Ngokuchasene ne-backdrop yotshintsho lwemozulu yehlabathi jikelele kunye nokukhusela kwendalo, uphuhliso lweIzithuthi zamandla amatsha iye yaba yiImeko ephambili kwicala kwihlabathi liphela.
Oorhulumente kunye neenkampani bathathe amanyathelo okukhuthaza ukufudusela izithuthi zombane kunye nezithuthi ezicocekileyo ukuze kufezekiswe injongo yophuhliso oluzinzileyo.
Kutshanje, umbutho wezoThutho loChintelweyo wafowunela iSebe lezeThutho lase-US ukuze aqalise ngokukhawuleza isiCwangciso seZibonelelo zeZindlu zoMbane. Ukumiswa kwesicwangciso kuye kwanegalelo elibonakalayo ekukhuthazeni izithuthi zombane kunye nolwakhiwo lokutsala iinethiwekhi. Umbutho wezoThutho loChintelweyo ugxininise ukuba umsebenzi ophambili wokuphinda uqalise ukuqalisa kweprojekthi uya kunceda ukunciphisa ukungaqiniseki kotyalo-mali kunye neenkampani ezinxulumene noko kwaye kuqinisekiswe ukuphuculwa kwezixhobo zokuhlawula iZithuthi zoMbane.
Kwangelo xesha, iSingapore ikwakhuthaza ngenkuthalo umgaqo-nkqubo wayo wokuhamba wezothutho oluhlaza. Ilizwe lazisa izicwangciso zokukhupha izithuthi ze-fossil nge-2040 kwaye zithathe izibonelelo zokukhuthaza ukusetyenziswa kwezithuthi ze-hybrid kunye nezimsulwa. I-Singapore ijolise ekwandiseni inani lezitishi zokushasa ukusuka kwi-1,600 ukuya kwi-28,000 nge-2030. Kulindeleke ukuba kube sisiqingatha sesithathu sezithuthi ze-2024, malunga ne-18% kuphela iya kuba yi-18% kuphela Ngo-2023. Olu ngcelele lwamanyathelo lubonisa ukuba iSingapore ibophelelekile ekwakheni inkqubo yendlela yokuhamba okusingqongileyo kunye nokuzinzileyo.
Kule meko yehlabathi, iinkokeli kwimveliso yemoto nazo zikhangela ibhalansi yokuphuhlisa i-carbon. I-Chen Minoyi, uMongameli oMkhulu weShell ye-Shell yeqela leShell, echaza ukuba ishishini lezithuthi zexesha elizayo liya kulawulwa zizithuthi ezitsha zamandla, kwaye ukwakhiwa kwezixhobo zokuhlawula zikawonke-wonke kuya kubaluleka. Ukholelwa ukuba umhlaba ujamelene nemiceli mngeni kathathu yokhuseleko lwamandla, ukufikeleleka nokuzinza. Ukufumana le bhalansi kufuna iinzame ezidibeneyo zoorhulumente kunye nabemi bamazwe awahlukeneyo bahambele isantya sazo.
Uphuhliso olukhawulezileyo lwezithuthi zamandla amatsha ayisosiphumo senkqubela phambili yetekhnoloji, kodwa nefowuni eqhelekileyo yekamva eliluhlaza nelizinzileyo. Oorhulumente, amashishini nabathengi baphendula ngenkuthalo le meko, bakhuthaza ukusetyenziswa kwamandla acocekileyo kunye nokwenyani kwezithuthi zombane. Ngokuphuculwa okuqhubekayo kweziseko zophuhliso kunye nenkxaso yomgaqo-nkqubo, izithuthi zamandla ezitsha zezandla ziya kuba yinxalenye ebalulekileyo yothutho lwexesha elizayo kwaye inegalelo ekufezekiseni iinjongo zophuhliso oluzinzileyo lwehlabathi.
Kweli xesha ligcwele imiceli mngeni kunye namathuba, ukuphuculwa kwezithuthi zamandla amatsha ngaphandle kokhuseleko lwendalo kuphela, kodwa nendlela ebalulekileyo yokuphucula inguqu kwezoqoqosho kunye nokuphucula umgangatho wobomi. Iinzame ezidibeneyo zamazwe kwihlabathi liphela ziya kubeka isiseko esomeleleyo sokwakha ikamva eliluhlaza kunye nokuzinza.
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