Sala kakuhle uCameron uMthetheleli, molo uCameron uMtshabalalisi. Ixhotyiswe lunyulo lweveki ephelileyo, inkulumbuso iyazi ukuba ingabaleka nantoni na. Abavoti basilele ukumohlwaya ngokuzama ukudiliza i-NHS kunye nokukrazula isithembiso sakhe sokukhusela iinkonzo zangaphambili. Yintoni angenakuyenza ngoku?
Injongo yakhe elandelayo kukusingqongileyo. Kwiiveki ezimbini ezilandelayo - mhlawumbi ngoMvulo we-16 - ikhabhinethi iya kuthatha isigqibo malunga nokuba ilahle okanye ayiyikulahla ukuzinikela kwayo ekuthinteleni utshintsho lwemozulu olubalekayo.
Xa uMthetho woTshintsho lweMozulu we-2008 wawuxoxwa, zombini i-Conservatives kunye ne-Liberal Democrats yabiza ukuba iqiniswe. UDavid Cameron uthe iinjongo zayo zokusika i-carbon kufuneka zibekwe kungekhona ngabapolitiki kodwa liqela leengcali: ngoku ebizwa ngokuba yiKomiti yoTshintsho lweMozulu. Ngo-2006 wagxininisa ukuba eli qumrhu kufuneka "limisele kwaye linyanzelise ezi thagethi, zingagcini nje ngokuzibeka esweni njengoko uRhulumente ecebisa."(1) Uluhlu lwexesha lokunciphisa iigesi ze-greenhouse, wathi, kufuneka "lungabi nokuphazamiseka kwezopolitiko". Isizathu, wachaza kwelinye inqaku, yayikukuthintela oorhulumente ekubekeni "ingqwalasela yonyulo yexesha elifutshane ngaphezu kwezilangazelelo zexesha elide zelizwe kunye neplanethi."(2)
Lo mthetho wapasiswa kodwa โ ukuphoxeka kukaCameron โ uvumele urhulumente ukuba aphelise uhlahlo lwabiwo-mali lwekhabhoni lweminyaka emihlanu olucetywa yikomiti. Ithe, nangona kunjalo, yamisela usukelo olubophelelayo ngokusemthethweni: i-80% inqunyulwe ngo-2050 (3). Oorhulumente banokuzinciphisa izibophelelo zabo kuphela ngokuzilahla kwabo baza kungena ezihlangwini zabo. I-80% ekujoliswe kuyo yawela ngaphaya koko u-Liberal Democrat uChris Huhne, ngoku unobhala welizwe lamandla kunye nokutshintsha kwemozulu, wayefuna. Kwinqaku le-Guardian ngo-2007, wabhengeza ukuba ii-Liberal Democrats "azifuni ngaphantsi kwe-zero-carbon yaseBritani ngo-2050."4)
Ngoku, njengoko i-Friends of the Earth ibonile, imanyano inokuba sele iza kuzikrazula izibophelelo zayo. UNondyebo, iSebe lezoThutho kunye neSebe lezoShishino (eliqhutywa yiLibDem Vince Cable) bebephembelela ngaphakathi kurhulumente ukuba ajike ingcebiso yekomiti yokuba, ukuhlala kugxininiso, ikhabhoni kufuneka icuthwe ngama-60% ngo-2030. Kuninzi kakhulu eGeorge. Isithembiso sika-Osborne ngo-2009 sokuba โphantsi korhulumente weConservative, uNondyebo akasayi kuphinda abe yi-cuckoo kwindlwane yaseWhitehall xa kuziwa kutshintsho lwemozulu.โ(5)
Amanye amasebe, kuquka nekaHuhne, ebezama ukukhusela ekujoliswe kuko. Esi sigqibo sele silibaziseke amatyeli amaninzi: ngoku kubonakala ngathi ungquzulwano luza kuqhubeka kwindibano yekomiti yemicimbi yezoqoqosho kwikhabhinethi ngoMvulo ozayo. Ukuba i-Osborne kunye neCable bayaphumelela, oku kuya kuba kokokuqala ukuba iithagethi zemozulu zaliwe. Ingamisela umzekelo oyintlekele: amaqela alawulayo namhlanje awanakukwazi ukubamba oorhulumente bexesha elizayo ukuba baphendule ukuba nabo bayayiyeka ishedyuli ityibilike.
Abahlobo boMhlaba bathi ukuba uNondyebo kunye nesebe lezoshishino bayaphumelela, uChris Huhne kufuneka arhoxe. Ukuqhubeka phantsi kwezo meko bekuya kuthetha ukuphulukana nayo yonke intembeko. Eyona njongo yesebe lakhe, kunye nomsebenzi wakhe kurhulumente, kukunyanzelisa umthetho.
Kodwa esi sisiqalo nje sohlaselo lwendibaniselwano kwindalo esingqongileyo. I-Red Tape Challenge karhulumente iveza โ ephepheni ubuncinane โ esona sisoyikiso sibanzi kukhuseleko lokusingqongileyo ukusukela kwiMithetho eNgqunyiweyo. Ngequbuliso ibuza ukuba ingaba umthetho wendalo esingqongileyo - ewe, wonke - kufuneka "uchithwe ngokupheleleyo"(6). Okudweliswe njengokuxoxisanayo ngawo wonke uMthetho woTshintsho lweMozulu, izenzo zomoya ococekileyo, imithetho elawula imichiza etshabalalisa i-ozone, uMthetho woCwangciso lweDolophu kunye neLizwe, uMthetho weLizwe kunye noMthetho wamaLungelo eNdlela, imithetho yokuseka iipaki zelizwe (kwaye ke iipaki ngokwazo) , imithetho yokunyanzeliswa kokusetyenziswa kwamandla, ukulawula inkunkuma eyingozi, ukuthintela inkunkuma kunye nokungcoliswa kwezinja: yonke imimiselo, emikhulu kunye nencinci, esikhuselayo ekunyolukeni nasekuzicingeni kwabanye abantu.
Linyathelo elimangalisayo, elimangalisayo, kwaye uqhanqalazo oluncinci oluluvelisileyo lungqina indlela elinxile ngayo eli lizwe, njengoko urhulumente ecofa lonke ukhuseleko ookhokho bethu basebenze nzima ukuze baphumelele, yonke into esikhuselayo kwimarike engalawulekiyo. Inqaku loMngeni weRed Tape ayikokuchitha wonke lo mthetho, kodwa kukushukumisa iibholithi zikhululeke. Urhulumente ukwinkqubo yokumisela kwakhona imida yezopolitiko, ukuze izindululo ezicaphukisayo azenzayo kwixesha elizayo zibonakale zingaqhelekanga. Ibhentshi yeTory front yenziwe ngabantu abakrelekrele kakhulu, abantu ababalayo. Bayazi kanye ukuba abaxhasi babo kudidi lweshishini balindele ntoni kubo, kunye nento ekufuneka beyenzile ukusithambisa kuhlaselo olulandelayo.
Abayi kuba bangayazi indlela umoya ovuthuza ngayo ngaphambili kungquzulwano lwendalo yaseBritane. Imimandla apho amaziko amakhulu ombane ahlaziyekayo kufuneka afakelwe akwimvukelo yezopolitiko egcweleyo. Umsindo awujoliswanga kangako kwiiinjini zomoya njengakwiziseko ezingundoqo ezinxulumeneyo. Apha eMontgomeryshire, umzekelo, iiinjini zomoya ziyahlula uluntu; iintambo zamandla kunye nezitishi ezisezantsi ziyayidibanisa: ngokoyikeka kunye nokucaphuka. Ekupheleni kuka-Epreli, abantu abangama-2000 (inani elimangalisayo kulo mmandla omncinci) bahlanganisana ukuza kuphulaphula iLungu lePalamente eliTory, uGlyn Davies, begxeka izicwangciso zangoku (7). Kwiiveki ezimbini kamva, iiTories zaphumelela isihlalo seNdibano yaseWelsh ngojingi olukhulu. Ndisandula ukubuya kwi-Highlands yaseScottish, apho uphuculo lwe-Beauly-Denny intambo yamandla ivuselela ukusabela okufanayo.
Izigqibo ezithathu zibonakala zicacile. Ngaphandle kokuba iintambo zombane ezintsha zingcwatyiwe, inkqubo yohlaziyo iya kuzinza: iintambo ezingaphantsi komhlaba kufuneka zibe yimfuno eqinileyo eluhlaza, nangona ziya kongeza kakhulu kwiindleko. Nangona kunjalo, ngoku kucacile ukuba kukho umda ukuba angakanani amandla ahlaziyekayo anokubekwa phambi kokuba abethe intaba yenkcaso yoluntu. Esi sesinye sezizathu zokuba kutheni kufuneka siqale sithathele ingqalelo ezinye iindlela zokuphelisa ikhabhoni ubonelelo lombane: ngakumbi ubugcisa obutsha benyukliya obufana ne-thorium, ii-reactors ezikhawulezayo ezidityanisiweyo okanye ii-reactors ezihamba ngamaza. De thina kumbutho wendalo esingqongileyo sithathe isigqibo malunga nokuba siza kuzisombulula njani ezi ngxabano, urhulumente ufuna ukuhlala phantsi asibukele sizikrazula, njengoko imbonakalo yelizwe isiya ngqo kwikhabhoni. Abaphathiswa bethu abagxekayo bayazi ukuba zimbalwa iivoti ezimele zilahleke, kwaye zininzi ezinokuzuzwa, ngokushiya ezi zicwangciso.
Eli lixesha eliyingozi, apho uhlaza lunokuzifumana lula ukoyiswa ngurhulumente ongenanceba. I-Cameron sisimbonakaliso senkcubeko elawulayo ekhuselweyo kuloyiko kunye nethamsanqa labo ibalawulayo, eshumayela uxanduva kodwa iqhelisele kancinane njengoko inokuthi ibaleke, eya kuncothula nawuphi na umthi osikhuselayo kumsinga wenkampani. โOyena rhulumente uluhlaza wakhaโ ubonisa esona sisongelo kwindalo esingqongileyo. Siza kwenza ntoni ngayo?
Iingxelo:
2. http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/climate-change-what-mps-thinkโa-to-c-424376.html
3. http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2008/27/part/1
4. http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2007/aug/30/wemeangreen
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