Abagqugquzeli besimo sezulu be-UN abasezingeni eliphezulu bachaze “umjikelezo wokuvelela” oqhuba izinkampani ukuthi zithathe izinyathelo zesimo sezulu.
Ngothayi wakhe we-#ShowYourStripes kanye nemaski, nabagijimi abaluhlaza nasawolintshi, u-Nigel Topping ugqama esixukwini.Ngosuku olwandulela ukuthi ngixoxisane naye e-Cop26, u-Topping walandela u-Al Gore, owayengumengameli waseMelika, wangena esiteji egqoke amasokisi abomvu ngokugqamile.Ekuseni ngoMgqibelo ompunga futhi onethayo (November 6), lapho iningi lethu kufanele libe sembhedeni, imibala kanye nothando lukaToppin lwesenzo sezulu kuyathathelana.
U-Topping ujabulela isicoco esihlonishwayo sika-UN High-level Climate Champion, asihlanganyele nosomabhizinisi osimeme waseChile uGonzalo Muñoz.Le ndima yasungulwa ngaphansi kweSivumelwano SaseParis ukusiza ukukhuthaza izinkampani, amadolobha kanye nabatshalizimali ukuthi banciphise ukukhishwa kwegesi kanye nokuzuza ukukhishwa kwenani eliphelele.UTopin uqokwe njengomphathi we-Cop26 nguNdunankulu waseBrithani u-Boris Johnson ngoJanuwari 2020.
Lapho ngibuza ukuthi kusho ukuthini ngempela umsebenzi wakhe, u-Toppin wamamatheka wangidlulisela kumlobi ongumNdiya u-Amitav Ghosh (Amitav Ghosh) encwadini yakhe ethi “The Great Derangement.”Ngokusobala wagcona ukudalwa kwalo mlingiswa futhi wabuza ukuthi lezi “zidalwa zasenganekwaneni” zenzeni ukuze ziqanjwe ngokuthi “ompetha”.Okwenziwa u-Topping kwakuwukukhombisa iziqinisekiso zakhe ezithembekile njengochwepheshe bebhizinisi esimeme—wasebenza njenge-CEO ye-We Mean Business Alliance, umqondisi omkhulu we-Carbon Disclosure Project, futhi wasebenza emkhakheni ozimele cishe iminyaka engu-20.
Ngosuku olwandulela inkulumo yethu, uGreta Tumberg watshela izethameli “NgoLwesihlanu Lwekusasa” eGlasgow ukuthi i-Cop26 “Iwumkhosi Wokuhlanzwa Okuhlaza Kwebhizinisi”, hhayi ingqungquthela yesimo sezulu.“Kukhona izinkunzi,” kusho uToppin.“Kunesimo sokushintsha umbala oluhlaza okotshani, kodwa akulungile ukubiza yonke into eluhlaza.Kumele ube yi-forensic kakhulu, kungenjalo uzoyiphonsa ngaphandle ngamanzi okugeza.Kufanele ube yinkimbinkimbi kakhulu… esikhundleni sokulebula yonke into ebhalwe i-Nonsense, ngaphandle kwalokho kuzoba nzima ukuthuthuka.”
UTopping uthe, njengohulumeni, ezinye izinkampani zinesifiso sokuvelela, kanti ezinye zisalele emuva ekusebenzeni kwesimo sezulu.Kodwa, ngokuvamile, “sibubonile ubuholi bangempela emkhakheni ozimele, obekungacatshangwa ukuthi eminyakeni embalwa edlule.”U-Topping uchaze “ukusatshalaliswa kwezifiso ezenziwa ngesikhathi sangempela” lapho uhulumeni nezinkampani bedudulana ukuze benze izibopho ezingcono nezingcono zesimo sezulu.
Uthe ushintsho olukhulu ukuthi izinkampani azisaboni ukusebenza kwesimo sezulu njengezindleko noma ithuba, kodwa “njengokungenakugwemeka.”U-Toppin uthe izishoshovu zentsha, abalawuli, izimeya, ochwepheshe, abathengi nabahlinzeki bempahla bonke bakhomba ohlangothini olulodwa.“Njenge-CEO, uma ungayifundi uzocasuka kakhulu.Akumele ube ngumbhuli ukuze ubone lokhu kuqondisa kabusha.Iyakumemeza.”
Nakuba ekholelwa ukuthi “uguquko lwesikhungo” luyenzeka, kuwukushintshela ezinhlotsheni ezahlukene zonxiwankulu, hhayi ukuketulwa ngokuphelele kwesimo esikhona."Angikaziboni iziphakamiso ezihlakaniphile zokuketula uhlelo lonxiwankulu nezinye izindlela," kusho u-Toppin.“Siyazi ukuthi i-capitalism inhle kakhulu ezintweni ezithile, futhi kukumphakathi ukuthi unqume ukuthi inhloso iyini.
“Sishiya inkathi yobugovu obungenamingcele kanye nenkolelo efitshane kancane emandleni onxiwankulu kanye nezomnotho ezingaguquki, futhi sibona ukuthi umphakathi unganquma ukuthi sifuna ukusabalalisa okwengeziwe nokusebenza ngamandla aphelele.Umnotho,” ephakamisa.Ukugxila “kokungalingani okuthile okubangelwa ukuguquka kwabantu nokushintsha kwesimo sezulu” kuzoba ukhiye wengxoxo yaleli sonto ye-Cop26.
Naphezu kokuba nethemba, u-Toppin wayazi ukuthi ijubane loshintsho lalidinga ukusheshiswa.UToppin uthe ukusabela okunensayo komhlaba ekuguqukeni kwesimo sezulu akukhona nje “ukwehluleka kokucabanga” njengoba uGhosh akubiza kanjalo, kodwa futhi “kuwukwehluleka ukuzethemba.”
“Lapho sigxila kokuthile, thina njengohlobo oluthile lwezilwane sinekhono elimangalisayo lokusungula izinto ezintsha,” wanezela, ecaphuna izifiso zikaJohn F. Kennedy “Zohlelo Lokuhlalwa Kwenyanga” lukaJohn F. Kennedy."Abantu bacabanga ukuthi uyahlanya," kusho uToppin.Cishe abukho ubuchwepheshe bokufika enyangeni, futhi izazi zezibalo azikwazi ukubala umzila wokundiza komkhathi.“I-JKF ithe, 'Anginandaba, yixazulule.'” Kufanele sithathe isimo esifanayo mayelana nesenzo sezulu, hhayi “isimo sokuzivikela” lapho sibhekene nokunxenxa okungekuhle."Sidinga ukucabanga okwengeziwe nesibindi ukuze sizibekele imigomo esifuna ukuyifinyelela."
Amandla ezimakethe azophinde akhuthaze inqubekelaphambili esheshayo futhi anciphise izindleko zobuchwepheshe obusha.Njengamandla elanga nawomoya, amandla elanga nawomoya manje aseshibhile kunamafutha ezinto ezimbiwa phansi ezingxenyeni eziningi zomhlaba.Novemba 10 usuku lokuthumela lwe-Cop26.U-Toppin uthemba ukuthi lolu wusuku lapho umhlaba uvuma ukuqeda ubudlelwano nenjini evuthayo yangaphakathi.Wathi ikusasa liyindlela abanye abantu abakhumbula ngayo ukusetshenziswa kwezimoto zikaphethiloli nezikadizili, ngendlela efanayo nendlela “okhokho abagqoke amakepisi ayisicaba” ababehlangana ngayo ngezimpelasonto ukuze baxoxe ngezinzuzo zamarola emigwaqweni aphehlwa ngamalahle esikhathini esidlule.
Lokhu ngeke kube ngaphandle kobunzima.U-Topping uthe noma yiluphi ushintsho olukhulu lusho “izingozi namathuba”, futhi kudingeka “siqaphele imiphumela ebesingayihlosile.”Ukushintsha ngokushesha ezimotweni zikagesi akusho ukulahla izinjini ezivuthayo zangaphakathi emazweni asathuthuka.Ngesikhathi esifanayo, “kufanele siqaphele ukuba singaweli ogibeni oludala lokucabanga ukuthi izinguquko kwezobuchwepheshe kumelwe zenzeke emazweni asathuthuka eminyakeni engu-20 kamuva,” esho.Wenze isibonelo seKenya Mobile Bank, “eyinkimbinkimbi kune-UK noma iManhattan.”
Izinguquko zokuziphatha azizange zivele ezingxoxweni zeCop26, yize bekunezikhalazo eziningi emigwaqweni-bekukhona imibhikisho emikhulu yesimo sezulu eGlasgow ngoLwesihlanu nangoMgqibelo (November 5-6).U-Topping ukholelwa ukuthi inkampani nayo ingasiza kulokhu.U-Topping uthe i-Wal-Mart ne-IKEA bathengisa ama-LED okonga amandla esikhundleni samalambu okukhanya kwe-incandescent futhi "basize ukukhetha umhleli abathengi" ukuze bazivumelanise nemikhuba emisha yokuthenga, eba "evamile" ngokuhamba kwesikhathi.Ukholelwa ukuthi izinguquko ezifanayo zenzeke ekudleni.
"Sibona ushintsho lokudla," kusho u-Topping.Isibonelo, i-McDonald's yethula ama-burger asekelwe ezitshalweni, futhi i-Sainbury ibeka enye inyama emashalofini enyama.Izenzo ezinjalo "zihlanganisa" ukuziphatha okuhlukile."Lokhu kusho ukuthi awuyena umuntu odla inyama ongavamile, udinga ukuya ekhoneni ukuze uthole iqoqo lakho elikhethekile."
Isikhathi sokuthumela: Nov-09-2021
