Abamele amazwe aseziqhingini ezincane bangene enkundleni yomhlangano eMhlanganweni Jikelele namuhla benxusa umhlaba ukuthi unake kakhulu ubungozi bawo ekuguquguqukeni kwesimo sezulu, begcizelela ukuthi intuthuko esimeme ngeke yenzeke njengoba ukunyuka kwamazinga olwandle kusongela ukuwakhukhula.
Kusukela eCaribbean kuya ePacific kuya e-Atlantic, amazwe amancane ayiziqhingi athi umhlaba awuhambi ngokushesha ngokwanele ukuze unciphise imiphumela yokushintsha kwesimo sezulu noma usekele amazwe ampofu kakhulu njengoba ezama ukuzivumelanisa nawo.
“Ubukhona beziqhingi ezincane Amazwe afana nalawo aseCaribbean nasePacific angaba sengozini uma ukuthambekela kwamanje kungashintshwa noma kungashintshwa,” uNdunankulu waseBarbados, uFreundel Stuart, etshela inkulumo-mpikiswano yaminyaka yonke yoMhlangano eNew York.
“Ngakho-ke, kufanele siqaphele mayelana nendlela esisebenzisa ngayo izibaso ezimbiwa phansi, mayelana namazinga okukhishwa kwekhabhoni kanye nokuphathwa kwemfucuza okungalawuleki. Iplanethi isiqalile ukubhikisha ngenxa yezinguquko ezimangalisayo zokuguquka kwesimo sezulu kanye nethemba lokukhuphuka kolwandle,” kusho uMnu Stuart.
UNdunankulu waseGrenada uTillman Thomas ucele ukuthi kube nesivumelwano ezingxoxweni eziqhubekayo eziholwa yiZizwe Ezihlangene mayelana nokuguquguquka kwesimo sezulu mayelana nezinyathelo okuhloswe ngazo ukunciphisa ukukhishwa kwamagesi abamba ukushisa asolwa ngokufudumala kwembulunga yonke, kanye nokukhishwa ngokushesha kwezimali zokusiza amazwe aseziqhingini ezincane ukuzivumelanisa nezimo.
UNDUNANKULU waseTuvalu uWilly Telavi uthe ngesikhathi sengqungquthela yaseThekwini mayelana ne-UN Framework Convention of Climate Change (UNFCCC) ngasekupheleni kwalo nyaka, izwe lakhe lizofuna igunya lokuqala izingxoxo ngesivumelwano esisha esibophezela ngokomthetho seMibuso emikhulu ekhiqiza isisi esingcolisa umoya. abazenzanga izibopho ngaphansi kwe-Kyoto Protocol, okungeziwe ku-UNFCCC equkethe izinyathelo ezibophezela ngokomthetho zokunciphisa ukukhishwa kwegesi enjalo.
URalph Gonsalves, uNdunankulu waseSaint Vincent kanye namaGrenadines, uthe "iyamdida ukungaguquki kwemishini emikhulu ekhipha umoya kanye namazwe athuthukile enqaba ukuthwala umthwalo wokubopha ukuguquka kwesimo sezulu okuhlobene nokweqisa kwezinqubomgomo zabo ezimoshayo."
UNdunankulu ukugcizelele ukuthi isikhathi siyahamba emazweni amaningi njengoba kokubili ukunyuka kwamazinga olwandle kanye neziphepho ezinamandla neziphepho ezinamandla.
UNdunankulu waseCape Verde uJose Maria Neves yena, uthe uthembele kuwo wonke Amazwe Angamalungu e-UN ukuthi enze uguquko olubheke emnothweni oluhlaza kanye nentuthuko esimeme.
"Kukhona e-Cape Verde uhlelo oluqhubekayo nolunentshisekelo yokufaka kuzwelonke kumandla avuselelekayo ngamaphesenti angama-50 ngo-2020," kusho uDkt. Neves.
UNdunankulu waseSamoa u-Tuila'epa Sailele Malielegaoi uphinde wacela izinsiza ezengeziwe zokunciphisa ukuguquguquka kwesimo sezulu kanye namaphrojekthi wokuzivumelanisa nezimo eziqhingini ezincane zasezifundazweni.
"I-Green Climate Fund manje isesigabeni sokuklama," esho. "Abamele ohulumeni kanye nochwepheshe abathintekayo bazokwenza kahle ukunaka ukwakhiwa kwezimali ezikhona zokuguquguquka kwesimo sezulu ukuze ukusilela kwezinye izindlela zokuxhasa ngemali kungaphindi."
UMnu. Malielegaoi uphinde wanxusa wonke amazwe anentshisekelo yokudoba olwandle iPacific ukuthi asebenzisane ukuze ayeke ukudoba okungekho emthethweni, okungabikwanga nokungalawuleki esifundeni.
UNdunankulu waseVanuatu, uMeltek Sato Kilman Livtuvanu, unxuse i-UN ukuthi ithumele amanxusa aphezulu ePacific ukuze bathole ukuqonda okuphelele kokuthi abantu bakulesi sifunda basengozini enkulu kangakanani emiphumeleni yokushintsha kwesimo sezulu.
"Ngicela abaholi bamazwe athuthukile ukuthi bavuselele futhi bahloniphe izithembiso zabo zokuxhasa ngezimali, ikakhulukazi, imizamo yokusiza imiphakathi esengozini ukubhekana nezidingo zayo zokuzivumelanisa nezimo ukuze kuqinisekiswe ukuthi amazwe aseziqhingini ayasinda enhlekeleleni yokuguquguquka kwesimo sezulu esisondelayo."
Khonamanjalo, enkulumweni yakhe izolo emhlanganweni wePhalamende, uMengameli waseComoros, u-Ikililou Dhoinine, unxuse amazwe omhlaba ukuthi alekelele ekuxazululeni ingxabano yezwe lakhe neFrance mayelana nesiqhingi saseMayotte, wathi uhlelo lwama-visa olwabekwa yiParis luhlakaze imindeni eminingi.
IComoros izoqhubeka nokuxoxisana ngokubuyiselwa kweMayotte, umnyango waphesheya kwezilwandle eFrance, kwezinye iziqhingi zaseComorian, esho.
LOKHO ONGAKUTHATHE KULESI SIHLOKO:
- Tuvalu's Prime Minister Willy Telavi said his country will, during the Durban conference on the UN Framework Convention of Climate Change (UNFCCC) later this year, seek a mandate to begin negotiations on a new legally binding agreement for major greenhouse gas-emitting States that have not made commitments under the Kyoto Protocol, an addition to the UNFCCC that contains legally binding measures to reduce such gas emissions.
- Kusukela eCaribbean kuya ePacific kuya e-Atlantic, amazwe amancane ayiziqhingi athi umhlaba awuhambi ngokushesha ngokwanele ukuze unciphise imiphumela yokushintsha kwesimo sezulu noma usekele amazwe ampofu kakhulu njengoba ezama ukuzivumelanisa nawo.
- Vanuatu's Prime Minister, Meltek Sato Kilman Livtuvanu, appealed to the UN to send senior missions to the Pacific to establish a more comprehensive understanding of how susceptible the people of the region are to the consequences of climate change.
