UNgqongqoshe Wezokuvakasha waseJamaica, uMhlonishwa. U-Edmund Bartlettis ethamela uhlelo lwesibili lwesikhwama sesimo sezulu iGreen (GCF) eSouth Korea. Ungqongqoshe waseJamaica ucele ukuthi kusungulwe iSikhwama Sezokuvakasha Esizoba Isikhungo, esizokuba yisikhungo sokuqala sokuxhasa esifundeni esiklanyelwe ukusiza izindawo eziheheka kakhulu zezivakashi esifundeni.
UNgqongqoshe ubekhuluma esithangamini esithi "Ukukhuphula izinga lomkhakha ozimele we-Climate Action - Latin America & the Caribbean" e-Green Climate Fund Investment yangasese yengqungquthela yesimo sezulu.
I-GCF Investment Private for Climate Conference iyindawo yemakethe yomhlaba kanye ne-ecosystem lapho abahola phambili bezinkampani ezizimele kubandakanya abaxhasi bamaphrojekthi, abatshalizimali bezikhungo, izikhungo zezezimali, abaholi bezulu, kanye nomkhakha womphakathi behlangana ukuze kusheshiswe isenzo sezulu emazweni asathuthuka.
UNdunankulu waseJamaica, uMhlonishwa u-Andrew Holness wayeyisikhulumi se-Keynote kulo mcimbi, owawunabamele abavela emazweni angaphezu kwama-200.
Isikhwama sizokwakhiwa ukusiza ukwakha amandla okuphendula ezinsongweni eziphazamisayo ekusimameni komnotho esifundeni, ikakhulukazi lezo ezihlobene nemithelela yokuguquka kwesimo sezulu.
Isimemo sokusungulwa kwalesi sikhwama esikhethekile siza ngemuva kwesimo esibi kakhulu sokuthi izinhlekelele zemvelo, ezixhumene nezimo zokuguquka kwesimo sezulu kanye nokushisa komhlaba, bezilokhu zanda kakhulu emnothweni waseCaribbean, okuyiwona ancike kakhulu kwezokuvakasha umhlaba.
Ngesikhathi ethula inkulumo yakhe, uNgqongqoshe uBartlett waveza ukuthi umonakalo odalwe yiziphepho uMaria no-Irma kuya kwezomnotho eziyishumi nantathu ezincike kakhulu kwezokuvakasha ngesikhathi se-Atlantic Hurricane Season ka-2017, kuholele ekutheni isifunda silahlekelwe ngaphezu kuka-US $ 1 billion emalini yezokuvakasha.
Uphinde waphawula ukuthi ukubhujiswa kwakamuva kweziqhingi zaseBahamian i-Abaco naseGrand Bahama, kulandela ukudlula kwesiphepho iDorian, esishaye iziqhingi cishe amahora angama-72, kugcizelela ukubaluleka nokuphuthuma kokusungulwa kwesikhungo sokuxhasa ngalolu hlobo.
Ngenxa yomthelela omkhulu kwezomnotho embonini yezokuvakasha emnothweni wesifunda, uNgqongqoshe uBartlett uthe isiKhwama seResilience ngeke sigcine ngokuqinisa ezokuvakasha esifundeni kepha sizosiza futhi ekuvikeleni ukuwa kwezenhlalo nezomnotho okusabalele okuvame ukuhambisana nezinhlekelele ezinkulu isifunda ngokuqinisekisa ukuthi amazwe azilungiselele kangcono.
ISikhwama sizobhekisa ikakhulukazi lezo zindawo ezithathwa njengezihlangabezana nobungozi obukhulu besimo sezulu futhi ezinamandla akhombisa ngokwanele wezezimali ukulungiselela nokululama ekuphazamisekeni.
UNgqongqoshe uBartlett wenze isimemezelo njenge-Global Tourism Resilience and Crisis Management Centre, asengusihlalo wayo, elungiselela ukusingatha Ingqungquthela yesibili Yezokuvakasha Yezokuvakasha kusukela ngo-Okthoba 9-10 e-University of the West Indies 'Headquarters, eJamaica. Inxusa laseNingizimu Korea uMadam Dho Young-shim uyilungu lebhodi leGlobal Tourism Relience Center.
