Isivumelwano Sesimo Sezulu saseParis: Amazwe angama-45 Aphikisana Nokuhoxiswa kukaTrump

Bangaphezu kuka-550 amalunga ezishayamthetho amele izifundazwe ezingama-45 azibophezele ekutheni azothatha izinyathelo ngesivumelwano seParis Climate Agreement futhi aphikisane nokuhoxiswa kukaTrump.

WASHINGTON, DC - USenator Wesifunda SaseCalifornia uKevin de León, uSenator Wesifunda SaseMassachusetts uMichael Barrett, kanye nezishayamthetho zezifundazwe ezingaphezu kuka-550 ezweni lonke bakhiphe isitatimende namuhla bezibophezele ekugcineni ubuholi baseMelika ekulweni nokuguquguquka kwesimo sezulu kanye nokuhambisana neSivumelwano Sesimo Sezulu saseParis.

Umholi weSenethi Yesifunda SaseCalifornia u-Kevin de León ugqamise ukubaluleka kokusebenza kwesimo sezulu ukuze kuphile kahle izizukulwane ezizayo. “Ngokuphuma eSivumelwaneni Sesimo Sezulu saseParis esiyingqopha-mlando, uMongameli uTrump ukhombise ukuthi akanakho okudingekayo ukuze ahole umhlaba lapho ebhekene nosongo olukhona olufana nokushintsha kwesimo sezulu. Manje, abaholi abanomqondo ofanayo abavela ezishayamthetho ezweni lonke bayahlangana ukuze bakhe indlela entsha yesizwe sakithi, kanye nomhlaba wonke. Sizoqhubeka nokuhlonipha izinjongo ezibekwe yiSivumelwano saseParis esiyingqopha-mlando sokuvikela ikusasa lezingane zethu, nelezingane zethu futhi sakhe umnotho wakusasa wamandla ahlanzekile,” kusho u-de León.

Sisayinwe nguMongameli u-Barack Obama ngo-2016, Isivumelwano Sesimo Sezulu saseParis saklanyelwe ukulwa nokushintsha kwesimo sezulu ngokugcina izinga lokushisa lomhlaba likhuphuka libe ngaphansi kuka-2 degrees Celsius. Abasayini basayine inhloso yabo yokuthi izifundazwe zabo zihlangabezane nezinjongo ezisungulwe kuSivumelwano, futhi ezimweni eziningi, zidlulela phambili.

"Ukufeza izibopho zethu ezisezingeni likahulumeni kubalulekile ngoba iParis - futhi yayihlala njalo - ihloselwe njengesisekelo, hhayi njengomugqa wokuqeda. Ngemuva kuka-2025, i-engeli yokwehla ekuncishisweni kwekhabhoni idinga ukukhomba phansi kakhulu. Sizimisele ngokuzilungiselela, ngoba izifundazwe kumele zihambe phambili,” kusho uSenator Wesifunda saseMassachusetts uMichael Barrett.

"Lezi zishayamthetho zezifundazwe zizibophezele ekuqhubekiseni ubuholi base-United States ekusebenzeleni umnotho wamandla ahlanzekile kanye nokunciphisa imithelela yokushintsha kwesimo sezulu," kusho uJeff Mauk, uMqondisi Omkhulu we-National Caucus of Environmental Legislators. “Ngokusebenzisana, izifundazwe zingaqhubeka nobuholi bezwe emhlabeni jikelele ekulweni nokuguquguquka kwesimo sezulu.”
Isitatimende singabukwa ku NCEL.net.

1. Ukuze uthole ulwazi: Jeff Mauk, NCEL, 202-744-1006
2. Ngezingxoxo: I-CA Senator Kevin de León, 916-651-4024
3. Ngezingxoxo: USenator we-MA uMichael Barrett, 781-710-6665

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