(Oku kwakusekuqaleni kwiBrandeis Hoot, elinye lamaphephandaba abafundi. Ngesizathu esithile basusa yonke imithombo kwinqaku lam.)
Ukuphila kunyaka ka-2010 kukuthwala umthwalo omkhulu. Sizalwe, ngenxa yokungabi nampazamo yethu, kwixesha lembali elixhatshazwa yimiphumo yangaphandle yeenkulungwane ezimbini zophuhliso lwezoshishino. Izinto esizithathayo kweli shumi leminyaka zinokugqiba ngekamva lezilwanyana zethu kunye nesijikelezi-langa esihlala kuso kuyo yonke imbali.
Ukutshintsha kwemozulu ngokuqinisekileyo kuphakathi kwezona ngozi zinkulu eluntwini ngoku. Akunjalo nje ngenxa yokukhawuleza kwesoyikiso, kodwa kunye nobubanzi bempembelelo yayo ngokukodwa phakathi kwabantu abasengozini kakhulu emhlabeni. Ngokophononongo olwenziwa ngabasebenzi boMkhosi abakwinqanaba eliphezulu lase-US, utshintsho lwemozulu luya โkwandisa iingxakiโ "zokutya, amanzi, indawo yokuhlala kunye nozinzo" ngakumbi kwezona ndawo zingazinzanga nezihlwempuzekileyo zehlabathi. Uzinzo lwehlabathi luya kuncipha njengoko "ukuveliswa kokutya kuncipha, izifo zisanda, amanzi acocekileyo aya enqaba ngakumbi, kwaye abantu bayafuduka bekhangela izixhobo." Uphononongo luphawula ukuba "utshintsho lwemozulu lunamandla okudala iintlekele zendalo kunye nezoluntu kwinqanaba elingaphezulu kwalawo sibona namhlanje." Kwanamazwe atyebileyo akuMntla wehlabathi "anokufumana ukwanda kwabaphambukeli kunye neembacu njengoko isonyuka sikhula kwaye imveliso yokutya iyancipha" kumazantsi wehlabathi (1).
Kwaye xa ihlabathi lalinethemba lesicwangciso sokunciphisa olona tshintsho lwemozulu lubi kakhulu kwinkomfa yaseCopenhagen kulo nyaka uphelileyo, urhulumente wethu wasikhaba ngamandla nasiphi na isivumelwano esibophelelayo esekwe kwisayensi. Endaweni yoko ibonelele ngokunciphisa ukukhutshwa kwe-minuscule emissions ye-3% ngaphantsi kwamanqanaba e-1990 ngo-2020, nangaphantsi kweethagethi zeProtocol yaseKyoto (eqinisekileyo asiyivumanga) (2). Ithagethi yokunciphisa izinto ezikhutshwayo ezisekelwe kwiinjongo ze-350 ppm ye-CO2 kwaye ngaphantsi kwe-2 ยฐ C ukunyuka kweqondo lokushisa, into efunekayo ukunciphisa iziphumo ezimbi kakhulu zokutshintsha kwemozulu, kuya kufuna i-US ukunciphisa ukukhutshwa kwe-25-40% ngaphantsi kwamanqanaba e-1990 ngo-2020 (3). Urhulumente wethu uqhubela ihlabathi ngesantya esipheleleyo kwiziphumo ezibi kakhulu zokutshintsha kwemozulu: ukungazinzi kwehlabathi, ukufuduka kwabantu abaninzi, ukwanda kwamathuba kunye nobuzaza beentlekele zendalo, ukuncipha kwemveliso yokutya kunye nokwanda kobuntlango kumazantsi ehlabathi. Ewe kunjalo, kufuneka sikhumbule ukuba asiyonto yasemzini etshabalalisa ihlabathi, sithi. Mna nawe sixhasa urhulumente wethu ukuba aqhubele phambili nemigaqo-nkqubo yakhe etshabalalisayo, kwaye siyayixhasa loo migaqo-nkqubo ngokungakhathali nokungakhathali.
Ngombulelo, thina eMassachusetts sikwisikhundla esikhethekileyo sempembelelo. Siphakathi kwawona mazwe anenkqubela phambili kweli lizwe, ingakumbi kumba wokutshintsha kwemozulu. Ngokusekwe kuvoto lwakutsha nje, ama-80% abahlali baseMassachusetts bayaqonda ukuba umhlaba uyafudumala ngenxa yezinto ezenziwa ngabantu kwaye kuya kubakho iziphumo ezibi kakhulu okanye ezimandundu kwihlabathi. I-75% yabahlali baseMassachusetts bakholelwa ukuba urhulumente kufuneka anciphise iigesi ze-greenhouse ezivela kumaqumrhu ngoku, kunye ne-85% yenkxaso enika ikhefu lerhafu kwiinkampani ukuvelisa amandla ahlaziyekayo acocekileyo (4).
Kwaye kulapho ungena khona. Kulo nyaka uphelileyo bendisebenza kunye nemanyano karhulumente ngokubanzi yabafundi, abezenkolo, kunye namaqela okusingqongileyo ukutyhala i-100% yombane ococekileyo eMassachusetts ngo-2020. siyaqonda ukuba urhulumente wethu ukwimeko eyodwa yokuchaphazela umgaqo-nkqubo wase-US malunga nokunciphisa ukukhutshwa kwezinto ezikhutshwayo. Ngokusebenza kwinqanaba likarhulumente kunye nokufuna isisombululo esisekelwe kwisayensi ye-350 ppm ye-CO2 kwaye ngaphantsi kwe-2 ยฐ C ukunyuka kweqondo lokushisa, siya kukhokelela amanye amazwe kunye norhulumente wobumbano ukuba benze okufanayo. IPhulo lobuNkokeli sele lineenguquko kwilizwe liphela, njengoko i-Energy Action Coalition, imbumba ephambili yentshukumo yemozulu e-US, isandula kwamkela injongo yethu yombane ococekileyo we-100% ngowama-2020.
Kufuneka sakhe intshukumo enamandla esekwe ngobuninzi ukwenzela ikamva elinobulungisa nelizinzileyo, namhlanje. Izenzo zabantu abafana nawe kunye nam ziya kugqiba ikamva lezigidi kwihlabathi liphela.
Joyina iPhulo lobuNkokheli! Sibamba iintlanganiso noSEA rhoqo ngooLwezithathu ngentsimbi yesithoba ebusuku eRidgewood A commons.
Ndwendwela iLeadershipCampaign.org ngolwazi olungakumbi.
(1) http://securityandclimate.cna.org/
(2) http://www.unep.org/climatepledges/Default.aspx?pid=26
(3) http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2007/dec/10/climatechange.usnews
(4) http://woods.stanford.edu/research/state-surveys.html
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