Yakhelwa kabusha i-Mother Ocean…

kanye nakho konke ukuphila emhlabeni wethu oluhlaza.

Lesi yisikhathi sobumbano nokunakekela abanye. Isikhathi sokugxila ekuzweleni nasekuqondeni. Futhi, isikhathi sokuhlala uphephile futhi unempilo kanye nokusiza labo abakudingayo njengoba singakwazi. Futhi yisikhathi sokucabanga ukuthi ikusasa liphethe ziphi izinselelo, nokuhlela kusenesikhathi ukululama ngemuva kwalolu bhubhane.

Ukuma kancane komnotho womhlaba ngenxa yomqedazwe we-COVID-19 akusona izaba zokuhlehlisa umsebenzi omuhle obulokhu udlondlobala wokubuyisela ulwandle esimweni sempilo nenala. Futhi akulona ithuba lokukhombana ngeminwe futhi uphakamise ukuthi ukuphumula okufana nalokhu kuhle endaweni ezungezile. Eqinisweni, sonke masisebenzise izifundo esizifundayo ndawonye njengethuba lethu lokubeka amandla olwandle olunempilo noluchichima emnyombweni wokwenza ukubuya okuhlangeneyo.

A isifundo esisha kuMvelo ithi singakwazi ukubuyisela impilo yolwandle ngokugcwele eminyakeni engama-30!

Futhi, inhlolovo enkulu yosomnotho abaphezulu abangaphezu kwama-200 emhlabeni iveze ukuzethemba okusabalele ukuthi amaphakheji okuvuselela agxile emvelweni azobonakala engcono kakhulu emvelweni nasemnothweni [Hepburn, C., O'Callaghan, B., Stern, N. , Stiglitz, J., and Zenghelis, D. (2020), 'Ingabe amaphakheji okubuyisela imali ye-COVID-19 azosheshisa noma abambezele inqubekelaphambili ekushintsheni kwesimo sezulu?[', Ukubuyekezwa kwe-Oxford Kwenqubomgomo Yezomnotho 36(S1) ezayo]

Singabiza umgomo wethu womnotho onempilo, umoya ohlanzekile, amanzi ahlanzekile nolwandle oluchichimayo ngokuthi “izifiso zethu ezihlangene zemvelo” ngoba ekugcineni kosuku zonke izinto eziphilayo emhlabeni ziyazuza.

Ngakho-ke, masisebenzise izifiso zethu ezihlangene zezemvelo enkonzweni yenguquko yezomnotho elinganayo evuselela ukukhula komnotho okusimeme ngaphansi kwenkontileka entsha yezenhlalakahle. Singathuthukisa izinqubomgomo ezinhle ezisekela ukuziphatha okuhle. Singakwazi ukushintsha ukuziphatha kwethu komuntu ngamunye ukuze senze umthelela omuhle kuwo wonke umsebenzi wethu, sithathe izinyathelo zokubuyisela futhi ezivuselelayo olwandle. Futhi, singamisa leyo misebenzi ethatha okuhle kakhulu olwandle, futhi sifake izinto ezimbi kakhulu.

Izinhlelo zikahulumeni zokuvuselela umnotho zingabeka eqhulwini ukwesekwa kwemikhakha ye-Blue Economy enamandla amakhulu okudala amathuba emisebenzi, njengamandla avuselelekayo olwandle, ingqalasizinda yemikhumbi esebenza ngogesi, kanye nezisombululo zokuqina ezisekelwe emvelweni. Ukutshalwa kwezimali komphakathi kunganikezwa ukusiza ukususa ikhabhoni ukuthunyelwa kwemikhumbi, ukuhlanganisa amasistimu ekhabhoni eluhlaza okwesibhakabhaka kuma-NDC, futhi ngaleyo ndlela kunamathele ezibophelweni zaseParis, izibopho Zolwandle Lwethu, kanye nezibopho ze-UN SDG14 Ocean Conference. Eminye yale mibono isivele ikhona, nabaholi bezepolitiki nabezimboni abahlakaniphile abaphishekela imikhuba engcono nobuchwepheshe obuthuthukisiwe. Ezinye zingacatshangelwa noma ziklanywe kodwa kusadingeka zakhiwe. Futhi, ngayinye yazo idala amathuba emisebenzi kusukela ekuklanyweni nasekusetshenzisweni, kuya ekusebenzeni nasekulungiseni, nazo zonke izinsiza ezidingekayo ukuze siye phambili.

Sesiyabona ukuthi ukusimama sekugxumekele phambili ezintweni ezibalulekile ezinkampanini eziningi.

Lokhu bakubona njengeshumi leminyaka lesinyathelo sokuqhubekela phambili ekukhiqizweni kwe-zero, umnotho oyindilinga, ukuvikela ukuhlukahluka kwemvelo, ukunciphisa ukupakishwa nokungcoliswa kwepulasitiki. Bheka Ukusimama Okuthrendayo. Eziningi zalezi zinguquko zezinkampani zisabela ezidingweni zabathengi.

Iminyaka engaphezu kwe-17, sakhe i-Ocean Foundation ukuze sibheke phambili kulokho okungenziwa ngokulandelayo ukubuyisela emuva inkambiso yokucekelwa phansi kwezindawo zolwandle emhlabeni jikelele. Umphakathi wethu womhlaba wonke—abaqondisi, abeluleki, kanye nabasebenzi– baqhubeka nokuvuka njalo ekuseni ukuze baphendule ezinsongweni ezisongela impilo yolwandle futhi bathole izixazululo - ekhaya, ngesikhathi sobhubhane, futhi ngenkathi bebhekene nokuwohloka komnotho akekho noyedwa kubo owake wazibonela. Esikuqalile kubonakala kusebenza. Masisheshise. Yingakho sikhuluma ngethuba lokwenza i-Blue Shift njengoba sakha kabusha umnotho, nokwenza ulwandle lube nempilo futhi.

Ngethemba ukuthi nonke nisesimweni esihle nomoya omuhle, nihlakaniphile kodwa ninethemba.

Olwandle, Mark