Izingxoxo zezulu ezivela emazweni okungenani angama-200, ezaziwa njenge I-COP (Summit Summit), bekunesikhathi sokuqokwa ngoMgqibelo owedlule (Novemba 18) ukuhlola kanjena, ukusikeka kokuphuma kwegesi ebamba ukushisa lokho kusikhathaza kakhulu.
Ingqungquthela esunguliwe yagcwala amabika amabi ngokumenyezelwa kweMelika ukuthi isihoxile.
Ngaphandle kwalokhu, i-COP23 yaqhubeka kwaze kwafika isikhathi sokuqala saseBonn (eJalimane), lapho yenzeka khona ngenxa yokwehluka kwemali yokulwa nokuguquka kwesimo sezulu. Ukushaya kwenhliziyo okukhulu phakathi kwamazwe asathuthuka kanye namazwe acebe kakhulu.
Izinhloso ze-COP23
Inhloso enkulu yeCOP23 bekuwukuqala bhala imithethonqubo Yesivumelwano Esingumlando se-Paris 2015, ukuvimbela ukushisa kweplanethi ekukhuphukeni ngaphezu kuka-2ºC uma kuqhathaniswa nesikhathi sangaphambi kwezimboni.
Isidingo amazwe asathuthuka afike ngaso ukuthi wonke amalungu bacacise kusengaphambili ukuzibophezela kwabo ukunciphisa amagesi abamba ukushisa, kanye nokuzibophezela kwabo kwezezimali ngo-2020, ngaphambi kokuthi iSivumelwano saseParis esishiwo ngenhla siqale ukusebenza.
Ekupheleni kweCOP23, kwaboniswa ukuthi ukubalwa kokukhishwa kanye nezinhlelo zezezimali kuzokwenziwa ngonyaka we-2018, e-COP24, lokhu kusho ukuthi kuzokwenziwa ngoDisemba eKatowice, ePolinia.
Ukukhishwa kwamagesi abamba ukushisa
Lokhu kungcola okungumthwalo omkhulu wokushisa kwesimo sezulu sebenyukile futhi kulo nyaka, ikakhulukazi i-2%, ngemuva kweminyaka emi-3 yokuzinza kwesilinganiso, ngokusho kocwaningo.
U-Alden Meyer, umakadebona womakadebona we-Union of Concerned Scientists wachaza:
Lukhona uvalo olukhulu ohlangothini lwamazwe athuthukile, angafuni ukuyekethisa ezibalweni nasezinsukwini ezibekiwe.
Ngakolunye uhlangothi, iClimate Action Network yajabula ukusho:
Lesi sinqumo sibeka ingcindezi ngokushesha emazweni athuthukile ukuthi akhuphule ukufisa kwawo phakathi kwamanje kanye no-2020 nangaphezulu.
Njengoba kushiwo ngenhla, United States, ngaphandle kokungabaza, umthumeli oyinhloko we-CO2 futhi futhi ungomunye wabaphathi bezimali abakhulu kunabo bonke besimo sezulu, usishintshe ngokuphelele isimo sakhe sengqondo selokhu kwafika uDonald Trump futhi, yize okwamanje esiza ezingxoxweni, usevele umemezele ukuhoxa kwakhe Esivumelwaneni saseParis ngoJuni 2020.
Lokhu kwenza amazwe athuthukile futhi asafufusa lwela ukuthatha izintambo futhi amaphuzu abo amemezele kuleli sonto umfelandawonye wokuqeda amalahle njengomthombo wamandla emashumini eminyaka ezayo.
USeyni Nafo weqembu le-African Nations uchaze wathi:
“Isimo se-United States sinomthelela kwamanye amazwe athuthukile, nawo abe nemiphumela ezikhundleni ezithathwa amazwe amaningi asathuthuka. Wonke umuntu uyabukana »,
Naphezu kwakho konke, ithimba laseMelika liziphathe "ngendlela eyakhayo nengathathi hlangothi, ngaphandle kokuphazamisa" umsebenzi, kuchaza uNgqongqoshe Wezemvelo waseJalimane uBarbara Hendricks.