Unyaka wam weZiqithi

Sihlobo esithandekayo soLwandle,

Kum, i-2017 ibingunyaka wesiqithi, kwaye ke ngoko yandisiwe i-horizons. Utyelelo lwesiza lonyaka, iindibano zocweyo kunye neenkomfa zandithatha ndaya kwiziqithi nakwizizwe zeziqithi kwihlabathi jikelele. Ndakhangela iSouthern Cross ngaphambi kokuba ndiwelele kumantla eTropic of Capricorn. Ndifumene usuku xa ndiwela umgca womhla wamazwe ngamazwe. Ndawela i-ikhweyitha. Kwaye, ndawela iTropic yoMhlaza, kwaye ndawangawangisa eNorth Pole njengoko inqwelomoya yam yayilandela indlela esemantla eya eYurophu.

Iziqithi zikhupha imifanekiso enamandla yokuzimela, indawo yokuba "kude nayo yonke into," indawo apho iinqanawa kunye neenqwelomoya zinokuba yimfuneko. Oko kuzikhetha kuyintsikelelo kunye nesiqalekiso. 

Imilinganiselo eqhelekileyo yokuzithemba kunye noluntu olusondeleleneyo luchaphazela inkcubeko yazo zonke iziqithi endizityeleleyo. Izoyikiso ezibanzi zehlabathi zokunyuka komphakamo wolwandle, ukwanda kwesaqhwithi, kunye nokutshintsha kobushushu bolwandle kunye nekhemistri ayiyothiyori “ekupheleni kwenkulungwane” yezizwe zeziqithi, ngakumbi izizwe zeziqithi ezincinci. Zezona meko zikhoyo ngoku ezichaphazela uqoqosho, imo engqongileyo, nentlalo-ntle yamazwe amaninzi ehlabathini lonke.

Iziqithi zoMzantsi Pasifiki, Google, 2017

I-Azores idlale indwendwe kwiKomishoni yoLwandle yaseSargasso njengoko besixoxa ngeyona ndlela yokulawula ikhaya lezidalwa ezininzi ezikhethekileyo ukusuka kumafudo olwandle olusana ukuya kwiminenga. Imbali ye-iconic ye-whaling yaseNantucket yaxhasa iworkshop kwi-"Whale Alert" app enceda abaphathi beenqanawa baphephe ukubetha iminenga. Izazinzulu zaseMexico, eMelika, naseCuba zadibana eHavana apho saxoxa ngendlela engcono yokubeka iliso kwimpilo yeGulf of Mexico kwaye emva koko sisebenzise idatha kulawulo oludibeneyo lwezo zixhobo zaselwandle nangexesha lotshintsho. Ndabuyela eMalta kwinkomfa yesine "ye-Ocean yethu", apho iinkokeli zolwandle ezifana noNobhala kaRhulumente wangaphambili uJohn Kerry, iNkosana u-Albert waseMonaco, kunye neNkosana uCharles yaseUnited Kingdom bazabalazela ukuzisa ithemba kwikamva lethu lolwandle ekwabelwana ngalo. Xa izazinzulu kunye nabaqulunqi bomgaqo-nkqubo bezizwe zeziqithi ze-12 bahlanganisene eFiji kunye neqela le-TOF kwiindibano zethu zocweyo lwenzululwazi ye-acidification yolwandle kunye nomgaqo-nkqubo, bajoyina amanqanaba abo baye baqeqeshwa kwiindibano zocweyo ze-TOF eMauritius-ukwandisa amandla ezi zizwe zeziqithi ukuqonda. kwenzeka ntoni emanzini abo kunye nokujongana noko banako.

Azores Archipelago, Azores.com

Ukususela kunxweme olumagqagala lweAzores ukuya kutsho kunxweme olushushu lwaseFiji ukuya kutsho kwi<em>malecon yembali [indlela engasemanzini] yaseHavana, ucelomngeni lwalucacile. Sonke siye sabona ukutshatyalaliswa ngokupheleleyo kweBarbuda, iPuerto Rico, iDominica, i-US Virgin Islands, kunye neBritish Virgin Islands njengoko iNkanyamba i-Irma ne-Maria zabetha amandla okwakhiwa kwabantu kunye neziseko zendalo ngokufanayo. ICuba kunye nezinye iziqithi zeCaribbean ziye zafumana umonakalo omkhulu. Iziqithi zaseJapan, iTaiwan, iiPhilippines, neIndonesia xa zidibene zenza umonakalo ongamakhulu ezigidi zeerandi ngenxa yezaqhwithi zetropikhi kulo nyaka. Kwangaxeshanye, kukho izisongelo ezifihlakeleyo kubomi beziqithi eziquka ukhukuliseko, ukungena kwamanzi etyuwa kwiindawo zokusela amanzi acwengileyo, nokushenxiswa kweentlobo zezilwanyana zaselwandle eziqhelekisiweyo kwiindawo ekudala zikho ngenxa yobushushu nezinye izinto.

Allan Michael Chastanet, iNkulumbuso yaseSt

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Xa ubandakanya ii-EEZ zabo, iSmall Island States ngaMazwe amakhulu oLwandlekazi ngokwenene. Ngaloo ndlela, izixhobo zabo zaselwandle zimela ilifa labo kunye nekamva labo-kunye noxanduva lwethu oluhlangeneyo lokunciphisa umonakalo kubamelwane bethu kuyo yonke indawo. Njengoko ngokuhlangeneyo sizisa imiba yolwandle kwiindibano zamazwe ngamazwe, imbono yezi zizwe iyatshintsha ukusuka kokuncinci ukuya enkulu! I-Fiji idlale indima engaphezulu kulo nyaka njengabambisene nabo be-UN SDG 14 "iNkomfa yoLwandle" ngoJuni kunye nokusingatha intlanganiso enkulu yemozulu yonyaka eyaziwa ngokuba yi-UNFCCC COP23, ebanjwe eBonn ngoNovemba. I-Fiji ikwacinezela i-Oceans Pathway Partnership njengesicwangciso esiqinisekisa ukuba sonke sicinga malunga nolwandle njengoko sisebenzela ukujongana nokuphazamiseka kwemozulu. ISweden njengembumba yeNkomfa ye-UN yoLwandle iyakuqonda oku. Kwaye, iJamani yenza njalo. Ababodwa.

UMark J. Spalding enikezela kwi-COP23, eBonn, eJamani

Inkulumbuso uGaston Browne waseAntigua naseBarbuda.

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Ndibe nethamsanqa lokuzimasa zombini ezi ntlanganiso zamazwe ngamazwe apho ithemba kunye nokuphoxeka zihamba kunye. Amazwe akwiziqithi ezincinane anikela ngaphantsi kwesi-2 ekhulwini sokukhutshwa kweegesi ze<em>greenhouse, kodwa ajamelene neyona miphumo mibi ukuza kuthi ga ngoku. Kukho ithemba lokuba sinako kwaye siya kuyilungisa le miba kwaye sincede izizwe zeziqithi zenze njalo ngeNgxowa-mali yeMozulu yoHlaza kunye namanye amanyathelo; kwaye kukho ukuphoxeka okuthethelelekayo kukuba izizwe ezibe negalelo elikhulu kutshintsho lwemozulu zicotha kakhulu ukunceda amazwe asesiqithini achatshazelwe kakhulu kukutshintsha kwemozulu.

Thoriq Ibrahim, uMphathiswa wezaMandla kunye nokusiNgqongileyo eMaldives

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Isiqithi sam sokugqibela enyakeni yayiyiCozumel yaseMexico kwintlanganiso yeepaki zaselwandle zamazwe amathathu (eCuba, eMexico, nase-US). ICozumel likhaya likaIxchel, isithixo samaMaya, uthixokazi weNyanga. Itempile yakhe engundoqo yayibekwe yodwa e-Cozumel kwaye yayindwendwela kanye kuphela ngeentsuku ezingama-28 xa inyanga yayigcwele kwaye yakhanyisa indlela yekalika emhlophe enqumla ehlathini. Enye yeendima zakhe yayikukuba nguthixokazi ovelisa iziqhamo nentyantyambo yomhlaba, onamandla amakhulu okuphilisa. Intlanganiso yayiyi-coda enamandla ukuya kunyaka ochithwe kugxininiswa kwindlela yokulawula ubudlelwane bethu bomntu elwandle ukuya ekuphiliseni.

Cozumel, Mexico, Ikhredithi yeefoto: Shireen Rahimi, CubaMar

Ndiphinde ndasuka kunyaka wam weziqithi ndinolwazi olwandisiweyo lokuba kungxamiseke kangakanani na isidingo sokuxhasa ukomelela nokuziqhelanisa ngokukhawuleza, nanjengoko siceba imfuduko engenakuthintelwa njengoko amaqondo olwandle enyuka. Okuninzi okusemngciphekweni kufuneka kuthetha ilizwi elikhulu. Kufuneka sityale ngoku, hayi kamva.

Kufuneka siphulaphule ulwandle. Sele lidlule ixesha lokuba sonke sikubeke kwindawo yokuqala oko kusinika ioksijini, ukutya, nezinye iingenelo ezingenakubalwa. Izizwe zayo zeziqithi ziliphakamisile ilizwi layo. Uluntu lwethu luzama ukubakhusela. Sonke sinokwenza okungakumbi.

Kulwandle,
UMark J. Spalding