I-International Association for Urban Climate (IAUC) yinhlangano yomhlaba wonke, engekho ngaphansi kukahulumeni emele umphakathi womhlaba wonke wesimo sezulu sasemadolobheni. Ihlanganisa ndawonye abacwaningi, ochwepheshe, othisha, abahleli, abaklami, abenzi benqubomgomo, kanye nabanye ochwepheshe abanesifiso sokuqonda, ukwenza amamodeli, ukubuka, kanye nokubhekana nezinqubo zesimo sezulu emadolobheni nakwezinye izindawo ezakhiwe. I-IAUC inikeza ipulatifomu yomhlaba wonke yokushintshana kwesayensi, ukubambisana, ukwakha umphakathi, kanye nokusetshenziswa kolwazi lwesimo sezulu sasemadolobheni ukusekela amadolobha azinzile, aqinile, anempilo, futhi aphileka kalula.
I-IAUC yasungulwa ngokusemthethweni ngo-2000, kulandela umlando omude wezingqungquthela zesimo sezulu sasemadolobheni zamazwe ngamazwe ezaqala ngasekupheleni kwawo-1960. Imisebenzi yengqungquthela yangaphambilini yayihlelwe yizinhlangano ezifana ne-World Meteorological Organisation kanye ne-International Federation for Housing and Planning, futhi kamuva le misebenzi yahlangana ngaphansi kweNgqungquthela Yomhlaba Wonke Yesimo Sezulu Sasemadolobheni. Emhlanganweni ka-1999 eSydney, umphakathi wesimo sezulu sasemadolobheni wavuma ukuthi kwakudingeka inhlangano ehlelekile kodwa eguquguqukayo ukuze imele insimu. Kwadalwa ibhodi lesikhashana, kwafunwa ubulungu bamazwe ngamazwe, futhi ibhodi lokuqala elikhethiwe lahlangana eDavis, eCalifornia, ngo-Agasti 2000. Kamuva ngalowo nyaka, amalungu avotela ukwamukela igama elithi “Inhlangano Yomhlaba Wonke Yesimo Sezulu Sasemadolobheni.”
Umsebenzi we-IAUC ukumela nokuxhumanisa umphakathi wesimo sezulu sasemadolobheni wamazwe ngamazwe kanye nokuthuthukisa ulwazi mayelana nokusebenzisana phakathi kwamadolobha, isimo sezulu, isimo sezulu, kanye nezinqubo zomkhathi. Le nhlangano isekela ucwaningo kanye nokushintshana ngolwazi ngesayensi yesimo sezulu sasemadolobheni, ukuzivumelanisa nesimo sezulu, ukusimama, kanye nokusetshenziswa okusebenzayo kolwazi lwesimo sezulu ekwakhiweni, ekuhleleni, nasekuthathweni kwezinqumo zasemadolobheni. Umsebenzi wayo usekelwe ekuqondeni okubanzi nokwehlukene kwemikhakha yesimo sezulu sasemadolobheni, okuhlanganisa isimo sezulu kanye nesimo sezulu sezindawo ezakhiwe; ukushintshana phakathi kobuso basemadolobheni kanye nengqimba yomngcele womkhathi; ikhwalithi yomoya wasemadolobheni; umoya kanye nokuxokozela emadolobheni; ukulinganisa, ukwenza amamodeli, kanye nokuzwa kude kwezimpawu zomkhathi nezomkhathi zasemadolobheni; izinqubo ezincane ezihlotshaniswa nezinto zesimo sezulu sasemadolobheni njengezakhiwo, imigwaqo, amapaki, kanye nemigwaqo; isimo sezulu sokwakha; i-biometeorology kanye nenduduzo yokushisa yabantu; kanye nokumelwa kwezindawo zasemadolobheni kumamodeli esimo sezulu, isimo sezulu, kanye nesistimu yomhlaba.
Umsebenzi oyinhloko we-IAUC yiNgqungquthela Yomhlaba Wonke Yesimo Sezulu Sasemadolobheni, ebanjwa njalo eminyakeni emibili kuya kwemithathu futhi ingenye yemihlangano ehamba phambili yomhlaba wonke yocwaningo kanye nokusebenza esimweni sezulu sasemadolobheni. I-IAUC yathatha umthwalo wemfanelo wochungechunge lwe-ICUC ngo-2003. Le ngqungquthela ihlanganisa umphakathi ohlukahlukene wamazwe ngamazwe wabacwaningi besimo sezulu sasemadolobheni, abahleli basemadolobheni, abaklami, kanye nabenzi bezinqubomgomo, futhi inikeza inkundla yokuxoxa ngentuthuko yesayensi kanye nokusetshenziswa kolwazi lwesimo sezulu ekwakhiweni nasekuphathweni kwamadolobha. Imihlangano yakamuva ye-ICUC idonsele izithunywa ezingaphezu kuka-800 ezivela emazweni angu-55, okubonisa ukufinyelela kwale nsimu emhlabeni wonke kanye nobuntu bayo obuhlukahlukene.
I-IAUC iphinde ikhuthaze ukushintshana komphakathi ngewebhusayithi yayo, izincwadi zezindaba, izikhala zemisebenzi, izinsiza zokufundisa, kanye nokusekelwa kwamaphrojekthi aholwa ngumphakathi. Iqaphela iminikelo emihle kakhulu ensimini ngemiklomelo efana ne-Luke Howard Award kanye ne-Timothy Oke Award.
I-IAUC izibophezele ekubambeni iqhaza okubandakanyayo nokulingana kuyo yonke imisebenzi yayo yobulungu, okuhlanganisa izincwadi, imihlangano, izingqungquthela, kanye nemiklomelo. Le nhlangano ifuna ukumela ukuhlukahluka okugcwele komphakathi wesimo sezulu sasemadolobheni kuzo zonke izigaba, izindawo, izigaba zomsebenzi, kanye nemikhakha. Ubulungu buvulelekile kubantu abanentshisekelo yesayensi, yezemfundo, yezobuchwepheshe, noma esebenzayo esimweni sezulu sasemadolobheni futhi mahhala. Amalungu athola ukufinyelela kunethiwekhi nezinsiza ze-IAUC futhi angahlanganyela ekwakheni umphakathi ngokuvota nokuzibandakanya emisebenzini yenhlangano.
IBhodi le-IAUC linamalungu angaba ngu-15, okuhlanganisa amalungu angu-8 akhethwe amalungu onkana, kanye nezikhulu kanye nabameleli abahlobene nengqungquthela. IBhodi lihlanganisa uMongameli, uNobhala, kanye noMgcinimafa, futhi lihlangana okungenani kabili ngonyaka ngamunye wekhalenda. Amalungu ebhodi akhethiwe avame ukukhonza iminyaka emine, ngokushintshana njalo.
Ngezingqungquthela zayo, ezokuxhumana, izinsizakusebenza, imiklomelo, kanye namanethiwekhi, i-IAUC isebenza njengenhlangano yomhlaba wonke eyinhloko yokuthuthukisa isayensi yesimo sezulu sasemadolobheni nokuhumusha lolo lwazi lube yisenzo. Ngesikhathi lapho amadolobha ebhekene nezinselelo ezikhulayo ezivela ekushintsheni kwesimo sezulu, ukushisa okukhulu, ukungcola komoya, ukukhula kwamadolobha ngokushesha, kanye nesidingo sokuguqulwa okusimeme, i-IAUC inikeza inkundla ebalulekile yokuxhumanisa ubuchwepheshe besayensi nokuhlela, ukuklama, inqubomgomo, kanye nokusebenza.
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