wake up to something
phrasal verb with wake verb [ I or T ] uk/weɪk/ us/weɪk/ woke or waked | woken or waked (also wake up)
开始意识到（问题）
to start to understand that a situation or problem exists
Governments are finally waking up to the fact that the environment should be cleaned up. 各国政府终于开始意识到应该整治环境这个事实。