Ukuhlaziya Okusha: Icala Lebhizinisi Lezimayini Zasolwandle Olujulile - Iyinkimbinkimbi Kakhulu Futhi Ayikaqinisekiswa Kabanzi - Ayihlanganisi

Umbiko uthola ukuthi izigaxana ezikhishwayo ezifakwe olwandle zigcwele izinselele zobuchwepheshe futhi azikunaki ukukhuphuka kwezinto ezintsha ezingaqeda isidingo sokumbiwa kwezimayini ezijulile; ixwayisa abatshalizimali ukuthi bacabange kabili ngaphambi kokusekela imboni engaqinisekisiwe

WASHINGTON, DC (2024 February 29) - Ngezingozi zemvelo zokumbiwa kwezimayini ulwandle olujulile oselubhalwe kahle, a umbiko omusha inikeza ukuhlola okuphelele kakhulu kuze kube manje izinga imboni ekwazi ngayo ukusebenza kahle kwezomnotho, okuveza izindlela zayo zezimali ezingelona iqiniso, izinselele zobuchwepheshe kanye namathemba ampofu ezimakethe abukela phansi amandla ayo okwenza inzuzo. 

Ikhishwe njengoba uhulumeni wase-US ecubungula ukuzibandakanya ezimayini ezijulile zolwandle emanzini afuywayo kanye nangaphambi komhlangano olindelwe ngabomvu we-International Seabed Authority (March 18-29) - indikimba enikezwe umsebenzi wokulawula ukumbiwa olwandle olwandle olwandle olwandle olwandle oluphezulu lwamazwe ngamazwe. - ucwaningo lubeka ubungozi bokutshala imali embonini yokumbiwayo engenabufakazi elungiselela ukukhiqiza ngokwentengiso insiza engavuseleleki enemithelela engaziwa nebonakala ngokwandayo kwezemvelo, yezenhlalo namasiko nezomnotho.

"Uma kukhulunywa ngezimayini ezijulile zasolwandle, abatshalizimali kufanele baqaphele futhi bakhuthale," kusho uBobbi-Jo Dobush we-Ocean Foundation kanye nomunye wababhali balo mbiko. I-Deep Seabed Mining Ayibufanele Ubungozi Bezezimali. “Ukuzama ukumba izimbiwa phansi olwandle kuwumzamo wezimboni ongenabufakazi ogcwele ukungaqiniseki kwezobuchwepheshe, ezezimali kanye nokulawula. Ngaphezu kwalokho, imboni ibhekene nokuphikiswa okuqinile kwaboMdabu kanye nokukhathazeka kwamalungelo abantu. Zonke lezi zici zengeza ezingozini ezinkulu zezezimali nezomthetho kubatshalizimali bakahulumeni nabazimele.”

Enye yezinto ezithinta kakhulu amafulegi abomvu, ngokusho kombiko, yile mboni amamodeli ezezimali anethemba ngokungenangqondo azibayo Okulandelayo:

• Izinkinga ezinkulu zobuchwepheshe ekukhishweni ekujuleni okungakaze kubonwe ngezansi kwendawo. Ngekwindla ka-2022, isivivinyo sokuqala sokuqoqwa kwezimayini ze-deep-sea (DSM) emanzini omhlaba, okwenziwa ngezinga elincane kakhulu, saba nokuhilelekile kwezobuchwepheshe. Izingqapheli ziye zaphawula ukuthi kunzima futhi akubikezeleki kangakanani ukusebenza ekujuleni kolwandle.
• Imakethe yezimbiwa phansi. Abaphambili bakhe amapulani ebhizinisi ngokucabangela ukuthi isidingo samaminerali athile angase atholakale ekujuleni kolwandle sizoqhubeka nokukhula. Kodwa-ke, izintengo zensimbi azikhuphukanga ngokuhambisana nokukhiqizwa kwezimoto zikagesi: phakathi kuka-2016 no-2023 ukukhiqizwa kwe-EV kukhuphuke ngo-2,000% kanti amanani e-cobalt ehle ngo-10%. Umbiko ogunyazwe yi-International Seabed Authority (ISA) uthole ukuthi kunokungaqiniseki okuphezulu mayelana namanani entengo yezinsimbi ezithengiswayo uma osonkontileka sebeqalile ukukhiqiza, okuholela ekutheni kube nokwenzeka ukuthi izimbiwa ezibiza kakhulu ezivela ngaphansi kolwandle azikwazi ukuncintisana futhi ngaleyo ndlela zenza inzuzo encane noma zingatholi lutho. .
• Kuyoba khona a izindleko ezinkulu zokusebenza zangaphambili ezihambisana ne-DSM, ngokulingana nezimboni ezikhiqiza kakhulu izimboni, ezihlanganisa uwoyela negesi. Akunangqondo ukucabanga ukuthi amaphrojekthi e-DSM angahamba kangcono kunemiklamo yezimboni ejwayelekile, izingxenye ezimbili kwezintathu zazo zidlula isabelomali ngesilinganiso sama-50%.

"Amaminerali ase-seabed - i-nickel, i-cobalt, i-manganese, nethusi - ayilona "ibhethri edwaleni" njengoba izinkampani zezimayini zisho. Ezinye zalezi zimbiwa zinika amandla ubuchwepheshe besizukulwane sokugcina kumabhethri ezimoto zikagesi kodwa abakhiqizi bezimoto sebevele bathola izindlela ezingcono neziphephile zokuphehla amabhethri,” kusho uMaddie Warner weThe Ocean Foundation ongomunye wababhali abaphambili balo mbiko. "Maduze, ukusungulwa kwamandla ebhethri kuzonciphisa isidingo samaminerali olwandle."

Izindleko ezingaba khona nezikweletu zenziwa zibe zimbi nakakhulu izinsongo ezaziwayo nezingaziwa kuzo zonke izici ze-DSM, okwenza imbuyiselo yokutshalwa kwezimali ingaqinisekile. Lezi zinsongo zihlanganisa:

• Imithethonqubo engaphelele emazingeni kazwelonke nakwamanye amazwe okuthi, ngendlela esalungiswa ngayo, ilindele izindleko eziqinile nezikweletu ezinkulu. Lokhu kufaka phakathi iziqinisekiso / amabhondi ezezimali angaphambili, izidingo zomshwalense eziyisibopho, isibopho sezomthetho esiqinile sezinkampani kanye nezidingo zokuqapha zesikhathi eside kakhulu.
• Ukukhathazeka ngesithunzi ehambisana nezinkampani ezihamba phambili ze-DSM. Iziqalo zangaphambi kwesikhathi azizange zifake ubungozi noma umonakalo wangempela wokuchitheka kwemvelo noma imibhikisho ezinhlelweni zabo zebhizinisi, okunikeza abangaba abatshalizimali kanye nabathatha izinqumo isithombe esingaphelele. Isibonelo, lapho i-The Metals Company (TMC) ifakwa okokuqala ohlwini lwe-stock exchange yase-US, izinhlangano zomphakathi zaphikisa ngokuthi ukufakwa kwayo kwasekuqaleni akuzange kudalule ngokwanele ubungozi; I-Securities Exchange Commission yavuma futhi idinga i-TMC ukuthi ifake isibuyekezo.
• Ukungacaci mayelana nokuthi ubani ozokhokhela izindleko wokulimala kwezinhlelo zemvelo zasolwandle.  
• Ukuqhathanisa okudukisayo nezimayini zasemhlabeni kanye nezimangalo ezeqile zezeMvelo, ezeNhlalakahle, kanye nokuBusa (ESG).

Okwengeza zonke lezi zingozi ukwanda kwengcindezi yamazwe ngamazwe yokumisa ukumbiwa olwandle. Njengamanje, amazwe angama-24 acele ukuba kuvalwe, kumiswe, noma kumiswe isikhashana embonini.

Ngokuya ngokwandayo, amabhange, izikhungo zezezimali kanye nezinkampani zomshwalense nazo zifake ukungabaza ngokusebenza kwale mboni. NgoJulayi 2023, izikhungo zezezimali ezingama-37 zanxusa ohulumeni ukuthi bamise kancane ukumba izimayini ezijulile olwandle kuze kube yilapho kuqondwa ubungozi bemvelo, ezenhlalo, nezomnotho, kanye nezinye izindlela ezingasetshenziswa esikhundleni sokumbiwa phansi olwandle.

“Izinselelo ezinkulu kumele zixazululwe ngaphambi kokuthi i-DSM ibonwe njengenenzuzo kwezomnotho noma njengemboni eqotho engaba negalelo elihle kwezomnotho emphakathini,” kusho isitatimende. Amabhange emhlabeni wonke okuhlanganisa i-Lloyds, i-NatWest, i-Standard Chartered, i-ABN Amro, ne-BBVA nawo ayigwemile le mboni.

Ukwengeza, izinkampani ezingama-39 zisayine izithembiso zokuthi ngeke zitshale imali e-DSM, zingavumeli amaminerali ambiwayo ukuthi angene emigudwini yazo futhi angawatholi amaminerali olwandle. Lezi zinkampani zihlanganisa iGoogle, Samsung, Philips, Patagonia, BMW, Rivian, Volkswagen kanye neSalesforce.

Ebhukuda ngokumelene namagagasi, amanye amazwe, njengeNorway neziQhingi zaseCook, aye avulela amanzi awo ezwe lonke emisebenzini yokuhlola yezimayini. Uhulumeni wase-US bekulindeleke ukuthi akhiphe umbiko ngoMashi 1 ohlola ukusebenza kwemboni kuleli, kanti i-TMC inesicelo esisalinde uxhaso lukahulumeni wase-US ukuze kwakhiwe indawo yokucubungula izimbiwa olwandle eTexas. Amazwe aphishekela izimayini ezijulile zasolwandle aya ngokuya ehlukanisiwe esiteji somhlaba. “Njengoba izithunywa zilungiselela iSeshini yama-29 ye-International Seabed Authority (Ingxenye Yokuqala), ezoba kusukela mhla ziyi-18-29 kuNdasa wezi-2024 e-Kingston, e-Jamaica, lo mbiko unikeza isiqondiso sokuthi abatshalizimali kanye nabathatha izinqumo bakahulumeni bangakwazi kanjani ukuhlola ngokucophelela ubungozi bezezimali. yezimayini ezingase zijule olwandle,” kusho uMark. J. Spalding, uMongameli, i-The Ocean Foundation.

Ungawucaphuna kanjani lo mbiko: Ishicilelwe yi-The Ocean Foundation. Ababhali: uBobbi-Jo Dobush noMaddie Warner. 29 February 2024. Sibonga ngokukhethekile iminikelo kanye nokubuyekezwa okuvela ku-Neil Nathan, Kelly Wang, Martin Webeler, Andy Whitmore, kanye no-Victor Vescovo.

Ukuze uthole ukwaziswa okwengeziwe:
U-Alec Caso ([i-imeyili ivikelwe]; 310-488-5604)
Susan Tonassi ([i-imeyili ivikelwe]; 202-716-9665)

Mayelana ne-Ocean Foundation

Njengokuphela kwesisekelo somphakathi solwandle, umgomo we-Ocean Foundation 501(c) (3) uwukuthuthukisa impilo yolwandle lomhlaba wonke, ukumelana nesimo sezulu, kanye nomnotho oluhlaza. Sakha ubambiswano ukuze sixhumanise bonke abantu emiphakathini esisebenza kuyo nezinsiza zolwazi, ezobuchwepheshe, kanye nezezimali abazidingayo ukuze bafinyelele imigomo yabo yokuphatha olwandle. I-Ocean Foundation yenza izinhlelo eziwumgogodla zokwenza isayensi yolwandle ilingane kakhudlwana, ithuthukise ukuqina okuluhlaza okwesibhakabhaka, ibhekane nokungcoliswa kwepulasitiki yasolwandle emhlabeni wonke, futhi ithuthukise ulwazi lolwandle lwabaholi bezemfundo yasolwandle. Iphinde isingathe ngokwezimali amaphrojekthi angaphezu kwama-55 emazweni angama-25.