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.
Ua kāhea ʻo Pelekikena Jean-Claude Juncker i kāna haʻiʻōlelo mokuʻāina o ka hui ma ka lā 14 Septemebr e hōʻoia koke i ka ʻaelike.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo ia: "ʻO ka hāʻawi lohi ʻana i nā ʻōlelo hoʻohiki i hana ʻia he mea nui a ʻoi aku ka nui o nā pilikia e hōʻino i ka hilinaʻi o ka Union. E lawe i ka ʻaelike Paris. ʻO mākou ka poʻe ʻEulopa nā alakaʻi o ka honua i ka hana aniau. ʻO ʻEulopa ka mea nāna i hoʻopaʻa i ka ʻaelike hoʻopaʻa kānāwai mua loa. ʻO ʻEulopa ka mea nāna i kūkulu i ka hui ʻana o ka manaʻo nui i hiki ai ke ʻaelike ma Paris. Ke kahea aku nei au i na Mokuaina Hui a me keia Ahaolelo e hana i ko oukou kuleana i na pule e hiki mai ana, aole na mahina. Pono mākou e wikiwiki. " I kēia lā ke hana nei kēia.
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.”
Ua ʻōlelo ka Hope Pelekikena no Enery Union Maroš Šefčovič: “Ua lohe ka pāremata ʻEulopa i ka leo o kona poʻe. Ke hoʻokō nei ka European Union i kāna mau hoʻohiki ponoʻī i ka Paris Agreement akā ʻo ka hoʻokō wikiwiki ʻana i kēia lā e hoʻomaka i kāna hoʻokō ʻana i ke koena o ka honua.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Komisina no ka Climate Action a me Energy Miguel Arias Cañete: "ʻO kā mākou hana hui e hoʻohuli i kā mākou mau hana i hana ma ka honua. A eia ʻo ʻEulopa ma mua o ke kaʻe. Loaʻa iā mākou nā kulekele a me nā mea hana e hoʻokō i kā mākou mau pahuhopu, hoʻokele i ka hoʻololi ʻana o ka ikehu maʻemaʻe honua a hoʻololi i kā mākou hoʻokele waiwai. Ke neʻe nei ka honua a aia ʻo ʻEulopa i kahi noho kaʻa, hilinaʻi a haʻaheo i ke alakaʻi ʻana i ka hana e hoʻoponopono i ka hoʻololi ʻana i ke aniau”.
I kēia manawa, 62 mau ʻaoʻao, e helu ana no ka aneane 52% o nā hoʻokuʻu honua i hōʻoia i ka ʻaelike Paris. E komo ka ʻaelike i 30 mau lā ma hope o 55 mau ʻaoʻao, e hōʻike ana ma kahi o 55% o nā hoʻokuʻu honua i ʻae ʻia. ʻO ka hōʻoia ʻana a me ka waiho ʻana o ka EU e hele i ka paepae hoʻokuʻu 55% a no laila e hoʻomaka i ke komo ʻana i ka mana o ka ʻaelike Paris.
ʻO ka EU, ka mea i hana koʻikoʻi i ke kūkulu ʻana i ka hui ʻana o ka manaʻo i hiki ke hoʻopaʻa ʻia i ka ʻaelike ʻo Paris i ka lā Dekemaba i hala, he alakaʻi honua no ka hana aniau. Ua hoʻopuka mua ke Komisina ʻEulopa i nā manaʻo kānāwai e hoʻokō i ka manaʻo o ka EU e hōʻemi i ka hoʻokuʻu ʻana i ka European Union ma ka liʻiliʻi o 40% e 2030.
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Me ka ʻae ʻia o kēia lā e ka Pāremata ʻEulopa, hiki i ka ʻaha kūkā ke ʻae i ka hoʻoholo. Ma ke ano like, e hooiaio pakahi na Mokuaina o EU i ka Kuikahi Palika, e like me ko lakou mau kaʻina hana pāremata aupuni.
