Abantu abasegunyeni baba noloyiko xa ukuthembela kwabantu kumaziko esizwe kuncipha. Ngokufuthi iye yaba ngumanduleli weziphithiphithi eziphawulekayo ekuhlaleni, kwaneziphithiphithi.
Esi sisizathu esibangela ukuba inkulumbuso yase-UK uRishi Sunak ezibhengeziweyo, ebusweni boxinzelelo olukhulayo phezu kwe imicimbi yerhafu kaNadhim Zahawi, usihlalo we-Conservative Party kunye nowayesakuba yiNgqonyela ye-Exchequer, ukuba:
‘Ingqibelelo nokuphendula kubaluleke ngokwenene kum.’
Ngokuqinisekileyo, yayiyingxelo ebuhlungu enikwe ukuba iqela le-Tory liye labandakanyeka kwi-scandals engapheliyo, inkohliso kunye neentlekele kwiminyaka yamuva.
Ngeli xesha, i-BBC, isiseko sexabiso laseBritane - hayi ubuncinci, isikhundla sayo esikhokelayo kwihlabathi njengomboneleli weendaba othembekileyo - iye yangcoliswa ngakumbi ngokutyhilelwa ukuba usihlalo weBBC uRichard Sharp uqhagamshelwe nomphathiswa weendaba. I-£800,000 yemali-mboleko yomntu yenziwe ku-Boris Johnson, owayeyinkulumbuso ngoko.
Kwiiveki ezimbalwa emva kokuba uSharp etyholwa ukuba wanceda uJohnson ukuba aqinisekise isivumelwano sesiqinisekiso semali mboleko, wabhengezwa njengokhetho lukarhulumente lokukhokela iBBC. Cue inzaliseko yamva nje yokuba nokuba uSharp ebengabandakanyekanga ngokuthe ngqo ekucwangciseni imali-mboleko, 'imibono ibalulekile', njengoko igqala leBBC uDavid Dimbleby uxelele Iindaba zeBBC (udliwano-ndlebe, Iindaba ngeshumi, 23 kaJanuwari 2023).
Ngexesha elithile, uSharp wayengumphathi weSunak kwibhanki yotyalo-mali yaseGoldman Sachs. Ngoxa i-PM, uJohnson wadibana no-Sharp zihlandlo ezithandathu – ngaphezu kwaso nasiphi na esinye isigqeba semidiya esingabahleliyo; kanye ngaphezu kukaRupert Murdoch. Kwakhona, ngaphambi kokuba abe nguSihlalo weBBC, uSharp unikele nge-400,000 yeedola kwiqela leTory.
Njengoko i-BBC umbiko kasihlalo wayo:
'UMnu Sharp unembopheleleko yokuxhasa nokukhusela ukuzimela kwe-BBC, kunye nokuqinisekisa ukuba izalisekisa umsebenzi wayo wokwazisa, ukufundisa kunye nokuzonwabisa.'
Akhonto inokubona apha bakhaya.
Kodwa uloyiko phakathi kodidi olulawulayo luyinyani. UPenny Mordaunt, inkokeli yeTory yeCommons, kutshanje uthethe into esondela kuvavanyo oluyinyani lwemeko yelizwe. Kwintetho kwiZiko lenkomfa kaRhulumente eWestminster, yena lumkisa ukuba:
'Abantu abaninzi bacinga ukuba izinto azisebenzi ... kwabo bancinci, inkqubo yonke inokubonakala ngathi ichasene nabo.'
UMordaunt wabanga, njengoko kufuneka, ukuba uSunak uyakuqonda ukubaluleka ‘kokuthenjwa [koluntu] njengemetric’. Kodwa walumkisa ngelithi:
‘Ukuqhubela phambili nempumelelo yobukapitali nedemokhrasi ijinga emngciphekweni.’
La yayingamazwi amangalisayo omphathiswa weKhabhinethi. Yayingumbono onqabileyo wokunyaniseka, nokuba kungenxa yezizathu zokuzingca: ezizezi, ukunika inkohliso yokusabela kwiinkxalabo zabantu ukuze kugcinwe ukubamba amandla. Kwakwinkomfa enye, uLisa Nandy, unobhala “onyukayo” wesithunzi sezaBasebenzi, wathi “amaza esiphithiphithi sezopolitiko” esivakalelwe e-UK ‘yayisisandi sabantu abafuna ukulawula ikamva labo. kuba ukuzithethelela kudala kwadlula' kunye nokwabela uqoqosho amagunya 'yayikuphela kwendlela yokuphuma kwintlekele yesizwe'.
La yayingamagama acikizekileyo. Kodwa umbono wokuba bangaze bajike babe yimigaqo-nkqubo yokwenyani, yenkqubo enzulu etenxa kabukhali kwishishini eliqhutywa yinkampani, eyonakalisa iplanethi yexesha elifutshane ayinakuthenjwa xa uNandy ekwikhabhathi yesithunzi ekhokelwa ngu. isitooji sokusekwa UMhlekazi uKeir Starmer. Yayinguye, emva kwayo yonke loo nto, owayedume kakubi umiwe unyulo lwakhe ‘lobusoshiyali’ abalishumi izibhambathiso xa wayeyinkokeli yezaBasebenzi, esenza okuninzi ukutshabalalisa inkoliseko yoluntu kunye nelifa elashiywa nguJeremy Corbyn, umanduleli wakhe.
Kodwa lindela ngakumbi kwamazwi afanayo okusindisa ubuso ukuba avele njengoko abezopolitiko kunye neenkokheli zoshishino zizama ukubeka uluntu ebusweni bobunzima obukhulu, imfazwe yodidi kunye nokuwohloka kwentlalo. Kakade ke, ngamanye amaxesha intetho yezopolitiko isuka ibe neentloni kwaye ayixoleli kubungqwabalala bayo.
Khumbula ixhego elasinda ekuBulaweni Kwabantu Ngenkohlakalo elaqubisana noNobhala weKhaya u-Suella Braverman kwintlanganiso kawonke-wonke ekuqaleni kwale nyanga. UJoan Salter oneminyaka engama-83 ubudala xelelwe Braverman ukuba ulwimi lwakhe olunentiyo kwabo babalekela intshutshiso ekhaya baneziphumo:
‘Ndingumntwana owasinda ekuBulaweni Kwabantu Ngenkohlakalo. Ngowe-1943, ndanyanzeleka ukuba ndiyishiye indawo endazalelwa kuyo eBelgium ndaza ndanqumla iYurophu edlakazwe yimfazwe nolwandle oluyingozi de ekugqibeleni ndakwazi ukuya eUnited States ngowe-1947.
‘Xa ndisiva nisebenzisa amazwi anxamnye neembacu ezinjengathi “igquba” kunye “nohlaselo”, ndikhunjuzwa ulwimi olusetyenziselwa ukuthomalalisa ubuntu nokuthethelela ukubulawa kwentsapho yam nezigidi zabanye abantu.’
Ngentloni, uNobhala Wezasekhaya waphendula:
‘Andiyi kucela uxolo ngolwimi endilusebenzisileyo ukubonisa ubungakanani bengxaki.’
Impendulo epholileyo kaBraverman yada yamkelwa kukuqhwatywa kwezandla ngabaphulaphuli. Xa ividiyo yolu tshintshiselwano iye yasasazeka, iOfisi yeKhaya ngokwenene Xa ebuzwa ngayo ukuba ithathwe phantsi (ihlala ikhona ngexesha lokubhala).
Kudliwano-ndlebe emva koko, uNksz Salter wagxininisa inqaku lakhe:
"Ndiziva ndinamandla kakhulu ukuba ukuQothulwa kweNkohlakalo kwaphela kwiinkampu zokufa kodwa kwaqala ngamazwi, kunye nabanye abantu bamaYuda, bebabeka ityala ngazo zonke iingxaki zaseJamani, kwaye ndiyoyika ukuba izenzo kunye namazwi kanobhala wethu wasekhaya kakhulu, ziyafana kakhulu.'
Umhlalutyi wezopolitiko u-Umair Haque wachaza ukuba esi siganeko sibonisa 'iBritani ewohlokayo'. Yena ya phawula:
‘Le yimeko yeBritane yanamhlanje. Kulapho isizwe sikhoyo ngokwenene. Urhulumente ubaxelela abasinde kwiHolocaust, ukuba uvuyo nentswahla. Ukuba oko akubandi, andazi ukuba yintoni.’
UHaque uyaqhubeka:
'Akukho mntu ufanele aphathe umntu osindileyo kwi-Holocaust ngokungathi akayazi into abathetha ngayo xa kuziwa ekunyukeni kwe-fascism. Esi siqendu sivuselela i-anti-Semitism. Ukoyika abantu basemzini. Ngaba urhulumente waseBritane wazi ngcono kunabantu abasinde kweyona nyhikityha inkulu kwimbali? Ngokunyanisekileyo? Ngaba ukho umntu onokuyamkela loo nto njengesengqiqweni, enengqondo, okanye enesimilo? Xa ixhoba lokuBulawa Kwabantu Ngenkohlakalo lisithi, ngokuvakalayo, heyi, le nto iqalisa ukundikhumbuza ngento endiyibalekeyo…ingaba ichanekile ngokwenene… ungahoyi… nciphisa… ukukhanya kwegesi… ukwenza idemoni kubo? Ngaba obo asibobungqina bubambekayo bokuba kukho nto ithile yonakeleyo ngendlela emangalisayo eluntwini?’
Ubungqina obuninzi bokuwohloka kwe-'United' Kingdom kungoku nje isigwebo esibi yi-Human Rights Watch (HRW) kwiNgxelo yeHlabathi ye-2023. Urhulumente wase-UK 'wayefuna ngokuphindaphindiweyo ukonakalisa nokujongela phantsi ukukhuselwa kwamalungelo oluntu kwi-2022'. U-Yasmine Ahmed, umlawuli wase-UK kwa-HRW, wathi kulo nyaka uphelileyo:
'Ubone olona hlaselo lubalulekileyo kukhuseleko lwamalungelo abantu e-UK kumashumi eminyaka. Ukusuka kwilungelo lakho lokuqhankqalaza ukuya ekukwazini kwakho ukubamba amaziko ukuba aphendule, amalungelo asisiseko kunye nawazuzwe nzima ayachithwa ngokucwangcisiweyo.
Urhulumente weTory unayo:
‘sazisa imithetho ehlutha amalungelo abantu abafuna indawo yokusabela nabanye abantu abasesichengeni, ikhuthaza ukugxothwa kwabavoti, ukongamela okulinganiselweyo kwenkundla yezenzo zikarhulumente, yaza yabeka imiqathango emitsha kwilungelo lokuqhankqalaza ngoxolo.’
Kodwa kuya kuba kubi ngakumbi:
'Njengoko la malungelo ayehluthwa, i-United Kingdom yabethelwa kakhulu yingxaki yeendleko zokuphila, kunye nokunyuka kwamaxabiso afikelela kwi-11.1 yeepesenti ekupheleni kuka-Okthobha kunye nedatha esemthethweni ebonisa ukuba amakhaya anengeniso ephantsi ngokungafaniyo ayeva impembelelo yokunyuka kwamandla. namaxabiso okutya.'
Ngaphezu koko:
‘Ukwala kukarhulumente ukubuyisela umva ukhuseleko loluntu nqunyulwa eyenziwe ngo-2021, kunye nesibhengezo sikaNovemba 2022 sokuba inkxaso yezokhuseleko loluntu ayiyi kunyuka ukuhlangabezana nokunyuka kwamaxabiso kude kube ngu-Apreli 2023. ukwaphula amalungelo okhuseleko loluntu kunye nomgangatho wokuphila owaneleyo. [ugxininiso lwethu]’
Kukhangelo lwethu lwedatabase yeendaba zeLexis, kubonakala ngathi akukho ngxelo yeHRW kumajelo eendaba esizwe. Ngokuqinisekileyo asifumananga mkhondo wempendulo karhulumente wase-UK kwisigwebo esibi seHRW elizweni.
Owona Msebenzi wezoQoqosho 'Unexabiso' yi-Ecocide
Kodwa owona mba mkhulu urhulumente wase-UK asilele ngokuneentloni ukuwulungisa ngokufanelekileyo yimeko kaxakeka yemozulu. Ukusilela kwayo okuyothusayo ekujonganeni nengxaki yemozulu kubonakaliswa kuko sigqibo kwinyanga ephelileyo ukuvula umgodi wamalahle wokuqala kweli lizwe kwiminyaka engama-30 eCumbria. Isekho eminye imizekelo. Ngelixa i-UK isingathe iNgqungquthela yeMozulu ye-UN COP26 eGlasgow ngo-2021, yagqiba ekubeni ingazibandakanyi umanyano lwamazwe isibhambathiso sokumisa iiprojekthi ezintsha ze-oyile negesi. Ngasekupheleni kwaloo nyaka, kwaba njalo umbiko ukuba urhulumente wase-UK unike ishishini leoli negesi i-13.6 yeebhiliyoni zeerandi kwinkxaso-mali ukusukela oko kwasayinwa isivumelwano semozulu saseParis ngo-2015. amanqanaba angaphambi kwamashishini.)
I-UK isanda kubamba umjikelo omtsha welayisensi yoLwandle lwaseNorth kwiinkampani ze-oyile negesi, ezitsala iibhidi ezili-115. Injongo ecetywayo yile:
'ukunyusa imveliso ye-hydrocarbon yasekhaya njengoko iYurophu izikhulula kumafutha aseRashiya.'
Urhulumente ujonge ukuphuhlisa IRosebank, ekumntla-ntshona weShetland, ekusenokwenzeka ukuba yeyona ndawo iphambili yeoli negesi engekaphuhliswa kuLwandle oluMntla. Kucingelwa ukuba iphindwe kabini ubukhulu be uphuhliso lweCambo olunempikiswano, yaye inokuvelisa imiphanda yeoli ephantse ibe ngama-70,000 XNUMX ngosuku xa ifikelele incopho yayo.
Iqela elihlaza laseScotland lichasa uphuhliso, phawula:
'I-Rosebank yintlekele yemozulu elindele ukwenzeka, sele sidlulile kwinqanaba apho bekufanele ukuba sisuka kude kwi-oyile negesi, ukanti iWestminster iphinda iphinda-phindeka kuyo...Asinakubuqonda ubunakho bethu obuhlaziyekayo ukuba nje sibotshelelwe Urhulumente ongqongqo oxhalabele iingeniso zabahlobo bakhe kushishino lwamafutha aphantsi komhlaba kunokuba kunjalo ngemekobume yethu.'
Yonke le nto yenzeka nangona kukho amaphulo achukumisayo ngombutho wokusingqongileyo - ngakumbi i-Extinction Rebellion, iJust Stop Oil kunye ne-Insulate Britane - ekunyuseni inkxalabo yoluntu malunga nemozulu. UGqr Oscar Berglund, umhlohli kumgaqo-nkqubo wehlabathi jikelele kunye nentlalontle kwiYunivesithi yaseBristol ophanda nge-activism yokutshintsha kwemozulu kunye ne-Extinction Rebellion (XR) wathi:
'Kubalulekile ukukhumbula oko [XR] iphumelele. Uluntu lwaseBhritane luzixhalabise ngakumbi ngotshintsho lwemozulu kunangaphambili, lifuthe elihlala lihleli. Indlela okuthethwa ngayo ngotshintsho lwemozulu eluntwini itshintshile ibe ngcono kwaye kuncinci ukukhanyela ukutshintsha kwemozulu.’
Ngokubanzi, abantu abathathu kwabane ngoku bajonga utshintsho lwemozulu njengesona sisongelo esikhulu, ngokutsho kowama-2022 survey abantu abangaphezu kwama-24,000 kumazwe ali-19 yiPew Research Centre.
A isishwankathelo yemeko yemozulu yehlabathi ngo-2022, elungiswe yiwebhusayithi enegunya Ikhabhoni emfutshane, ityhila ukuba iirekhodi ezininzi ezintsha zenziwe kunyaka ophelileyo. Ezi ziquka:
- Iigesi zeGreenhouse: Ugxininiso lufikelele kumanqanaba arekhodiweyo ekharbon diokside, i-methane kunye ne-nitrous oxide.
- Ubushushu bomphezulu: Yayiphakathi kowona nyaka ushushu wesihlanu kunye nowesithandathu kwirekhodi yobushushu bomhlaba jikelele, phakathi kwe-1.1C kunye ne-1.3C ngaphezulu. pre-mveliso amanqanaba kuzo zonke iiseti zobushushu ezahlukeneyo. Iminyaka esibhozo edlulileyo ibe yeyona minyaka isibhozo ishushu kakhulu ukusukela oko kwaqala iirekhodi phakathi kwiminyaka yoo-1800.
- Ukufudumala phezu komhlaba: Ibingowona nyaka ushushu kwirekhodi kumazwe angama-28 - kuquka iTshayina, iFransi, iJamani, i-Ireland, i-Itali, iNew Zealand, iPortugal, iSpain ne-UK – nakwiindawo ezihlala abantu abazizigidi ezingama-850.
- Isiqulatho sobushushu bolwandle: Yayingowona nyaka ushushu kwirekhodi yobushushu bolwandle, obunyuke kakhulu phakathi kowama-2021 no-2022.
- Imozulu embi kakhulu: ngo-2022 yabona amaza obushushu agqithisileyo eYurophu, eTshayina, eIndiya, ePakistan naseMzantsi Melika, kunye nezikhukula eziyingozi ePakistan, eBrazil, eNtshona Afrika naseMzantsi Afrika.
- Ukunyuka komgangatho wolwandle: Amanqanaba olwandle afikelele kwirekhodi entsha, kunye nokukhawuleza okuphawulekayo kule minyaka ingamashumi amathathu idlulileyo.
Ngo-Epreli ka-2022, iCarbon Brief yapapasha nzulu uhlalutyo ye-1,300 lamanqaku ephepha-ndaba lase-UK malunga nemozulu ukususela ngo-2011. Uphononongo lwabo lubonise ukuba inani lamanqaku omhleli afuna inyathelo elingaphezulu ukulwa nokutshintsha kwemozulu liye laphindeka kane kwisithuba seminyaka emithathu. Oku kubonise ukwanda okubanzi kwiingxelo zeendaba zesi sihloko. Nangona kunjalo, iziphumo eziphambili zophando lwabo azithethi nto malunga nokuba ubungakanani kunye nokungxamiseka kwengxaki yemozulu kuye kwaqwalaselwa ngokufanelekileyo ngamajelo eendaba aseBritane.
Iintatheli uMark Hertsgaard kunye noKyle Pope, abaququzeleli be Ukugubungela iMozulu ngoku, unayo ikhonjwe ngaphandle ukuba, enyanisweni, eendaba isasilela kakhulu ukwazisa ukungxamiseka kobunzima bemozulu:
'Ukwazisa abaphulaphuli ukuba impucuko ihlaselwe ngokoqobo, amajelo eendaba kufuneka adlale ibali lemozulu enkulu kakhulu, eqhuba amabali amaninzi - ngakumbi malunga nendlela utshintsho lwemozulu oluchaphazela ngayo imozulu, uqoqosho, ezopolitiko kunye nezinye iinkalo zobomi - kunye nokuqhuba loo mabali phezulu, hayi ezantsi, kwekhasi lasekhaya okanye usasazo. Iingxelo zeendaba nazo zifanele zithethe ngokucace ngakumbi, zibonisa ukutshintsha kwemozulu njengesisongelo esisemnyango, nesiyingozi.’
Misa nje iOyile Zenziwe imigqaliselo efanayo:
‘Ngo-2023, lixesha lokuba abo basebenza kumajelo eendaba badlulele ngaphaya kokusixelela nje ngamaqondo obushushu aphula irekhodi, izikhukula kunye nembalela. Lixesha lokuba sikhwaze malunga nokuba kutheni kusenzeka oku kwaye kuya kuthetha ntoni kuthi sonke abaphilayo namhlanje. Ukunganyangeki kwabantu kuthetha ukuhlangabezana nezinto esizithandayo, ukwenza ingeniso, kunye nokubandakanyeka kwabo bonke abo bamkela imivuzo kwishishini leoli.’
Ewe kunjalo, enye yeenyaniso ezoyikisayo emva kobunzima bemozulu kukuba iyenzile kudala yaziwa ukuba isijikelezi-langa siya kutshisa ngokuyingozi ngaphandle kwesenzo esinzulu, esiqatha. Ngokwenene, amaxwebhu angaphakathi avuzayo phendla ukuba, ngeminyaka yee-1970, izazinzulu kwingxilimbela yeoli i-Exxon (eyayiyi-Esso ngoko) zaqikelela ngokuchanileyo ukunyuka kobushushu behlabathi.
UGeoffrey Supran kwiYunivesithi yaseHarvard, kunye nabalingane, bahlalutye onke amaxwebhu angaphakathi akhoyo esidlangalaleni kunye nopapasho lophando oludizwe yinkampani phakathi kuka-1977 kunye no-2014.
'Izazinzulu ezigqwesileyo [e-Exxon] zenze imodeli kwaye zaxela kwangaphambili ukufudumala kwehlabathi ngobuchule othusayo kunye nokuchaneka, kuphela ukuba inkampani ichitha amashumi amabini eminyaka ezayo iphika loo nzululwazi yemozulu.'
Ukunganyaniseki kolwaphulo-mthetho kule ndlela kukhokelela ekukholelweni, ngokufa ngobuninzi beentlobo ezininzi zezinto eziphilayo, mhlawumbi uluntu ngokwalo, umphumo onokwenzeka. Ngeli xesha, kulo nyaka uphelileyo, iinkampani zeoyile zazisingise inzuzo phantse i-200 yeebhiliyoni zeerandi.
Njengo-Umair Haque phawula:
‘Obu ayiseyiyo i-capitalism emva kwexesha. Ngoku bubukhapitali benqanaba lokugqibela.’
Waqhubeka wathi:
'Ngoku sikwinqanaba lobungxowankulu apho kanye amaziko anoxanduva lokutshabalalisa ubomi kwiplanethi yomhlaba kunye nokudanga ukutshabalala kwabantu abaninzi - enye yesihlanu kuphela yangaphambili kuyo yonke imbali enzulu, iibhiliyoni zeminyaka - enza irekhodi , ingeniso yokunkcenkceshela ngamehlo. Ngamanye amazwi, ngoku sikwinqanaba lobungxowankulu apho owona msebenzi “uxabiseke kakhulu” kuqoqosho...ecocide.’
Usoqoqosho kunye nowayesakuba ngusopolitiki uYanis Varoufakis, othe warhoxa kwisikhundla sakhe njengomphathiswa wezemali waseGrisi ngo-2015, ukubeka ngokucacileyo kwentsha uthotho lwamaxwebhu:
'Nokuba sihamba ngaphaya kongxowankulu - okanye siyafa.'
Yothando, Ithemba kunye noMmangaliso
Njengoko senzile ngaphambili phawula, uninzi lwezazinzulu ngemozulu – kuqukwa nabantu abaphezulu, abebelumkile ngaphambili – bavakalisa uloyiko lwabo ngeetoni eziya zisiba buhlungu. Kodwa isenokuba incinci kakhulu, ishiywe lixesha.
Usosayensi wemozulu wase-US uRose Abramoff usanda kugxothwa kwiLebhu yeSizwe yase-Oak Ridge emva kokubongoza oosonzululwazi ukuba bathathe inyathelo malunga nokutshintsha kwemozulu. Yena wabhala kwiNew York Times:
“Kwintlanganiso ye-American Geophysical Union ngoDisemba, ngaphambi nje kokuba izithethi zithathe iqonga leseshoni yodliwano-ndlebe, mna nogxa wam usosayensi wemozulu uPeter Kalmus satyhila isibhengezo esifundeka ngolu hlobo “Ngaphandle kwelabhu ukuya ezitratweni.” Kwimizuzwana embalwa ngaphambi kokuba ibhanile ikrazulwe ezandleni zethu, sibongoze oogxa bethu ukuba basebenzise amandla abo njengezazinzulu ukuvusa uluntu ukuba lufikelele kwiplanethi efayo.
UAbramoff wongeza:
‘Uluntu lwezenzululwazi luzamile ukubhala iingxelo ezifanelekileyo kumashumi eminyaka, kungekho nciphiso yokukhutshwa kwerhasi yegreenhouse evela kumafutha efosili ukubonisa oko. Lixesha lokuba uzame into entsha. Kufuneka sisebenzele ukutshintsha inkcubeko yamaziko ethu, sinyaniseke malunga nemilinganiselo yethu, sithethelele ubulungisa bemozulu kunye nokulinga. Imifuniselo emikhulu ityhala kwimida yolwazi kunye nokufaneleka. Ziyingozi, ziguquguquka, ziyanyelisa. Kodwa xa besebenza, ihlabathi liyatshintsha.’
Inyathelo elinye elincinane kodwa elibalulekileyo kukuthintela iinkampani zamafutha efosili ekufuneni abafundi ngeenkonzo zeyunivesithi. Oku kukubakho impumelelo e-UK, kunye neeyunivesithi ezintathu ezingaphezulu ngoku ukujoyina ukuvalwa. IYunivesithi yaseLondon yoBugcisa, iYunivesithi yaseBedfordshire, kunye neYunivesithi yaseWrexham Glyndwr ilandele umzekelo owenziwe nguBirkbeck, iYunivesithi yaseLondon, eyayingowokuqala ukwamkela umgaqo-nkqubo wenkonzo yemisebenzi ye-fossil-free ngoSeptemba odluleyo.
Iqela elikhokelwa ngabafundi, iPeople & Planet, elisebenza kwiidyunivesithi ezininzi, lathi iidyunivesithi 'beziphakamisa ezona nkampani zinoxanduva lokutshabalalisa umhlaba', ngelixa ingxaki yemozulu 'yayingumba ochazayo wobomi babafundi abaninzi' .
Uqhanqalazo lwemozulu luqhuba lonke kumhlaba jikelele. EJamani, idolophana yaseLützerath iye yahluthwa abahlali bayo ukuze benze indlela ye-Garzweiler coalmine. Amapolisa athe atyalwa ngokuchasene nabaqhankqalazi abazama ukunqanda okanye ukucutha ukwanda komgodi.
Iividiyo zibonise amapolisa efumana waxinga eludakeni ngelixa ezama ukukhupha abaqhankqalazi. Emva kwee-antics zeMonty Pythonesque, nangona kunjalo, kwakukho umyalezo onzulu ichazwe nguJust Stop Oli:
‘Nika amapolisa imisebenzi yobudenge kwaye aza kukhangeleka ezizidenge — kwaye ukuzama ukunyanzela amakhulu abaqhankqalazi abasuka kwilali, ukuze nje atshatyalaliswe ngumgodi wamalahle bubudenge.
'Kodwa abezopolitiko abatyhala ngaphezulu kwe-fossil fuel babi ngaphezu kobudenge. Batshabalalisa uhlanga.’
Yintoni ekhuthaza aba baqhankqalazi bemozulu banesibindi, rhoqo wagculela ngemithombo yeendaba 'eziqhelekileyo' njenge 'elahlekileyo', 'ukuzingca', 'i-naïve' okanye imbi ngakumbi? U-Louise Harris ngumdlali we-Just Stop Oil oneminyaka engama-24 ubudala oye wakhwela i-gantry ku-M25 ngoNovemba ophelileyo. Ngelixa elapho, wenza isibongozo sothando sokuba urhulumente athathe amanyathelo kwimozulu yokuzonwabisa oko kwabonwa ngokubanzi. Emva kokuba ebanjiwe, wachitha iintsuku ezisibhozo entolongweni.
Yena wabhala kutshanje:
“Bendichukumisekile kule vidiyo, kuba ukuphulukana nobomi bam ezandleni zorhulumente wam, kuyandikhathaza. Ukuqonda ukuba ndisenokungaphili kwiminyaka engama-40 ubudala, ngenxa yokuba kusenokuba akukho kutya okanye amanzi aneleyo, kuyandichukumisa. Ukuqonda ukuba abantwana abazalwa namhlanje banokukhulela kwihlabathi elizaliswe yimfazwe nongquzulwano - kungekhona amatyathanga amnandi, ukuhleka, kunye nemidlalo - kuyimvakalelo kum.
UHarris wongeza wathi:
‘Ndaqalisa ukuphololoza, ngento endiyibonayo ngoku njengentlungu.’
Kwingcambu, inkuthazo yentshukumo yakhe yemozulu luthando ebantwini, ubomi kunye neplanethi:
‘Kuba xa uziva uthandwa, uzibeka emngciphekweni. Xa usiva uthando, uyalwa. Xa usiva uthando, ubeka yonke into onayo emgceni - ukuyigcina.’
Lo ngumyalezo onamandla kwaye esifanele siwukhumbule xa sihlaselwa ziinyaniso ezinzima malunga nemeko yesijikelezi-langa sethu. Umbhali waseOstreliya kunye nomhlalutyi wezopolitiko uCaitlin Johnstone ujongane nalo mxholo kwi isiqwenga samva nje:
'Ndihlala ndisiva intetho malunga nokudandatheka ukufunda inyaniso malunga noko kwenzekayo ngokwenene kuluntu lwethu nakwihlabathi lethu ... Ndihlala ndicelwa iingcebiso malunga nendlela yokuqhubeka xa yonke into ibonakala ibuhlungu.
Uthe:
'Ndihlala ndithetha into malunga nokubaluleka komsebenzi wangaphakathi, ukuphilisa i-traumas yakudala kunye nokucoca iingcamango ezininzi eziphazamisa indlela esibona ngayo inyaniso. Kwaye kwinqanaba elithile yinyaniso; umsebenzi onjalo ukunika isiseko soxolo lwangaphakathi onokusebenza kuso kunye nokucaca kwembono eyenza kube lula ngakumbi ukuyibona kwi-bullshit.’
Emva koko uJohnstone wongeza:
‘Kodwa xa ndicamngca ndicinga ukuba ukulingana xa ndiqhubana neenyaniso ezingqwabalala nako kuvela kwisiseko esilula ngakumbi: sokuba kusoloko kukho ithemba, nokuba kusoloko kukho ummangaliso.’
Njengoko uJohnstone waphawulayo, asinakutsho qi niseka ukuba izinto ziya kuhamba njani. Asinakuqiniseka ngaloo nto nto sinokusombulula okanye silungise ingxaki esikuyo.
Isazinzulu ngemozulu uBill McGuire inikezela imbono ebalulekileyo ngokubaluleka kokunganikezeli:
'Ukusilela kwenkqubo yeCop ukuthintela ukufika kweemeko zeHothouse Earth akuthethi ukuba kuphelile, ukuba idabi lilahlekile. Kude noko. Ngaphezulu nangaphaya kwe-1.5C, nganye kunye nokunyuka kwe-0.1C kwi-avareji yobushushu behlabathi esinokuyinqanda iba yinto ebalulekileyo; yonke itoni yekharbon diokside okanye imethane esinokuyinqanda ukuba ikhutshwe iba luloyiso olubalulekileyo. Ukwazi ukuba umhlaba esiwushiyela abantwana bethu kunye nabantwana babo ngokuqinisekileyo uya kuba mfiliba, kufuneka sikhuthazeke ukuba senze konke okusemandleni ethu ukuqinisekisa ukuba asihlukumezi sigqithise isiphawuli se-2C, sivumele ukufudumala kwehlabathi ukuba kuqhubeke kude kube. imo yezulu ayinakuphetshwa.'
Ngoko ke, kusoloko kukho isizathu sokuqhubeka; ukuzama ukwenza izinto zibe mbi ngakumbi kunokuba beziya kuba njalo. Okwangoku, kukho uthando kunye nethemba kunye nokumangalisa kubuhle kunye nomlingo wabantu kunye nehlabathi elisingqongileyo.
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