Izishoshovu zabafundi zingene ehholo elinomlando e-Swarthmore College, i-alma mater ye-United Nations Climate chief, befuna inyuvesi inqamule ubudlelwane bayo nezimbawula.
Ukuhlala ngaphakathi ekolishi lezobuciko e-liberal ePennsylvania kwethula igagasi elisha lemibhikisho yabakhankasi bokuhlukaniswa kwesikhungo kulo lonke elase-US ezophetha ngokufundisa ngesitayela esidala. eHarvard ngomhlaka-13 Ephreli.
Abafundi abangaba ngu-37 nabafundi abayisithupha bangene ehhovisi lezezimali nokutshalwa kwezimali kule nyuvesi ngabo-9 ekuseni ngoLwesine.
โSesingenile,โ kusho uStephen O'Hanlon, umfundi wesayensi yezombangazwe. Uthe abafundi bahlele ukuhlala kuze kube abaphathi bamanyuvesi bavumelana ngokubuyela ezingxoxweni ngohlelo lokwehlukana. โOkwamanje asinazo izinhlelo zokushiya,โ usho kanje.
I-Swarthmore, eyasungulwa amaQuaker, yasiza ukwethulwa kwenhlangano yokuhlukanisa ikhempasi, manje esebenza emakhulwini amanyuvesi eNyakatho Melika, eYurophu nase-Australia.
UChristiana Figueres, oyisikhulu se-UN sezulu, wathweswa iziqu ngo-1979. isekela ukuhlukaniswa.
"Kuthumela uphawu ezinkampanini, ikakhulukazi izinkampani zamalahle, ukuthi iminyaka 'yokushisa into oyithandayo, uma uthanda' ayikwazi ukuqhubeka," kusho umkhulumeli.
Cishe izingxenye ezimbili kwezintathu zabafundi base-Swarthmore abayi-1,500 basayine incwadi yezikhalazo ngoDisemba odlule becela inyuvesi ukuthi iphume ekugcinweni kwamalahle, uwoyela negesi. I Umkhankaso we-Swarthmore Mountain Justice ifuna kumiswe ngokushesha ukutshalwa kwezimali kukaphethiloli omusha, okulandelwa ukuhoxiswa okuhleliwe phakathi neminyaka emihlanu. Inxusa inyuvesi ukuthi itshale u-1% wemali enikezwe amandla avuselelekayo.
Cishe ubuhlakani be-100 kanye nama-alumni angaba ngu-1,000 nabo bayaweseka umkhankaso wokukhipha imali, okwenza lo kube omunye wemikhankaso emikhulu emlandweni ka-Swarthmore, kusho izishoshovu.
โSicabanga ukuthi ukungqubuzana phakathi kwezindinganiso zamaQuaker e-Swarthmore kanye nokucekelwa phansi okukhiqizwa imboni kaphethiloli wezimbiwa ezimbiwa phansi akunakulungiseka,โ kusho uSara Blazevic, othweswa iziqu kulo nyaka embhalweni wokuqhathanisa. "Kukhona ukukhetha phambi kwebhodi ukuthi ume ngakwesokunene somlando nokuma nesizukulwane sethu."
Abakhankasi nabaphathi bamanyuvesi babambe imihlangano engaphezu kwama-30 mayelana nokuhlukaniswa kwemali phakathi neminyaka emine edlule. Kodwa lezo zingxoxo zimile ngoFebhuwari ngemuva kokuthi inyuvesi ibambe ingxoxo yezinsuku ezimbili mayelana nokuguquguquka kwesimo sezulu.
Inyuvesi ithe ukuphikisana kwayo nokuchithwa kwemali akushintshile.
โNgo-2013, kulandela iminyaka emibili yokufunda nokuhlaziya ikolishi lakhetha ukungasuki kumafutha ensalela phakathi kwephothifoliyo yalo yokutshala imali futhi lesi sinqumo sisalokhu singashintshile kusukela ngaleso sikhathi,โ uGregory Brown, iphini likamongameli wezezimali nokuphatha.
Ngaleso sikhathi inyuvesi yachitha ukwehlukana njengesenzo esingokomfanekiso, futhi yaxwayisa ngokuthi ukwehlukana kuzohlukanisa u-$10m (ยฃ6.7m) kuye ku-$15m emalini etholwa yi-Swarthmore's $1.6bn endowment, iningi layo elisetshenziselwa imifundaze.
Abafundi bayayichitha le mpikiswano, besho ukwehla kwentengo kawoyela kwakamuva kanye nokungaqiniseki mayelana nokutshalwa kwezimali kuphethiloli.
โIkomidi lokutshalwa kwezimali liyakuphika ukuba khona kwe- i-carbon bubble kanye nezimangalo ezingamanga zokuthi abekho abaphathi abasebenzayo abangalandela isu lokutshala imali elingenazinsalela ngempumelelo. Siyazi ukuthi lokhu akulungile,โ kusho uGuido Girgenti, ongumfundi wesayensi yezepolitiki obezothweswa iziqu kulo nyaka. "Ibhamuza lekhabhoni libeka engcupheni enkulu yezezimali esiphiwe sethu."
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