Iinkampani zaseMkhosini zase-UK kunye neeArms zivelisa iiMveliso zeCarbon ezingaphezulu kweMazwe angama-60

NguMat Kennard noMark Curtis, Meyi 19, 2020

ukusuka Daily Maverick

Eyokuqala ubalo oluzimeleyo yohlobo lwayo ifumene ukuba icandelo lezomkhosi lase-Bhritane icandelo lezomkhosi minyaka le likhupha iigesi ezingaphezulu kwezingama-60 kumazwe anjengeUganda enabemi abazizigidi ezingama-45.

Icandelo lezomkhosi lase-UK lenze igalelo lezigidi ze-6.5 zeetoni zekhabhonayoksiythi esilinganayo kumhlaba ojikeleze umhlaba ngo-2017 ukuya ku -2018 - unyaka wakutshanje apho yonke idatha ikhoyo. Kwezi ngxelo, ingxelo iqikelela ukuba i-Ministry of Defence's (MOD) zizonke iigesi ezikhuphe igreenhouse ekhutshwa ngo-2017 ukuya ku-2018 zizigidi ezi-3.03 zeetoni zekhabhoni diokbhoni.

Inani leMOD liphindaphindwe kathathu inqanaba leetoni ze-0.94 zeetoni zokukhutshwa kwekhabhoni ezichazwe kwisicatshulwa esiphambili kwingxelo yeMOD yonyaka, kwaye kuyafana nokukhutshwa kwishishini elenza iimoto lase-UK.

Ingxelo entsha, ebhalwe nguGqr Stuart Parkinson wooNzululwazi ngoXanduva kuZwelonke, ifumanisa ukuba iMOD yaseBrithani "ilahlekisa" uluntu ngamanqanaba okukhutshwa kwekhabhoni.

Olu hlalutyo lusebenzisa enye indlela ukubala ukukhutshwa kwezahlulo zomkhosi wase-UK-esekwe kwinkcitho yonyaka yokhuselo- efumanisa ukuba "i-carbon footprint" yomkhosi wase-UK ifikelela kwizigidi ezili-11 zeetoni zekhabhoni diokbhoni. Oku kungaphezulu kwamaxesha ali-11 kunamanani acatshulwe kwitekisi ephambili yeengxelo zonyaka zeMOD.

Indawo yekhabhoni ibalwa kusetyenziswa indlela esekwe “kukusetyenziswa”, okubandakanya konke ukukhutshwa kobomi, njengaleyo iphuma phesheya ekukhutsheni izinto ezingafunekiyo kunye nokulahlwa kwenkunkuma.

Ingxelo iza kuphakamisa imibuzo emitsha ngokuzinikela kweMOD ekuqhubeni isoyikiso enkulu e-UK. Lo mbutho uthi eyona ndima yawo 'kukukhusela i-UK' kwaye kujongwa utshintsho lwemozulu - okubangelwa kukonyuka kwekhabhoni- njengokhuseleko olukhulu usongo.

Umphathi-mkhosi omkhulu wase-UK, u-Adarir Admiral uNeil Morisetti, wathi Ngo-2013 ukuba isoyikiso esabangelwa kukhuseleko lwase-UK ngokutshintsha kwemozulu sisoyikeka kanye njengoko sibangelwe kukuhlaselwa nge-cyber nobunqolobi.

Intlekele ye-Covid-19 ikhokelele iifowuni ziingcali ukuphinda ziphonononge izinto zokhuselo nokhuseleko lwaseBritane. Ingxelo le ilumkisa ukuba imisebenzi enkulu yasemkhosini ngexesha elizayo iya “kukhokelela kulwando olukhulu” ekukhutsheni igesi eluhlaza, kodwa oku akubonakali ngathi kuthathwa izigqibo zikarhulumente.

Umsebenzi wezomkhosi njengokuhambisa umlo weenqwelo zokulwa, iinqanawa zemfazwe kunye neetanki, kunye nokusetyenziswa kweziseko zomkhosi phesheya kwezorhwebo, ziba namandla kakhulu kwaye zixhomekeke kumafutha ezinto zomhlaba.

Imibutho engamabhanti

Ingxelo iphinda ihlalutye ukukhutshwa kwekhabhoni okuveliswa ziinkampani eziphambili ezingama-25 ezisekelezelwe e-UK kunye nabanye ababoneleli ababalulekileyo kwi-MOD, ngokuqesha abantu abangama-85,000. Ibala ukuba umzi mveliso wezikhali wase-UK ukhupha iitoni ezizigidi ezingama-1.46 zeekhabhoni zekhabhoni dioksiyitha ngokulinganayo ngonyaka, inqanaba elifanayo nokukhutshwa kwazo zonke iinqwelomoya e-UK.

Iinkqubo ze-BAE, eyona nkampani inkulu yase-UK, enegalelo kwiipesenti ezingama-30 kwimveliso ephuma kumzi mveliso waseBritane. Abona bahambeli phambili bakhulukazi yiBabcock International (6%) kunye noLeonardo (5%).

Ngokusekwe kuthengiso oluxabisa i- 9 ye-2017 yezigidigidi, ingxelo iqikelela ukuba i-carbon footprint yokukhuphela izinto zangaphandle e-UK kwezixhobo zomkhosi ngo-2018 ukuya ku-2.2 yezigidi zeetoni zekhabhoni di-diabetes.

Ingxelo iphakamisa imibuzo malunga nokubonakala kwecandelo lenkampani yezabucala xa kusenziwa ingxelo yengqongileyo. Ifumanisa ukuba iinkampani ezisixhenxe zase-UK aziboneleli "ngolwazi oluyimfuneko olusezantsi" ekukhutsheni ikhabhoni kwiingxelo zalo zonyaka. Iinkampani ezintlanu - i-MBDA, i-AirTanker, i-Elbit, i-Leidos Yurophu kunye ne-WFEL - aziboneleli zinkcukacha ziphuma zizonke.

Yinkampani enye kuphela ebonelela ngeMOD, umbutho wonxibelelwano i-BT, inikezela ngovavanyo olunzulu lokukhutshelwa kwgesi gca ngokuthe ngqo nangokungathanga ngqo kwingxelo yayo yonyaka.

Ipatheni yengxelo ephosakeleyo '

Ingxelo ifumanisa ukuba iMOD "inyula kakhulu kwidatha kunye nolwazi olunxulumene nefuthe lobume bayo" ayipapashayo, ebisoloko iphazanyiswa yimpazamo.

I-MOD inika ingxelo malunga nokukhutshelwa kwayo kwindawo eluhlaza kwindawo yengxelo yayo yonyaka ebizwa ngokuba yi "Sustainable Mod". Ihlula imisebenzi yayo kwiindawo ezibanzi ezibanzi: Iindawo, ezibandakanya iziseko zomkhosi kunye nezakhiwo zabantu; kunye nokubanakho, okubandakanya iinqanawa zokulwa, oomatshini abasebenza phantsi komhlaba, iinqanawa zokulwa, iitanki kunye nezinye izixhobo zasemkhosini.

Kodwa amanani okukhutshwa kwekhabhoni i-MOD ibonelela kuphela ngemihlaba hayi ubuchule, yona ityhilwa kuphela kwisihlomelo kwaye kuphela kwiminyaka emibini emva konyaka wengxelo.

Amanani abonisa ukuba okukhutshiweyo kwegesi yommandla obamba ukushisa kungaphezulu kwe-60 yeepesenti iyonke yeMOD. Ababhali baqaphela ukuba "ipatheni yengxelo ephosakeleyo ibonakala njengenkqubela yeMOD ngokuGqibeleleyo iminyaka emininzi".

Eminye imisebenzi yasemkhosini ikhululwe kwimithetho yokusingqongileyo yaseburhulumenteni - apho iMOD ithatha isigqibo sokuba kukho “isidingo sokhuselo” - kwaye le ngxelo iyaphikisana, iphazamisa nengxelo kunye nommiselo.

"I-MOD kunye namalungu ayo angaphantsi, kubandakanya uninzi lwabakhontrakthi abasebenzela iSebe kunye nemibutho engaphantsi kwayo, iwela phantsi kommiselo we-Crown Immunity kwaye ke ngoko aba phantsi kolawulo lonyanzeliso lwe-Arhente yezeNdalo," ingxelo iphawula.

Ukusetyenziswa kwezixhobo kwibala lokulwa nako kunokwenzeka ukuba kuvelise isixa esikhulu sezinto ezikhutshwayo zekhabhoni, kwaye zibe nezinye iimpembelelo zokusingqongileyo, kodwa ulwazi olwaneleyo ukubala lomonakalo alukho.

Kodwa ingxelo ifumanise ukuba igesi yokukhupha igesi eluhlaza eluhlaza yatshisa malunga ne-50% kwiminyaka eli-10 ukusukela ngo-2007-08 ukuya ku-2017-18. Izizathu eziphambili kukuba i-UK yehlise ubungakanani bemisebenzi yayo yasemkhosini e-Iraq nase-Afghanistan, kwaye yavala iziseko zomkhosi emva kokususwa kwemali okuyalelwe ngurhulumente kaDavid Cameron njengenxalenye yomgaqo-nkqubo “wokuzonwabisa”.

Ingxelo ithi ukukhutshwa emkhosini akunakwenzeka ukuba kuwele kakhulu kwixesha elizayo, icacisa ukunyuka okucwangcisiweyo kwinkcitho yomkhosi, ukuthunyelwa okukhulu kwezithuthi ezinamandla kakhulu njengeenqwelo moya ezimbini zase-UK, kunye nokwandiswa kweziseko zomkhosi phesheya.

"Lutshintsho olukhulu kuphela kwisicwangciso somkhosi wase-UK ... esinokuthi sikhokelele kumazinga aphantsi eempembelelo zokusingqongileyo, kubandakanywa nokukhutshelwa komoya [okuluhlaza kwendawo eluhlaza]," yatsho ingxelo.

Uhlalutyo luthi imigaqo-nkqubo yase-UK kufuneka ikhuthaze indlela “yokukhuseleka koluntu” egxile ekulweni intlupheko, impilo-gwenxa, ukungalingani kunye neentlekele zommandla, ngelixa kuncitshiswa ukusetyenziswa komkhosi oxhobileyo. "Oku kufuneka kubandakanya inkqubo egqibeleleyo 'yokuguqula iingalo' kubandakanya zonke iinkampani ezifanelekileyo zase-UK, kubandakanywa nenkxaso-mali yokubuyisela abasebenzi kwakhona."

Eminye imiba ebalulekileyo yokusingqongileyo iyavavanywa kwingxelo. I-MOD ithathe umhlala-phantsi kumgaqo-nqanawa ohambisa amanzi ombane angama-20 ukusuka kwinkonzo ukusukela ngo-1980, yonke inamanani amakhulu enkunkuma enobungozi - kodwa ayikagqibi ukutshabalalisa nayiphi na.

Ingxelo ibala ukuba iMOD kusafuneka ichithe iitoni ezingama-4,500 1,000 zezinto ezinobungozi kwezi zinambuzane zingaphantsi, ezili-1983 XNUMX leetoni ziyingozi kakhulu. Ukuza kuthi ga ngo-XNUMX, iMOD yayilahla inkunkuma erediyo kwiinkqubo zayo elwandle.

IMOD iyala ukuphawula.

 

UMat Kennard uyintloko yophando, kwaye uMark Curtis ungumhleli, kwiDiklassified UK, Umbutho wobuntatheli ophanda ugxile kwimigaqo-nkqubo yangaphandle yase-UK, kwezomkhosi kunye nezobuntlola. I-Twitter - @DeclassifiedUK. Unga nikezela ku-Declassified UK apha.