Kajeno United States e kopanela hape Tumellano ea Paris, boitlamo ba lefats'e ba ho loantša phetoho ea maemo a leholimo ka liketso tsa machaba le tsa tšebelisano ea machaba. Seo se tla siea lichaba tse supileng feela tsa 197 tse seng karolo ea tumellano. Ho tlohela Tumellano ea Paris, eo US e ileng ea ikopanya le eona ka 2016, karolo e 'ngoe e ne e le ho hlōleha ho lemoha hore litšenyehelo le liphello tsa ho se sebetse li ne li tla feta hōle litšenyehelo tsa ho sebetsana le phetoho ea maemo a leholimo. Litaba tse monate ke hore re khutlela Tumellanong re na le tsebo e ntle le e hlomelletsoeng ho etsa liphetoho tse hlokahalang ho feta pele.

Le hoja tšitiso ea batho ea boemo ba leholimo e le tšokelo e khōlō ka ho fetisisa leoatleng, leoatle hape ke molekane e moholo oa rona ntoeng e khahlanong le phetoho ea maemo a leholimo. Kahoo, a re qaleng ho sebetsa ho tsosolosa matla a leoatle a ho monya le ho boloka carbon. Ha re aheng bokgoni ba setjhaba se seng le se seng se lebopong la lewatle le dihlekehleke ho hlokomela le ho rala ditharollo tsa metsi a naha ya bona. A re tsosoloseng makhulo a joang ba leoatle, makhulo a letsoai le meru ea lifate tsa mangrove, 'me ka ho etsa joalo re sireletse mabōpo ka ho fokotsa lifefo tse matla. Ha re theheng mesebetsi le menyetla e mecha ea lichelete mabapi le litharollo tse joalo tsa tlhaho. Ha re phehelleng matla a ka nchafatsoang a thehiloeng maoatleng. Ka nako e ts'oanang, ha re feliseng thepa ea likepe, re fokotse mesi e tsoang ho lipalangoang tse thehiloeng leoatleng le ho sebelisa mekhoa e mecha ho etsa hore thepa e sebetse hantle.

Mosebetsi o hlokahalang ho fihlela lipheo tsa Tumellano ea Paris o ne o tla tsoela pele ho sa tsotellehe hore na US ke karolo ea Tumellano kapa che—empa re na le monyetla oa ho sebelisa moralo oa eona ho ntšetsa pele lipakane tsa rōna tse kopanetsoeng. Ho tsosolosa bophelo bo botle ba leoatle le bongata ke leano le hlōlang, le leka-lekaneng ho fokotsa liphello tse mpe ka ho fetisisa tsa phetoho ea maemo a leholimo le ho tšehetsa bophelo bohle ba maoatle-bakeng sa molemong oa batho bohle.

Mark J. Spalding lebitsong la The Ocean Foundation