Arthur Greene
I-Global Warming izoholela ekucwileni ngokuphelele kweziqhingi ngaphambi kokuphela kwekhulu leminyaka, kuxwayisa umbiko we-Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (i-IPCC).
Uma izinga lokushisa lomhlaba lenyuka ngaphezu kuka-1.5C emashumini eminyaka ezayo, amakhemikhali eqhwa asezindaweni ezibandayo azoncibilika ngezinga elandayo.
Lokhu kuzoholela ekukhuphukeni kwamazinga olwandle futhi kungacwilisa amazwe wonke, njengalawo aseziQhingini zase-Pacific, anabantu abayizigidi eziyi-2,3.
Sekuyiminyaka eminingi i-Pacific ingenye yezifunda ezithinteke kakhulu emhlabeni ngemiphumela yezinkinga zesimo sezulu. Ochwepheshe bakuchaze njenge-“canary in the coalmine” yokushintsha kwesimo sezulu.
Ihlaselwe yisomiso esibi, izivunguvungu ezibhubhisayo kanye nokwenyuka kwamazinga olwandle eminyakeni edlule. Kanti lezi zinkinga zizoba imvamisa kakhulu futhi zibe nzima kakhulu njengoba umhlaba uqhubeka nokushisa.
Lezi zixwayiso ziza ngesikhathi i-IPCC ishicilela umbiko wayo oyingqophamlando ngokushisa komhlaba jikelele ngoMsombuluko.
“Umbiko uyethusa kakhulu,” kusho uSatyendra Prasad, inxusa lase-Fiji futhi oyimele ngokuphelele ku-United Nations, etshela i-The Guardian.
“Kuletha ezinye zezinhlekelele ebesicabanga ngazo e-Pacific ngokukhuphuka kolwandle, ukulahleka kwamazwe asezansi, kanye nokulahleka kwamazwe wonke phakathi nekhulu leminyaka,” esho.
Ucwaningo oluthusayo lukhombisile ukuthi izinga lokushisa lomhlaba lizoqhubeka nokukhuphuka ngaphandle uma amandla amakhulu omhlaba, njengeMelika ne-China, ethatha izinyathelo ezinqala ngokushesha.
UNobhala-Jikelele we-UN u-António Guterres uthe: “Uma sihlanganisa amabutho manje, singakwazi ukunqanda inhlekelele yesimo sezulu. Kodwa, njengoba umbiko wanamuhla ucacisa, asikho isikhathi sokubambezela futhi asikho isikhala sezaba”.
Kodwa uma kungathathwa zinyathelo, izinhlekelele zemvelo, njengalezo esizibonile emasontweni edlule, zizokwanda kakhulu futhi zibengaphezulu.
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