Mu mzimu wa chaka chatsopano ndi Congress yatsopano, 2019 ikhoza kukhala mwayi wathu komanso wotsiriza wochotsa sitimayo kutali ndi mapulaneti a mapasa a zinyama ndi zachiwawa, ndikukonza njira yopita ku dziko la 21st.
Dera la December likudandaula za bungwe la UN Climate panel: Ngati dziko silingagwirizane ndi zaka zotsatila za 12 pa mlingo wa mwezi, komanso kuti zitha kusintha mphamvu zathu zamagetsi kuchokera ku zamoyo zakuda, nyukiliya, mafakitale ogulitsa mafakitale kumalo omwe amadziwika kale pogwiritsa ntchito dzuwa, mphepo, hydro, mphamvu zamadzimadzi ndi mphamvu, tidzasakaza moyo wonse padziko lapansi monga momwe tikudziwira. Funso la existential ndiloti osankhidwa athu, omwe ali ndi mphamvu, adzakhala mosasamala pamene dziko lapansili likumana ndi moto wowononga, kusefukira kwa madzi, chilala, ndi nyanja zomwe zikukwera kapena adzatenga nthawiyi ndikuchitapo kanthu monga momwe tachitira United States inathetsa ukapolo, inapatsa akazi voti, inathetsa kuvutika kwakukulu, ndi kuthetsa tsankho.
Anthu ena a Congress akuwonetsa kale mbiri yawo yakale pochirikiza Green New Deal. Izi sizidzangoyamba kubwezeretsa kuwonongeka kumene tapereka kunyumba kwathu, koma izo zingapangitse ntchito zambirimbiri zomwe sizingathe kutumizidwa kunja kwa mayiko ochepa.
โEnvironmentalists need to contest the Pentagonโs staggering global footprint. The US military is the worldโs largest institutional consumer of fossil fuels and the largest source of greenhouse gasses, contributing about 5 percent of global warming emissions.โ
Even those congresspeople who want to seriously address the climate crisis, however, fail to grapple with the simultaneous crisis of militarism. The war on terror unleashed in the wake of the 911 terrorist attack has led to almost two decades of unchecked militarism. We are spending more money on our military than at any time in history. Endless wars in Afghanistan, Iraq, Yemen, Syria and elsewhere are still raging, costing us trillions of dollars and creating humanitarian disasters. Old treaties to control nuclear arms are unraveling at the same time that conflicts with the major powers of Russia and China are heating up.
Kodi kuli kuti kuitanirana kwa mtendere wamtendere watsopano umene ukanatha kumasula mabiliyoni mazana ochuluka kuchokera ku bajeti yowonjezereka ya usilikali kuti agwire ntchito zowonongeka? Kodi kuli kuti kuyitanira kuti kutseka mtundu wochuluka wa dziko lathu pazombo za nkhondo za 800 kunja kwa dziko lapansi, zigawo zomwe ziri zofunikira za nkhondo yachiwiri ya padziko lonse ndipo ziri zopanda phindu pa zolinga za usilikali? Kodi kuli kuti kulimbikitsidwa kotani pokonzekera kuopsa komwe kulipo zida za nyukiliya?
Pogwirizana ndi zochitika zotsutsana ndi zida za nyukiliya zapitazo, sichikudziwika kuti sichigwirizana ndi mgwirizano wa UN womwe unangosinthidwa, wolembedwa ndi mayiko a 122, kuletsa ndi kuletsa zida za nyukiliya monga momwe dziko lapansi lachitira zida zamagetsi ndi zachilengedwe. Bungwe la US Congress siliyenera kulamulira ndalama za madola 1 trillion kwa zida zatsopano za nyukiliya, kugwadira olemba malipiro omwe amalimbana ndi Russia ndi mayiko ena okhala ndi zida za nyukiliya kuti awononge anthu athu komanso dziko lonse lapansi. M'malo mwake, Congress iyenera kutsogolera kuthandizira mgwirizanowu ndi kulimbikitsa pakati pa zida zina za nyukiliya.
Ogwira ntchito zachilengedwe akuyenera kutsutsana ndi zochitika zazikuluzikulu za Pentagon padziko lonse lapansi. Asitikali aku US ndiomwe amagwiritsa ntchito mafuta ochulukirapo padziko lonse lapansi komanso gwero lalikulu kwambiri la mpweya wowonjezera kutentha, zomwe zimapereka pafupifupi 5% ya mpweya wotentha. Pafupifupi malo 900 mwa EPA a 1,300 Superfund amasiya malo ankhondo, malo opangira zida zankhondo kapena malo oyesera zida. Malo omwe kale anali zida zanyukiliya ku Hanford m'boma la Washington mokha adzawononga ndalama zoposa $ 100 biliyoni kuti ayeretse.
If climate change is not addressed rapidly by a Green New Deal, global militarism will ramp up in response to increases in climate refugees and civil destabilization, which will feed climate change and seal a vicious cycle fed by the twin evils militarism and climate disruption. Thatโs why a New Peace Deal and a Green New Deal should go hand in hand. We cannot afford to waste our time, resources and intellectual capital on weapons and war when climate change is barreling down on all of humankind. If the nuclear weapons donโt destroy us than the pressing urgency of catastrophic climate will.
Moving from an economic system that relies on fossil fuels and violence would enable us to make a just transition to a clean, green, life-supporting energy economy. This would be the quickest and most positive way to deal a death knell to the military-industrial complex that President Eisenhower warned about so many years ago.
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