Kuzomele uhlale ngaphansi kwedwala ukuze ungazi ukuthi uMongameli Obama wethule inkulumo yakhe yeSimo SeNyunyana kuKhongolose nezwe izolo ebusuku. Ngesikhathi ethula inkulumo yakhe ukhulume ngokuguquguquka kwesimo sezulu, nemiphumela yako ezweni lethu, wasinxusa ukuthi sikusukumele. Uthe:
[sws_blue_box ] “Ngenxa yezingane zethu nekusasa lethu, kufanele senze okwengeziwe ukuze silwe nokushintsha kwesimo sezulu. Yebo, kuyiqiniso ukuthi awukho umcimbi owodwa owenza ithrendi. Kodwa iqiniso liwukuthi, iminyaka engu-12 eshisa kakhulu emlandweni yonke ifike eminyakeni engu-15 edlule. Amagagasi okushisa, isomiso, imililo yequbula, nezikhukhula - konke manje sekuvame kakhulu futhi kushubile. Singakhetha ukukholelwa ukuthi i-Superstorm Sandy, kanye nesomiso esibi kakhulu emashumini eminyaka, kanye nemililo yequbula emibi kakhulu ezinye izifundazwe ezake zayibona konke kwakuyinto nje eyenzeka ngengozi. Noma singakhetha ukukholelwa ekwahluleleni okukhulu kwesayensi - futhi senze kungakephuzi kakhulu. ” [/sws_blue_box]
Mhlawumbe ufunda lokhu futhi uyazibuza, “Ukushintsha kwesimo sezulu kuhlangene ngani nezihlahla?” Impendulo yethu: okuningi.
Minyaka yonke, ihlathi laseCalifornia elikhona lasemadolobheni elinezihlahla eziyizigidi ezingama-200 lithatha amathani ayizigidi ezi-4.5 zamagesi abamba ukushisa (GHGs) kuyilapho likhipha amathani engeziwe angama-metric ayizigidi eziyi-1.8 unyaka ngamunye. Kwenzeka lokhu nje umnukubezi omkhulu waseCalifornia ukhiphe inani elifanayo lama-GHG ngonyaka odlule. I-US Forest Service ihlonze ezinye izindawo zokutshala izihlahla zomphakathi eziyizigidi ezingama-50 ezitholakalayo njengamanje ezweni lonke. Sicabanga ukuthi kukhona ukuphikisana okuhle okwenza amahlathi asemadolobheni abe yingxenye yengxoxo yokushintsha kwesimo sezulu.
Ngesikhathi ethula inkulumo yakhe, uMnu. Obama uphinde wathi:
[sws_blue_box ]”Uma iCongress ingeke ithathe isinyathelo maduze ukuze ivikele izizukulwane ezizayo, ngizokwenza njalo. Ngizoyalela iKhabhinethi yami ukuthi iqhamuke nezinyathelo zokuphatha esingazithatha, manje nasesikhathini esizayo, ukunciphisa ukungcoliswa komhlaba, ukulungiselela imiphakathi yethu imiphumela yokuguquguquka kwesimo sezulu, futhi kusheshiswe ukudlulela emithonjeni yamandla esimeme kakhudlwana.”[/sws_blue_box ]
Njengoba kuthathwa izinyathelo, sithemba ukuthi amahlathi asemadolobheni abhekwa njengengxenye yesixazululo. Izihlahla zethu, amapaki, nezindawo ezivulekile konke kusebenza njengengxenye yengqalasizinda yamadolobha ethu ngokuhlanza nokugcina amanzi ezikhukhula, ukunciphisa ukusetshenziswa kwamandla ngokupholisa amakhaya ethu nemigwaqo, futhi ungakhohlwa, ukuhlanza umoya esiwuphefumulayo.
Ukuze uthole ulwazi olwengeziwe mayelana namahlathi asemadolobheni, ukuthi angena kanjani engxoxweni yokushintsha kwesimo sezulu, kanye nenani elimangalisayo lezinye izinzuzo ezinikezayo, landa leli phepha lolwazi. Iphrinte futhi wabelane ngayo nabantu empilweni yakho abakhathalela indawo yethu.
Tshala izihlahla ukuze wenze umehluko manje neminyaka ezayo. Singakusiza wenze lokho.
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U-Ashley Ungumphathi Wenethiwekhi Nokuxhumana eCalifornia ReLeaf.