At the World Economic Forum in Davos this year, two people stood out: Greta Thunberg, the 17-year-old Swedish climate activist, and Donald Trump, the US president. In their messages on climate change, these two could not have been more opposed: panic, confronted with indifference. But one thing they share is that they are not hypocrites: Ms Thunberg does not pretend we are doing anything relevant; Mr Trump does not pretend he cares. Most participants in the climate debate, however, pretend to care, pretend to act, or both. If anything is to be done, this must change.
在今年的達佛斯世界經濟論壇(World Economic Forum)上，有兩個人非常顯眼：17歲的瑞典氣候活動家格蕾塔•童貝里(Greta Thunberg)和美國總統唐納•川普(Donald Trump)。他們關於氣候變化傳遞的資訊截然不同：一個恐慌，一個冷漠以對。但他們有一個共同點，那就是他們都不是僞君子：童貝里沒有佯裝我們在爲阻止氣候變化做些什麼；川普沒有佯裝他在乎氣候變化。然而，氣候辯論的大多數參與者假裝在關心，假裝在做些什麼，或者兩者兼而有之。如果想要做成些什麼，那就必須改變這種情況。