ILondon iphumelele ukhuphiswano lokusingatha le minyaka mibini I-Ecocity World Summit ngoJuni 2023. Yaqala ukubanjwa ngo-1990, i-Ecocity World Summit yinkomfa yoovulindlela yehlabathi jikelele kwizixeko ezizinzileyo. Rhoqo kwiminyaka emibini idibanisa abathathi-nxaxheba basezidolophini abavela kwihlabathi liphela ukuze bagxininise kumanyathelo aphambili anokuthi athathwe yizixeko kunye nabemi ukuze bakhe ngokutsha indawo yethu yokuhlala yabantu ngokulingana neenkqubo zokuphila.
Ingqungquthela ye-hybrid physical-virtual iya kuqhubeka nge-6-8 Juni 2023 e IZiko leBarbican. Iza kubiza abameli boluntu kwidolophu iphela ukusuka kubantwana besikolo, izifundiswa kunye neengcali ukuya kubatyali-mali, imibutho yabarhwebi kunye neenkokeli zopolitiko, ukwabelana ngeengcinga ezintsha kunye nokugcina amandla kunye nomfutho oveliswa yi-COP26.
Iprojekthi yelifa iya kuzisa isiqwenga esitsha seziseko eziluhlaza eLondon, equlunqwe, kwaye iphuhliswe ngenkqubo yentsebenziswano. Umnyhadala wezoYilo waseLondon uza kubonelela ngasemva kwenyanga yonke ngokusebenza kuso sonke isixeko kuyo yonke inyanga kaJuni.
Ibhidi lokubamba le ngqungquthela lixhaswe nguRhulumente wase-UK, uSodolophu waseLondon, amaBhunga aseLondon, iSixeko saseLondon Corporation, uThutho lwaseLondon, iBhunga lase-UK Green Building, iRoyal Town Planning Institute, iGreen Finance Institute kunye neBartlett Faculty of Built Environment, UCL. .
Yayikhokelwa yiNew London Architecture (NLA) ngokubambisana neLondon & Partners, iZiko leBarbican kunye nabaququzeleli beenkomfa beengcali ze-MCI. UMlawuli weNgqungquthela, u-Amy Chadwick Till we-NLA, uza kukhokela ikomiti yenkqubo yeengcaphephe kushishino ukubumba nokuhambisa inkqubo.
USadiq Khan, uSodolophu waseLondon, uthe: “Ziindaba ezimnandi ukuba iLondon iza kuba sisixeko esisindleke. ISamithi yeHlabathi ye-Ecocity 2023. Kuye kwaba kuhle ukubona uzinzo kwi-ajenda yehlabathi jikelele emva kwe-summit ye-COP26, kwaye inkomfa ye-Ecocity eLondon iya kuqhubeka nencoko yozinzo ngokuhlanganisa iinkokeli zoshishino, ezopolitiko kunye noluntu oluvela kwihlabathi lonke. Izixeko zehlabathi zinendima enkulu ekufuneka ziyidlalile ekujonganeni nokutshintsha kwemozulu kunye nemiba yokusingqongileyo. ILondon ibonise ubunkokeli bayo ngokuzibophelela kwiSivumelwano esitsha esiseGreen sokunceda iLondon ibe luhlaza kwaye ilunge ngakumbi - ukudala imisebenzi emitsha kunye nezakhono kubahlali baseLondon kunye nokuqinisekisa ukuba iLondon iba sisixeko esinecarbon engu-zero-carbon ngo-2030 kunye nesixeko esingenankunkuma ngo-2050. USihlalo omtsha weC40 Cities, ndisebenza nabanye ooSodolophu kunye nezixeko kwihlabathi jikelele ukwabelana ngemibono kunye nokusebenzisana, kunye neenkomfa ezifana ne-Ecocity World Summit ziya kunceda ukuphucula intsebenziswano yehlabathi. "
U-Amy Chadwick Till, uMlawuli we-Ecocity World Summit 2023, uthe: “Iingqungquthela ze-Ecocity zangaphambili zinerekhodi elimangalisayo lokuvumela isenzo esibambekayo sasekhaya; Ndivuyiswa lithuba lokuba amaqabane ethu engqungquthela yaseLondon aqhube utshintsho lwasekhaya. Ngokuququzelela ukwabelana ngolwazi lwehlabathi kunye nokuqaqambisa ukucinga okutsha, iiprojekthi, kunye nezicwangciso-nkqubo zemigaqo-nkqubo ezivela kwihlabathi jikelele, sinokunika inkuthazo kunye nezixhobo zezixeko ukuhambisa iimfuno zehlabathi.
Iindibano zocweyo zokuyila ezijongana nezishwankathelo zelizwe lokwenyani, isithembiso esibonakalayo esinxibelelana kwizixeko ezinezixhobo ezimbalwa, kunye nokuvuselelwa kwesixeko ngomnyhadala kaJuni, ndiyathemba, kuya kushiya ilifa elinamandla ngaphaya kwengqungquthela yeentsuku ezi-3 ngokwayo. ”
UKirstin Miller, uMlawuli oPhetheyo, i-Ecocity Builders, uthe: “Abakhi be-Ecocity bayakuvuyela ukwamkela iLondon njengokusingatha i-Ecocity 2023. Ibhidi labo eliphumeleleyo, kunye nomnqweno wabo wokudibanisa uluntu, luphawule zonke iibhokisi zethu. Kwakukho ukuqonda okucacileyo kwezixeko njengeenkqubo ezintsonkothileyo ezinabathathi-nxaxheba abahlukeneyo kunye namacandelo. Ngaphezu koko, sabona indlela ephambili yokunxibelelana nabo bonke kunye ukufezekisa iinjongo zamabhongo kunye neziphumo ezingcono. Kuninzi esinokukufunda eLondon, kwaye, ndiyacinga, kuninzi esinokubelana nathi. Ezona zixeko ziphumeleleyo kunye nommelwane ziya kuba ngabo bafumanisa indlela yokusebenzisana ngokufanelekileyo kunye nokwenza izicwangciso zabo. Isibhengezo saseLondon siyakuvuma oku ngokwamkela ukuntsonkotha nobuchule bokuyila koyena ndoqo wotshintsho.”
UCllr Georgia Gould, uSihlalo wamaBhunga aseLondon, uthe: “Ingqungquthela ye-Ecocity iza kubonelela ngethuba kumasipala waseLondon ukubonisa umsebenzi esiwenzayo noluntu lwethu ukunikezela ngesixeko esizinzileyo kubaphulaphuli bamazwe ngamazwe. IBoroughs izimisele ukusebenzisana nabavelisi behlabathi kunye nabatyali-zimali kwaye bafunde kwizixeko zehlabathi ukuqhubela phambili injongo yethu yokuhlisa ukukhutshwa kwekhabhoni yaseLondon ukuya kuthi ga kwi-zero ngendlela ebandakanyayo nezinzileyo. ”
INTO ONOKUYITHATHA KWELI NQAKU:
- It has been great to see sustainability at the top of the global agenda in the wake of the COP26 summit, and the Ecocity conference in London will continue the sustainability conversation by bringing together business, political and community leaders from all over the world.
- London has shown its leadership by committing to a Green New Deal to help London become greener and fairer – creating new jobs and skills for Londoners and ensuring London becomes a net zero-carbon city by 2030 and a zero-waste city by 2050.
- As the new Chair of C40 Cities, I am working with other Mayors and cities across the world to share ideas and collaborate, and conferences like Ecocity World Summit will help to enhance global cooperation.
