Ukumelana Nesimo Sezulu Nekusasa

Ukumelana Nesimo Sezulu Nekusasa

Ngemva kweziphepho ezinkulu zase-Atlantic kanye nomphumela wokulimala emiphakathini yabantu neyasolwandle ngokufanayo, i-Ocean Foundation ithole inqwaba yezicelo zosizo. Abaningi esibambisene nabo kanye nozakwethu bebengakabi nawo amandla noma belindele izindaba ngomonakalo obangelwe yisiphepho. Ezinye bezigxile ekwakhiweni kabusha kwengqalasizinda yesayensi yasolwandle. Abanye bafuna ukwandisa amandla emiphakathi yokuqapha izinga lamanzi kanye neminye imiphumela ngemva kwezikhukhula, ukugeleza kwemfucumfucu, nokunye ukulimala. Ingqikithi nengqikithi bekungukwakha kabusha imiphakathi kanye nengqalasizinda yamandla, yezokuxhumana, kanye neyamanzi ukuze isekelwe ngendlela yokunciphisa ukuphazamiseka kwesiphepho esilandelayo. Siqale ngokusungula izizinda ezikhethekile zokuqoqa izimali: I-Hurricane Irma Recovery Fund futhi I-Cuba Recovery Fund. Futhi saqala ukubuyekeza izinketho eziningi zokweseka amaphrojekthi azonciphisa ukulimala olwandle kanye namanzi asogwini aseduze nogu njengengxenye yesisekelo esibalulekile sempilo yesiqhingi. 

ISiphepho u-Irma sihlasele iCamaguey Archipelago ogwini olusenyakatho neCuba emaphakathi eCuba

Njengengxenye yenqubo yethu yokubuyekeza, ngifinyelele Ibhodi Labeluleki Le-Ocean Foundation ukuze ngicele imibono yabo mayelana nokuqina kanye nokululama ekuphazamisekeni kwesimo sezulu. Njengenjwayelo, ngithole imibono ehlukahlukene futhi ebalulekile evela kubaluleki bethu abangatholakala emhlabeni wonke. Ngezwa ngalabo ababengase bathi, “Ngingazixoxela mathupha ukuthi ngadlula ezivunguvungwini esikhathini esedlule, futhi ngabona ukuthi lokhu kuwathinta kanjani amazwe. Umfutho unyukile ngomthelela owandile.” Omunye wabhala, “Kufanele sigxile ekubuyiseleni imihlume notshani basolwandle namaxhaphozi ukuze kunciphe imiphumela yalezi ziphepho.” Omunye wabhala ukuthi isidingo sisezingeni elidinga ukucabanga kwesithombe esikhulu kanye nezinsiza ezibalulekile zokwakha kabusha kanye nokuthuthukisa imiphakathi yasogwini ngendlela ecabangela ikusasa, hhayi nje ukuphendula emiphumeleni esheshayo yeziphepho. Abeluleki abaningi babenezinto eziningi eziwusizo abangabelana ngazo, ngihlala ngithobekile futhi ngibonga umoya wokuphana nothando lwangempela lomphakathi we-The Ocean Foundation. 

UMongameli we-TOF, u-Mark Spalding ekhuluma e-COP23 e-Bonn

Ngaleso sikhathi, ngangisendleleni eya ekhaya ngivela engqungqutheleni ye-Our Ocean eMalta lapho iNkosana uCharles wase-UK, iNkosana u-Albert waseMonaco, kanye nowayenguNobhala Wezwe waseMelika uJohn Kerry babenikeze izinkulumo ezikhuthazayo. Le ngqungquthela ibe nezibophezelo ezinhle ezenziwa inqwaba yabaholi basolwandle abanothando. Nokho, kwaqondana nemibiko emisha mayelana nokuba sengozini kwesifunda ezweni elinokufudumala nokukhuphuka kwezilwandle kanye nokushintsha kwesimo sezulu. Uhlobo lwemibiko okungaba lula ukuluziba kunokubona njengezimpawu zangempela zokuthi isikhathi sokuthatha isinyathelo manje. Yebo, umphakathi wethu uyazi ukuthi akukho esingakwenza.

Lobo buthakathaka bolwandle nogu lwaphinde lwahlala engqondweni yami njengoba ngichitha isonto lonke e-Fiji nethimba le-Ocean Foundation sigxile ekwakheni amandla esayensi okuqonda kanye nezinhlaka zokuphatha ukuze kuphendule izinguquko zamakhemikhali olwandle eNtshonalanga Pacific. Abahlanganyeli be-workshop bahlanganisa abantu baseKiribati, Republic of the Marshall Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, Nauru, Palau, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tokelau, Tonga, Tuvalu, Vanuatu, Papua New Guinea kanye neFiji ngokwayo. Kwakujabulisa ukuba lapho nabantu abazimisele kakhulu ukwamukela ukufunda ngesayensi futhi bakusebenzise ezidingweni zezwe labo.

I-Ocean Acidification monitoring workshop ababambiqhaza nabaqeqeshi eFiji  

I-COP23, eyaziwa nangokuthi iNgqungquthela Yezizwe Ezihlangene Yokuguquguquka Kwesimo Sezulu yama-23 ibanjwe ngokubambisana yiFiji neJalimane kulo nyaka. NgangiseBonn namashumi ezinkulungwane zabanye abantu ababehlangene ukuze babheke izinyathelo ezilandelayo zokufinyelela imigomo yeSivumelwano saseParis kusukela ku-COP22, futhi ngaleyo ndlela kubhekwane nezimbangela kanye nemiphumela yesimo sezulu esishintshayo. Iqhaza lami bekuwukukhuluma ngekhabhoni eluhlaza okwesibhakabhaka njengendlela yokuthatha kanye nokuthatha ngokwemvelo ikhabhoni yasemkhathini ekukhishweni kwethu nge-photosynthesis ngotshani basolwandle, utshani be-saltmarsh, imihlume kanye ne-phytoplankton. 

Inalokhu engqondweni, nangenxa yokubaluleka kolwandle kwezomnotho kanye nendima ebalulekile ekulawuleni isimo sezulu, iFiji njengoMongameli we-COP23 icele ukubambisana ukuze kuqhutshwe “iNdlela Yolwandle” edala inqubo ye-UNFCCC ebandakanya ulwandle futhi ebona isidingo esiyisisekelo sabasengozini. iziqhingi ezincane nezisogwini ukuze kuvikelwe ukuvikeleka kokudla, indawo yokuhlala yabantu egudle ugu, kanye nokugcina ezinye izinsiza ezibalulekile zasogwini kanye nezinhlelo zemvelo zasolwandle. Ukwengeza, i-EU isingathe uSuku Lwasolwandle okokuqala ngqa mhla ziyi-10, kanti i-Global Ocean Forum ngokubambisana namanye ama-NGO yaluhlela lwaminyaka yonke i-Ocean Action Day ngoNovemba 11. Njengelungu elisungula i-Ocean and Climate Platform, i-Ocean Foundation ibonga ukuthi ama-71% omhlaba wethu athola ukuqashelwa okukhethekile okufanele. 

Usuku lwe-Ocean Actions e-COP23 e-Bonn

Ngakho, njengoba ngindizela ekhaya, ngizama ukuhambisa izindaba ezinhle, isifiso esihle, nethemba labo bonke abantu abaqhubeka nokusebenzela iplanethi enempilo. Kithina sonke, le mibuthano ingavuselela izinjongo zethu esabelana ngazo kanye nombono wethemba ophinde usekele ukuphikelela kwethu ndawonye kanye nokusebenza kanzima ngenxa yempilo yethu yomhlaba wonke kanye nenhlalakahle yethu yesikhathi esizayo—ngisho noma kubonakala sengathi izenzo ezinombono omfishane ezithatha isikhathi eside— imiphumela yesikhathi eside isongela ukukhuphula ifa lethu futhi ikhubaze izizukulwane ezizayo.