Mu 1940, pamene magulu ankhondo a chipani cha Nazi ankadutsa ku Ulaya, pulezidenti wa United Automobile Workers Union (UAW) Walter Reuther anapereka lingaliro lodabwitsa: Retool the Depression-depression-depression-depression industry kuti amange ndege 500 pachaka pofuna chitetezo cha dziko. Ambiri ananyodola. Koma kusonkhezera kwakukulu panthaลตi yankhondo kunachititsa mamiliyoni ambiri a anthu osagwira ntchito ndi osalembedwa ntchito yocheperapo kuti agwire ntchito yopanga zimene nkhondoyo inkafuna, kwinaku atsekereza kupanga zinthu zowononga ndi zosafunikira zomwe zingachepetse.
May uno, mlingo wa carbon dioxide mumlengalenga wa dziko lapansi inafikira magawo 400 pa miliyoni (ppm) kwa nthawi yoyamba mโmbiri ya anthu.
Kuwotcha kwamafuta opangira zinthu zakale kwadzetsa kuchuluka kwa mpweya wa carbon ndi kutentha kwina kopitilira 40% kuyambira kusintha kwa mafakitale. Mpweya unali ndi mpweya woterewu zaka mamiliyoni atatu zapitazo. Nโzosadabwitsa kuti dziko lapansi linali lotentha kwambiri, madzi oundana anali aangโono kwambiri, ndipo madzi a mโnyanja anali okwera kuposa mamita 60.
Kodi izi zikutanthauza chiyani kwa ogwira ntchito aku America ndi atsogoleri a mabungwe aku America? Ngati tipitiriza kuthira mpweya wowonjezera kutentha umene umayambitsa kutentha kwa dziko mumlengalenga momwe tilili panopa, tidzadutsa mulingo wa 450 ppm mโzaka makumi angapo. Ogwira ntchito ku America ndi malo antchito adzawonongedwa pamodzi ndi anthu athu onse komanso dziko lonse lapansi.
Titha kuona kale chiyambi cha chiwonongeko chimenecho. Kampani yayikulu ya inshuwaransi ya Munich Re, yomwe yasonkhanitsa nkhokwe zapadziko lonse lapansi za masoka achilengedwe, kumaliza kuti padziko lonse, โChigumula chaลตirikiza kuลตirikiza katatu chiyambire 1980, ndipo masoka achilengedwe a mphepo yamkuntho aลตirikiza kuลตirikiza kaลตiri, ndi kutayika kwakukulu kwa mphepo zamkuntho za ku Atlantic. Kukwera kumeneku kungafotokozedwe ndi kutentha kwa dziko.โ
Madzi osefukira, moto, chilala, ndi mvula yamkuntho zokhudzana ndi kusintha kwa nyengo zimawononga osati thanzi komanso chilengedwe, komanso chuma cha US. Superstorm Sandy yokha inawononga pafupifupi $80 biliyoni. The chilala chomwe chinakhudza 80 peresenti ya minda ya US chilimwe chatha anawononga gawo limodzi mwa magawo anayi a mbewu za chimanga ku US, anaimitsidwa mayendedwe pa mtsinje Mississippi, anakweza chakudya ndi mphamvu mitengo m'dziko lonselo, ndipo anawononga osachepera $20 biliyoni chuma.
Kodi zonsezi zikukhudzana bwanji ndi ntchito? Taganizirani za Sandy. Malinga ndi a Mark Zandi, Chief Economist of Moodyโs Analyticโs: โSuperstorm Sandy inawononga kwambiri msika wa ntchito mu November, kuchotseratu ntchito pafupifupi 86,000 pa malipiro.โ Ntchito zotani? "Mafakitale opanga, ogulitsa, opumira komanso ochereza alendo, komanso mafakitale othandizira kwakanthawi adakhudzidwa kwambiri ndi mkunthowu."
Koma kodi kutayika kwa ntchito koteroko sikungokhala kwakanthaลตi? Taganizirani za mphepo yamkuntho yotchedwa Katrina. Mu 2004 dera la New Orleans linali ndi ntchito 671,000. Katrina anawononga 129,000 a iwo - pafupifupi makumi awiri pa zana. Mu 2011, derali linali ndi ntchito zochepera 90,000 poyerekeza ndi usiku wa Katrina.
Chiwopsezo chachuma chakusintha kwanyengo sichitha ku mphepo yamkuntho. Kutentha kumawonjezera mtengo wamagetsi ndikuyambitsa chilala, zomwe zimapha mbewu ndikuwonjezera mitengo yazakudya. Madzi osefukira awononga nyumba, mabizinesi, ndi zomangamanga. Mabizinesi otsekedwa ndi ndalama zomwe zatayika zikuyimira kuwonongeka kwachuma komwe sikungabwezedwe. Kuwonongeka kwa thanzi la nyengo yoopsa monga mafunde a kutentha ndi kusefukira kwa madzi sikumangovulaza anthu koma kumayimira mtengo wachuma chonse.
Zotsatirazi zidzakhudza mabungwe ndi ogwira ntchito m'gawo lililonse lazachuma. M'magulu a anthu, mwachitsanzo, maboma am'deralo ndi maboma akupeza kale ndalama zawo zowonongeka ndi ndalama zomwe zimagwirizanitsidwa ndi moto wolusa, kusefukira kwa madzi, chilala, ndi kukwera kwa nyanja. Mu chisamaliro chaumoyo, zida zidzakhetsedwa kuti zithetse zotsatira zatsopano za mafunde a kutentha ndi ma vectors atsopano a matenda. Madoko ndi ma eyapoti adzawonongedwa ndi kukwera kwa madzi a m'nyanja ndi kusefukira kwa madzi chifukwa cha mvula yamkuntho. Ulimi udzapwetekedwa m'madera ena ndi chilala, kwina ndi kusefukira kwa madzi, pamene zotsatira zovuta za kusintha kwa nyengo zimasewera.
Mphepete mwa 400 ppm ndi chenjezo lenileni la chiwopsezo chamtsogolo monga kuphwanya kwa Nazi kumalire a mayiko ku Ulaya mu 1940. Ndipo tikusowa kusonkhanitsa kwakukulu kuti tithane nazo. Imapereka atsogoleri amgwirizano ndi mwayi wotenga tsamba kuchokera m'buku la Walter Reuther ndikupereka yankho lochititsa chidwi pakusintha kwanyengo komwe kungasinthenso mwayi wotsegulira antchito aku America.
Nthawi zambiri amaiwala kuti mu 1940 US inali mkati mwa mkangano waukulu momwe ambiri adakana zenizeni za chiwopsezo cha Nazi ndipo adalimbikitsa kuti US ingoyimilira kutali ndi moto womwe ukubwera padziko lonse lapansi. Oikira kumbuyo Hitler anatsimikizira Amereka kuti magulu ankhondo a Nazi akutali sanali chiwopsezo kwa iwo. Koma anthu ena aku America anali tcheru ku chiwopsezocho - ndipo adalimbikitsa njira yokonzanso chuma chathu kuti chikwaniritse.
Masiku ano, tifunika kusiya kumvetsera zosokoneza zamakampani opangira mafuta opangira mafuta omwe amawononga mamiliyoni a madola kutikakamiza kuti tisachite mantha chifukwa cha kutentha kwa dziko. Tiyenera kuchepetsa mwachangu komanso mwamphamvu kugwiritsa ntchito mafuta oyambira pansi ndikuyimitsa liwiro mpaka 450 ppm kapena kupitilira apo. M'malo mwake timafunikira kulimbikitsana konsekonse kuti tithetse kuwononga mphamvu ndikusintha mafuta oyambira ndi mphamvu zoteteza nyengo - kuti tiyambe kuyenda ulendo wautali kubwerera ku 350 ppm malire asayansi a nyengo akuti ndi otetezeka.
Yakwana nthawi yoti antchito atsogolerenso.
Joe Uehlein ndi Purezidenti Woyambitsa ndi Executive Director wa Labor Network for Sustainability, mlembi wakale-msungichuma wa AFL-CIO's Industrial Union department, komanso director wakale wa AFL-CIO Center for Strategic Campaigns.
Jeremy Brecher ndi woyambitsa mnzake wa Labor Network For Sustainability komanso wolemba mbiri ya Labor Strike! yomwe idzawonekere m'kope losinthidwa mu 2014.
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