Let me begin by thanking the bipartisan group of U.S. Governors who convened this meeting. 首先，我要感谢召集这次会议的两党美国州长们。
Few challenges facing America -- and the world -- are more urgent than combating climate change. The science is beyond dispute and the facts are clear. Sea levels are rising. Coastlines are shrinking. We’ve seen record drought, spreading famine, and storms that are growing stronger with each passing hurricane season. 当今美国乃至全世界所面临的挑战中，鲜有比应对气候变化更为紧迫的了。科学结论毋庸置疑，事实也清晰明了。海平面正在上升，海岸线正在退缩。我们目睹了创纪录的干旱、不断蔓延的饥荒，以及随着每个飓风季节的更替而愈发猛烈的风暴。
Climate change and our dependence on foreign oil, if left unaddressed, will continue to weaken our economy and threaten our national security. 气候变化和我们对外国石油的依赖，若置之不理，将持续削弱我们的经济，并威胁我们的国家安全。
I know many of you are working to confront this challenge. In particular, I want to commend Governor Sebelius, Governor Doyle, Governor Crist, Governor Blagojevich and your host, Governor Schwarzenegger. All of you have shown true leadership in the fight to combat global warming. And we’ve also seen a number of businesses doing their part by investing in clean energy technologies. 我知道你们中的许多人正在为应对这一挑战而努力。特别地，我要赞扬塞贝利厄斯州长、道尔州长、克里斯特州长、布拉戈耶维奇州长，以及你们的东道主施瓦辛格州长。在遏制全球变暖的斗争中，你们都展现出了真正的领导力。我们也看到许多企业通过投资清洁能源技术尽到了自己的责任。
But too often, Washington has failed to show the same kind of leadership. That will change when I take office. My presidency will mark a new chapter in America’s leadership on climate change that will strengthen our security and create millions of new jobs in the process. That will start with a federal cap and trade system. We'll establish strong annual targets that set us on a course to reduce emissions to their 1990 levels by 2020 and reduce them an additional 80% by 2050. Further, we'll invest 15 billion dollars each year to catalyze private sector efforts to build a clean energy future. 然而，华盛顿方面却常常未能展现出同样的领导力。这种局面在我就职之后将会改变。我的总统任期将为美国在气候变化问题上的领导力翻开新的篇章，这不仅将巩固我们的国家安全，还将在过程中创造数以百万计的新就业岗位。这一切将从联邦总量控制与交易制度开始。我们将确立强有力的年度目标，使我们走上到2020年将排放量降至1990年水平的轨道，并在2050年之前再减少80%。此外，我们每年将投入150亿美元，以推动私营部门共同建设清洁能源的未来。
We'll invest in solar power, wind power, and next-generation biofuels. We'll tap nuclear power, while making sure it’s safe; and we'll develop clean coal technologies. 我们将投资太阳能、风能和下一代生物燃料。我们将开发核能，同时确保其安全；我们也将开发清洁煤技术。
This investment will not only help us reduce our dependence on foreign oil, making the United States more secure; and it will not only help us bring about a clean energy future, saving the planet. It will also help us transform our industries and steer our country out of this economic crisis by generating five million new green jobs that pay well and can’t be outsourced. 这项投资不仅将帮助我们减少对外国石油的依赖，使美国更加安全；不仅将帮助我们实现清洁能源的未来，拯救我们的星球。它还将推动我们的产业转型升级，通过创造500万个薪酬丰厚且无法被外包的新型绿色就业岗位，引领我们的国家走出这场经济危机。
The truth is, the United States can't meet this challenge alone. Solving this problem will require all of us working together. I understand that your meeting is being attended by government officials from over a dozen countries, including the UK, Canada, Mexico, Brazil and Chile, Poland and Australia, India and Indonesia. And I look forward to working with all nations to meet this challenge in the coming years. 事实上，美国无法独自应对这一挑战。解决这个问题需要我们所有人携手合作。据我所知，出席此次会议的有来自十多个国家的政府官员，包括英国、加拿大、墨西哥、巴西和智利、波兰和澳大利亚、印度和印度尼西亚。我期待在未来的岁月里与各国携手应对这一挑战。
Let me also say a special word to the delegates from around the world who will gather at Poland next month. Your work is vital to the planet. While I won’t be President at the time of your meeting and while the United States has only one President at a time, I’ve asked Members of Congress who are attending the conference as observers to report back to me on what they learn there. And once I take office, you can be sure that the United States will once again engage vigorously in these negotiations, and help lead the world toward a new era of global cooperation on climate change. 我还想向下月将齐聚波兰的各国代表们特别说几句话。你们的工作对地球至关重要。虽然在我开会之时我还未就任总统，虽然美国同一时间只有一位总统，但我已请以观察员身份出席此次会议的国会议员们将他们所了解的情况向我汇报。一旦我就任，你们可以确信，美国将再次积极投身于这些谈判之中，并帮助引领世界走向气候变化全球合作的新时代。
Now is the time to confront this challenge once and for all. Delay is no longer an option. Denial is no longer an acceptable response. The stakes are too high; the consequences too serious. Stopping climate change won’t be easy and it won’t happen overnight. But I promise you this: When I am President, any governor who’s willing to promote clean energy will have a partner in the White House. Any company that’s willing to invest in clean energy will have an ally in Washington. 现在正是彻底应对这一挑战的时刻。拖延已不再是选项，否认也不再是可以接受的回应。代价太过高昂，后果太过严重。遏制气候变化绝非易事，也不会一蹴而就。但我向你们保证：当我成为总统时，任何愿意推动清洁能源的州长，都将在白宫找到一位合作伙伴。任何愿意投资清洁能源的企业，都将在华盛顿找到一位盟友。
And any nation that’s willing to join the cause of combating climate change will have an ally in the United States of America. 而任何愿意加入应对气候变化事业的国家，都将在美利坚合众国找到一位盟友。
Thank you. 谢谢大家。