With today’s European Parliament approval of the Paris Agreement ratification – in the presence of European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker, the United Nation’s Secretary General Ban Ki-moon and the President of COP 21 Ségolène Royal – the last hurdle is cleared. The political process for the European Union to ratify the Agreement is concluded.
UMongameli uJean-Claude Juncker kwiNtetho yakhe yeSimo seManyano ngomhla we-14 Septemebr wacela ukuqinisekiswa ngokukhawuleza kwesivumelwano.
Uthe: “Ukuhanjiswa okucothayo kwizithembiso ezenziweyo yinto eyanda imingcipheko ejongela phantsi ukuthembeka koManyano. Thatha isivumelwano saseParis. Thina bantu baseYurophu siziinkokeli zehlabathi kwizenzo zemozulu. YayiyiYurophu ethe yaqala ukubophelela ngokusemthethweni isivumelwano semozulu yehlabathi. YayiyiYurophu eyakha imanyano yamabhongo eyenza ukuba isivumelwano eParis sibe nokwenzeka. Ndihlaba ikhwelo kuwo onke amaZwe angamaLungu nakule Palamente ukuba nenze indima yenu kwezi veki zizayo, hayi kwiinyanga. Kufuneka sikhawuleze.” Namhlanje kuyenzeka oku.
President Jean-Claude Juncker said: “Today the European Union turned climate ambition into climate action. The Paris Agreement is the first of its kind and it would not have been possible were it not for the European Union. Today we continued to show leadership and prove that, together, the European Union can deliver.”
Usekela-Mongameli we-Enery Union uMaroš Šefčovič uthe: “Ipalamente yaseYurophu ilivile ilizwi labantu bayo. IManyano yaseYurophu sele iphumeza izibophelelo zayo kwiSivumelwano saseParis kodwa ulwamkelo lwanamhlanje olukhawulezayo lubangela ukuphunyezwa kwayo kwihlabathi liphela.
UMkomishinala weZenzo zeMozulu kunye namandla uMiguel Arias Cañete uthe: “Umsebenzi wethu ngokudibeneyo kukuguqula izibophelelo zethu zibe zizenzo emhlabeni. Kwaye apha iYurophu iphambi kwegophe. Sinemigaqo-nkqubo kunye nezixhobo zokuhlangabezana nosukelo lwethu, silawule inguqu yamandla acocekileyo ehlabathi kwaye siphucule uqoqosho lwethu. Ihlabathi liyashukuma kwaye iYurophu ikwisihlalo somqhubi, izithembile kwaye inebhongo ngokukhokela umsebenzi wokuhlangabezana nokutshintsha kwemozulu”.
Ukuza kuthi ga ngoku, amaqela angama-62, athatha phantse i-52% yezinto ezikhutshwayo kwihlabathi jikelele, asamkele isiVumelwano saseParis. Esi siVumelwano siza kuqala ukusebenza kwiintsuku ezingama-30 emva kokuba amaqela angama-55 ubuncinane, amele ubuncinane ama-55% okukhutshwa kwezinto ezikhutshwayo kwihlabathi jikelele evumile. Ukuqinisekiswa kwe-EU kunye nediphozithi iya kuwela umda we-55% wokukhutshwa kwaye ngoko ke kubangele ukungena kokunyanzeliswa kweSivumelwano saseParis.
I-EU, edlale indima egqibeleleyo ekwakhiweni komanyano lwamabhongo okwenza ukwamkelwa kwesiVumelwano saseParis kube nokwenzeka kuDisemba ophelileyo, iyinkokeli yehlabathi kwizenzo zemozulu. IKhomishini yaseYurophu sele izise phambili izindululo zowiso-mthetho ukunikezela ngokuzibophelela kwe-EU ekunciphiseni ukukhutshwa kwezinto ezikhutshwayo kwi-European Union ubuncinane nge-40% ngo-2030.
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Ngemvume yanamhlanje yiPalamente yaseYurophu, iBhunga lingasamkela ngokusesikweni iSigqibo. Ngokunxuseneyo naMazwe angamaLungu e-EU aya kuvuma isiVumelwano saseParis ngokwahlukeneyo, ngokuhambelana neenkqubo zepalamente yesizwe.
