Utshintsho lwemozulu ngumceli mngeni ekuya kufuneka sijongane nawo sonke. Kodwa ayisithi sonke esiya kuba nayo lula. Kumazwe asaphuhlayo, abona bantu bachaphazeleka kakhulu, baya kuba nobunzima obuninzi kangangokuba isisombululo sokuhlala siphila iya kuba kukufuduka into ebelikhaya lakho ngonaphakade.
Njengokuba amanqanaba ecarbon dioxide kunye nezinye iigesi ezifana nemethane inyuka ngaphezu kokuba kufanele, iqondo lobushushu liyenyuka kwaye imitha yelanga ishiya iimbombo zehlabathi ezininzi zinamanzi amancinci. Kule meko, izigidi ezininzi zabantu ziya kunyanzelwa ukuba ziimbacu zemozulu.
Kwiminyaka emibini edlulileyo, ngo-2014, Iziko lokuBekwa kweliso lokuNgaphakathi, evela kwiBhunga laseRorway leembacu baqikelelwa kwizigidi ezili-19,3 abantu abashiya amakhaya abo ngenxa yeentlekele zendalo, ezinjengezaqhwithi okanye imbalela. Abantu abaya kwamanye amazwe bekhangela indawo ekhuselekileyo, njengeLizwekazi elidala.
ESiriya, ngo-2006 nango-2011, yafumana eyona mbalela imbi kakhulu kwimbali yakutshanje, ebangele ukufa kwenxalenye enkulu yemfuyo kunye nokufuduswa kwezigidi ezibini zabantu ezixekweni. Le meko yabangela uqhanqalazo olwalucinezelwe ngogonyamelo, ukuze amaSyria ngoku alishiye ilizwe lawo.
Ngonyaka wama-2050, njengoko besitshilo kwibhlogUMbindi Mpuma uza kushushu kakhulu ehlotyeni. Iqondo lobushushu ebusuku liyakuba ngama-30ºC, kwaye emini lilo-46ºC, elinokuba ngama-50ºC ekupheleni kwenkulungwane.
Amanzi, eyona nto ixabisekileyo, iya kuba sisizathu semfazwe kwilixa elizayo. EAfrika sele siyibona: minyaka le kufa izigidi zabantu ngenxa yokungabikho kwamanzi acocekileyo.
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