“I-Africa isengcupheni ngomthelela wokuguquguquka kwezulu”: UNECA
I-United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA) ikhiphe isexwayiso esiqinile lapho igcizelela umthelela omkhulu wokuguquguquka kwesimo sezulu ezwenikazi i-Afrika naphezu kokuba negalelo elilinganiselwe ekukhiqizweni kwekhabhoni emhlabeni jikelele.
Iphakamisa usongo olukhulu olubhekene ne-Afrika, imininingwane ye-UNECA iveza ukuthi amazwe ali-17 kwangama-20 asengozini enkulu yokuguquka kwesimo sezulu esihlasele izwenikazi.
Le nhlangano igcizelele isidingo esiphuthumayo sokuthi amazwe ase-Afrika abeke ingxenye yesabelomali sawo sezezimali ukuze abhekane nezinselelo ezilethwa ukuguquka kwesimo sezulu, okulokhu kuphazamisa inqubekelaphambili yesifunda ekuthuthukisweni okusimeme.
Njengoba ukukhathazeka okuhlobene nokushintsha kwesimo sezulu kuthinta ama-2% kuya kwangu-9% ezabelomali zikazwelonke ezwenikazi lonke, i-UN icela imizamo ebumbene yokunciphisa imithelela emibi ye-global warming kwezenhlalo nezomnotho zase-Afrika. Okukhathaza kakhulu wudaba olukhulayo lokungavikeleki kokudla, okuthinta ngokungafanele ama-20% abantu base-Afrika uma kuqhathaniswa nesilinganiso somhlaba esingu-9.8%.
Awase Afrika kawazilungiselele Ukusabela, iNhlangano Yezizwe Ezihlangene ikhuthaza ukugxila kwamasu ekuqiniseni ukukhiqizwa kwezolimo, ikakhulukazi ekulimeni okusanhlamvu okubalulekile, ukuze kuliwe nosongo olukhulayo lokushoda kokudla kanye nokuqinisekisa ukutholakala kokudla okusimeme kwezwekazi.
Phakathi kwalezi zinselelo ezinzima, ukuqaliswa kokuqaliswa kweSivumelwano Sendawo Yokuhwebelana Ngokukhululekile Yezwekazi Lase-Afrika kuye kwavela njengethuluzi elibalulekile lokugqugquzela ukuhwebelana phakathi kwezwekazi kanye nokunciphisa ubumpofu esifundeni sonke. Kodwa-ke, ucwaningo lwe-UNECA lubonisa ukuthi ukutshalwa kwezimali okukhulu okudingekayo ukuze kuhambisane nokushintsha kwesimo sezulu e-Afrika kungafinyelela kwamaDollar ayizigidigidi ezi-$50 njalo ngonyaka kuze kushaye unyaka wezi-2050, uma amazinga okushisa omhlaba edlula umkhawulo obalulekile ongama-2 ° C ngaphezu kwamazinga angaphambi kwezimboni.
Naphezu kwalezi zinselelo, abanye osomnotho baye baveza amathuba omnotho angase avele ezinkampanini ezizimele zase-Afrika ngokusebenzisa izinyathelo ezisheshayo zokubhekana nokuguquguquka kwesimo sezulu, ezigqamisa ukubaluleka kokusetshenziswa kwezindlela ezisimeme njengembangela yokukhula komnotho kanye nokuqina ezwenikazi.
