Section 2
I do not need to tell you these statistics. You know them better than I do, but more importantly, you know what will happen if this scourge is left unchecked. You know that climate change is happening faster than even the most pessimistic of scientists warned us decades ago. It's become a runaway freight train bringing with it an impending disaster for all living things.
你們不需要我來援引數據，你們知道的比我清楚，你們心知肚明，如果不加以制止，氣候變化速度之快，甚至超過了數十年前最悲觀的科學家對我們的警告。它已經成為一列可給所有生命帶來災難的失控貨車。
Now, think about the shame that each of us will carry when our children and grandchildren look back and realize that we had the means of stopping this devastation, but simply lacked the political will to do so.Yes, we have achieved the Paris Agreement. More countries have come together here to sign this Agreement today than for any other cause in the history of humankind – and that is a reason for hope – but unfortunately, the evidence shows us that it will not be enough. Our planet cannot be saved unless we leave fossil fuels in the ground where they belong.
現在再來想想，當我們的子孫回首往事，發現我們擁有遏制這一災難的手段，但卻由于缺乏政治意愿而無所作為，那時候我們每個人會是多么羞愧難當。的確，我們通過了《巴黎協定》，匯集于此簽署這項協議的參與國的數量，遠超過人類歷史上其他偉業，這是我們心存希望的原因之一。然而，不幸的是，證據表明，這還遠遠不夠。除非我們把化石燃料留在它們本應沉睡的地方——地下，我們的地球才能夠得救。

詞匯
scourge
災禍，苦難的根源
A scourge is something that causes a lot of trouble or suffering to a group of people.
e.g. Drugs are a scourge that is devastating our society.
impending
即將發生的，迫在眉睫的
An impending event is one that is going to happen very soon.
e.g. impending danger/disaster/war/famine
incinerate
焚燒
become reduced to ashes;
e.g. The cars caught fire on impact and some of the victims were incinerated.
astronomically
天文數字地；巨大地
If you describe an amount, especially the cost of something as astronomical, you are emphasizing that it is very large indeed.
e.g. Houses in Beijing are selling for astronomical prices.