Zokhudzana ndi Nyanja za Kusintha kwa Nyengo pa Chitetezo cha Anthu ndi Dziko

Wolemba Robin Peach, Executive Director wa Collaborative Institute for Oceans, Climate and Security ku McCormack Graduate School ku UMass Boston.

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Zambiri zomwe zimawopseza madera athu a m'mphepete mwa nyanja chifukwa cha kusintha kwa nyengo ndizodziwika bwino. Zimayambira pachiwopsezo chaumwini ndi zosokoneza zazikulu (Superstorm Sandy) mpaka kusintha kowopsa kwa ubale wapadziko lonse lapansi pomwe mayiko ena amataya chakudya ndi mphamvu zotetezedwa, ndipo madera onse akusamuka. Mayankho ambiri ofunikira kuti achepetse zovutazi amadziwikanso bwino.

Chomwe sichidziwika - ndipo chikulirira yankho - ndi funso la momwe mayankho ofunikirawa adzagwirizanitsidwe: liti? ndi ndani? ndipo mochititsa mantha?

Pakuyandikira kwa Tsiku la Panyanja Padziko Lonse Loweruka likubwerali, maiko ambiri akuwonjezera chidwi pankhaniyi, koma osachitapo kanthu mokwanira. Nyanja zimaphimba 70 % ya dziko lapansi ndipo ndi pachimake pa kusintha kwa nyengo - chifukwa madzi amatenga ndi kutulutsa CO2, komanso chifukwa chakuti oposa theka la anthu padziko lapansi - ndi mizinda ikuluikulu - ali m'mphepete mwa nyanja. Mlembi wa Navy Ray Mabus, polankhula pa Global Conference for Oceans, Climate and Security ku UMass Boston chaka chatha anafuula kuti, "Poyerekeza ndi zaka zana zapitazo, nyanja tsopano ndi yofunda, yokwera, yamkuntho, yamchere, yochepa mu oxygen komanso acidic kwambiri. Chimodzi mwa izi chingakhale chodetsa nkhawa. Onse pamodzi, akulira kuti achitepo kanthu.”

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Kuchepetsa kuchuluka kwa mpweya padziko lonse lapansi ndikofunikira, ndipo timalandira chidwi chachikulu. Koma kusintha kwa nyengo ndikotsimikizika kuti kufulumira kwa mibadwo ingapo, osachepera. Ndi chiyani chinanso chomwe chikufunika mwachangu? Mayankho: (1) mabizinesi aboma/abizinesi kuti azindikire madera omwe ali pachiwopsezo komanso malo omwe ali pachiwopsezo monga madambo amchere, magombe otchinga ndi mathithi, komanso (2) akukonzekera kuti maderawa akhale olimba kwa nthawi yayitali.

Akuluakulu am'deralo komanso anthu onse akufuna kukhala okonzekera bwino kusintha kwanyengo koma nthawi zambiri amasowa ndalama zothandizira sayansi, deta, ndondomeko ndi zochitika zapagulu zomwe zimafunikira kuti achitepo kanthu. Kuteteza ndi kukonzanso malo okhala m'mphepete mwa nyanja ndikukonza nyumba ndi zida zina monga ngalande zapansi panthaka, malo opangira magetsi, ndi zimbudzi zopangira madzi osefukira ndizokwera mtengo. Chitsanzo chakuchita bwino pagulu/zachinsinsi komanso malingaliro opezera mwayi ndikupanga zatsopano zolimba mtima pamlingo wamba ndizofunika.

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M'miyezi yaposachedwa pakhala kusuntha kudziko lachifundo pakuchitapo kanthu padziko lonse lapansi. Mwachitsanzo, Rockefeller Foundation posachedwapa yalengeza za $ 100 miliyoni Resilient Cities Centennial Challenge yopereka ndalama m'mizinda 100, padziko lonse lapansi, kukonzekera bwino kusintha kwanyengo. Ndipo ku Massachusetts tikupita patsogolo. Zitsanzo zikuphatikizapo Chipatala cha Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital chomwe changopangidwa kumene komanso malamulo omangira boma m'malo odzaza madzi ndi milu ya m'mphepete mwa nyanja. Koma kugwiritsa ntchito zinthu zofunikazi kuti zipitirire patsogolo, zosinthika kwa nthawi yayitali ndichinthu chofunikira kwambiri pakukonzekeretsa nyengo yomwe nthawi zambiri imanyalanyazidwa.

Opambana amafunikira kuti athe kukokera limodzi chithandizo chamunthu payekha, mabizinesi, ndi osapindula pamlingo wamba kuti athandize akuluakulu aboma ndi omwe akukhudzidwa nawo azipereka ndalama zogwirira ntchito yayitali.

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Lingaliro limodzi lolimba mtima ndikukhazikitsa mgwirizano wandalama zolimbikira mdera lanu. Zochitika zimachitika mdera lanu, ndipo ndipamene kumvetsetsa, kukonzekera, kulumikizana, ndi ndalama zimachitika bwino. Maboma sangachite okha; komanso sizili ku mabungwe apadera okha. Mabanki, makampani a inshuwaransi, mabungwe aboma, masukulu, ndi akuluakulu aboma ayenera kukumana kuti achite mbali yawo.

Pokhala ndi ndalama zodalirika kuti tipindule ndi luso lomwe lilipo ndikugwirizanitsa zoyesayesa zingapo za osewera osiyanasiyana, tidzakhala okonzeka kuthana ndi vuto lalikulu kwambiri m'zaka za zana lino - kukonzekera zotsatira zosapeŵeka za kusintha kwa nyengo m'madera athu a m'mphepete mwa nyanja komanso pa chitetezo cha anthu. .

Robbin Peach ndi Executive Director wa Collaborative Institute for Oceans, Climate and Security pa McCormack Graduate School ku UMass Boston - amodzi mwa malo omwe ali pachiwopsezo cha nyengo ku Boston.