Ɖ Obzrvr vy on Riśi Sŭnac’z śemfl dsiźn nt t atnd Cop27
(Transcription of an editorial published in the Observer on 30 October 2022)
Ɖ prîm̦inistr’z dsiźn t śun ɖ clîṃțōcs z a dsgres. Britn startd ɖs crîsis; it śd b hlpñ end it
Súnde 30 Octobr 2022
It wd b hard t xaɉret ɖ importns v ɖ Cop27 clîṃtsumit ɖt z set t opn in sevn dez in Śarm el-Śec, in Ījipt. Sōrñ carbn imiśnz, set lūs bî hymaṇti’z unristrend rj t brn fosilfylz, hv bròt ɖ planit periḷsli clos t aćivñ a 1.5C-dgri rîz in globl tmpṛćrz. Az a rzult, xtrim stormz, drǎts n fludz r olrdi ocŕñ mor rapidli n wɖ gretr intnṣti ɖn clîṃt xprts hd antiṣpetd. Wrs, w r vri nir t triġrñ a wev v secnḍri c’laṃtiz: ɖ c’laps v ɖ Grīnḷnd n Wst Antartic îsśīts; ɖ dstrux́n v ol ɖ planit’s tropicl coṛlrīfs; n ɖ ʈw̃ v Caṇda n Ruśa’z prṃfrostsistmz, an ivnt ɖt wd rlis vast storz v mīʈen, a gas mni tîmz mor potnt n denjṛs ɖn carbn dîoxîd.
It z a dīpli dstrbñ viźn. F sć trendz r nt hōltd vri sn, n imiśnz cut bac n ivnć̣li hōltd, ɖ wrld wl xpirịns, in a fy decedz, a mītịṛlojicl ctastṛfi. Wîldlîf spīśīz wl b iradcetd in ɖer ʈǎzndz, drǎts wl spred ovr continnts, n famin wl cil miłnz v ppl. W wl hv crietd a planit ɖt hz bn stript v its haḅtats n bạlojicl rićz, a scorćt n dplitd wrld ɖt w wl pas on t ǎr ćildṛn n fyćr jeṇreśnz. Onli rjnt ax́n t cut carbn imiśnz, ɖ prîm drîvr v ǎr clîṃt woz, wl stop ɖs haṗnñ.
Ɖ Cop27 mītñ ɖrfr ofrz a slim hop ɖt w cn avrt ɖ wrst impacts, wɖ mni neśnz anǎnsñ ambiśs planz t atnd n adres ɖ crîsis. Acordñ t Cop27’z orġnîzrz, arnd 90 wrldlīdrz wl tec part, includñ YS prezidnt Jo Bîdn. Ɖr wl b wn glẹrñ omiśn, hvr. Britiś prîm̦inistr Riśi Sŭnac hz dsîdd t trn hiz bac on ɖ mītñ dspt ɖ fact ɖt it repriznts wn v ǎr last ćansz t avrt globl ctastṛfi. Hiz clem ɖt h canot g t ɖ sumit bcz h z tù bizi wɖ hiz ōtm fînanștetmnt rvilz an inepttyd n śort-sîtidnis ɖt bodz il fr ɖ guvnns v ɖs cuntri.
Ɖ fact ɖt ɖ neśn’z invîrnmntsecṛtri, T’rez Cófi, hz olso dsmist Cop27 az “jst a gaɖ̇rñ v ppl in Ījipt” unḍscorz ɖ blincrd incompitns ɖt lîz at ɖ hart v ɖ cuṛnt admiṇstreśn. It śd olso b notd ɖt Aloc Śarma, hu hd bn Cop prezidnt sins last yir’z sumit in Glazgo, wz tld bî Sŭnac last wīc ɖt h wd no longr atnd cabiṇtmītñz, lîc Greym Stywt, ɖ clîṃtministr. Ɖz rmarcs n sîdlînñz sjst ɖt ǎr cuṛnt līdrz r so obsest wɖ ɖer ǒn p’liticl svîvl ɖt ɖe canot aprīśiet a crîsis ɖt gz bynd ɖer liṃtd viźn. Ɖ fact ɖt Boris Jonsn planz t atnd Cop27 wl onli ad t ɖ dscumḟt n imbaṛsmnt Sŭnac śd nǎ b xpirịnsñ.
W śd b clir. Ɖ YC canot sîdlîn ɖ unfoldñ clîṃt ctastṛfi on ɖ grǎndz w hv mor importnt ʈñz t d. Britn bgan ɖs hol grim stori. W crietd ɖ Industrịl Reṿluśn n wr ɖrfr ɖ frst t brn col – n lêtr on, ôl n gas – in vast amǎnts t pǎr ǎr we t globl doṃneśn in ɖ 19ʈ snć̣ri. Ɖ frst sgnificnt adiśnz v man-md grīnhǎs gasz t ɖ atṃsfir eṃnetd fṛm ɖs cuntri. Fr its līdr t śun ɖs rsponsbiḷti z an imbaṛsmnt n a dsgres.
