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I-Google yenza isivumelwano sayo esikhulu kunazo zonke samakhredithi ekhabhoni e-methane yerayisi ne-Mitti Labs

I-Google ivumelene nokuthenga amakhredithi ekhabhoni ayizigidi ezingu-1 enkampanini yaseNdiya yobuchwepheshe besimo sezulu i-Mitti Labs kuze kube ngu-2030, ihlanganisa amapulazi erayisi e-Karnataka, e-Andhra Pradesh nase-Telangana.

Kungani lokhu kubalulekile

Lokhu kuthenga kweminyaka eminingi kunikeza inkampani esafufusa umthengi wezinkampani ozibophezele futhi kungase kunikeze ukubonakala kwemali engenayo okudingekayo ukuze kwandiswe umsebenzi wabalimi, ukuqapha kanye namandla okuqinisekisa.

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Okushintshile

Ngokombiko we-TechCrunch, i-Google ivumelene nokuthenga amakhredithi ekhabhoni ayizigidi ezingu-1 enkampanini yaseNdiya yobuchwepheshe besimo sezulu i-Mitti Labs kuze kube ngu-2030. Le misebenzi izohlanganisa amapulazi erayisi e-Karnataka, e-Andhra Pradesh nase-Telangana, ifinyelele cishe kumahektha angu-100 000 ngesikhathi sokulethwa okuphezulu; imigomo yezezimali ayidalulwanga.

Abalimi bazokhokhelwa ukuze bagcine amasimu egcwele amanzi isikhathi esifushane. I-Mitti Labs ithi lokhu kunganciphisa ukukhishwa kwe-methane cishe ngo-50% nokusetshenziswa kwamanzi okunisela cishe ngo-40% ngaphandle kokunciphisa isivuno. Amakhredithi angakhishwa nge-Gold Standard noma nge-Isometric futhi aqinisekiswe ngokuzimele.

Kungani lokhu kubalulekile

Okuthakazelisayo akukhona nje ukuthi i-Google ithenga ama-offsets. Okubalulekile ukuthi isabelomali senkampani sesimo sezulu siboshelwa esinqumweni esisebenzayo kakhulu sepulazi: ukuthi insimu yerayisi ikhishwa nini amanzi.

Lokhu kunikeza i-Mitti Labs into izinkampani ezisafufusa ezingavamile ukuyithola ohlelweni lokuhlola ukusimama: umthengi ozibophezele, omkhulu ngokwanele ukweseka ukwanda, ukuqapha kanye nezikhuthazo zabalimi. Uma imali ifinyelela emapulazini ngezinhlelo zasekhaya ezisebenzayo, abalimi abaningi bangase basebenzise izikhathi ezimfushane zokugcwalisa amasimu ngamanzi ezinkathini eziningana ezizayo zokulima. Abaphathi bamanzi nabo bangase babone ukwehla kwesidingo sokunisela ezindaweni ezibhalisiwe.

Kodwa kulapho imininingwane emincane ibaluleka khona. Ukukhishwa kwe-Google kukhule ngo-18% ngo-2025, kwafinyelela cishe kumathani ayizigidi ezingu-14,5 e-carbon dioxide equivalent, ngesikhathi iqhubeka nokuphokophela ekungakhipheni nhlobo i-carbon ngo-2030. Ngakho-ke, lokhu kuthenga kwengeza iphrojekthi engase ibe wusizo yokunciphisa i-methane, kodwa ukubaluleka kwayo esimweni sezulu kuzoncika ekutheni mangaki amakhredithi akhishwa ngempela, ukuthi ukuqinisekiswa kuqinile kangakanani nokuthi i-Google iwaphatha kanjani ezibalweni zayo.

Umbono wethu (ukuqagela okusekelwe olwazini): umphumela okungenzeka kakhulu ukwanda kancane kancane okuletha ingxenye ebalulekile, kodwa engakaqinisekiswa, yamakhredithi avunyelwene ngawo. Uvivinyo lwangempela kuzoba ukuthi i-Mitti Labs ingakwazi yini ukuguqula ukuqapha ngesathelayithi nezilinganiso zasensimini kube ukusebenza okuthembekile kwamapulazi ngezinga elikhulu.

Isikhathi sokugcina lokhu kwenzeka

Umbiko wethu wangaphambilini ngohlelo lwerayisi lwase-Vietnam “1 Must, 5 Reductions” wachaza indlela efanayo: ukushintshanisa ukumanzisa nokomisa, ukuqeqesha abalimi, amaqembu ahlangene kanye nokuphathwa okungcono kwamanzi.

Isakhiwo sasifana, kodwa injini yayihlukile. Umzamo waseVietnam wawuwuhlelo lukahulumeni lwezolimo olwalunezinguquko ezibanzi ezinhlanyelweni, kumanyolo, ezibulalayo izinambuzane nasezenzweni zangemva kokuvuna. Isivumelwano se-Google siwukuthengwa kwangasese kwamakhredithi e-methane enkampanini yaseNdiya esafufusa.

Kamuva iBhange Lomhlaba labika ukuthi uhlelo lwaseVietnam lwaluhlanganisa amahektha angaphezu kuka-184 000, nokusetshenziswa okuphansi kwezinsiza, ukwanda kwesilinganiso semali etholwayo cishe ngo-30% kanye nokuncipha kwamathani acishe abe yizigidi ezingu-1,5 e-CO2e minyaka yonke kumahektha angu-185 000. Ngemuva kwalokho iVietnam yathembisa ukwandisa le ndlela iye kwamanye amahektha ayizigidi ezingu-1. Leso sibonelo siphakamisa ukuthi ubuchwepheshe bungakhula ngezinga elikhulu lapho ukuqeqesha, ingqalasizinda, ukwesekwa kwemakethe nokukalwa kufika ndawonye. Asiqinisekisi ukuthi amaphrojekthi aseNdiya azokhiqiza imiphumela efanayo.

Ukufana komlando

Isifundo esivela eVietnam silula: indlela yokonga amanzi iba yinto ehlala njalo lapho abalimi bethola okungaphezu kwemiyalelo. Badinga izikhuthazo, izinhlelo zasekhaya ezithembekile kanye nomthengi womphumela.

I-Mitti Labs inomthengi. Umbuzo osavulekile ukuthi amaphrojekthi aseNdiya azokwakha yini lonke olunye uchungechunge lokwesekwa. Amapulazi abalimi abancane awawona umshini owodwa ongavulwa ngomyalo ovela ehhovisi elikhulu lenkampani.

Indlela imiphumela engasabalala ngayo

Ukuzibophezela kwe-Google kunganikeza i-Mitti Labs uxhaso lwezimali olubikezelwayo lokubhalisa amapulazi, ukwandisa umsebenzi wasensimini nokuhlangabezana nezimfuneko zokuqinisekiswa. Lokhu kungathuthukisa amandla ayo okuxoxisana nabathengi bezinkampani bakusasa futhi kwenze kube lula ukuxhasa ngezimali amaphrojekthi e-methane yezolimo.

Isixhumanisi esilandelayo ngabalimi. Uma izinkokhelo noma ukwesekwa kokusebenza kufika ngokwethembeka, ukwamukelwa kungakhula futhi isidingo sokunisela singehla. Uma imigomo yezezimali ishiya imali encane kakhulu yezikhuthazo zabalimi, noma izimo zokunisela zasekhaya zenza kube nzima ukunciphisa isikhathi sokugcwalisa amasimu ngamanzi, ukuthenga kuzokhiqiza amapulazi ambalwa namakhredithi ambalwa asebenzisekayo kunalokho obekuhleliwe.

Abathuthukisi abaqhudelanayo bamaphrojekthi ekhabhoni nabo bangase babhekane nezinga eliphakeme. Umthengi omkhulu useveze intshisekelo kumakhredithi e-methane yezolimo, kodwa abathuthukisi bazodinga ukukalwa okuthembekile, ukuqinisekiswa okuzimele kanye nekhono lokusebenza ezindaweni eziningi ezincane.

Ukuhlolwa komthelela

I-Mitti Labs iyona ewinayo kakhulu esikhathini esiseduze. Umthengi weminyaka eminingi ungayisiza ikhulise amandla ayo futhi ikhombise ukuthi uhlelo lwayo lwe-GeoAI lusebenza kuphrojekthi yezohwebo.

Abalimi ababambe iqhaza bangathola izinkokhelo ezintsha kanye nokuncipha kwesidingo sokunisela, kodwa isimo sabo sixubile. Lezi zinzuzo zincike ezinhlelweni zokudlulisa imali, ezinhlelweni zamanzi zasekhaya nokuthi izikhathi ezimfushane zokugcwalisa amasimu ngamanzi ziyahambisana yini nokusebenza okuvamile kwepulazi ngaphandle kokuthinta isivuno.

Isimo se-Google naso sixubile. Isivumelwano sandisa iphothifoliyo yayo yesimo sezulu, kodwa ukukhula kokukhishwa kwayo kanye nokungadalulwa kwendlela yokubala kushiya ukungaqiniseki ngokuthi sishintsha kangakanani inselelo ebanzi yenkampani yokungakhiphi nhlobo i-carbon.

Umphumela obanzi usekusebenzeni. Uma iphrojekthi iphumelela, uxhaso lwezimali lwekhabhoni lungasiza ekusukumiseni ukuncishiswa kwe-methane yerayisi lusuke kumaphrojekthi okubukisa luye esigabeni esiphindaphindekayo sokuthengwa. Uma ibhekana nobunzima, abathengi bangase baqaphele kakhulu ngamaphrojekthi okuncishiswa kwawo okuthembisiwe kuncike ezinqumweni zezinkulungwane zamapulazi ngamanye.

Izimo ezingase zenzeke

Okungenzeka kakhulu

Uma ukuqinisekiswa kuqhubeka futhi i-Mitti Labs iguqula uhlelo lwayo lokuqapha lube amapulazi abhalisiwe, inkampani izokhula kancane kancane futhi ilethe ingxenye ebalulekile, kodwa engakaqinisekiswa, yamakhredithi phakathi kuka-2026 no-2030. I-Google izothola iphrojekthi eqinisekisiwe ye-methane yezolimo, kanti izinzuzo zabalimi zizohluka kuye ngendawo nangezinhlelo zokukhokha.

Umphumela omuhle kakhulu

Uma izinkokhelo zifinyelela kubalimi ngokwethembeka, isivuno sihlala sizinzile futhi ukwesekwa kokusebenza okubonakale eVietnam kuyatholakala, ukubhaliswa kusondela esicongweni esibikiwe samahektha angu-100 000. Ukuncipha okuqinisekisiwe kwe-methane namanzi kwenza amakhredithi e-methane yerayisi akhange nakakhulu kwabanye abathengi bezinkampani, kuqinise i-Mitti Labs futhi kudale isikhuthazo esihlala isikhathi eside kubalimi baseNdiya sokusebenzisa ukulima okonga amanzi.

Umphumela omubi kakhulu

Uma izimo zokunisela zasekhaya zinciphisa ukwamukelwa, uxhaso lwezimali lungasekeli izikhuthazo ezanele noma ukuqinisekiswa kugunyaze amakhredithi ambalwa kunalokho obekulindelwe, ukukhishwa kwehle kakhulu ngaphansi kwezigidi ezingu-1. I-Mitti Labs izothola ukwanda okuncane, abalimi bathole ukwesekwa okulinganiselwe futhi i-Google ithole umthelela omncane osebenzisekayo esimweni sezulu kulokhu kuthenga.

Okumele kuqashwe ngokulandelayo

  • Amakhredithi akhishwe ngaphansi kwe-Gold Standard noma i-Isometric ngemva kokuqinisekiswa okuzimele.
  • Indawo ebhalisiwe isondela cishe kumahektha angu-100 000 kuzo zontathu izifundazwe.
  • Ubufakazi bokuthi abalimi basebenzisa izikhathi ezimfushane zokugcwalisa amasimu ngamanzi ngaphandle kokulahlekelwa yisivuno.
  • Ukuncipha okubikiwe kokusetshenziswa kwamanzi okunisela kanye nokukhishwa kwe-methane.
  • Umbiko wakamuva we-Google wezemvelo ngamakhredithi nangendlela aphathwa ngayo esu layo lokungakhiphi nhlobo i-carbon ngo-2030.
Sources (4)
  1. TechCrunchGoogle signs its biggest rice-methane carbon credit deal with Indian startup Mitti Labs
  2. blogs.worldbank.orgA slogan for sustainable agriculture: 'Mot Phai, Nam Giam' rice production
  3. worldbank.orgGreening Viet Nam’s Rice Bowl: A Mekong Delta Success Story
  4. worldbank.orgTransition to Low-Carbon Rice Will Help Vietnam Meet Its Emission Target While Maintaining Competitiveness Edge

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