Ephephandabeni labafundi i-SUNY Cortland, I-Dragon Chronicle: (Ishicilelwe ngo-12/10/09 edition)
Ohlelweni lwangoDisemba 3 lwe- Dragon Chronicle, uMat Taormino wabhala isihloko sombono esathi ngokungazi ukushintsha kwesimo sezulu, noma “ukufudumala kwembulunga yonke,” njengoba uTaormino akubeka, “kuyinkohliso.” Njengoba ngizibandakanye kakhulu nesihloko kusukela ekuqaleni komsebenzi wami wasekolishi, futhi ngingumuntu okhathalela isimo sezulu nobulungiswa bezenhlalo, ngizizwa ngibophekile ukuphendula esihlokweni sikaTaormino.
Ngaphambi kokudlulela esihlokweni sakhe, kubalulekile ukuphawula ukuthi kusukela ngoDisemba 7 ingqungquthela yamazwe ngamazwe enkulu kunazo zonke futhi ebaluleke kunazo zonke emayelana nokushintsha kwesimo sezulu ibanjelwa eCopenhagen, eDenmark amasonto amabili emzamweni wokusungula imihlahlandlela yamazwe ngamazwe ukulwa nekusasa kanye nesimo esikhona ngaleso sikhathi. ushintsho seluqalile kakade ukuthatha, okubangele inkinga enkulu yokudla namanzi ezindaweni eziningi zomhlaba.
Entwasahlobo ka-2008, ngafunda phesheya eNdiya, lapho ngapakisha khona ujosaka futhi amanzi amhlophe ageleza kuzo zonke izintaba zaseHimalaya. I-Himalaya inohlelo lweqhwa lwesithathu ngobukhulu emhlabeni, futhi iwumthombo oyinhloko wamanzi ahlanzekile kubantu abangaphezu kwesigidigidi eNdiya nasemazweni angomakhelwane. Njengoba i-GB Pant Institute of Himalayan Environment and Development (PIHED) ibonisa, ngenxa yokuthi lesi simiso sezinguzunga zeqhwa ezintaba, “izwela kakhulu ekushintsheni kwezinga lokushisa futhi izingxenye zayo ezihlukahlukene ziyakwazi ukuqaphela ukushintsha kwesimo sezulu.” Baqhubeka bebonisa indlela lesi simiso seqhwa, esinikeza amanzi emifuleni emikhulu kakhulu emhlabeni (i-Indus, iBrahmaputra, neGanges), esivumela amakhulu ezigidi zabantu ukuba bathole amanzi okuphuza nawokunisela, esiye “sincibilika ngokushesha ngaphansi kwesimo sezulu samanje. izimo.” Inhlangano yesayensi ehlonishwa kakhulu emhlabeni mayelana nokuguquguquka kwesimo sezulu kanye nomnqobi weNobel Peace Prize ka-2007, i-UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), nayo ibike ngokuwohloka okusheshayo kwezinguzunga zeqhwa zase-Himalaya kanye nemiphumela yako elimazayo. Ngokwami, ngibone i-Milam Glacier, encibilika cishe ngamamitha ayi-13 ngonyaka, futhi ngafunda ngemiphumela yayo esheshayo emizaneni, imindeni, kanye nama-NGO kulo lonke elaseMilam Valley. Njengoba i-PIHED ikwenza kucace, “ikusasa lezinguzunga zeqhwa kuleli khulu leminyaka liyoxhomeka esimweni, kungakhathaliseki ukuthi isimo sezulu siyasimama noma siyaqhubeka nokufudumala maduze nje.” Ngeshwa, lona umphumela owodwa nje iNdiya nabanye abantu abaningi emhlabeni ababhekana nawo ngenxa yokushintsha kwesimo sezulu.
I-athikili kaTaormino igxile kuma-imeyili aputshuziwe avela ku-Climatic Research Unit yaseNyuvesi yase-East Anglia eBrithani abengumphumela wokugebenga okungekho emthethweni, futhi angafakazi lutho. Ama-imeyili, ngokusho kukaTaormino kanye nabagxeki bokuguquguquka kwesimo sezulu, kuthiwa akhombisa ukuthi kungenzeka ukuthi ososayensi abambalwa balolonge idatha ethile, yize kungekho bufakazi obusemthethweni balokhu, futhi kungenzeka ukuthi okuqukethwe kwama-imeyili kukhishwe ngaphandle komongo. Njengephephandaba elikhulu laseBrithani, The Guardian.
UTaormino uyaqhubeka ezama ukuphikisa ngokuthi “othile onamandla kakhulu ufuna sihlale sikholelwa ukuthi ukufudumala kwembulunga yonke kuyindaba yangempela, futhi lokhu ngokusobala kungenxa yesizathu esisodwa esihle: imali.” Njengoba noma ubani obambe iqhaza kulolu daba azi, ukuguquka kwesimo sezulu akuyona nje “indaba yangempela,” kodwa, empeleni, kunezinkampani ezinkulu (“imali”) nezintshisakalo zezombangazwe ezenza okuphambene kakhulu nalokhu uTaormino aphikisayo. Lezi zintshisekelo zizama ukumisa nokugudluza izixazululo zokuguquguquka kwesimo sezulu ngokuphikisana nokunciphisa ukungcola, okubangela inqwaba yezinye izinkinga, kanye nokwengeza iziphakamiso ezifanele izinkampani kwinkulumo-mpikiswano. Eqinisweni, isifinyezo sezithakazelo zemali enkulu, i-US Chamber of Commerce, ngokuvamile ikhulume inkulumo efana ne-Taormino. Uma u-Taormino noma omunye umuntu efuna uhlobo lwethiyori yozungu, ungase ufune ukubuza mayelana nokukhululwa kwama-imeyili agqekeziwe ngaphambi nje kokuba ingqungquthela ebaluleke kakhulu yokushintsha kwesimo sezulu emlandweni iqale eCopenhagen.
Ngingathanda ukuthi wonke umuntu acabange uTaormino, okwesikhashana, etshela amakhulu ezigidi zabantu abazwa imiphumela yokuqala yokushintsha kwesimo sezulu eNdiya nakwezinye izindawo ezifundeni ezisathuthuka zomhlaba ezibhekene nobunzima obukhulayo besomiso, ukugawulwa kwamahlathi, kanye nokuphazamiseka amanzi nokudla, njengoba esho ekupheleni kwesihloko sakhe, “lokhu akusafanele kusikhathaze ngoba ukufudumala kwembulunga ngempela kwakuwukucabangela okungamanga.”
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