I whakanuia te Rā o Papatūānuku i tēnei tau, ā, kua mutu, engari kāore anō kia whakamahia ngā whakatūpato mō ngā para kirihou.
Ka tū te Rā o Papatūānuku i ia tau i te 22 o Paenga-whāwhāndā, e whakanui ana i te hiranga o te tiaki taiao puta noa i te ao hei whakamaumaharatanga mō te hiranga o te oranga tonutanga.
Ko te kaupapa o tēnei tau, 'Aorangi vs. Kirihou', he whakatairanga i te mōhiotanga mō ngā pānga kino o te parahanga kirihou. Heoi, i roto i tētahi pūrongo hou mai i te kamupene rangahau me te kaitohutohu EA Earth Action, ko te ingoa ko te Plastic Overshoot Day, e whakaatu ana ka puta he 220 miriona tāne o ngā para kirihou i te tau 2024.
E whakaatu ana te pūrongo neke atu i te 1/3 o ngā para ka whakahaeretia kinotia i te mutunga o tōna huringa ora, ka hua ake he 68.6 miriona tāne o ngā para kirihou ki te taiao. I te toharite, e matapaetia ana ka whakaputahia e ia tangata o te ao te 28 kirokaramu o tēnā.
E whakaatu ana ngā raraunga kua piki haere tonu te maha o ngā para kirihou (7.11%) mai i te tau 2021, ā, kei te tipu tonu, me te 50% o te taupori o te ao (tae noa ki Paenga-whāwhā 2024) kei ngā rohe kua nui ake te rahinga o ngā para kirihou i te kaha mō te whakahaere whai hua. I te 5 o Hepetemate, 2024, te rā e whakanuia ai te Rā o te Ao mō te Whakahekenga Kirihou, ka piki ake tēnei tatauranga whakamataku ki te 66%.
"Engari ko te mahi whakahē i te taiao, kua whakaratohia mai ki a tātou ngā otinga whai hua i runga i te tauine nui," te kī a Sian Sutherland, te Kaiwhakaū o A Plastic Planet & Plastic Health Council.
Mō te Tākai Whakarewa te ahumahi, te whakamahinga o te maitai me tepereti tineHei whakakapi i te kirihou, he otinga pumau, he pai hoki mō te taiao mō ngā takai me ētahi atu whakamahinga nā te mea ka taea te hangarua anō me te kore e ngaro te kounga, ā, ka whakaiti i tō tātou whakawhirinaki ki ngā rauemi kāore e taea te whakahou.
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