Peking, 15. avgust — Kineski predsednik Xi Jinping pozvao je na snažno unapređenje sposobnosti zemlje za prevenciju, ublažavanje i odgovor na prirodne katastrofe nakon serije smrtonosnih poplava i klizišta ovog leta. Njegove izjave objavljene su u časopisu Qiushi i zasnovane su na govoru održanom na studijskoj sesiji Politbiroa 28. aprila.
Xi je istakao da se, usled globalnog zagrevanja, broj i intenzitet ekstremnih vremenskih pojava — poput obilnih kiša, poplava, tajfuna i suša — značajno povećavaju, pojačavajući njihov razorni efekat na ljude i infrastrukturu.
„Kako se globalno zagrevanje nastavlja, ekstremni vremenski događaji i katastrofe poput obilnih kiša, poplava, tajfuna i suša značajno se povećavaju, pojačavajući njihov razorni uticaj.“
Prema saopštenju, Xi je pozvao na pomak u politici od reaktivnog odgovora ka prevenciji pre katastrofe: unapređenje sistema nadzora i ranog upozoravanja, zatvaranje infrastrukturnih praznina u odbrani od poplava i drenaži — naročito u severnim regionima — i bolje planiranje rizika.
Najsnažniji tajfun ove godine pogodio je Peking i druge delove zemlje, izazvavši intenzivne padavine koje su poplavile važne saobraćajnice i zadržale vozila. U pojedinim regionima su zabeležene i velike štete na imovini.
Prošlog meseca klizišta izazvana pljuskovima u severozapadnoj provinciji Gansu odnela su 25 života, dok je u Čongčingu, na jugozapadu, klizište nastalo usled urušavanja planine prouzrokovalo 51 smrt.
Stručnjaci sve češće povezuju rast destruktivnih vremenskih pojava sa klimatskim promenama, a ove godine dodatni je faktor i nagoveštaj El Niño obrasca koji podiže temperature i može pojačati učestalost i intenzitet tajfuna.
„Kontinuirano ćemo unapređivati našu sposobnost i nivo prevencije i odgovora na razne prirodne katastrofe, i efikasno štititi živote i imovinu ljudi kao i društvenu stabilnost.“
Xi je upozorio da rizici od katastrofa ne smeju da se preliju na ekonomsku, energetsku, prehrambenu i socijalnu bezbednost. Pozvao je i na veću upotrebu savremenih tehnologija u spasilačkim operacijama — uključujući veštačku inteligenciju, dronove i satelitsko daljinsko snimanje — kako bi se poboljšalo praćenje, procena rizika i efikasnost odgovora.
Ovaj skup mera, prema njegovim rečima, ima za cilj da smanji ljudske i materijalne gubitke i poveća otpornost kineskog društva na sve češće ekstremne vremenske izazove.
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