I-MALE - I-archipelago yaseMaldives, isongelwa ngokunyuka kwamanqanaba olwandle atyholwa ngokutshintsha kwemozulu, yathi ngoMvulo iya kwazisa irhafu entsha yendalo kubo bonke abakhenkethi abasebenzisa iindawo zabo zokungcebeleka kunye nokubonelela ngoqoqosho lwayo.
Idume kakhulu kwiindawo ekuchithelwa kuzo iiholide ezikumgangatho ophezulu kunye nee-atolls ezinesanti emhlophe, iMaldives izenzele igama njengommeli wokunciphisa utshintsho lwemozulu kuba ukunyuka kwamaqondo olwandle kuqikelelwa ukuba kuza kuntywila uninzi lweziqithi zayo ngo-2100.
Uqoqosho lwaseMaldives lwezigidi ezingama-850 zeedola lufumana ngaphezulu kwekota yesambuku semveliso yasekhaya kubakhenkethi, kodwa ayikarhafisi ukuyinceda ukulwa nokutshintsha kwemozulu.
Umongameli u-Mohammed Nasheed, owathi ngo-Matshi wachaza izicwangciso zokwenza iMaldives isizwe sokuqala se-carbon-neutral kwisithuba seminyaka elishumi, wathi irhafu yendalo iza kutsalwa kungekudala kubo bonke abakhenkethi.
“Senze irhafu eluhlaza. Isendleleni. Ngumcimbi wepalamente eyamvumayo kwaye ndiyathemba ukuba ipalamente iyakuvuma - i-3 yeedola ngomkhenkethi ngamnye ngosuku, "UNasheed uxelele iintatheli eMale, ikomkhulu leziqithi zoLwandlekazi lwaseIndiya.
Ngokusekwe kumndilili wonyaka wabakhenkethi abangama-700,000 abachitha umndilili weentsuku ezintathu eziqithini, oko kuguqulela malunga ne-6.3 yezigidi zeedola ngonyaka.
Ngo-Matshi, uNasheed uqalise inyathelo le-1.1 yeebhiliyoni zeedola ukuguqula iziqithi kuphela kumandla avuselelekayo kumafutha efosili, kwaye uthenge kwaye utshabalalise iikhredithi zekhabhoni ze-EU ukuphelisa ukukhutshwa kwabakhenkethi ababhabha ukutyelela iindawo zabo zokuchithela iiholide.
Urhulumente uye wavuma ukuba ufuna utyalo-mali lwangaphandle ukuxhasa ezo zicwangciso, kunye nohambo lukaNasheed oluya kwiingxoxo zemozulu ze-UN eCopenhagen ngoDisemba.
Kwinyanga ephelileyo, iofisi yakhe yathi ayizukuya kwezi ngxoxo ngenxa yengxaki yohlahlo lwabiwo-mali eyanyanzela ilizwe ukuba lifune imali-mboleko ye-IMF ye-60 yezigidi zeerandi.
UNasheed uthe akanazo izicwangciso zokuya “ngaphandle kokuba kukho umntu osinceda ngesisa. Ndiyathemba ukuba kukho umntu oza kusinceda.”
Uthe iMaldives yayinempembelelo encinci kwisiphumo seengxoxo zaseCopenhagen, eziza kudala umlandeli weProtocol yaseKyoto, kodwa isigxina esikhulu.
Akukho sizathu sokuba iMaldives ingene kwisivumelwano. Lilizwe elincinci. YiIndiya, iChina, iBrazil, iUnited States ekufuneka ingenelele, utshilo. "Akukho mntu uza kuphuma njengophumeleleyo ngaphandle kwesivumelwano."
