Kusukela eVanuatu kuya eBrussels, kwabuthana izixuku zezingane zesikole nabafundi, bephakamisa izingqwembe, becula futhi bememeza izingoma, emzamweni ohlanganyelwe wokuveza ukukhathazeka kwabo ngokushintsha kwesimo sezulu kanye nokufinyelela kulabo abaphethe ukuze banqume udaba. Le phromoshini ingaphambi kwesikhathi. Incwadi eyashicilelwa kuThe Guardian ekuqaleni kukaMashi yathi: “Sifuna ukuthi abaholi bomhlaba bazibophezele baxazulule le nkinga. Uhlulekile ubuntu esikhathini esedlule. Kodwa intsha yezwe elisha izolwela izinguquko.”
Laba bantu abasha abakaze baphile ezweni elingaphazanyiswa ukuguquguquka kwesimo sezulu, kodwa bazothwala kanzima ngenxa yemiphumela yako, kusho uNadia Nazar, ongomunye wabagqugquzeli besiteleka eWashington, DC. “Siyisizukulwane sokuqala esithinteke kakhulu ngokushintsha kwesimo sezulu kanye nesizukulwane sokugcina esingenza okuthile ngakho,” kusho yena.
Iziteleka ezingaphezu kuka-1700 zahlanganiswa ukuze ziqhubeke usuku lonke, kusukela e-Australia naseVanuatu futhi kuhlanganisa wonke amazwekazi ngaphandle kwe-Antarctica. Abafundi abangaphezu kwezinkulungwane ezingama-40 bamashe kulo lonke elase-Australia kanti imigwaqo yamadolobha amakhulu ase-Europe nayo ibigcwele abantu abasha. E-US, intsha ihlangene ngeziteleka ezingaphezu kwe-100.
"Silwela izimpilo zethu, zabantu emhlabeni wonke abahluphekayo, imvelo kanye nemvelo osekunezigidi nezigidi zeminyaka futhi ecekelwe phansi yizenzo zethu emashumini ambalwa eminyaka adlule," kusho uNadia Nazar.
Wakhula kanjani umnyakazo
Lezi ziteleka ziyingxenye yenhlangano enkulu eyaqala ekwindla ka-2018, lapho uGreta Thunberg, isishoshovu se-vegan esineminyaka engu-16 saseSweden, engena emigwaqweni phambi kwesakhiwo sephalamende eStockholm ukuyonxusa abaholi bezwe lakhe hhayi kuphela. ukuqaphela ukushintsha kwesimo sezulu, kodwa ukwenza okuthile ngakho. – into ebalulekile. Ubize isenzo sakhe “ngesiteleka sesikole sesimo sezulu.” Ngemuva kwalokho, uGreta phambi kwabaholi bomhlaba abangama-200 engqungqutheleni yeZizwe Ezihlangene yokuguquguquka kwesimo sezulu ePoland. Lapho, watshela osopolitiki ukuthi bantshontsha ikusasa lezingane zabo ngoba behluleka ukunqamula isisi esingcolisa umoya futhi bamise ukufudumala komhlaba. Ekuqaleni kukaMashi, uGreta wayeseNobel Peace Prize ikhwelo labaholi bomhlaba lokuvimbela ukuguquguquka kwesimo sezulu.
Ngemuva kweziteleka zakhe, abantu abasha emhlabeni wonke baqala ukuhlela ezabo, imvamisa yokuqopha ngabodwana ngoLwesihlanu emadolobheni abo. E-US, u-Alexandria Villasenor oneminyaka engu-13 ubudala wafudumala futhi wahlala ebhentshini elibandayo phambi kwendlunkulu yeNhlangano Yezizwe Ezihlangene eNew York, kanti uHaven Coleman oneminyaka engu-12 wayesemsebenzini eDenver State Government House eColorado.
Kodwa ukuteleka masonto onke kube yisiphazamiso esikhulu entsheni eningi, ikakhulukazi uma izikole, abangani, noma imindeni yabo ibingabasekeli. Njengoba u-Izra Hirsi oneminyaka engu-16, ongomunye wabaholi besiteleka sesimo sezulu sentsha yaseMelika, esho ngoLwesihlanu, akuwona wonke umuntu ongashiya isikole noma aye ezindaweni lapho angathola khona ukunakwa. Kodwa lokho akusho ukuthi abanandaba nokushintsha kwesimo sezulu noma abafuni ukwenza okuthile ngakho.
U-Hirsi nezinye izishoshovu ezisencane babefuna ukuhlela usuku lapho izingane ezweni lonke zingahlangana ndawonye ngendlela ehlangene, ebonakalayo. “Kuhle uma ungangenela isiteleka masonto onke. Kodwa ezikhathini eziningi, kuyilungelo ukuba nalelo thuba. Ziningi izingane emhlabeni ezilukhathalele lolu daba kodwa azikwazi ukuphuma esikoleni masonto onke noma kulesi siteleka ngoLwesihlanu futhi sifuna kuzwakale wonke amazwi,” kusho yena.
“Ubugebengu ngekusasa lethu”
NgoMfumfu wezi-2018, i-Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change yakhipha umbiko owaxwayisa ngokuthi ngaphandle kwesinyathelo esiqinile esididiyelwe samazwe ngamazwe sokunciphisa ukukhishwa kwegesi ebamba ukushisa, iplanethi cishe izofudumala ngaphezu kuka-1,5 degrees Celsius futhi imiphumela yalokhu kufudumala ingaba yingozi. okulimaza kakhulu. kunalokho obekucatshangwa ngaphambilini. Isikhathi? Ihlole ngo-2030.
Intsha eningi emhlabeni wonke yazizwa lezi zibalo, yabala iminyaka futhi yabona ukuthi izobe isencane. “Nginezinjongo namaphupho amaningi engifisa ukuwafeza lapho ngineminyaka engu-25. Kodwa eminyakeni engu-11 kusukela manje, umonakalo obangelwe wukuguquka kwesimo sezulu ngeke usakwazi ukuhlehliswa. Ngincamela ukulwa nayo manje,” kusho uCarla Stefan, umhleli wesiteleka saseWashington oneminyaka engu-14 waseBethesda, eMaryland.
Futhi lapho bebheka emuva, babona ukuthi cishe akukho lutho olwenziwa ukuxazulula le nkinga. Ngakho-ke uThunberg, uStefan nabanye abaningi babona ukuthi yibona okufanele baqhubekisele phambili ingxoxo yalezi zinkinga. “Ukungazi nokungazi akuyona intokozo. Lokhu kungukufa. Lokhu kuyicala elibhekene nekusasa lethu,” kusho uStefan.