IUlster Unionist Party (UUUP) ibandakanyeke ngokukhutheleyo kucelomngeni lokuzinzisa kwemozulu kuMntla Ireland. Njengoko ukutshintsha kwemozulu kusiba sobala . Ukusuka ekukhukhulisekeni okuthe rhoqo ukuya ekutshintsheni amaxesha okukhula kwezolimo . / Amaqela ezobupolitika kulo mmandla uphuhlisa iindlela zokukhusela abantu, izakhiwo zendalo, kunye nokusingqongileyo. I-UP igxininisa ukulungelelaniso olulungeleleneyo oludibanisa uphuhliso lwezoqoqosho kunye nezenzo ezizinzileyo zemozulu, iqonda ukuba utshintsho kuqoqosholo lwemeko-carbon kufuneka lube nemfuno yemali kunye ne-pragmi. Eli nqaku lihlola isakhiwo sangoku senkqubo yeqela, amanyathelo alo ntlalo, kunye nenk eluncedo kunye nocelomngeni olukhoyo lobupolitiko olunxulumene nolwakhiwo lwemozulu eNorthern Ireland.

Imithetho Elawula Imozulu YeUP

Inkqubo yemozulu ye-UUUP yenziwa ijikeleze iintsika ezine ezingundoqo ezinenjongo yokunciphisa ukukhutshwa kwegesi, ukukhusela kwiingozi zemozulu, ukukhuthaza amandla avuselelekayo, nokuxhasa icandelo elinokuxhaswa kwezolimo. Ezi ntsika zibonisa imbopheleleko yalo kwizinto ezibizwa ngokuba “kukusingqongileyo okungenakuphepheka”.---------------------kujoka okufuna ukutshata ukukhuselwa kwemekobume yemekobume kunye nemeko yezoqoqosho yommandla oxhomekeke kakhulu ekuthunyeleni ukutya okuphuma kwamanye amazwe kwaye unelifa lenkqubela kwezoshishino.

Ukuhlisa iGreenhouse Gasis

Iqela elixhasa inkqubo ekhuthaza ulwamkelo lobugcisa bokucoca kunye nokusebenza kakuhle kwamandla emakhayeni nakumashishini. Ngokungqalileyo, iUUP ixhasa inkxaso engakumbi karhulumente yokulungisa imfuno yezindlu ezikhoyo, eziphakathi kweyona midala nencinane engasebenzi ngamandla e-UK. NgokweSebe le-Economy, ityala elikhoyo lokukhupha igesi ekwimimandla emalunga nama-20%, ngoko iphucula ukukhutshwa, ukunyuswa kwemixokelelwano yokufudusa, nokufakwa kweemitha ezincinane kungundoqo.

Ukongeza, iUUP ixhasa ulwandiso lwe-Heat Incentive eNyakatho Ireland evuselelwayo, enika inkxaso yemali kumashishini nakwientsapho ezitshintshela kwimithombo ehlaziya ubushushu njengempompo zobushushu okanye i-biomass. Iqela likwafuna ukuveliswa kwe-Norvential Climate Change Intement Act enokuthi imisele ngokusemthethweni amaxhoba, ibonise indlela yokusondela ethatyathwe nguSkotlani kunye neWales. Le ngumgaqo obalulekileyo obuza, njengokuba ngoku INterern Ireland ingenawone ofisi yemozulu, ixhomekeke kulawulo lwe-UK-Expolentine, endaweni yokubekwa komthetho we-ult Cermotial Act 2008.

Isikhundla seUUP ekuncitshisweni kwegesi sichazwa licebiso leClimate Change Committee, elincomela ukuba iUK namazwe ayo akhutshwayo anciphiswe yigesi anciphisa ubuncinane umsi ngama- 68% ngo-2030 xa kuthelekiswa nomlinganiselo wowe-2030. Iqela liphikisa ngelithi abantu abancinane baseMntla Ireland kunye nesiseko sobulimi esiqinileyo sithetha ukuba banokuhamba ngokukhawuleza kwiindawo ezithile, njengokutyala imithi nokubuyisela ipeertlands, nto leyo enokuba yicarbon dis.

Ukuphelisa ukhukula nokuzinziswa

I-Northern Ireland inobungozi obukhulu, ingakumbi kwimimandla yonxweme neyomlambo. Izikhukula zakutshanje kwiidolophu ezinjengePortadown, Newry, ne-Balycastle ziye zabangela umonakalo ozizigidi zeponti nokonakalisa amawaka amakhaya namashishini. I-UUP icebisa ukuba isebenzise imali eninzi ekukhuseleni umkhukula, ukuphucula iinkqubo zokukhupha amanzi amdaka, kunye nobuchule bokukhusela umkhukula wendalo ukukhusela abantu abasengozini.

Ulawulo lwendalo (NFM) lugxininisa ngokukhethekileyo: ubuchule obuquka ukwenza iindawo ezifumileyo, ukutyala imithi ekwindawo ezibanjiweyo, kunye nokubuyisela iinkungu ezinomlambo ukuze zicothe ukuhamba kwamanzi. I-UP ibizisele kwiSebe ukwenzela i-Infractive ukwandisa uqingqo-mali lweprojekthi ye-NFM, ukukhankanya imizekelo ephumelelayo kummandla wasemaphandleni we-County Fermanagh apho iibhog ezihlayo ezihlayo zihlise iincam zomsinga zinyuso zinyuke ukuya kutsho kuma-20%.

Izakhiwo zikwanwebela kukhuselo lonxweme. Xa umgangatho wolwandle uthe waveliswa ukunyuka ngama-30-60%etres kuMntla Ireland ekupheleni kwenkulungwane, iqela lixhasa uhlolo olubanzi lwendlela yokukhukuliseka konxweme lommandla. Iphikisa into yokuba inkcitho yangoku kukhuseleko lonxweme angonele------onele ngaphantsi kwe-$10 yezigidi ngonyaka (ne--astyleronal eninzi iyafuneka ukukhusela iindawo zemifanekiso engu-Cward Coast kunye ne-Ards Peninsula.

Ukukhuthaza Imithombo yamandla enokubuyiselwa

I-UUP ingumxhasi onamandla wokwandisa amandla avuselelekayo. Iqela lixhasa ukuphuhliswa komoya, ilanga, kunye nezinto eziphilayo njengendlela yokunciphisa ukuxhomekeka kwizinto zokubasa eziphuma kwamanye amazwe zelifa lemveli kwaye lidala amathuba amatsha ezoqoqosho kwiindawo zasemaphandleni. Umntla Ireland sele uvelisa inxalenye ebalulekileyo yombane wawo ekuvuselelweni ngokutsha / 45% kwi-2022. kodwa i-UP ithi le nkqubela kufuneka iqhubekele phambili kusukelo oluthiwe ngu-70% wombane ohlaziywayo ngo-2030.

Ngokungqalileyo, ithemba lixhase ulwandiso lomthamo womoya osuka elunxwemeni kuMntla weSiqhagamshelanisi kunye noLwandle lwase-Ireland. Ixhasa ukuvulwa kwakutshanje kwe-“Offer Coast Wind Protegic Ingingqi ye-Rrite ," ukwenzela ukuphuhliswa korhwebo, olunokutsala amawaka ezigidi kurhwebo lwabucala lukhokelele ekwakheni iifama ezintsha zomoya ezivelisa amandla afikelela ku-1.5. Noko ke, i-UP igxininise nemfuneko yokuzimela ngokuzimele kwe-grid ukuphatha amandla ahlaziyekileyo, kuquka nabatsha abanxibelelana eIreland naseScotland.

Amandla elanga ngomnye ummandla obalaseliswa liqela. IUP icebise ukuba kubekho “inyathelo leSikolo” eliza kufaka amacwecwe kwizakhiwo zikawonke-wonke, ukunciphisa iindleko zamandla kumabhunga nakumagunya emfundo. Ngaphezu koko, iqela lixhasa ukusungulwa kwento efunekayo ekuhlaziyeni umbane wasekuhlaleni, ukuqinisekisa ukuba amashishini asekuhlaleni nabasebenzi balapho bangenelwa ekunikezeleni amathuba okugcina i-turbine kunye nokufaka ikhenkce.

Ukuxhasa Imveliso Yezolimo

Ityala lokulima elininzi ngokungenakulinganiswa nenani elikhulu lokukhutshwa kwe-Irilande yaseMntla-ntshona − phantse 27% qha ngenxa ye-methane ephuma kwimfuyo kunye ne-nitrous oxide esuka kwi-fetrisirs. I-UUP iyaqonda ukuba umgaqo wezolimo ze-agri ngumthombo wezoqoqosho, ukuvelisa ngaphezu ko-$5 yezigidi zezigidi zezigidi ngonyaka, kwaye ayinakunqandwa ngokulula ngokucutha imfuyo. Endaweni yoko, iqela likhuthaza “ukusetyenziswa kwezixhobo ezisebenzayo zokuvelisa inzala. Ukusebenzisa ubugcisa bokuvelisa imveliso yokulima obunempumelelo, kunye nolawulo olungcono lwezenteleko ukuze kunciphise ukukhutshwa kwemveliso ngaphandle kokuncitshiswa kwemveliso jikelele.

I-UUP ifune uhlobo olulungiselweyo lodweliso lwendawo engqongileyo yezwe le-UK, evuza abalimi ngezenzo zobungane obusingqongileyo ezifana nokutyala i-howrows, ukwenza imibhobho yezigcini-mthi kufutshane nemijelo yamanzi, nokusebenzisa izityalo ezigqumayo ukunciphisa ukukhutshwa kwezityalo. Iqela liphikisa ukuba ezi zicwangciso zifanele ziqhutywe ngokuzithandela kodwa zixhaswa ngokwaneleyo, ngokuhlawula iindleko ezipheleleyo zokutshintsha iindlela zokusebenza ngokuzinzisa. Likwabiza izisusa zemali kubalimi abahlali befakela izitya zokutshisa izilwanyana kwi-biogatoshi, ezinokusetyenziswa ukufudumeza okanye ukufudumeza umbane.

Uthutho noLwazi

Uthutho ngomnye umthombo ongundoqo wokhupho-moya kuMntla Ireland, ojongene nomlinganiselo omalunga nama-20% wokukhutshwa komphunga. I-UP ixhasa ukuphambuka okususelwa kwizithuthi zombane (EV) ngokwanda kotyalo-mali oluhambayo olufuna izibonelelo kunye nemali enikezelwa ngamakhaya ukuthenga ii-EV kunye nabaphathi-mali abanyuswe eludongeni. Eli qela likwacebise ngecebo lomqhubi wenqwelo-moya lokufaka isiqhubi solawulo esikhawulezayo kwiidolophu apho uwonke uhlala ungongongongongongongongongongowabantu basemaphandleni abangenaso i-trettpaki.

Ngaphandle kweenqwelo-mafutha ezizimeleyo, iUUP ibona indima ye-hydrogen cell e-octrogen yezithuthi ezinzima kunye nooduladula, iphawula ukuba ukuvavanywa kweebhasi ezinamandla ehydrogen sele kuphantsi kwendlela eBelfast. Eli qela licebise i-Northern Ireland Guide Adminitive ukuba ivelise ubuchule be-hydrogen ebanzi, isebenzisa amandla ommandla okuvelisa i-hydrogen eluhlaza ukusuka kumandla omoya onxweme. Eli cebo lingaxhasa ukukhutshwa kwenkqubo yoshishino ekwindawo enjenge-Kilroot yelasss, ecwangciselwe ukuva ngo-2025.

Umanyano Lwasekuhlaleni Nosukelo Lwexesha Elizayo

Ukuncedisa uluntu lwasekuhlaleni kuyinto ephambili kwiUUP. Iqela likholelwa ukuba iinkqubo zemozulu eziphezulu ziya kungaphumeleli ngaphandle kokuba abahlali bayayiqonda kwaye banenxaxheba kutshintsho. Iinjongo zalo zexesha elizayo ziquka ukukhupha umnatha-zero ngo-2050 kwaye zibeka i-Northern Ireland njengenkokeli yomhlaba wonke ekuchanekeni kwemozulu.

Amaphulo Emfundo

Iqela liceba ukusungula uthotho lwemibutho yemfundo ejolise kwizikolo, amaqela oluntu, kunye namashishini. Enye inyathelo elibalulekileyo yinkqubo ye- “Climpine Champions”, eboniswa ngamaqhinga afanayo eSkotlani, apho izikolo ezikhethiweyo zifumana inkxaso yemali kunye nengcali yokuqhuba ii-carbon jogrances, imithi yezityalo ezisekoleni, nokutshintshela kubathengisi-mandla. I-UUUP ikwaqhuba ukhuphiswano lwaminyaka le-“Green" kwizikolo ezisekomgangatho, ikhuthaza abafundi ukuba bacebise izicombululo zemozulu yasekuhlaleni, ukuze bafumane inkxaso yemali ekhoyo ukuze bafumane imiyezo yesikolo okanye izitrato ezingaphandle kwesikolo.

Kubantu abadala, uququzelela lweqela leenkampani ngemibandela enjengokusebenza kakuhle kwamandla ekhaya, ukugcinwa kwegadi, neenzuzo zemisebenzi yoncedo oluhlaziyiweyo yoluntu. Le ntlanganiso idla ngokubandakanya ukunxibelelana namabhunga asekuhlaleni kunye ne-Arhente yeNtlanganiso ye-UP. I-UUP ikwasebenzisa amajelo ayo ezentlalo-ntle ukupapasha izikhokelo ezicacileyo kwimijelo yemozulu yommandla nendlela abantu abanokuhlisa ngayo iinyawo zabo zekharbon ngaphandle kwexabiso elithe kratya.

Umanyano kunye nolwakhiwo

Ingqubana namagunya asekuhlaleni, imibutho engqongileyo, kunye necandelo labucala libalulekile kwiqhinga le-UP. Eli qela liye lenza izivumelwano namaqela anjenge Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB) Kumntla Ireland, iUlster Wildlife Trust, kunye neNational Trustsssborn ukuncedisa ubuchule kunye nokuxhasa ukhuseleko olunamandla lwemekobume. UP co-sponcer ehamba ngokunqamlezileyo kuNord Ireland iNdibano ebiza ukuvalwa komjikelo kwi-eat ekhuselekileyo kwi-eattlands-joa ehamba kunye neenjongo zayo zemozulu kunye nezityalo.

Kwicandelo labucala, iqela lisebenza neBelfast Chamber of Commerce and Investice Northern Ireland ukunceda amashishini aluhlaza imisebenzi yawo. Libambe amacwecwe kunye neefemu zokwenza iprojekthi ukuxubusha ukufikelela kwemali eluhlaza nge UK Infrapublicture Bank kunye neNorthern Ireland Green Growth Fund, enika imali ebolekwayo ephantsi ukuze asebenze kakuhle. I-UP ikwaxhasa ukuphuhliswa kwe- “Zero Carbon Business Hub” eBelfast, inikela uncedo olukhululekileyo kwaye inika uncedo kwi-SMEs.

Ucelomngeni Nokugxekwa

Ngoxa ulungiso lwemo yezulu lwe-UUP lubonakala lubanzi, lujongene nemiqobo emininzi esebenzisekayo neyopolitiki. Okokuqala, iqela alikwazi ukulawula ngokuthe ngqo kwiindawo ezininzi zenkqubo elizixhasayo, njengoko isenzo semozulu sidityaniswa phakathi koMlawuli oLawulweyo waseMntla Ireland, uRhulumente we-UK, kunye nezibophelelo zezizwe ngezizwe phantsi kwesivumelwano seParis. Ekubeni uLawulo lwegunya loMlawuli woMmandla luye lwatyekele ekuwiseni okuqhubekayo (abonakalisiweyo ukusuka ku-2020202020 kunye nakuphinda-phinda ngo-2022) ukungasebenzi komcimbiso-phantsi kolawulo olungundoqo kwimikhukuliselo yempula okanye umbane ovusemgangathwayo.

Okwesibini, inkxaso emandla yeqela elilawula ukutya okuziinkozo iye yafumana ugxeko luvela kwamanye amaqela okusingqongileyo, aphikisa ngelithi “amandla okukhuliswa kwemekobume” yi-oxymon kwaye i-Northern Ireland kufuneka ivume unciphiso kumanani emfuyo ukuze idibane ne-aspell. I-UP iphikisana nokuba nakuphi na ukuhla kwesantya kungatshabalalisa uqoqosho lwasemaphandleni kwaye kukhokelela kwingeniso oluphezulu lwekharbon ukusuka ngaphandle kommandla, nto leyo ebangela ukuba imozulu yehlabathi ibe mandundundu. Olu xinzelelo luhlala luyingxaki kwingxoxo yemozulu yaseNorthern Ireland.

Okwesithathu, i-UUP iye yagxekwa ngokungabekeli phambili ngokwaneleyo kwiingozi eziphezulu ezikhoyo ekufumaneni inkxaso enxulumene nokungalingani. Umzekelo, unyulo lwama-2022 lwama-2022 lwanika kuphela isiqendu esinye ukukhukulisela ukhuseleko, abanye ababotsheleli bemo yemali abalubona lunganele ukuba i-Northern Ireland ijongene nomnye wemingeni ephezulu kumkhukula ekwindawo ephakamileyo e-UK. I-UP ichazicazi ukuba ixhasa isiCwangci soLawulo lweMngcingo yoMkhuthulo lwe-2023 kaNordilland, esinikezela ngezigidi ezingama-$50 kwiminyaka emithathu elandelayo, kodwa abagxeki bephikisa ukuba oku kusengumlinganiselo ofunekayo wokunyuka kwemozulu.

Kwangaphakathi, iqela likwaneengxaki zesizukulwana ngemozulu; amanye amalungu akhulileyo ajonga le mbambano njengeyesibini kwimibuzo yesiseko somgaqo-siseko malunga nemeko yoMntla Ireland kwi-UK. Noko ke, inkokeli yeqela uDoug Beattie wenze uvavanyo lwemozulu olulula, ephikisa ukuba iyimfuneko kwaye ingumba wonyulo, ingakumbi phakathi kwabavoti abaselula. Ngo-2023, i-UUUP yapapasha iphephandaba elinomxholo othi “A Greener Union”, elifuna ukubeka iqela njengelona qela linegunya lemo yezulu le-propro-oversss eNorthern Ireland.

IUUP kwimo: Indaleko kunye neMilinganiso yeBhodi yokuNqamla

Imigudu yokuzinzisa imozulu ye-Ulster Unionism Party ayinakuqondwa xa ihamba yodwa. Ukusingqongileyo kwasemntla Ireland kuxhomekeke kwimeko yayo engaqhelekanga yomGaqo-siseko: iyinxalenye ye-UK kodwa iyinxalenye yesiqithi kunye nenkqubo enye yombane neRiphabliki yase-Ireland. Oku kudala amathuba kunye neengxaki. Umzekelo, ukukhutshwa kwezolimo kulinganiswa kwi-Northern Ireland neRiphabliki ngenxa yokunqamleza imigca yemfuyo, ifuna ukusetyenziswa kweBhunga loMntla-Southosebe.

I-UUP ixhasa intsebenziswano eyomeleleyo yemida enqamlezileyo kutshintsho lwemozulu, ingakumbi kwiindlela zemendo ezahlulweyo ezifana ne-Foyle kunye ne Carlingford Lough, apho umkhukula wokhuselo ufuna ukucwangciswa kunye. Ikwayamkele indlela yokudibanisa ukubuyiselwa kwe-pietland ngaphaya komda, ivuma ukuba ikharbon ayiwuqondi imida yezobupolitika. Noko ke, iqela lilumkile nayiphi na inkqubo yemozulu enokuthi ingabi namxhelo yabazi abalimi baseNorthern Ireland, njengerhafu yekharbon okanye imida ye-nitrogen engqongqo.

Kumgangatho we-UK, i-UUUP isebenzisa isihlalo sayo kwiNdlu yamaQela kunye namalungu ayo kwiBhunga lezizwe kunye neMimandla ukuphembelela imithetho yemo yezulu yesizwe. Isoloko ivotela wonke umthetho wokomeleza umnatha-zero kwaye iye yakhusela ilungelo lamaNtlampula-Ireland lokumisela amaxhoba ayo ngaphakathi kwisakhiwo se-UK. Iqela likwaxhasa izicwangciso zeUK zolungiso mgaqo wekharbon (CBAM), oya kurhweba ngerhafuthe kumazwe aneempepho ebuthathaka, njengoko i-UUUUP ibona njengokukhusela abalimi basekuhlaleni kwimilo engekho sikweni.

Ukukhangela phambili: iNet-Zero ngo-2050 kunye nangaphaya

IUUP ihlala ibophelelekile ngokusemthethweni kwixhoba le-UK lokukhutshwa kwegesi enobushushu obugqithisileyo ngo-2050. Noko ke, eli qela liye lacela iqela elizimeleyo lengcali ukuba lilandele inkqubela phambili eMntla Ireland, ngenxa yokuba umgangatho wegesi wommandla we-(wassil) wolimo, wezithuthi zikawonke-wonke omncinane, kunye nenqanaba elincinane elitsha elilungisayo. Iqela likholelwa ukuba i-Northern Ireland ingenza umnatha-zeko ngokukhawuleza nakweminye imimandla, njengesizukulwana sombane, apho inokufikelela kufutshane no-zerozingonyaka ngo-2040 ngomngeni wolwandle nogcino lwamandla.

Ukukwazi ukumelana nemeko-bume yexesha elide kubandakanya “ukuqinisekisa isiseko esingundoqo”. IUP icebisa ukuba zonke izakhiwo ezintsha zikawonke-wonke, iindlela, kunye neenkqubo zamanzi kufuneka ziquke uluvo lomngcipheko wemozulu, ukulindela amaqondo obushushu aphezulu, imvula egqithisileyo, nonyuko lolwandle. Iqela likwaxhasa inkqubo “engalahlekelwa yi-intlobo-ntlobo zezityalo ezikhoyo” kwinkqubela-phambili nganye entsha, ukuvelisa ukuba indawo yokuhlala ibuyiselwe okanye iveliswe kwenye indawo ukuze kulondolozwe ukuqina kwendalo.

Ekugqibeleni, iUUP ijonge kwimisebenzi yezizwe ngezizwe engcono. Ithumele abathunywa kwiingqungquthela ezinjenge COP27 neCOP28 ukufunda kwezinye iingingqi ezincinci. Ifumana impembelelo evela kumazwe afana neDenmark, adibanisa amandla omoya kunye nobushushu besithili, kunye neNew Zealand, ekwazi ukukhupha ukhupho lwezolimo ngecebo lobuvulindlela lokufaka isicwangciso sefama. Injongo yeqela lelokuzama iNon Northern Ireland ukuvavanya ukumelana nemozulu encinane, uqoqosho olunzima lwezolimo lwezolimo lwemali, olunokulinganiswa nolo lwase-UK ne Ireland.

Ngale migudu, iUlster Unionism Party ijolise ekudaleni i-Ireland enokomelela nengaxhaswayo enokuthi imelane nocelomngeni lwemozulu etshintshayo ngeli lixa ixhasa ukukhula kwezoqoqosho kunye nokulunga kwentlalo-ntle. Le ndlela ayilula, kodwa ngokulinganisela iminqweno yephondo kunye ne-pragmatics, iqela linethemba lokuguqula umngcipheko ube lithuba labantu elimeleyo.