Inqaku elibalulekileyo likaBill McKibben kubo bonke abaphilayo kwiingxaki zoluntu lwangoku kwaye banomdla ekugcinweni koluntu kunye nendalo yendalo:
"Nakubantu baseMelika, beqinisekile ngokomgaqo-siseko ukuba kuya kuhlala kukho isenzo sesibini, kunye nesesithathu, kunye ne-do-over emva koko, kwaye, ukuba kuyimfuneko, inguquko encinci yoluntu kunye nokuxolelwa kunye ne-Brand New Start - nakuthi, ihlabathi lijonge iTerminal encinci ngoku.
Ayiloqoqosho kuphela. Sikhe sadlula kwi-swoons ngaphambili. Yila gesi ekwi-$4 igaloni ithetha ukuba siyaphela, ubuncinci izinto ezitshiphu eyakha uluntu lwethu olwandayo. Kukuba xa sizama ukuguqula umbona ube yigesi, ithumele ixabiso lelofu yesonka linyuke linyuke lize liqalise udushe lokutya kumazwekazi amathathu. Kukuba yonke into idityaniswe ngokungenakuhluzwa kunye. Yiloo nto, ngequbuliso, ezo zimbi Iqela leRoma Iintlobo ezathi, kudala phaya ngoo-1970s, ziqhubeleka kwaye ziqhubeka malunga "nemida yokukhula" ngequbuliso zibonakale… kunene.
Ngequbuliso akusekho kusasa eMelika, kurhatyela kwiplanethi enguMhlaba.
Kukho inani - inani elitsha - elenza le ngongoma ibe namandla kakhulu. Isenokuba lelona nani libalulekileyo ngoku eMhlabeni: 350. Njengenxalenye kwisigidi (ppm) sekharbon diokside kwiatmosfera.
Kwiiveki ezimbalwa ezidlulileyo, ingcali yethu yemozulu ephambili, uJim Hansen weNASA, ungenise iphepha kuye inzululwazi kunye nababhali abaliqela. Isishwankathelo esincanyathiselwe kuyo sixoxiwe - kwaye andizange ndifunde ulwimi olunamandla kwi iphepha lezenzululwazi - "ukuba uluntu lunqwenela ukugcina iplanethi efana naleyo impucuko yaphuhliswa kuyo kwaye ubomi emhlabeni bulungelelaniswe, ubungqina be-paleoclimate kunye nokutshintsha kwemozulu okuqhubekayo kubonisa ukuba i-CO2 iya kufuneka icuthwe ukusuka kwi-385 ppm yayo yangoku ukuya kwi-350 ppm eninzi."UHansen ukhankanya iindawo ezintandathu ezingenakujikwa - ukunyuka komphakamo wolwandle kunye notshintsho olukhulu kwiipateni zemvula, phakathi kwazo - ukuba siyakudlula ukuba asibuyi kubuya kwi-350 kungekudala; kwaye eyokuqala kubo, kugwetywa ngokugeza kwehlobo elidlulileyo. Ukunyibilika komkhenkce weArctic, kusenokwenzeka ukuba sele kusemva kwethu.
Ngoko luxilongo olunzima. Kufana nogqirha ekuxelela ukuba i-cholesterol yakho iphezulu kakhulu kwaye, ukuba awuyithothisi kwangoko, uya kuba ne-stroke. Ke uthatha ipilisi, ufungela itshizi, kwaye, ukuba unethamsanqa, ubuyela kwindawo yokhuseleko phambi kwe-coronary. Kufana nokubukela umda we-tachometer kwindawo ebomvu kwaye uyazi ukuba kufuneka uthabathe unyawo lwakho kwigesi ngaphambi kokuba uve loo nto i-clunk ngaphambili.
Kule meko, nangona kunjalo, kubi kakhulu kunoko kuba asithathi pilisi kwaye sinyathela igesi - nzima. Endaweni yokucotha, sigalela amalahle, ngokoqobo. Kwiiveki ezimbini ezidlulileyo wafika Iindaba ukuba i-atmospheric carbon dioxide yatsiba iinxalenye ezi-2.4 kwisigidi kunyaka ophelileyo - kumashumi amabini eminyaka eyadlulayo, yayinyuka ngokulambathayo.
Kwaye ngequbuliso, kufika iindaba zokuba isixa se-methane, enye igesi ye-greenhouse enamandla, eqokelelana kwiatmosfera, ngokungalindelekanga sele iqalisile ukuntinga nayo. Kuyabonakala ukuba, sikwazile ukufudumeza umntla kude ngokwaneleyo ukuba siqalise ukunyibilikisa amabala amakhulu e-permafrost kunye nezixa ezikhulu zemethane ezivaleleke ngaphantsi kwawo sele ziqalisile ukugqabhuka.
Kwaye ungalibali: i-China yakha amaziko ombane amaninzi; IIndiya inguvulindlela $2,500 imoto, kwaye abantu baseMelika baguqukela kwi MaTV Ubungakanani befestile zomoya ezifunxa ijusi ngokukhawuleza.
Nantsi into. UHansen akazange avele athethe loo nto, ukuba asenzanga nto, kukho ingxaki ezayo; okanye, ukuba besingekayazi eyona nto isilungeleyo, ngokuqinisekileyo besingangcono singaphantsi kwe-350 ppm yecarbon dioxide emoyeni. Ibinzana lakhe lalisithi: "... ukuba sinqwenela ukugcina iplanethi efana naleyo yaphuhla kuyo impucuko." Iplanethi enamabhiliyoni abantu abahlala kufutshane nonxweme olunogutyulo. Iplanethi enamahlathi asengozini ngakumbi. (Ibhungane, elikhuthazwa ngamaqondo obushushu ashushu, sele likhona ephethwe ukubulala imithi ngokuphindwe kali-10 kunalo naluphi na uhlaselo lwangaphambili olunqumla kwimimandla esemantla eKhanada kulo nyaka. Oku kuthetha ukuba ngaphezulu kwekhabhoni ibhekisa kumoya ojikeleze umhlaba kwaye ngokucacileyo iyayitshabalalisa imizamo yaseCanada yokuthobela iProtocol yaseKyoto, esele ithandabuza ngenxa yesigqibo sayo sokuqala ukuvelisa ioyile yase-US evela kwisanti yetar yase-Alberta.)
Sithi abakhaba ukufudumala; ngoku, iplanethi iqala ukuthatha umsebenzi. Yinyibilikise wonke laa mkhenkce we-Arctic, umzekelo, kwaye ngequbuliso ikhaka elihle elimhlophe elibonise i-80% yemitha yelanga engenayo ibuyele esithubeni iye yajika yangamanzi aluhlaza afunxa ama-80% obushushu belanga. Iimpendulo ezinjalo zingaphaya kwembali, nangona kungekhona ngengqiqo yoko UFrancis Fukuyama wayecinga.
Kwaye, eyona nto ingcono, sineminyaka embalwa yokuyijikeleza-ukubuyisela umva indlela. Nantsi Isazinzulu saseIndiya kunye nosoqoqosho uRajendra Pachauri, owamkela iBhaso leNobel egameni lePhaneli yoRhulumente weZizwe eziManyeneyo malunga noTshintsho lweMozulu kunyaka ophelileyo (kwaye, ngendlela, wafumana umsebenzi wakhe xa ulawulo lwaseBush, ngokuyalela kwe-Exxon Mobil, lunyanzelise owamanduleli wakhe. ): "Ukuba akukho manyathelo phambi kuka-2012, oko kusemva kwexesha. Into esiyenzayo kwiminyaka emibini ukuya kwemithathu ezayo iya kugqiba ikamva lethu. Lo ngumzuzu ocacileyo."
Kwiminyaka emibini okanye emithathu ezayo, izizwe zehlabathi zifanele ukuba zithethathethana ngesivumelwano esilandela Isivumelwano saseKyoto. Xa uDisemba ka-2009 ejikeleza, iintloko zamazwe kufuneka zihlangane e-Copenhagen ukuze zisayine isivumelwano - isivumelwano esiya kuqalisa ukusebenza ngomzuzu wokugqibela wokuthobela owona mthetho usisiseko kunye obalulekileyo kwimida ye-CO2 ye-atmospheric.
Ukuba senze yonke into ngokufanelekileyo, utsho uHansen, sinokubona ukukhutshwa kwekhabhoni kuqala ukuhla ngokukhawuleza kwaye iilwandle ziqala ukutsala enye yaloo CO2 iphuma emoyeni. Phambi kokuba inkulungwane iphele sinokuba sisendleleni ebuyela kwi-350 yeka kufutshane nje kwezinye zezo ndawo zokunika incam, njengeMbaleki yeNdlela inkxwala ukumisa emphethweni wengxondorha.
Ngokungakumbi, nangona kunjalo, singamaCoyote - kuba "ukwenza yonke into ngokufanelekileyo" kuthetha ukuba iinkqubo zezopolitiko kwihlabathi liphela kuya kufuneka zithathe amanyathelo amakhulu kwaye abuhlungu kwangoko. Kuthetha ukuba akusayi kubakho matshini amatsha asebenza ngamalahle Naphi na, kwaye uceba ukuvala ngokukhawuleza ezo sele zisebenza. (Amaziko ombane asebenza ngamalahle asebenza ngendlela ebefanele ukuba asebenze ngayo, ngokwemiqathango yokufudumala kwehlabathi, ayingozi njengezixhobo zenyukliya ezinyibilikayo.) Kuthetha ukwenza imizi-mveliso yeemoto ivelise imixube esebenzayo kulo nyaka uzayo, kanye ngale ndlela siyenze ukuba iphume ngayo. Amatanki kwiinyanga ezintandathu ekuqaleni kweMfazwe Yehlabathi II. Kuthetha ukwenza uloliwe abe ngumba ophambili ngokupheleleyo kunye neenqwelomoya zibe ngummiselo.
Kuthetha ukwenza zonke izigqibo ngobulumko kuba sinexesha elincinane kunye nemali encinane, ubuncinane ngokuphathelele umsebenzi esiwenzayo. Kwaye okona kubaluleke kakhulu, kuthetha ukuba amazwe atyebileyo ehlabathi abelana ngobutyebi kunye nobugcisa ngokukhululekileyo nawona ahlwempuzekileyo, ukuze akwazi ukuphuhlisa ubomi obundilisekileyo ngaphandle kokutshisa amalahle awo aphantsi.
Njalo nokwenzeka - siqalise i-Marshall Plan kanye, kwaye sinokuphinda siyenze, ngeli xesha ngokumalunga nekhabhoni. Kodwa kwinyanga xa uMongameli ethe, waphinda wasibongoza ukuba sombe kwi-Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, oko kubonakala kungenakwenzeka. Ngenyanga apho ibinzana elinomtsalane elithi "iholide yerhafu yegesi" liye ladanisa kwisigama sethu, kunzima ukulibona (nangona kwakukhuthaza ukubona ukuba i-gambit kaClinton ayizange ibangele abavoti abaninzi). Kwaye ukuba kunzima ukucinga idini apha, khawufane ucinge ngeTshayina, apho abantu bavelisa ikota yekhabhoni eninzi njengoko sisenza.
Nangona kunjalo, okoko kungenakwenzeka, sinomsebenzi wokuzama. Enyanisweni, imalunga nowona msebenzi ucacileyo abakhe bajongana nawo.
Abambalwa bethu baqalise iphulo elitsha, 350.org. Injongo yayo kuphela kukusasaza eli nani kwihlabathi liphela kwiinyanga ezili-18 ezizayo, ngokusebenzisa ubugcisa kunye nomculo kunye nama-ruckuses azo zonke iintlobo, ngethemba lokuba iya kutyhala ezo ngxoxo zasemva kwe-Kyoto kwicala lenyani.
Ngapha koko, ezo ntetho lithuba lethu lokugqibela; awukwazi ukwenza le glowubhu enye ngexesha. Kwaye ukuba oku 350.org Iphulo kukupasa kukaHail Mary, ke, ngamanye amaxesha abo bapasayo bayabanjwa.
Sinento enye esilungiselela yona: Esi sixhobo sitsha, iWebhu ethi, ubuncinci, ikuvumela ukuba ucinge into efana nomzamo wehlabathi jikelele. Ukuba i-Intanethi yayakhelwe nantoni na, yayakhelwe ukwabelana ngale nombolo, ukwenza abantu baqonde ukuba "350" imele uhlobo lokhuseleko, uhlobo olunokwenzeka, uhlobo lwekamva.
Amazwi kaHansen akhethwe kakuhle: "iplanethi efana naleyo impucuko yavela kuyo." Ngokungathandabuzekiyo abantu baya kusinda kwisijikelezi-langa esingesiso sama-350, kodwa abo bakwenzayo oko baya kuxakeka kakhulu, behlangabezana nemiphumo engapheliyo ebingalindelekanga yesi sijikelezi-langa esishushu ngokugqithisileyo, kangangokuba impucuko isenokungabi nayo.
Impucuko yinto ekhulela kwimida yolonwabo kunye nokhuseleko olunikezelwa lubudlelwane obusebenzayo kunye nehlabathi lendalo. Lomda awuzubakho, noko hayi ixesha elide, kweli cala lika 350. Ngumda esijongene nawo.
UBill McKibben sisifundiswa-kwindawo yokuhlala kwiKholeji yaseMiddlebury kunye nomseki we 350.org. Incwadi yakhe yamva nje ithi Umfundi oYilwayo uMcKibben."
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