Unyulo luka-2020 kunye noLwandle

Iziphumo zolonyulo lwethu lwesizwe ziziva zimnandi kakhulu—kungakhathaliseki ukuba ngoobani na um(aba)gqatswa bakho, iziphumo ezingqingqwayo zixela ubunzima bokuhlangabezana nemingeni yamaxesha ethu. Nangona kunjalo, ndiyakholelwa ukuba kunokubakho ithemba kuba sinethuba elihle lokuqhubeka siqhubela phambili ubudlelwane boluntu kunye nolwandle ukuya kwikamva elizinzileyo nelinobulungisa kulo lonke uluntu olunentlalo-ntle yabo idityaniswe nolwandle kunye nolwandle. ubomi ngaphakathi.

Uninzi lwethu lwalunethemba lokuqinisekisa ngokucacileyo ukuxabiseka kwesayensi kunye nomthetho. Sikwanethemba lokukhatywa kwesizwe kobuhlanga obumhlophe, ubuhlanga kunye nocalucalulo kuwo onke amanqanaba ngandlela zonke. Sasinethemba lokubuyiselwa kwesidima, ezozakuzo kunye nelizwe elimanyeneyo. Besinethemba lokuba siya kufumana ithuba lokuzibandakanya kwakhona ekwakheni uluntu olubandakanyayo apho wonke umntu eziva ngathi ungowabo.

Oogxa bethu abaninzi abakwamanye amazwe bathumela imiyalezo yethemba lokuba iza kwenzeka kanye loo nto. Omnye wabhala wathi: “Abantu baseMerika banesisa, intliziyo, ingqondo nesipaji, abantu baseMerika babenelunda ngale ndima yaye sonke sasijongwa ngoloyiko. IMelika ingekho emgangathweni, ubuzwilakhe buyanda kwaye idemokhrasi iyancipha kwaye sifuna ukuba ubuye. ”

Luthetha ntoni unyulo luka-2020 elwandle?

Asinakutsho ukuba le minyaka mine idlulileyo ibiyilahleko egqibeleleyo yolwandle. Kodwa kuluntu oluninzi oluselunxwemeni, imiba ababesilwe kuyo ixesha elide kwaye kunzima ukuba iviwe, kwaye bayiphumelele, yabuya ngqo ukubacela umngeni kwakhona. Ukusuka kuvavanyo lwenyikima ye-oyile nerhasi ukuya kugutyulo lwamanzi amdaka ukuya kuphuhliso olugqithisileyo ukuya kukuvalwa kweengxowa zeplastiki, umthwalo wehla kwakhona kwabo bathwala iindleko zolu hlobo lwemisebenzi yokubona okufutshane kwaye baphanga uluntu ilifa lethu lendalo ekwabelwana ngalo, ngelixa izibonelelo zisanda. kwimibutho ekude. Uluntu oluthe ngempumelelo lwahlaba umkhosi malunga nokuqhakaza kwe-algal blooms kunye namaza abomvu asalindele inyathelo eliqinisekileyo lokuzinqanda.

Iminyaka emine edlulileyo ibonakalise kwakhona ukuba ukutshabalalisa okulungileyo kulula, ngakumbi ukuba inzululwazi, iinkqubo zomthetho kunye noluvo loluntu azihoywa. Iminyaka engamashumi amahlanu yenkqubela-phambili emoyeni, emanzini, nakwimpilo yoluntu iye yonakaliswa kakhulu. Ngelixa sizisola ngokuphulukana neminyaka emine kwiinzame zokujongana neempembelelo zokutshintsha kwemozulu kunye nokunciphisa umonakalo kwixesha elizayo, siyazi nokuba kusafuneka senze konke esinako. Into ekufuneka siyenzile kukusonga imikhono yethu, sidibanise izandla, kwaye sisebenzisane ukwakha kwakhona izikhokelo zomdibaniso eziza kusinceda sihlangabezane nemiceli mngeni emikhulu yexesha elizayo.

Mininzi imiba esetafileni—indawo ezininzi apho amandla ethu okukhokela njengesizwe aye ajongelwa phantsi ngabom. Ulwandle aluyi kuba ngaphambili kunye neziko kuyo yonke incoko. Ngaphandle kwezinye izinto ngenxa ye-COVID-19, imfuno yokuvuselela uqoqosho, ukwakha kwakhona ukuthembela kurhulumente, kunye nokwakha kwakhona izithethe zentlalontle nezamazwe ngamazwe zonxibelelwano zihambelana kakuhle namanyathelo afunekayo ukubuyisela ubutyebi elwandle.

Kunxweme lweGulf, eMexico, eCuba, nase-United States, uluntu luyasokola ukujongana neziphumo zerekhodi zalo nyaka zokumisela ixesha lenkanyamba, nanjengoko bebesele bejongene nokunyuka, ukufudumeza kolwandle kunye nokuloba okuguquguqukayo, kwaye ngokuqinisekileyo isifo esikho elizweni jikelele. Njengoko besakha ngokutsha, badinga uncedo lwethu lokuqinisekisa ukuba iindawo abahlala kuzo zomelela ngakumbi kwaye iindawo zokuhlala ezizikhuselayo njengeemango, iindunduma zentlabathi, imigxobhozo kunye namadlelo engca yolwandle abuyiselwe. Ubuyiselo luyafuneka kulo lonke unxweme lwethu, kwaye loo misebenzi idala amathuba emisebenzi kwaye inokunceda ushishino lokuloba luphinde lubekho, ludala imisebenzi eyongezelelekileyo. Kwaye ukuhlawulela ngesidima, imisebenzi yokwakha uluntu yenye into esiza kuyidinga ngokwenene njengoko siphinda sakha uqoqosho ngexesha lobhubhani.

Ngomthamo olinganiselweyo wobunkokheli bomanyano lwase-US, inkqubela phambili yolondolozo lolwandle iya kufuna ukuqhubeka kwenye indawo, ngakumbi kumaziko ezizwe ngezizwe, oorhulumente bamazwe ngamazwe, kumaziko emfundo, kuluntu, nakwicandelo labucala. Umsebenzi omninzi uye waqhubeka phezu kwayo nje imiqobo yezobupolitika.

Kwaye thina kwi-Ocean Foundation siya kuhlala sisenza into ebesisoloko siyenza. Nathi siya kusinda nantoni na ezayo, kwaye umsebenzi wethu awuyi kutshintsha. Kwaye asiyi kurhoxa ekwenzeni izinto zibe ngcono kumntu wonke.

• Ilahleko engenakubalwa edalwe kukungalingani, intswela-bulungisa, kunye nocalucalulo olusisiseko-Uluntu lwethu kufuneka luqhubeke nomsebenzi wethu osingise kwiyantlukwano enkulu, ulingano, ukubandakanywa kunye nobulungisa.
• Ukwenziwa kweasidi elwandle akukatshintshi. Kufuneka siqhubeke sisebenzela ukuyiqonda, siyibeke esweni kunye nokuziqhelanisa nayo kwaye siyithomalalise.
• Isibetho sehlabathi songcoliseko lweplastiki asikatshintshi. Kufuneka siqhubeke sisebenzela ukuthintela ukuveliswa kwezinto ezintsonkothileyo, ezosulelekileyo neziyityhefu.
• Isongelo sokuphazamiseka kwemozulu asitshintshanga, kufuneka siqhubeke sisebenza ekwakhiweni kweziqithi ezinamandla zemozulu, ukubuyisela imeko-bume yemozulu esekelwe kwindalo kwiingca zaselwandle, imango kunye nemigxobhozo yetyuwa.
• Iinqanawa ezinokuthi zivuze azikazilungisanga. Kufuneka siqhubeke nomsebenzi wethu wokubafumana kwaye senze isicwangciso sokuzinqanda zingonakalisi indalo esingqongileyo.
• Isidingo sokuba icandelo labucala lidlale indima ekwenzeni ulwandle lube nempilo kwaye lube luninzi kwakhona alutshintshanga, kufuneka siqhubeke nomsebenzi wethu kunye noRockefeller kunye nabanye ukwakha uqoqosho oluzinzileyo oluluhlaza.

Ngamanye amazwi, siza kuyibeka phambili impilo yolwandle yonke imihla naphi na apho sisebenza khona. Siza kwenza indima yethu ukunciphisa ukusasazeka kwe-COVID-19 kwaye sincede abo basinika inkxaso-mali kunye noluntu oluhlala elunxwemeni lujongane neziphumo ngeendlela ezijonga impilo-ntle yabo yexesha elide. Kwaye siyavuya ngokuzibandakanya amahlakani amatsha kunye nokuzibandakanya kwakhona endala egameni lolwandle lwethu lwehlabathi, apho bonke ubomi buxhomekeke.

Kulwandle,

UMark J. Spalding
Mongameli

UMark J. Spalding, uMongameli we-Ocean Foundation ilungu leBhodi ye-Ocean Studies ye-National Academy of Sciences, Engineering, kunye ne-Medicine (USA). Usebenza kwiKomishoni yoLwandle lwaseSargasso. UMarko nguMntu oMkhulu kwiZiko loQoqosho oluBlue kwiZiko laseMiddlebury leZifundo zaMazwe ngaMazwe. Kwaye, ungumcebisi kwiPhaneli yeNqanaba eliPhezulu loQoqosho loLwandle oluZinzileyo. Ukongezelela, usebenza njengomcebisi kwiNgxowa-mali yeZisombululo zeMozulu yaseRockefeller (iingxowa-mali zotyalo-mali ezingazange zibonwe ngaphambili) kwaye uyilungu le-Pool yeeNgcali ze-UN World Ocean Assessment. Wayila inkqubo yokuqala ye-blue carbon offset, i-SeaGrass Khula. UMarko uyingcali kumgaqo-nkqubo wendalo kunye nomthetho wamazwe ngamazwe, umgaqo-nkqubo wolwandle kunye nomthetho, kunye ne-philanthropy yonxweme kunye nolwandle.