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.
O le Peresetene Jean-Claude Juncker i lana saunoaga a le State of the Union i le 14 Septemebr na ia talosagaina le vave faia o le maliega.
Fai mai a ia: "O le faifai lemu i folafolaga na faia o se mea e tupu ma sili atu le tele o lamatiaga faʻaleagaina ai le talitonuina o le Iuni. Ave le maliega i Pale. O matou o papalagi o taʻitaʻi o le lalolagi i gaioiga o le tau. O Europa na unaʻia le muamua-faʻatulafonoina fusifusia, tau i le lalolagi atoa. O Europa na fausia le felagolagomai o naunautaiga na mafai ai ona faia se maliega i Pale. Ou te valaau atu i Sui Usufono uma o le Palemene ma lenei Palemene e fai lau vaega i vaiaso o lumanai, ae le o masina. E tatau ona tatou televave. ” Lenei aso ua tupu lenei mea.
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.”
Na saunoa le Sui Peresetene mo le Enery Union Maroš Šefčovič: "Ua lagona e le Palemene a Europa le leo o ona tagata. O lea ua maeʻa ona faatino e le Iuni a Europa ana lava tautinoga i le Maliega i Pale, ae o le vave o le faamaoniga i le taimi nei, ua amata ai ona faatino i le vaega o totoe o le lalolagi. ”
O le Komesina mo le Faagaioiga o le Tau ma le Malosiaga o Miguel Arias Cañete na faapea mai: "O la matou galuega fai faatasi o le liliuina lea oa matou tautinoga i ni gaoioiga i luga o le eleele. Ma o iinei Europa e muamua i le piʻo. O loʻo iai a matou aiaiga faʻavae ma mea faigaluega e faʻataunuʻu ai a matou manulauti, faʻatonutonu le suiga o le malosi mama i le lalolagi atoa ma faʻafouina le tatou tamaoaiga. Ua fealualuaʻi le lalolagi ma o Europa o loʻo i totonu o le nofoa avetaavale, ua mautinoa ma mitamita i le taitaiina o le galuega e foia suiga o le tau ”.
E oʻo mai i le taimi nei, e 62 pati, e tusa ma le 52% o tupe maua a le lalolagi ua faʻamaonia le maliega i Pale. O le Maliega o le a amata faamamaluina 30 aso pe a ma le le itiiti ifo 55 pati, sui o le itiiti ifo i le 55% o le lalolagi emissions ua faamaonia. O le EU faʻamaonia ma teuina o le a sopoia le 55% emission threshold ma o lea mafua ai le ulufale atu i le faʻamalosia o le Paris Maliega.
O le EU, na avea ma sao taua i le fausiaina o le tuʻufaʻatasia o faanaunauga avea le taliaina o le Paris Maliega mafai ia Tesema talu ai, o le lalolagi taʻitaʻi i gaioiga gaioiga. Ua maeʻa ona aumaia e le Komisi a Europa tulafono faatulafono e ave ai i luga le naunautaiga a le EU e faaitiitia tupe maua i le Iuni a Europa i le 40 i le 2030.
Laasaga e sosoo ai
Ma le aso nei ua faʻamaonia e le Palemene a Europa, e mafai ai e le Fono ona faʻaaogaina aloaia le Faʻaiuga. I se tulaga tutusa, o le a faamaonia e sui usufono a le EU le maliega a Pale, e tusa ma a latou faiga faapalemene.
