ILondon isiwine isicelo sokusingatha lo mqhudelwano obanjwa kabili ngonyaka I-Ecocity World Summit ngoJuni 2023. Eyokuqala eyabanjwa ngo-1990, i-Ecocity World Summit iyingqungquthela yomhlaba wonke yamavulandlela mayelana namadolobha asimeme. Njalo ngemva kweminyaka emibili ihlanganisa ababambiqhaza basemadolobheni abavela emhlabeni wonke ukuze bagxile ezenzweni ezibalulekile amadolobha nezakhamuzi ezingazithatha ukuze kwakhiwe kabusha indawo yethu yokuhlala yabantu ngokulingana nezinhlelo zokuphila.
I-hybrid physical-virtual summit izoba mhla zi-6-8 Juni 2023 e- Isikhungo seBarbican. Izobiza abamele imiphakathi kulo lonke idolobha kusukela kuzingane zesikole, izifundiswa nochwepheshe kuya kubatshalizimali, izinhlangano zezohwebo nabaholi bezepolitiki, ukuze babelane ngokucabanga okusha nokugcina amandla kanye nomfutho ovezwe yi-COP26.
Iphrojekthi yefa izoletha ingxenye entsha yengqalasizinda eluhlaza eLondon, eqanjwe, futhi yathuthukiswa ngenqubo yokubambisana. I-London Festival of Architecture izohlinzeka ngengemuva lenyanga yonke ngokusebenza kulo lonke idolobha kuyo yonke inyanga kaJuni.
Isicelo sokusingatha le ngqungquthela sisekelwe uHulumeni wase-UK, iMeya yaseLondon, imiKhandlu yaseLondon, iCity of London Corporation, Transport for London, UK Green Building Council, Royal Town Planning Institute, Green Finance Institute kanye neBartlett Faculty of Built Environment, UCL. .
Yayiholwa yiNew London Architecture (NLA) ngokubambisana neLondon & Partners, iBarbican Center kanye nabahleli bezingqungquthela abangochwepheshe be-MCI. Umqondisi Wengqungquthela, u-Amy Chadwick Till we-NLA, uzohola ikomidi lohlelo lochwepheshe bemboni ukuze balolonge futhi balethe lolu hlelo.
USadiq Khan, iMeya yaseLondon, uthe: “Kuyizindaba ezimnandi ukuthi iLondon kuzoba idolobha elizosingatha lolu hlelo. I-Ecocity World Summit 2023. Kube kuhle kakhulu ukubona ukusimama kuphezulu ku-ajenda yomhlaba wonke ngemva kwengqungquthela ye-COP26, futhi ingqungquthela ye-Ecocity e-London izoqhubeka nengxoxo yokusimama ngokuhlanganisa abaholi bezamabhizinisi, bezombusazwe kanye nomphakathi abavela kuwo wonke umhlaba. Amadolobha omhlaba aneqhaza elikhulu okufanele alibambe ekubhekaneni nokuguquguquka kwesimo sezulu kanye nezindaba zemvelo. ILondon ikhombise ubuholi bayo ngokuzibophezela ku-Green New Deal yokusiza iLondon ukuthi ibe luhlaza futhi ingenzeleli - ukudala amathuba emisebenzi namakhono amasha kubasebenzi baseLondon kanye nokuqinisekisa ukuthi iLondon iba idolobha eligcwele i-zero-carbon city ngo-2030 kanye nedolobha elingenalutho ngo-2050. USihlalo omusha we-C40 Cities, ngisebenza nezinye iziMeya namadolobha emhlabeni jikelele ukwabelana ngemibono futhi ngihlanganyele, futhi izingqungquthela ezifana ne-Ecocity World Summit zizosiza ukuthuthukisa ukubambisana komhlaba wonke.
U-Amy Chadwick Till, uMqondisi we-Ecocity World Summit 2023, uthe: “Izingqungquthela ze-Ecocity zangaphambili zinerekhodi elimangalisayo lokuvumela izenzo zasendaweni ezibonakalayo; Ngijabule ngethuba lokuthi ozakwethu bengqungquthela yase-London baqhube izinguquko zasendaweni. Ngokulungiselela ukwabelana ngolwazi lomhlaba wonke nokugqamisa ukucabanga okusha, amaphrojekthi, nezinhlaka zezinqubomgomo ezivela emhlabeni wonke, singanikeza ugqozi namathuluzi ukuze amadolobha alethe izidingo zomhlaba.
Ukudizayina ama-workshops abhekana nezifinyezo zomhlaba wangempela, isipho esibonakalayo esixhuma emadolobheni anezinsiza ezimbalwa, kanye nokwenza kusebenze idolobha ngefestivali ngoJuni, ngethemba, kuzoshiya ifa elinamandla elinamandla ngale kwengqungquthela yezinsuku ezi-3 ngokwayo.”
U-Kirstin Miller, uMqondisi Omkhulu, i-Ecocity Builders, uthe: “I-Ecocity Builders iyakuthokozela ukwamukela i-London njengokusingatha i-Ecocity 2023. Isicelo sabo esiphumelele, kanye nesifiso sabo sokuxhuma imiphakathi, kuphawule wonke amabhokisi ethu. Kube nokuqonda okucacile kwamadolobha njengezinhlelo eziyinkimbinkimbi ezinabadlali abahlukahlukene kanye nemikhakha. Ngaphezu kwalokho, sibone indlela esezingeni eliphezulu yokubahlanganisa bonke ndawonye ukuze kuzuzwe izinjongo zokuvelela kanye nemiphumela engcono. Kuningi esingakufunda eLondon, futhi, ngicabanga, kuningi esingabelana ngakho. Amadolobha aphumelele kakhulu nomakhelwane kuzoba yilabo abathola ukuthi bangasebenzisana kanjani ngempumelelo futhi benze izinhlelo zabo. Ibhidi yaseLondon iyakuvuma lokhu ngokwamukela ubunkimbinkimbi nobuqambi emnyombweni woshintsho.”
UCllr Georgia Gould, uSihlalo Wemikhandlu yaseLondon, uthe: “I-Ecocity Summit izohlinzeka ngethuba lokuthi izifunda zaseLondon zibonise umsebenzi esiwenzayo nemiphakathi yethu ukuletha idolobha elizinzile kubabukeli bamazwe ngamazwe. Izifunda zizimisele ukubambisana nabasunguli bomhlaba wonke kanye nabatshalizimali futhi bafunde emadolobheni emhlabeni wonke ukuze siqhubekisele phambili inhloso yethu yokwehlisa ukukhishwa kwekhabhoni yaseLondon kube ngu-zero ngendlela ebandakanyayo neqhubekayo.”
LOKHO ONGAKUTHATHE KULESI SIHLOKO:
- It has been great to see sustainability at the top of the global agenda in the wake of the COP26 summit, and the Ecocity conference in London will continue the sustainability conversation by bringing together business, political and community leaders from all over the world.
- London has shown its leadership by committing to a Green New Deal to help London become greener and fairer – creating new jobs and skills for Londoners and ensuring London becomes a net zero-carbon city by 2030 and a zero-waste city by 2050.
- As the new Chair of C40 Cities, I am working with other Mayors and cities across the world to share ideas and collaborate, and conferences like Ecocity World Summit will help to enhance global cooperation.
