Ukucwangcisela ikamva lethu loLwandle

NguMark J. Spalding, uMongameli, i-Ocean Foundation
Inguqulelo yale bhlog yavela kuqala  Imbonakalo yoLwandle yeSizwe indawo.

Ndinethamsanqa! Ndachitha inxalenye ka-Agasti eLisbon, ePortugal yaye inxalenye yayo iselunxwemeni lweMaine—indinika umbono macala omabini eAtlantiki. ELisbon, ndandisebenza kwintsebenziswano entsha kunye neFuture Ocean Alliance kunye neLuso-American Development Foundation. Ndatyelela unxweme oluhle ndaza ndawela kwiMpuma yeAtlantiki ukuze ndiphole—kwakushushu ngendlela engaqhelekanga apho. Ukubuyela e-US ukuya eMaine kuthotho lweentlanganiso kunye namaqabane e-TOF kunye nokwenza intetho, ndikwazile ukuchitha inxalenye yemihla ngemihla emanzini, ndiphulaphule amangabangaba, kwaye ndibukele iinqanawa ezihamba ngeeseyile. Ngokuphathelele wonke umntu, kusoloko kuluyolo ukuphuma kumagumbi okuhlanganisana nangaselwandle. Kwaye, ngokuqinisekileyo, ukuthetha nabantu abo ukudibanisa nolwandle akukona nje ukuzonwabisa, kodwa kunye noqoqosho.

BekungoAgasti kumnandi—kuyo yonke indawo ebendiye kuyo. Abantu babonakala belwazi ngakumbi utshintsho kwiindawo abazithandayo zonxweme-ingakumbi emva kwe-Superstorm Sandy kunye nezinye iziganeko zemozulu ezibi kakhulu. Nangona kunjalo, utshintsho oluphawulekayo kunyaka omnye kuNxweme oluseMpuma lwase-US nakwezinye iindawo lushiye abaninzi bezibuza ukuba ikamva liza kuzisa ntoni-ingakumbi abo uluntu lwabo luxhomekeke kwiindwendwe elwandle ngenxa yentlalontle yabo yezoqoqosho.

Ukubukela ulwandle ukucoca iinzame emva Isaqhwithi Yisanti.

I-York County ilikhaya kwiikhilomitha ezingama-300 kunxweme lwaseMaine kunye nezinye zezona lwandle zidumileyo zaseNew England-iyenza ibe ligalelo eliphambili kuqoqosho lwaseMaine. Urhulumente weState of Maine ngokwakhe uyazi kakuhle i-3500 yeemayile zonxweme lwaseburhulumenteni ezitsala amawaka eendwendwe, ezingenisa ingeniso ebalulekileyo ngokuloba kunye nokulobstery, kunye nokuxhasa impilo-ntle yoluntu olukude nonxweme. Ukusukela ngo-2008, urhulumente uye waphuhlisa isuti yezicwangciso ezaziwa ngokuba yi IProjekthi yeziXhobo zokuZixhobisa kwiiNgozi zoNxweme. Ngeprojekthi, urhulumente usebenza nedolophu nganye ngokwesicelo sabo, ukubonelela ngeengqikelelo zokuqala zemephu kunye nokubamba iindibano zocweyo zoluntu-ukukhuthaza ukusonjululwa kweengxaki apho iingxaki ziya kubetha kakhulu kwaye apho izigqibo kufuneka zenziwe - ekuhlaleni. Kodwa akwenzi izigqibo zibe lula.

Njengoko York, Maine, umlawuli wophuhliso loluntu wathi kwi nqaku yakutshanje, njengoko wayehlola umonakalo ophindaphindiweyo kudonga lolwandle kunye nendlela enkulu eselunxwemeni emelene nayo: “... umbuzo waba, ngaba uyaqhubeka ukuyilungisa okanye uyayiyeka. Simkhumbulile uSandy, kodwa kungekudala siza kubethwa kakubi. Ke uyayomeleza, uyakwamkela okanye urhoxa?"

Nubble Indlu eKhanya kwiNqila yaseYork, eMaine
Ikhredithi yeFoto: UMichael Murphy ngeFlickr

Ewe, lowo ngumbuzo esizame ukuwuphendula kwindibano yocweyo yasemva kweSanti yabantu abathanda ulwandle abazinikeleyo kwintwasahlobo edlulileyo eLong Beach, eNew York. Ngumzabalazo wabanikazi bezindlu kunxweme lwe-Jersey ye-iconic abajongene nayo njengoko i-Army Corps yeeNjineli iphakamisa ukwakhiwa kweemayile zeendunduma zentlabathi zokwenziwa zokukhusela uluntu oluselunxwemeni-ulungiso olubiza kakhulu, ngokuqinisekileyo. Ikwangumbuzo apho uluntu kwihlabathi jikelele lujongana nekamva-uthatha umbono wokuba ukucwangciswa komgangatho wolwandle oqikelelweyo ngo-2030 kufanelekile ngoku, ngakumbi xa kufikwa ekuvunyweni kophuhliso.

Kwaye kwiGulf of Mexico, amazwe aselunxwemeni asasebenza ukuze aphinde akhe eKatrina kwaye acwangcisele ikamva. Iiprojekthi ezinje 100-1000 Buyisela Coastal Alabama e Mobile Bay amavolontiya angqalileyo ekwakhiweni ngokutsha kweingqaqa zembatyisi ezazifudula zikhusela unxweme. Iingqaqa ezintsha zembatyisi aziboneleli kuphela ngokutya kunye nokuhluzwa, kodwa ingca yomgxobhozo izalise ngasemva, isebenza njengesithinteli sesiphango kunye nesihluzo samanzi angcolisekileyo ahamba emhlabeni phambi kokuba afikelele eBhayi nobomi bangaphakathi. ENew Orleans ngokwayo, basakha kwakhona iindawo zokuhlala, kwaye badiliza izakhiwo ezilahliweyo (izindlu ezili-10,000 ukuza kuthi ga ngoku). Ukucinga ngokomelela apho kuthetha ukuphinda kwakhiwe indawo yokuhlala engaselunxwemeni ngeenjongo zokuthintela isiphango, kodwa nangezinye iindlela zokuphila ukunciphisa umngcipheko kwiintsapho ezilobayo kunye nabanye. Kudliwano-ndlebe lwakutsha nje, uSodolophu uMitch Landrieu uthe ngaphandle kwemisebenzi emininzi eseleyo. "Ndicinga ukuba senze ngempumelelo eyona nto ibalulekileyo, yayikukucinga ngokwakha isixeko ngendlela ebekufanele ukuba ebesoloko eyiyo hayi ngale ndlela ebeyiyo."

Kunxweme olusentshona lwe-US, phakathi kweenzame ezininzi kwiindawo eziselunxwemeni ukusuka e-Baja California ukuya kwi-Aleutians, enye yeendlela zokuqala zengingqi ifakwe kwiSicwangciso soLungiso loKunyuka kweNqanaba loLwandle lweSan Diego Bay (2012). Isicwangciso, esaxhaswa yi-San Diego Foundation, ngenxa yemigudu yentsebenziswano ebanzi yabachaphazelekayo, kubandakanywa noorhulumente basekhaya malunga neSan Diego Bay, iPort of San Diego, iGunya leSikhululo seenqwelomoya saseSan Diego, kunye nabanye abaninzi.

Ilali yaseNcinci I-Diomede, eAlaska. (Ifoto yoMlindi woNxweme lwase-US nguPetty Gosa uRichard Brahm)

Kwaye, ewe, kuba kukho amakhulu emizekelo enjalo ephunyezwa kwihlabathi liphela, ukucinga indlela yokufumana olona lwazi lukhoyo kunokuba nzima. Kulapho ubambiswano olulodwa olubizwa ngokuba yiClimate Adaptation Knowledge Exchange (CAKEx.org) lunokunceda uluntu. Yasekwa ngo-2010 yi-Island Press kunye ne-EcoAdapt, kwaye ilawulwa yi-EcoAdapt, i-CAKE ijolise ekwakheni isiseko solwazi olwabelwanayo lokulawula iinkqubo zendalo kunye nokwakhiwa kwimeko yokutshintsha kwemozulu ngokukhawuleza. Iwebhusayithi idibanisa izifundo, iiforamu zoluntu, kunye nezinye izixhobo zokutshintshiselana ngolwazi ukunceda amaqela anomdla ukwabelana ngolwazi malunga nendlela abantu abaphendula ngayo ngobuchule kunye nombono kwizisongelo abajongene nazo.

Ekupheleni kosuku, inyathelo lokunciphisa izoyikiso kunye nokuzinciphisa ngokunciphisa ukukhutshwa kwezinto ezinobungozi yinto efanelekileyo; njengoko kusenziwa ukukhuthaza ukusetyenziswa kwamandla exesha elide okubonelela ngeteknoloji. Kwangaxeshanye, ibiya kuba bubudenge kolu luntu, ingakumbi uluntu oluhlala ngaselunxwemeni naseziqithini, ukuphepha ukwenza utyalo-mali lwexesha namandla okwenza oko banokukwenza ukuze bacwangcisele ikamva elimanzi, nelingenakuqikelelwa ngakumbi, ngokuthatha inxaxheba nenkxaso yabo bonke. kuthi bathanda ulwandle.

Kwaye ke, njengoko sigqibezela ihlobo lolwandle kwi-hemisphere esemantla, kwaye silindele ngovuyo ihlobo lolwandle kwi-hemisphere esemazantsi, ndikucela ukuba ujoyine uluntu lwe-Ocean Foundation lwabaxhasi abakhathalele ikamva lolwandle.  Nikela kwi-Ocean Leadership Fund yethu namhlanje.