Se non agiremo…agirò!

La scorsa settimana si è tenuto il discorso del Presidente degli Stati Uniti sullo stato dell’Unione. Obama ha parlato anche di cambiamenti climatici e di azioni da pianificare e da inserire nella strategia di uscita dalla crisi globale. Riportiamo di seguito il cuore del discorso sulla tematica climatica.

But for the sake of our children and our future, we must do more to combat climate change. Now, it’s true that no single event makes a trend. But the fact is the 12 hottest years on record have all come in the last 15. Heat waves, droughts, wildfires, floods — all are now more frequent and more intense. We can choose to believe that Superstorm Sandy, and the most severe drought in decades, and the worst wildfires some states have ever seen were all just a freak coincidence. Or we can choose to believe in the overwhelming judgment of science — and act before it’s too late.

Now, the good news is we can make meaningful progress on this issue while driving strong economic growth. I urge this Congress to get together, pursue a bipartisan, market-based solution to climate change, like the one John McCain and Joe Lieberman worked on together a few years ago. But if Congress won’t act soon to protect future generations, I will. I will direct my Cabinet to come up with executive actions we can take, now and in the future, to reduce pollution, prepare our communities for the consequences of climate change, and speed the transition to more sustainable sources of energy.

Four years ago, other countries dominated the clean energy market and the jobs that came with it. And we’ve begun to change that. Last year, wind energy added nearly half of all new power capacity in America. So let’s generate even more. Solar energy gets cheaper by the year — let’s drive down costs even further. As long as countries like China keep going all in on clean energy, so must we.

Sul sito della Casa Bianca è possibile trovare sia il testo integrale che il video.

Gli osservatori potranno criticare i contenuti, ma le tesi di Obama sono supportate dalla consapevolezza dell’esistenza di problemi complessi che richiedono una visione strategica e l’adozione di una cultura scientifica all’interno del percorso decisionale