Pamene mgwirizano wa United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) COP27 ukuchitika, pali chiyembekezo kuti 'African COP' idzasonkhanitsa ndalama ndi zochita zofunika kuti Africa ikhale yolimba.
Mlimi Ndaula Liwela, wa ku Machita settlement m’chigawo cha Zambezi ku Namibia, akuloza maluwa obalalika a mtengo wa baobab omwe ali pouma pafupi ndi nyumba yake. "Chipatso chaka chino chidzakhala chaching'ono komanso chochepa," akutero, ngakhale kuti mtengo wamtengo wapataliwu umadziwika kuti umatha kusunga madzi ndikuchita bwino mumikhalidwe yowuma. Patatha milungu ingapo atabzala mbewu zake, "koma tinasiya kulima titaona mitambo isanayambike".
Pamene bungwe la United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) COP27 likuchitikira ku Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, kuyambira 6 mpaka 18 November 2022, pali chiyembekezo kuti 'African COP' idzasonkhanitsa ndalama ndi zochita zofunika pa nyengo- wokhazikika ku Africa, koma izi sizitanthauza zambiri kwa Liwela, yemwe nkhawa yake yaposachedwa ndi momwe angadyetse banja lake poyang'anizana ndi tsogolo losatsimikizika.
Kwawo ku chigawo chakumpoto kwa Namibia kuli mkati mwa Kavango Zambezi Transfrontier Conservation Area (KAZA), malo opitilira malire a mayiko asanu omwe adapangidwa kuti ateteze mitundu yosiyanasiyana yazachilengedwe pomwe akuthandiza anthu okhala m'malo. Sali kutali ndi mtsinje wa Zambezi, koma ndi wopanda madzi. Chaka chilichonse, Liwela amapeza zofunika pamoyo wake pokolola baobab ndi zipatso zina zakuthengo, koma chaka chino, ngakhale nyama zakutchirezi zikuwoneka kuti zingamukhumudwitse.
Madera ambiri a ku Africa akukhudzidwa kwambiri ndi nyengo yachilimwe yomwe imatentha kwambiri komanso mvula imabwera pambuyo pake. Zochitika zoopsa monga chilala zikuchulukirachulukira komanso zovuta.
“Nkhani ya Liwela si yapadera. M’chaka chatha, takambirana ndi alimi, asodzi, okolola udzu, ndi ena ambiri amene amadalira zachilengedwe m’derali. Iwo aona zotsatirapo za kusintha kwa nyengo pa luso lawo lodzisamalira. Izi zimawasiya pachiwopsezo, osati kungokhudzidwa ndi kusintha kwanyengo, komanso zoopsa zina, monga mliri wa COVID-19, "atero a Sigrid Nyambe wa WWF Namibia. Iye wakhala akugwira ntchito ndi anthu a m’derali kuti asonkhanitse zambiri zokhudza kusintha kwa nyengo m’madera monga gawo la pulogalamu ya WWF ya Climate Crowd. Izi zimadziwitsa mapulojekiti oyesa kuti athandize anthu akumidzi kuti agwirizane ndi kusintha komwe akukumana nawo komanso kuchepetsa kupanikizika kwa zamoyo zosiyanasiyana.
Lipoti laposachedwa la IPCC Working Group II lokhudza Impacts, Adaptation, and Vulnerability likuwonetsa kuti ngozi zambiri zanyengo ndi zazikulu kuposa momwe zimayembekezeredwa kale, makamaka kumayiko omwe ali pachiwopsezo cha Africa. Mayiko ambiri aphatikiza njira zothetsera chilengedwe monga gawo la mapulani awo othana ndi kusintha kwanyengo, koma akufunika thandizo lazachuma ndi luso kuti achitepo kanthu pamlingo wapakati.
Polankhula ku Forum on Finance for Nature-Based Solutions yokonzedwa ndi Standing Committee of Finance ya UNFCCC, Wachiwiri kwa Mlembi Wamkulu wa UN Climate Change Ovais Sarmad anati: “Tikukumana ndi mavuto awiri a kusintha kwa nyengo ndi chilengedwe. Awiriwo ndi ogwirizana kwambiri. Chiwonongeko chogwirizana, cholumikizidwa chikukulirakulira tsiku ndi tsiku. Ngati chilengedwe ndi kusintha kwanyengo zikugwirizana, ndiye kuti mayankho okhudzana ndi chilengedwe ali pamtima pothana ndi zonsezi. ”
Komabe, malinga ndi kunena kwa Inger Andersen, Mtsogoleri Wamkulu wa bungwe la United Nations Environment Programme, m’nkhani yaposachedwapa ya United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, “madola pafupifupi 133 biliyoni okha ndi amene aperekedwa kuti athetse mavuto a zachilengedwe, ndipo ndalama ziyenera kuwirikiza katatu pofika 2030. kuti akwaniritse zolinga za nyengo, chilengedwe, ndi kusaloŵerera m’malo.”
"M'zaka zingapo zapitazi, tawona zovuta ziwiri, kusintha kwanyengo komanso mliri wapadziko lonse lapansi - ukudutsa. Zonsezi zimakhudza kwambiri madera omwe ali pachiwopsezo kwambiri komanso zimakhudza momwe anthu amagwirira ntchito ndi zinthu zachilengedwe," atero mkulu wa WWF wowona zanyengo, madera, ndi nyama zakuthengo Nikhil Advani. Mwachitsanzo, ku Namibia, kusintha kwa nyengo ndi mliri wachulukitsa kugwiritsa ntchito zinthu zachilengedwe mosakhazikika, akutero Advani, yemwenso amayendetsa nsanja ya African Nature-Based Tourism Platform. Ntchitoyi idakhazikitsidwa mu 2021 kuti ilumikizane ndi opereka ndalama ndi anthu omwe akuchita nawo ntchito zokopa alendo zachilengedwe m'maiko 11 kum'mawa ndi kumwera kwa Africa, kuthandiza kuzindikira madera ndi mabizinesi omwe akhudzidwa kwambiri ndi zosowa zawo zofunika kwambiri.
Oposa theka la anthu a ku Namibia omwe anafunsidwa mu 2021-2022 pulojekiti ya Climate Crowd inanena za zotsatira zachindunji pa zinyama zakutchire, kuphatikizapo chiwerengero cha anthu omwe amafa komanso kusamukira kumadera ena kumene madzi ndi zakudya zimakhala zambiri. Makumi asanu ndi atatu mwa anthu 62 aliwonse omwe adafunsidwa adanenanso kuti mbewu zalephera kapena kupanga zochepa kwambiri m'zaka zaposachedwa, ndipo XNUMX% idawona kuchepa kwa thanzi la ziweto. Pafupifupi atatu mwa anayi a anthu omwe adafunsidwa adanena kuti zipatso zakuthengo zomwe zimakololedwa panyengo zina zikuchepanso. Ndipo pamene zinthu zachilengedwe zikuchulukirachulukira kukhala zovuta kuzipeza, anthu ambiri ndi ziŵeto zawo amalimbana ndi nyama zakuthengo.
"Zomwe tasonkhanitsa zikuwonetsa kuti tiyenera kuyang'ana kwambiri zoyeserera zomwe zimateteza anthu omwe ali pachiwopsezo chachikulu," adatero. Mkati mwa KAZA, pali zitsanzo ndi mwayi wolimbikitsira mphamvu pogwiritsa ntchito njira zomwe zilinso njira zosinthira nyengo. Mapulojekiti oyesa awa, ogwirizana ndi chilengedwe omwe akukwaniritsidwa kudzera mwa Climate Crowd nthawi zambiri amatengera mayankho opangidwa ndi chikhalidwe chawo, chikhalidwe chawo komanso chidziwitso cha komweko.
Kuweta njuchi ndi bizinesi yosamalira zachilengedwe komanso yothandiza yomwe ingakhale yopindulitsa kwambiri kuthandiza anthu kulimbana ndi zokolola zosayembekezereka. Achinyamata a m’maderawa nthawi zambiri sakhala pantchito ndipo sakhala ndi mwayi wochita zinthu zowapezera ndalama pamene ulimi wa mvula ukuchepa. Ku Namibia, ntchito ina yotereyi ikukhudza kuphunzitsa achinyamata a m’midzi ya Muyako, Omega 3, ndi Luitcikxom ku Bwabwata National Park za ulimi wa njuchi. David Mushavanga, mlimi wa njuchi m’derali yemwe wakhala akugwira ntchito zaka zoposa 16, akhazikitsa ntchitoyi mogwirizana ndi bungwe la WWF Climate Crowd komanso unduna wa za chilengedwe, nkhalango, ndi zokopa alendo.
Ntchito zina zomwe zikuyembekezeka ku Namibia zikhudza kukulitsa chitetezo chamadzi kudzera mukukolola kwamadzi amvula ndi zitsime zoyendera mphamvu ya dzuwa, ulimi wogwiritsa ntchito bwino nyengo, kukhazikitsa zitofu zoyera, ndi njira zina zopezera moyo monga kupanga ntchito zamanja.
"Climate Climate ndi njira yoyambira pansi, yoyendetsedwa ndi anthu. Ndikofunikira kuthandizira mapulojekiti omwe anthu ammudzi akumva kuti ali ndi umwini. Mapulojekitiwa amatha kuwathandiza kuti azitha kupirira zovuta zambiri komanso zovuta. Zadzidzidzi zachilengedwe monga kusintha kwanyengo zitha kubweretsa kuwonongeka kwachuma komanso zachuma kuposa zomwe zimayambitsidwa ndi COVID-19, "atero Advani.
Kudzera mu Climate Crowd ndi African Nature-Based Tourism Platform, WWF imagwira ntchito ndi mabungwe oyang'anira zachilengedwe m'maiko ena angapo kum'mawa ndi kum'mwera kwa Africa kuti apereke ndalama ndi chithandizo chaukadaulo pamayankho omwe amateteza chilengedwe komanso kupindulitsa anthu pomwe akulimbitsa mphamvu zamtsogolo. zododometsa ndi zopsinjika.
Mwachitsanzo ku Malawi, pulojekiti yomwe yathandizidwa posachedwa ndi bungwe la African Nature-Based Tourism Platform KAWICCODA, ikuthandizira kukulitsa ntchito zopezera chitetezo mdera la mtunda wa makilomita asanu kuzungulira Kasungu National Park.
"Mavuto anyengo komanso miliri ikuwopseza moyo wa anthu ndi chilengedwe, ndichifukwa chake tikufunika kuyesa ntchito zomwe zimapangitsa kuti anthu ndi chilengedwe zikhale zolimba. Tikhoza kuphunzirapo kanthu pa ntchito zotsogozedwa ndi anthu apanyumba. Kenako titha kuwakulitsa, "adatero Advani.
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