Utshintsho lwemozulu lunokunciphisa iiOlimpiki zasebusika kwixesha elizayo

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Zininzi, zininzi iindlela utshintsho lwemozulu olunokuthi ekugqibeleni luchaphazele ubomi bethu bemihla ngemihla. Ngaphandle kweempembelelo ezicacileyo zokusingqongileyo (ezifana, um, izixeko ezinyamalala phantsi kwamanzi), sinokulindela ukwanda kwayo yonke into ukusuka kwisiphithiphithi sendiza ukuya kwimiba yempilo yengqondo.

Iziphumo ezinokubakho ezihlasela ikhaya, ngakumbi ngoku? IiOlimpiki zaseBusika njengoko sizazi zinokubona utshintsho olukhulu kumashumi eminyaka ezayo. Ngoku ka Imiba yoKhenketho, Inani leendawo ezinokubakho zeOlimpiki zaseBusika liza kuncipha kakhulu ukuba utshintsho lwemozulu luyaqhubeka nezifundo zalo. Abaphandi bafumanise ukuba xa ukukhutshwa kweegesi zegreenhouse ehlabathini lonke akuthintelwa, zisibhozo kuphela kwezixeko ezingama-21 ebezibambe iMidlalo yaseBusika kwixa elidluleyo eziya kuba ziindawo ezinokubakho kwixesha elizayo, ngenxa yokutshintsha kwemozulu yazo. Kuluhlu lweendawo ezinokuthi zibe no-gos ngo-2050? ISochi, iChamonix kunye neGrenoble.

Ngaphezu, ngenxa yexesha elifutshane lasebusika, abaphandi bachaza ukuba kunokwenzeka ukuba i-Olimpiki kunye neParalympics, ethi ukusukela ngo-1992 ibibanjelwe kwakwisixeko esinye kwisithuba nje seenyanga ezimbalwa (kodwa ngamanye amaxesha iinyanga ezintathu), Kufuneka yahlulwe phakathi kwezixeko ezibini ezahlukeneyo. Kungenxa yokuba inani leendawo eziza kuhlala zibanda ngokwaneleyo ukusuka ngoFebruwari ukuya ngoMatshi (okanye ngo-Epreli) nge-2050s zimfutshane kunoluhlu lweendawo ezinokubamba ngokuthembekileyo iiOlimpiki. IPyeongchang, umzekelo, iya kuthi ithathelwe ingqalelo njengengozi yemozulu ngokubamba iiParalympics zasebusika ngo-2050.

"Ukutshintsha kwemozulu sele kuchaphazele iMidlalo yeOlimpiki kunye neParalympic yaseBusika, kwaye le ngxaki iya kuba mandundu ngakumbi xa silibazisa ukulwa nokutshintsha kwemozulu," utshilo uShaye Wolf, Ph.D., umlawuli wesayensi yemozulu kwiZiko leBiological Diversity. . "Kwimidlalo ye-Olimpiki ka-2014 eSochi, iimeko zekhephu eziethe-ethe zakhokelela kwiimeko ezinobungozi nezingalunganga kubadlali. Amanqanaba okwenzakala kweembaleki ayephezulu kakhulu kwiminyhadala ye-ski kunye neekhephu."

Kwaye, "ukuncipha kwekhephu ayisiyongxaki yeembaleki zeOlimpiki kuphela, kodwa kuthi sonke esikonwabela ikhephu kwaye sixhomekeke kulo kwiimfuno ezisisiseko njengamanzi okusela," utshilo uWolf. "Ehlabathini lonke, i-snowpack iyancipha kwaye ubude bexesha lekhephu lasebusika liyehla."

Kukho isizathu esinye esicacileyo: "Thina yazi ukuba oyena nobangela wokufudumala kwehlabathi kutshanje kukwanda kweegesi zegreenhouse emoyeni,” ucacise watsho uJeffrey Bennett, Ph.D., isazi ngeenkwenkwezi, umfundisi-ntsapho, kunye nombhali I-Primer yokuFudumala kweLizwe. Amafutha efosili ngowona mthombo mkhulu weegesi zegreenhouse, yiyo loo nto uBennett esithi eminye imithombo yamandla (ilanga, umoya, inyukliya, kunye nezinye) ibalulekile. Kwaye ngelixa ukunamathela kwisivumelwano semozulu saseParis kunganceda, ngekhe kwanele. "Nokuba izithembiso zokunciphisa ukukhutshwa kwegesi engcolisa i-greenhouse zikuthembisa ngesiVumelwano seMozulu saseParis, izixeko ezininzi zisazakuwela kwimephu ngokusebenza."

Ewe. Ke unokuzibuza malunga nokuthathwa apha. "Ukonzakala kwiiOlimpiki zaseBusika sesinye isikhumbuzo sokuba utshintsho lwemozulu lususa izinto esizithandayo," utshilo uWolf. "Ukudlala ngaphandle kwikhephu-ukuphosa ibhola yekhephu, ukutsiba kwisileyi, ukugijima ezantsi kwi-skis-kondla umoya wethu kunye nokuphila kakuhle." Ngelishwa, ilungelo lethu lobusika njengoko sibazi yinto ekuza kufuneka siyilwele ngokujongana notshintsho lwemozulu.

"I-Olimpiki iluphawu lwamazwe ahlanganayo ukuze anyukele kwimiceli mngeni engakholelekiyo," utshilo uWolf. "Ukutshintsha kwemozulu yingxaki ephezulu efuna inyathelo eliphuthumayo, kwaye kwakungenakubakho ixesha elibaluleke ngakumbi lokuba abantu baphakamise amazwi abo ukuba bafune imigaqo-nkqubo eqinile yemozulu ukuhlangabezana nalo mngeni."

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