Njengoba iTexas neLouisiana bebhekana nezinkinga imbubhiso eyenziwe ngeSiphepho uHarvey kanye neSiphepho u-Irma iyaqhubeka nokucekela phansi iziqhingi zaseCaribbean endleleni eya e-United States, abaningi babuza umbuzo ofanelekayo: Ubani okufanele akhokhele umonakalo?
Ngokusho kwe-โuphawu lomhlabaโ funda eshicilelwe emaphephandabeni Ukushintsha Kwesimo Sezulu ngoLwesine, impendulo icacile: Amafutha Amakhulu.
โSiyazi ukuthi izindleko zazo zombili lezi ziphepho zizoba zinkulu nokuthi ukushintsha kwesimo sezulu kuzobe kuzenze zaba zinkulu kakhulu kunalokho ebezingaba njalo,โ kubhala uPeter Frumhoff noMyles Allen, ababhali ababili ababambisene nalolu cwaningo. Ucezu Okwe Guardian.
Ucwaningo luphinde lubonise, bayaqaphela, ukuthi izinkampani ezinkulu zikawoyela zibe nomthelela ngokulinganayo ekukhuphukeni kwamazinga olwandle kanye namazinga aphezulu e-carbon dioxide emkhathini ngenkathi ekhohlisa umphakathi mayelana nezindleko zezinqubo zabo zebhizinisi.
"Okumangalisayo ukuthi, cishe amaphesenti angama-30 okuphakama kwezinga lolwandle emhlabeni wonke phakathi kuka-1880 no-2010 abangelwa ukukhishwa kwegesi okulandelwa kubakhiqizi bekhabhoni abakhulu abangama-90," ucwaningo lwabo lwathola. โNgaphezu kwamaphesenti ayisithupha okukhuphuka kwezinga lolwandle emhlabeni wonke kubangelwe yisisi esikhishwa umkhondo I-ExxonMobil, i-Chevron, ne-BP, abanikeli abathathu abakhulu kakhulu.โ
Ucwaningo futhi okutholiwe ukuthi โabakhiqizi bekhabhoni abakhulu abangu-90 baba nesandla cishe ngamaphesenti angu-57 okwenyuka kwesikhutha esisemkhathini, cishe amaphesenti angu-50 okwenyuka kwezinga lokushisa elivamile emhlabeni wonke.โ
UMay Boeve, umqondisi omkhulu we-350.org, waphikisana esitatimendeni ngoLwesine ukuthi okutholwe yilolu cwaningo kukhombisa ukuthi ngenxa yegalelo labo ekuguquguqukeni kwesimo sezulu, abangcolisi abakhulu yibona abadale izimo zezulu ezimbi ezidala umonakalo emhlabeni wonke njengamanje.
"Kufanele siqambe lezi ziphepho nge-Exxon ne-Chevron, hhayi i-Harvey ne-Irma," kubhala u-Boeve.
Nokho, naphezu kweqhaza lazo elikhulu ekudaleni izimo ezabangela iziphepho ezinzima nezishube njengeHarvey ne-Irma, izinkampani ezinkulu zikawoyela azizinikele kangako emizamweni yokululama.
โKungase kuthathe amashumi kuya emakhulwini wezigidigidi zamaRandi ukuze kusekelwe usizo lwezinhlekelele kanye nokululama phakathi kwemiphakathi yaseGulf Coast ehlaselwe yiSiphepho iHarvey. I-ExxonMobil, i-Chevron ne-BP zibophezele ngokuhlanganyela kuphela $ 2.75 million,โ inothi likaFrumhoff no-Allen.
Ngenxa yokuthi lezi zinkampani azikaze ziboshwe, nokho, umphakathiโimiphakathi ehola kancane kanye nencane ikakhulukazi-uphoqeleka ukuba athathe izindleko.
"Ngokuqhubeka neqhaza elikhulu ekulimazeni, abakhiqizi bekhabhoni abakhulu sebenamashumi eminyaka bazi futhi bephikelela ngokusobala ukwephula isimiso se-bedrock: ungalimazi," kubhala u-Shue. โSesifikile isikhathi sokuthi abakhiqizi abakhulu bekhabhoni babhekane neqiniso lemikhiqizo engaphephile abaphikelela ngayo ekukhangiseni kanye nomhlaba ophephile abangalekelela ukuwenza. Ngaphandle kwalokho, bazifaka engozini yokuphenduka izitha zabantu.โ
UBoeve we-350.org uvumile, ebhala: โUkushintsha kwesimo sezulu akuyona nje inkinga, kuyicala. Sekuyisikhathi sokuthi siziphendulele izigebengu.โ
โAbakhokhi bentela, ikakhulukazi labo abahlala ezindaweni ezingasogwini ezisengozini, akufanele babhekane nezindleko eziphakeme zezinqumo zalezi zinkampani zokungabi nasibopho bebodwa,โ kuphetha uFrumhoff.
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