestra tierra,
no pudieron.
Mountain Development, or ICIMOD,
el Desarrollo Integrado de las Montañas,
our glaciers for decades,
nuestros glaciares durante décadas,
agonizing about the bad news
agonizando por las malas noticias
noches de insomnio,
and dedicated scientists there,
altamente competentes y dedicados,
have been melting for some time now.
se están derritiendo desde hace tiempo.
has already lost much of its ice.
glaciar ya perdió gran parte de su hielo.
derritiendo mucho más rápido,
much more quickly --
1.5 degrees centigrade of global warming,
1,5 °C de calentamiento global,
of global warming,
desaparecerían.
of our glaciers would vanish.
desaparecerían.
receive more rain and less snow ...
más lluvia y menos nieve en las montañas,
la lluvia derrite el hielo,
the health of our glaciers.
the amount of black carbon
la cantidad de carbono negro
the melting of glaciers.
de los glaciares.
derritiendo rápidamente,
melt much more quickly.
derretir mucho más rápido.
Himalaya region --
China, Nepal, Bangladesh, Myanmar
China, Nepal, Bangladesh, Myanmar
en forma directa.
in the way water behaves.
en el comportamiento del agua.
more flash floods, more landslides,
repentinas, más deslizamientos,
de lagos glaciares.
unimaginable destruction
una destrucción inimaginable
some of the poorest people on earth.
in the immediate region
de la región inmediata
will also be hit hard.
también serán duramente afectadas.
de los ríos más importantes
Himalaya mountains.
de la región Hindú Kush Himalaya.
critical water for agriculture
el agua esencial para la agricultura
living downstream.
que viven río abajo.
seres humanos.
Himalaya mountains
de Hindú Kush Himalaya
the "water towers of Asia."
como las "torres de agua de Asia".
when water is not required
no haga falta,
desesperadamente.
will be broken,
de Asia se romperá,
for one-fifth of humanity.
para un quinto de la humanidad.
when I heard that the Maldives
que las Maldivas
of the problem, isn't it?
we are personally affected.
nos afecta personalmente.
We know climate change is real.
drastic and dramatic change.
cambios drásticos y radicales.
la mayoría de nosotros
si todo fuera normal.
affected by the melting of glaciers,
por el derretimiento de los glaciares,
por nosotros mismos.
Himalaya mountains --
is like the pulse of the planet.
se derriten rápidamente,
para que la ayuden.
the rest of the world?
is the potential destabilization
es la potencial desestabilización
of climate refugees,
de refugiados climáticos,
because they have no or little water,
por la falta de agua,
have been destroyed
sin poder ganarse la vida
de los glaciares.
tomarnos a la ligera
in a region that has three nuclear powers:
zona que tiene tres potencias nucleares:
in our region is grave enough
región es lo suficientemente grave
of a new intergovernmental agency.
una nueva agencia intergubernamental.
from that part of the world,
of the Third Pole Council,
intergovernmental organization
de alto nivel
third-largest repository of ice.
más grande del mundo.
located in the region
representative organizations
organismos representativos
who have vested interests in the region
to work together.
para trabajar juntos.
the health of the glaciers;
de la salud de los glaciares;
policies to protect our glaciers,
de normas para proteger los glaciares,
who depend on our glaciers.
personas que dependen de dichos glaciares.
acting locally ...
y actuamos localmente,
to act locally ...
para actuar localmente;
will continue to be important,
seguirán siendo importantes,
to the onslaught of climate change.
del cambio climático.
we must work together.
tenemos que trabajar juntos.
pero obrar regionalmente.
se escuchen juntas.
of the fight to protect our glaciers.
para proteger nuestros glaciares.
these two powerful giants,
estos poderosos gigantes
de gases de efecto invernadero,
and lead the fight.
y liderar la lucha.
against climate change.
contra el cambio climático,
sense of urgency.
that depend on our glaciers
que dependen de los glaciares
major catastrophes.
Nepal's cabinet meets on Mount Everest,
de Nepal se reúna en el monte Everest,
could well drown the Maldives.
lleguen a sumergir las Maldivas.
their cabinet meetings underwater
de gabinete debajo del agua
de socorro al mundo,
from where I live.
to what happens out there.
a lo que pasa por allí.
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Tshering Tobgay - Prime Minister of BhutanActing on his mandate to move Bhutan into the 21st century, Prime Minister Tshering Tobgay is transforming his nation -- while maintaining its “Gross National Happiness.”
Why you should listen
Tshering Tobgay went from civil servant to politician to prime minister -- all the while maintaining his star social media profile in one of Asia’s most progressive emerging states. As the second democratically elected Prime Minister of Bhutan, Tobgay continues to emphasize his country’s core value of happiness.
Bhutan's acclaimed "Gross National Happiness" index prioritizes well-being over financial growth. But Tobgay also seeks to solve Bhutan's great challenges: unemployment, poverty, gaps in education and infrastructure. WIth a foundation of optimism, his administration and the country's young democracy hope to become a paragon of stability in the developing world.
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