Kuyo yonke i-10.000 yebhajethi yomkhosi, iitoni ze-1,3 ze-CO2e ziyakhutshwa

nguMartin Auer

Ngokoqikelelo lwe-Conflict and Environment Observatory, izinto ezikhutshwayo zonyaka zasemkhosini ze-EU (ukusukela ngo-2019) zizigidi ezingama-24,83 zeetoni ze-CO2e.1Inkcitho yasemkhosini ye-EU ibiyi-EUR 2019 yeebhiliyoni ngo-186, eyi-1,4% yemveliso yoqoqosho ye-EU iyonke (GDP)2.

Ke i-EUR 10.000 yenkcitho yasemkhosini eYurophu yenza iitoni eziyi-1,3 zeCO2e. 

Ukuba iAustria iyayinciphisa inkcitho yayo yasemkhosini, njengoko uNehammer wayefuna ngoMatshi3ukuya kwi-1% ye-GDP, okt ukusuka kwi-EUR 2,7 ukuya kwi-4,4 yezigidigidi, oku kuthetha ukwanda kokukhutshwa kwemikhosi yeetoni ze-226.100. Oko kuya kuba kukwanda kokukhutshwa kwe-Austrian iyonke (2021: 78,4 yezigidi t CO2e4) ubuncinane nge-0,3%. Kodwa ikwathetha ukuba ezi bhiliyoni zee-EUR ezi-1,7 zilahlekile ngenxa yezinye iinjongo ezifana nemfundo, inkqubo yezempilo okanye ipenshoni. 

Kodwa ayisiyiyo kuphela into ekhutshwa ngumkhosi wase-Austrian. Ilizwe elingathathi hlangothi njengeOstriya kufuneka likhuphe umkhwa wehlabathi wokulwa kwakhona kwaye libe ngumzekelo. Inokukwenza oko ngaphezu kwako konke njengelungu leManyano yaseYurophu. Ukuba amazwe e-EU, njengoko uNobhala Jikelele we-NATO uStoltenberg efuna5, ukwandisa imali yabo yempi ukusuka kwi-1,4% ye-GDP yangoku ukuya kwi-2% ye-GDP, oko kukuthi ngeyesithathu, ngoko ukukhutshwa kwemikhosi kunokulindeleka ukuba kwandiswe nge-10,6 yezigidi zeetoni ze-CO2e. 

UStuart Parkinson weNzululwazi kuXanduva lweGlobal uqikelela isabelo somkhosi sokukhutshwa kwerhasi yobushushu behlabathi kwi-5%, inyuke iye kwi-6% kwiminyaka yeemfazwe ezinkulu.6.Lo nto iyodwa ibonisa indlela ekubaluleke ngayo ukuthotywa kwezixhobo zehlabathi kubomi obuzinzileyo emhlabeni. Ngenxa yokuba ngaphandle kwezinto ezikhutshwayo eziyonakalisa imozulu, imikhosi idla izixa ezikhulu zabantu nezinto eziphathekayo ezinqongopheleyo ngeenjongo zokwakha, yaye xa kukho imfazwe ibangela ukufa, ukutshatyalaliswa nokungcoliswa kwemeko-bume ngoko nangoko. Kwaye kukho uloyiko lokuba indlela ekhoyo ngoku ebhekiselele ekuphuculweni iya kuziphazamisa kakhulu iinzame zokunciphisa izinto ezikhutshwayo kwihlabathi.

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Ifoto yeqweqwe: Imikhosi exhobileyo, nge Flickr, I-CC BY-NC-SA

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1https://ceobs.org/the-eu-military-sectors-carbon-footprint/

2https://eda.europa.eu/news-and-events/news/2021/01/28/european-defence-spending-hit-new-high-in-2019

3https://www.derstandard.at/story/2000133851911/nehammer-will-verteidigungsausgaben-auf-ein-prozent-des-bip-steigern

4https://wegccloud.uni-graz.at/s/65GyKoKtq3zeRea

5https://www.euronews.com/my-europe/2022/07/20/how-european-countries-stand-on-2-of-gdp-defence-spending

6https://www.sgr.org.uk/resources/carbon-boot-print-military-0