ENn bOLLy -Tidak
ada satu langit yang suram boleh melemahkan semangat aktivis iklim hari Minggu,
seperti sehingga 310,000 berarak melalui New York City me-nolak untuk tindakan
antarabangsa terhadap pemanasan global. Beribu-ribu per-himpunan di seluruh DUNIA
menggesa kerajaan untuk perubahan.
Digambarkan
oleh penganjur sebagai acara iklim yang berkaitan yang terbesar dalam sejarah
planet ini, Rakyat Iklim Mac mempunyai orang berbaris di hampir 30 New York
City blok sebelum acara bermula. Menurut penganjur, bilangan orang ramai dengan
mudah meniup unjuran asal lepas, yg dianggarkan kira2 100,000 akan hadir.
NYC Stages WORLD's ‘Biggest Ever’ Climate Change
MARCH (PHOTOS, VIDEO)
Not
even a gloomy sky could dampen the spirits of climate activists Sunday, as up
to 310,000 marched through New York City pushing for international action
against global warming. Thousands of rallies across the world called on
governments for change.
Described
by organizers as the largest climate-related event in the history of the
planet, the People’s Climate March had people lined up across nearly 30 New
York City blocks before the event began. According to organizers, the crowd’s
numbers easily blew past original projections, which estimated that some
100,000 would attend.
OFFICIAL COUNT: 310,000 people marching for climate justice at #PeoplesClimate
March!
Antara
nama-nama peserta berprofil tinggi seperti Setiausaha Agung PBB Ban Ki-moon,
bekas Naib Presiden dan pemenang Nobel Peace Prize Al Gore, dan pelakon
Leonardo DiCaprio - wakil PBB yang baru dilantik. Kehadiran tempatan juga
kukuh, dengan New York City Datuk Bandar Rang Undang-Undang de Blasio menyertai
perarakan, dan juga Majlis Bandaraya.
"Tidak
ada Pelan B kerana kita tidak mempunyai planet B," kata Ban dalam satu
kenyataan pada hari Ahad. "Kita perlu bekerja dan merangsang tindakan
kita. Terima kasih kerana tindakan anda dan kuasa anda untuk berubah."
Among
the participants were high-profile names such as UN Secretary-General Ban
Ki-moon, former Vice President and Nobel Peace Prize winner Al Gore, and actor
Leonardo DiCaprio – a newly appointed UN representative. Local presence was
also strong, with New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio joining the procession, as
well as City Council.
“There
is no Plan B because we do not have planet B,” Ban said in a statement on
Sunday. “We have to work and galvanize our action. Thank you for your action
and your power to change.”
Orang2
yang mengembara dari seluruh DUNIA untuk menghadiri perarakan, ter-masuk dari
negara2 yang dianggap sebagai di hadapan-garis perubahan iklim.
Satu
penunjuk perasaan Filipina diterangkan melihat pantai keseluruhan hilang terima
kasih kepada air yang semakin meningkat, dan kumpulan dari Republik Dominican,
Afrika, dan beberapa negara-negara Asia Selatan juga turut hadir.
Sesetengah
rakyat Amerika, sementara itu, mengembara dari seluruh negara untuk mengambil
bahagian dalam acara2 terbesar yg secara kasar 2,700 diselaraskan di
seluruh DUNIA. Antara demonstrasi diadakan di 150 buah negara, antara yg
paling ketara ialah di London, di mana lebih 40,000 orang hadir, dan Melbourne,
di mana perhimpunan terbesar di Australia menarik kira-kira 20,000 aktivis.
Seperti
lautan penunjuk perasaan ditenun melalui Manhattan, teriakan "Kami mahu
udara bersih" & "Kuasa utk rakyat" mengaum penuh semangat di
kalangan orang ramai.
Dengan 120 pemimpin DUNIA
dijangka datang ke sidang kemuncak iklim minggu ini di Ibu Pejabat PBB,
penunjuk perasaan berkumpul untuk membina momentum untuk perubahan.
Sidang
kemuncak itu dijangka menangani isu-isu berduri yang diadakan semula rundingan
pada masa lalu, seperti pembahagian tanggungjawab antara ekonomi dan butiran
maju dan membangun mengenai pemotongan pengeluaran bagi setiap negara.
"Kami
mahu menjadi lebih berdaya tahan dalam menghadapi perubahan iklim. Kita mahu
membina sebuah gerakan, "Drew Curtis daripada akar umbi Kempen Power kami
dikatakan RT.
"Mereka
tidak boleh melakukannya semata-mata," kata beliau pemimpin DUNIA, sambil
menambah bahawa di luar sidang kemuncak antarabangsa, kerajaan perlu
bekerjasama dengan masyarakat tempatan untuk memastikan dasar dilaksanakan
dengan efektif.
Walaupun
tumpuan adalah kepada isu-isu alam sekitar yang berskala besar seperti
pelepasan karbon, ramai orang keluar untuk meningkatkan kesedaran bagi
per-kara-perkara yang lebih khusus: saluran paip minyak Keystone XL yang
dica-dangkan melalui Amerika Syarikat dan Kanada, bencana nuklear Fukushima, dan
cari gali minyak Rusia di Artik .
People
journeyed from across the world to attend the march, including those from
countries that are considered to be on the front-lines of climate change. One
Filipino protester described seeing an entire beach disappear thanks to rising
waters, and groups from the Dominican Republic, Africa, and multiple South
Asian countries were also present.
Some
Americans, meanwhile, traveled from all over the country to take part in the
largest of the roughly 2,700 events coordinated throughout the globe. Among the
demonstrations staged across 150 countries, some of the most notable were in
London, where over 40,000 people turned up, and Melbourne, where the biggest rally
in Australia attracted about 20,000 activists.
As the sea of
demonstrators weaved through Manhattan, chants of “We want clean air” and
“Power to the people” roared among the crowd.
With
120 world leaders expected to come to a climate summit this week at the United
Nations HQ, demonstrators rallied to build momentum for change. The summit is
expected to tackle prickly issues that have held back negotiations in the past,
such as the division of responsibilities between developed and developing
economies and details regarding emission cuts for each country.
“We want to be more
resilient in the face of climate change. We want to build a movement,” Drew
Curtis of the grassroots Our Power Campaign said to RT.
“They
can’t do it alone,” he said of world leaders, adding that outside of
interna-tional summits, governments need to work with local communities to
ensure policies are implemented effectively.
While
the focus was on grand-scale environmental issues like carbon emissions, many
people came out to raise awareness for more specific matters: the proposed
Keystone XL oil pipeline through the US and Canada, the Fukushima nuclear
disaster, and Russian oil exploration in the Arctic.
Acara
ini juga menarik pelbagai politik, keadilan sosial, dan pertubuhan agama.
Walaupun Vokal New York biasanya berfungsi utk menggalakkan nasib golongan
miskin, dipenjarakan, dan mereka yang terjejas oleh HIV/AIDS, ahli lembaga
Bobby Tolbert berkata kumpulannya adalah "bersatu untuk memerangi
perubahan iklim."
"Kami
berharap mereka boleh mempunyai perubahan minda," katanya kepada RT,
merujuk kepada ketua-ketua antarabangsa negara. "Kami berharap mereka mula
melabur dalam orang lebih daripada syarikat-syarikat, yang menggunakan kuasa
dan pengaruh mereka untuk mendapatkan keuntungan [dengan mengorbankan]
orang."
The
event also attracted a wide array of political, social justice, and religious
organizations. Although Vocal New York typically works to promote the plight of
the poor, the incarcerated, and those affected by HIV/AIDS, board member Bobby
Tolbert said his group is “united to fight against climate change.”
“We
hope they can have a change in mindset,” he told RT, referring to international
heads of state. “We hope they start investing in people rather than
corporations, who use their power and influence to gain profit [at the expense
of] people.”
Penunjuk perasaan dalam kostum haiwan berjalan
dalam "Rakyat Iklim Mac" di pusat bandar London September 21, 2014 (Demonstrators
in animal costumes walk in the "People's Climate March" in central
London September 21, 2014 (Reuters/Luke MacGregor)
Sementara
itu, beberapa kumpulan agama bersatu di bawah Jangka Antara Agama, menonjolkan
hubungan antara ciptaan Tuhan dan tanggungjawab manusia untuk memastikan ia
masih dijaga. Sebelum perarakan, yang Reporter Katolik Kebang-saan menulis
bahawa "perubahan iklim adalah No 1 isu pro-kehidupan gereja."
"Kami
telah berjanji untuk bertindak dengan harmoni dengan semua penciptaan.
Perubahan iklim terutamanya mencederakan orang miskin "dan spesies
terancam planet, kata Sister Mary Pendergast, pengarah ekologi daripada Sisters
of Mercy Komuniti Timur Laut.
Tetapi
tidak kira apa sahaja pergerakan ke hadapan perhimpunan itu boleh mem-bina untuk
sidang kemuncak iklim hari ini, kemajuan sebenar pada satu perjanjian
antarabangsa dijangka tidak akan berlaku sehingga tahun depan, pada 2015
Per-sidangan Perubahan Iklim di Paris, Perancis.
Namun, Pendergast
katanya berharap pencapaian itu adalah mungkin, kerana setakat ini, "Apa
yang kami lakukan adalah bercakap."
The New York
perarakan dianjurkan oleh 350.org, sekumpulan tekanan yang diketuai oleh Rang
Undang-Undang McKibben, salah satu daripada nenek moyang perubahan iklim
aktivisme yang menulis ikonik 1989 jilid ini, "End of Nature."
Meanwhile,
multiple religious groups united under the Interfaith Contingent, highlighting
the link between God’s creation and humanity’s responsibility to ensure it
remains cared for. Prior to the march, the National Catholic Reporter wrote
that “climate change is [the] church's No. 1 pro-life issue.”
“We
have pledged to act in harmony with all creation. Climate change is primarily
hurting the poor” and the planet’s endangered species, said Sister Mary
Pendergast, the ecology director of the Sisters of Mercy’s Northeast Community.
But
regardless of whatever forward movement the rally can build for Tuesday’s
climate summit, real progress on an international treaty is not expected to
take place until next year, at the 2015 Climate Change Conference in Paris,
France.
Still, Pendergast
said she hopes such an achievement is possible, because so far, “All we’ve done
is talk.”
The
New York march was organized by 350.org, a pressure group headed by Bill
McKibben, one of the forefathers of climate change activism who authored the
iconic 1989 tome, "End of Nature."
From London to New York, @WWF's
taking to the streets this weekend to call for #climate action! #PeoplesClimate 3:09 AM - 22
Sep 2014
Melbourne, Australia wants Climate Action NOW! #PeoplesClimate #climatechange #GreenRevolution 11:12 PM
- 21 Sep 2014
The New York City Council is out marching for action on climate change #PeoplesClimate #climatemarch 1:50
AM - 22 Sep 2014
Marching for the Dominican Republic #PeoplesClimate #climatemarch
Puluhan ribu berarak ke 6th Avenue semasa
mengambil bahagian dalam Rakyat Iklim Mac melalui Midtown, New York September
21, 2014 (Tens of thousands march down
6th Avenue while taking part in the People's Climate March through Midtown, New
York September 21, 2014 (Reuters/Adrees Latif)
Penunjuk perasaan memaparkan pelekat dan kain
rentang kerana mereka mengambil bahagian dalam Peoples Iklim Mac di London pada
September 21, 2014 (Demonstrators display placards and banners as they
participate in the Peoples Climate March in London on September 21, 2014 (AFP
Photo/Adrian Dennis)
Orang memegang sepanduk dan tarian semasa
Perubahan Iklim Mac menuntut ahli-ahli politik mengambil tindakan yang lebih
keras untuk melindungi iklim di Berlin, September 21, 2014 (People hold banners
and dance during a Climate Change March demanding politicians take tougher
action to protect the climate in Berlin, September 21, 2014 (Reuters/Thomas
Peter)
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