ISivumelwano seHlabathi sokuNqanda ungcoliseko lwePlastiki: Esona siVumelwano sikhulu sokusiNgqongileyo ukusukela eParis

Apha kwi-Ocean Foundation, sikhona ngaphaya ithemba kunye nethemba malunga nesigqibo sakutshanje saMazwe angamaLungu athatha inxaxheba kwi ISeshini yesihlanu yeNdibano yezokusiNgqongileyo yeZizwe eziManyeneyo (UNEA5). Kukho amalungu karhulumente ali-193 e-UNEA, kwaye siye sathatha inxaxheba njengombutho ongekho phantsi kukarhulumente ovunyiweyo. Amazwe aseLungu wavuma ngokusemthethweni ngomyalelo othi makuqalwe uthethathethwano ngesivumelwano sehlabathi sokulwa ungcoliseko lweplastiki. 

Kwiiveki ezimbini ezidlulileyo, i-TOF yayisemhlabeni eNairobi kwikomkhulu leZizwe eziManyeneyo ukuya kwiingxoxo zothetha-thethwano kunye nokudibana nabachaphazelekayo kumacandelo ahlukeneyo kuquka i-industry, urhulumente, kunye nee-NGOs, ukwazisa le nkqubo yesivumelwano kunye nobuchule bethu kunye nombono wethu ingxaki yongcoliseko lweplastiki (kubandakanywa, ngamanye amaxesha, kude kube sebusuku).

I-TOF iye yabandakanyeka kwiingxoxo zamazwe ngamazwe malunga nenani lemiba yolwandle kunye nemozulu kule minyaka ingama-20 idlulileyo. Siyaqonda ukuba ukufumana isivumelwano phakathi koorhulumente, ishishini, kunye noluntu olungenzi nzuzo lwezendalo kuthatha iminyaka. Kodwa akusiyo yonke imibutho kunye neembono ezamkelwa ngaphakathi kumagumbi afanelekileyo. Ke, sithatha imeko yethu evunyiweyo njengento ebaluleke kakhulu - njengethuba lokuba silizwi labaninzi ababelana ngeembono zethu kumlo ochasene nongcoliseko lweplastiki.

Sinethemba ngakumbi malunga nezi mbalasane zilandelayo zothethwano:

• Ikhwelo lekomiti yokuqala yothethwano yamazwe ngamazwe (“INC”) ukuba yenzeke ngokukhawuleza, kwisiqingatha sesibini sika-2022.
• Isivumelwano sokuba nesixhobo esibophelela ngokusemthethweni kungcoliseko lweplastiki
• Ukufakwa kwe "microplastics" kwinkcazo yokungcola kweplastiki
• Ulwimi lwamandulo lukhankanya indima yoyilo kunye nokuqwalasela umjikelo opheleleyo wobomi beeplastiki
• Ukuqondwa kwe abacholi benkunkuma iindima kuthintelo

Ngelixa sibhiyozela la manqaku aphezulu njengenyathelo elinika umdla elisingise kwinkqubela phambili yokulondoloza okusingqongileyo, sikhuthaza amazwe angamalungu ukuba aqhubeke nokuxoxa:

• Iingcaciso eziphambili, ekujoliswe kuko, kunye neendlela
• Ukuqhagamshela umngeni wongcoliseko lweplastiki yehlabathi kutshintsho lwemozulu kunye nendima yamafutha efosili kwimveliso yeplastiki
• Iimbono zendlela yokujongana nemiba enyukayo
• Indlela yokusebenza kunye nenkqubo yokuphunyezwa kunye nokuthotyelwa

Kwiinyanga ezizayo, i-TOF iya kuqhubeka isebenzisana namazwe ngamazwe ukulandela imigaqo-nkqubo ejolise ekunqandeni ukuhamba kwenkunkuma yeplastiki kwindalo. Sithatha lo mzuzu ukubhiyozela into yokuba oorhulumente befikelele kwisivumelwano: isivumelwano sokuba ungcoliseko lweplastiki sisisongelo kwimpilo yesijikelezi-langa sethu, abantu baso, kunye nenkqubo yendalo esingqongileyo – kwaye sifuna isenzo sehlabathi. Sijonge phambili ekuqhubeni sisebenza noorhulumente kunye nabachaphazelekayo kule nkqubo yesivumelwano. Kwaye sinethemba lokugcina umfutho uphezulu wokulwa nongcoliseko lweplastiki.