越来越多的政客不再谈论气候问题，但绿色转型仍在继续推进。几年前，我报道了法国的“黄背心”抗议活动，工人们因一项被宣传为绿色措施的燃油税而发起反抗。我采访了德国汽车工厂的抗议者，他们哀叹向电动汽车的转型减少了就业岗位。如今，在英国，我看到那些曾经为“脱欧”奔走呼号的人，现在又在反对可再生能源，声称这推高了能源账单。
More politicians have stopped talking about the climate, but the green transition is still moving forward. A few years ago, I covered the Yellow Vest protests in France, where workers rebelled against a fuel tax billed as a green measure. I interviewed protesters at German car plants lamenting the shift to electric vehicles, which reduces the number of jobs. Now, in Britain, I’m watching the same people who once campaigned for Brexit campaign against renewables, which they say have raised energy bills. (There’s something to that; read on.)
（这确实有一定道理，请继续阅读。）在整个西方世界，气候问题已成为文化战争中的又一个战场。这也是为什么，尽管全球各地发生了一系列令人震惊的致命气候灾难，但如今你很少听到政客们谈论气候的原因。但这并不意味着他们没有在思考这个问题。今天，我将探讨推动气候变化“品牌重塑”背后的政治动力。只需称之为“能源安全”欧洲有记录以来最炎热的夏季。尼泊尔一座冰川的崩塌。全球各地的野火、干旱和异常风暴。
Across the West, the climate has become another battleground in the culture wars. That’s one reason why, despite an alarming list of deadly climate disasters around the world, you don’t hear as many politicians talk about the climate anymore. But that doesn’t mean they’re not thinking about it. Today I write about the politics driving a climate change rebrand. Just call it ‘energy security’Europe’s hottest summer on record. A collapsing glacier in Nepal. Wildfires and droughts and freakish storms around the world.
这就是全球气温较工业化前水平升高1.5摄氏度的景象。这个数字让我难以理解，直到一位气候专家这样向我解释：想象一下你的体温升高了1.5度，你会感到不适。现在想象它升高了2度——你就病得很重了。
That’s what 1.5 degrees Celsius in warming above preindustrial levels looks like. It’s a number I found difficult to wrap my head around until a climate expert explained it to me this way: Imagine your body temperature going up by 1.5 degrees. You feel unwell. Now imagine it rising by 2 degrees — you’re seriously ill.
地球生病了。对许多人来说，仅此一点就足以证明必须积极地从化石燃料转向可再生能源。
The planet is unwell. For many, that alone makes the case for aggressively shifting away from fossil fuels to renewables.