Ukhuseleko lwethu luqala-kwaye luphela-ngoLwandle lwethu (Icandelo 1)

Kwiveki eledlule, i Iziko leNtsebenziswano leeLwandle, iMozulu kunye noKhuseleko ibambe inkomfa yayo yokuqala kwiYunivesithi yaseMassachusetts Boston Campus-ngokufanelekileyo, i-campus ijikelezwe ngamanzi. Iimbono ezintle zazisithelwe yimozulu emanzi enenkungu kwiintsuku ezimbini zokuqala, kodwa safumana imozulu entle ngosuku lokugqibela.  
 

Abameli abavela kwiziseko zabucala, uMkhosi waManzi, uMkhosi weeNjineli zoMkhosi, uMlindi woNxweme, i-NOAA kunye nezinye ii-arhente zikarhulumente ezingezizo ezomkhosi, imibutho engenzi nzuzo, kunye nezifundiswa bahlanganisene ukuze baphulaphule izithethi kuluhlu olubanzi lwemiba ephathelele kwiinzame zokuphucula ihlabathi. ukhuseleko ngokujongana neenkxalabo malunga nokutshintsha kwemozulu kunye nefuthe lako kukhuseleko lokutya, ukhuseleko lwamandla, ukhuseleko lwezoqoqosho, kunye nokhuseleko lwelizwe. Kunjengokuba esinye isithethi esivulayo sathi, “Unqabiseko lokwenyaniso kukungabi naxhala.”

Inkomfa iqhube iintsuku ezintathu. Iiphaneli zinemizila emibini: umkhondo womgaqo-nkqubo kunye nekhondo lesayensi. Umfundi oqeqeshwayo wase-Ocean Foundation, u-Matthew Cannistraro kunye nam sarhweba ngeeseshini ezifanayo kwaye sathelekisa amanqaku ngexesha leplenari. Sibukele njengoko abanye babesandula ukwaziswa kweminye yemicimbi emikhulu yolwandle yexesha lethu kwimeko yokhuseleko. Ukunyuka komphakamo wolwandle, ukwenziwa kweasidi yolwandle, kunye nomsebenzi wesiphango yayiyimiba eqhelekileyo echazwe ngokwemigaqo yokhuseleko.  

Ezinye izizwe sele zisokola ukwenza isicwangciso sokugcwala koluntu olusezantsi kunye namazwe ephela. Amanye amazwe abona amathuba amatsha ezoqoqosho. Kwenzeka ntoni xa indlela emfutshane esuka eAsiya isiya eYurophu idlula kwindlela entsha yasehlotyeni enqumla iArctic xa umkhenkce wolwandle ungasekho? Sinyanzelisa njani izivumelwano ezikhoyo xa kuvela imiba emitsha? Imiba enjalo iquka indlela yokuqinisekisa ukusebenza ngokukhuselekileyo kwiindawo ezintsha ezinokubakho ze-oyile nerhasi kwiindawo apho kumnyama kwiinyanga ezintandathu zonyaka kwaye izakhiwo ezizinzileyo zihlala zisengozini kwiintaba zomkhenkce ezinkulu kunye nezinye iingozi. Eminye imiba ephakanyisiweyo ibandakanya ufikelelo olutsha lokuloba, ukhuphiswano olutsha lwemithombo yezimbiwa enzulu elwandle, ushishino lokuloba olutshintshayo ngenxa yobushushu bamanzi, inqanaba lolwandle, kunye notshintsho lweekhemikhali, kunye neziqithi ezitshabalalayo kunye neziseko zophuhliso ezingaselunxwemeni ngenxa yokunyuka komphakamo wolwandle.  

Kwakhona safunda okuninzi. Umzekelo, bendisazi ukuba iSebe lezoKhuselo laseMelika lalingumthengi omkhulu wamafutha efosili, kodwa bendingazi ukuba ngoyena mthengi mkhulu wamafutha efosili ehlabathini. Nakuphi na ukuncitshiswa kokusetyenziswa kwamafutha efosili kubonisa impembelelo ebalulekileyo ekukhutshweni kwegesi yegreenhouse. Ndandisazi ukuba iinqwelo zamafutha zisesichengeni sokuhlaselwa yimikhosi ekhohlakeleyo, kodwa ndadana ndakuva ukuba isiqingatha samajoni aseMarines abulawa e-Afghanistan nase-Iraq ayexhasa iinqwelo zamafutha. Nakuphi na ukuncitshiswa kokuxhomekeka kwipetroli kusindisa ngokucacileyo ubomi babafana nabasetyhini bethu entsimini-kwaye seva malunga nezinto ezintsha ezimangalisayo ezandisa ukuzithemba kwiiyunithi zangaphambili kwaye ngaloo ndlela zinciphisa ingozi.

I-Meteorolgist uJeff Masters, owayengumzingeli wenkanyamba kunye nomseki we Indawo ephantsi komhlaba, inike ukonwabisa ukuba kujongisiswe ngendlela enokwenzeka “Ii-12 Eziphezulu Ezinokuba Zii-R100-Billion Zeentlekele Ezinxulumene neMozulu” ezinokubakho ngaphambi kowama-2030. Uninzi lwezinto ezinokwenzeka zibonakala ngathi ziseUnited States. Nangona ndandilindele ukuba acaphule iinkanyamba nezaqhwithi ezinokubetha kwiindawo ezisengozini, ndothuswa yindlela imbalela eye yadlala indima enkulu ngayo kwiindleko zoqoqosho nasekulahlekeni kobomi babantu—kwanaseUnited States—nendima ebaluleke ngayo. inokudlala ukuya phambili ekuchaphazeleni ukutya kunye nokhuseleko lwezoqoqosho.

Sibe novuyo lokubukela, kunye nokuphulaphula, njengoko iRhuluneli uPatrick Deval ebenikezela imbasa yobunkokeli kuNobhala waseMelika uRay Mabus, iinzame zakhe zokukhokela uMkhosi wethu woMkhosi waManzi nowaseLwandle kukhuseleko lwamandla zibonisa ukuzibophelela koMkhosi waManzi ngokubanzi izithuthi ezizinzileyo, ezikwaziyo ukuzimela nezizimeleyo. Unobhala uMabus wasikhumbuza ukuba ukuzibophelela kwakhe okuphambili kwakuyeyona nto ibhetele, eyona nto isebenzayo yeNavy anokuyikhuthaza-kwaye ukuba i-Green Fleet, kunye namanye amanyathelo-amele eyona ndlela iphambili yokhuseleko lwehlabathi. Kubi kakhulu ukuba iikomiti ze-congressional ezifanelekileyo zizama ukuvala le ndlela enengqiqo yokuphucula ukuzimela kwe-US.

Siphinde safumana ithuba lokuva kwigqiza leengcaphephe malunga nokufikelela kwiilwandle kunye nonxibelelwano, malunga nokubaluleka kokubandakanya uluntu ekuxhaseni iinzame zokwenza ubudlelwane bethu nolwandle kunye namandla abe yinxalenye yokhuseleko lwethu lwezoqoqosho, lwentlalo kunye nokusingqongileyo. Omnye wabaphaneli waba Iprojekthi yoLwandleU-Wei Ying Wong, owenze inkcazo-ntetho yomoya ngezikhewu ezisele kulwazi lokufunda nokubhala ngolwandle kunye nesidingo sokwenza imali ngendlela esikhathala ngayo sonke malunga nolwandle.

Njengelungu lephaneli yokugqibela, indima yam ibikukusebenza namanye amalungu ephaneli sijonge iingcebiso zabanye bethu abazimase amanyathelo alandelayo kunye nokudibanisa imathiriyeli ebithiwe thaca kwinkomfa.   

Kuhlala kunomdla ukuzibandakanya kwiincoko ezintsha malunga neendlela ezininzi esithembele ngazo kwiilwandle ngentlalontle yethu yehlabathi. Ingcinga yokhuseleko-kuwo onke amanqanaba-yayiyi, kwaye, isakhelo esinomdla ngakumbi solondolozo lolwandle.