Tshering Tobgay: An urgent call to protect the world's "Third Pole"
Tshering Tobgay: Hitan poziv za očuvanje Zemljinog "trećeg pola"
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.
učinio je nešto neobično.
svog kabineta pod vodom.
scuba diving, as it were,
that his country could drown
njegova zemlja mogla biti potopljena
globalno zatopljenje.
his message across to the world or not,
obišla svijet ili nije,
from where I come from --
over their impending fate.
Maldiva nije poremetila san.
I saw another political stunt.
vidio sam drugi politički pothvat.
on Mount Everest.
to the base camp of Everest
u podnožju Mount Everesta
interfere with my beauty sleep.
politički pothvat remeti snove.
on the Hindu Kush Himalaya mountains
planine Hindu Kush na Himalaji
over preindustrial levels.
iznad predindustrijske razine.
"Nema šanse", pomislio sam.
ambitious targets
to two degrees centigrade.
na dva stupnja Celzija.
the best-case scenario.
najbolji mogući scenarij.
repository of ice,
the "Third Pole."
I remember thinking.
pomislio sam.
much more quickly than I anticipate?
puno brže nego što pretpostavljamo?
vulnerable than previously thought?
nego što smo prethodno mislili?
the glacial lakes --
that form when glaciers melt --
under the weight of additional water?
sve dodatne vode?
cascade into other glacial lakes,
do drugih ledenjačkih jezera,
flash floods in my country.
poplave u mojoj državi.
to literally destroy our land,
politički pothvati nisu uspjeli.
Mountain Development, or ICIMOD,
planinski razvoj, ili ICIMOD,
our glaciers for decades,
ledenjake desetljećima,
agonizing about the bad news
razmišljajući o lošim vijestima
and dedicated scientists there,
znanstvenika posvećenih poslu,
have been melting for some time now.
se otapaju već neko vrijeme.
has already lost much of its ice.
već je izgubio dosta mase.
much more quickly --
1.5 degrees centigrade of global warming,
od 1,5 stupnjeva Celzija
of global warming,
of our glaciers would vanish.
receive more rain and less snow ...
u planinama biti više kiše a manje snijega,
the health of our glaciers.
the amount of black carbon
je povećalo razinu ugljika
the melting of glaciers.
melt much more quickly.
Himalaya region --
China, Nepal, Bangladesh, Myanmar
Nepalu, Bangladešu, Burmi
in the way water behaves.
more flash floods, more landslides,
više poplava, više klizišta,
unimaginable destruction
nezamislivih razaranja
some of the poorest people on earth.
od najsiromašnijih ljudi na Zemlji.
in the immediate region
will also be hit hard.
također biti zahvaćeni.
velikih rijeka ima polazište
Himalaya mountains.
critical water for agriculture
living downstream.
koji žive nizvodno.
Himalaya mountains
the "water towers of Asia."
when water is not required
voda nije potrebna,
will be broken,
for one-fifth of humanity.
svakog petog čovjeka.
when I heard that the Maldives
sam čuo da bi Maldivi
of the problem, isn't it?
we are personally affected.
naš osobni problem.
We know climate change is real.
drastic and dramatic change.
s drastičnim promjenama.
affected by the melting of glaciers,
topljenje ledenjaka zahvaća,
Himalaya mountains --
Hindu Kush regija Himalaje
is like the pulse of the planet.
the rest of the world?
is the potential destabilization
potencijalna nestabilnost
of climate refugees,
klimatskih izbjeglica
because they have no or little water,
zbog manjka vode,
have been destroyed
in a region that has three nuclear powers:
u kojoj su tri nuklearne sile:
in our region is grave enough
našoj regiji dovoljno teška
of a new intergovernmental agency.
nove međuvladine agencije.
from that part of the world,
of the Third Pole Council,
intergovernmental organization
na visokoj razini,
third-largest repository of ice.
područja prekrivenog ledom.
located in the region
koje se nalaze u regiji,
representative organizations
uključiti organizacije
who have vested interests in the region
interes za ovu regiju
to work together.
kako bi radili zajedno,
the health of the glaciers;
policies to protect our glaciers,
zaštite naših ledenjaka,
who depend on our glaciers.
o tim ledenjacima.
acting locally ...
to act locally ...
djelovali lokalno...
will continue to be important,
politika i dalje bitna,
to the onslaught of climate change.
klimatskih promjena.
we must work together.
moramo raditi zajedno.
i djelovati regionalno.
protiv klimatskih promjena,
of the fight to protect our glaciers.
za zaštitu naših ledenjaka.
these two powerful giants,
svojih stakleničkih plinova,
and lead the fight.
against climate change.
protiv klimatskih promjena.
sense of urgency.
that depend on our glaciers
o našim ledenjacima
major catastrophes.
veliku katastrofu.
Nepal's cabinet meets on Mount Everest,
kabinet Nepala sastane na Mount Everestu,
could well drown the Maldives.
their cabinet meetings underwater
kabineta pod vodom
from where I live.
mjesta gdje živim,
to what happens out there.
što se dešava kod njih.
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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