Keep it below 2°C- keep it below 3.6°F
On the opening of the climate summit in Paris, 40 presidents of Green parties worldwide launch a powerful call for action. With a joint statement ‘keep it below 2°C/Keep it below 3.6°F’ ( the IPCC target for limitingClimate Change) and one concrete and workable proposal per green party, the presidents want to put the climate summit and its challenges in the spotlight. Chairperson Arnold Cassola, for Alternattiva Demokratika-The Green Party, said: “The COP 21 summit in Paris has to be remembered as the summit where policy makers finally took real action. Following the lead of numerous citizens, NGOs and businesses that already took the challenge of climate change to heart, and are acting in numerous ways, it’s now up to political leaders to seize their historical responsibilities. Our proposals are painstakingly accomplishable, and the time for making excuses is over.” The global campaign was dubbed ‘Keep it below 2’ and refers to the 2 ° Celsius threshold. If global warming rises above 2° C, climate change will no longer be manageable.
According to the green party presidents the challenges are vast, but plentiful solutions are already at hands. Therefore, they each launch a single proposal in their country. Arnold Cassola said: “There is a whole range of concrete options, from Divestment to Adaptation. Depending on the specific characteristics of each country (location, demographics, geography but also its historical climate debt), the answers will differ. That is why we, as Green parties worldwide, take up the challenge and launch a proposal that is directly applicable or useful in our own country”.
All the proposals are compiled and can be found by clicking here.
Alternattiva Demokratika – The Green Party of Malta proposes a shift from transport depending on fossil fuels to a sustainable mobility model. “Malta is choked with cars and a total lack of safe roads for those who use alternative means of transport. We are proposing: the conversion of public transport buses to electric buses and alternative and sustainable fuels; we propose a clear plan so that all private vehicles are electric by 2030; a light railway crossing Malta along the main routes and investment in bicycle and Pedelec routes along all the major roads connecting all localities in Malta and Gozo.”
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Il-mexxejja tal-partiti Ekoloġisti dinjin jniedu proposta konġunta dwar il-bidla fil-klima
Inżommuha taħt iż-żewġ gradi (2°C)
Mal-ftuħ tal-konferenza ta’ Pariġi, 40 mexxej ta’ partiti Ekoloġisti minn madwar id-dinja sejħu għal azzjoni b’saħħitha dwar il-klima. Fi stqarrija konġunta ‘Keep it below 2°C/Keep it below 3.6°F’ (il-mira tal-IPCC biex nrażżnu l-bidla fil-klima) huma għamlu proposta konkreta u fattibbli li kull partit qed jipproponi biex madwar id-dinja l-ġlieda kontra l-bidla fil-klima tingħata l-importanza u l-prijorita’ li jistħoqqilha. Ic-Chairperson ta’ Alternattiva Demokratika – The Green Party, Arnold Cassola, qal: “Il-konferenza COP 21 f’Pariġi għandha tkun dik il-konferenza internazzjonali li fiha, fl-aħħar, l-Gvernijiet jieħdu azzjoni ta’ vera u effettiva. Dawn il-politiċi għandhom jerfgħu r-responsabbilta’ storika tagħhom u jsegwu l-eżempju ta’ bosta nies komuni, attivisti, għaqdiet u anke negozji li diġa qegħdin, b’modi differenti, jissieltu l-bidla fil-klima. Il-proposti tagħna, jekk ikun hemm rieda politika u ħidma bis-serjeta,’ huma fattibbli. Żmien l-iskużi u l-paroli vojta spiċċa.”
Il-kampanja dinjija jisimha ’Inżommuha taħt iż-żewg gradi – Keep it below 2’ għax ix-xjenza turina li jekk iż-żieda fit-temperaturi medji madwar id-dinja taqbeż iż-2 gradi Celcius il-konsegwenzi tal-bidla jkunu katastrofiċi u bla kontroll.
Skont il-mexxejja tal-partiti Ekoloġisti l-isfidi huma kbar, iżda diġa hemm diversi soluzzjonijiet għall-problema. Kull mexxej/ja qed t/jipproponi proposta waħda għal pajjiżha/u. Arnold Cassola qal:”Hemm diversi proposti konkreti, mid-divestizzjoni minn sorsi ta’ fjuwils fossili sa adattazzjoni għall-bidla li qed isseħħ. Is-soluzzjonijiet huma differenti, skont il-pajjiż (il-pożizzjoni ġeografika, id-demografija u anke l-ammont li kkontribwixxa lejn il-bidla fil-klima kull pajjiż). Ghalhekk aħna bħala parti mill-familja dinjija ta’ partiti Ekoloġisti qed nilqgħu l-isfida, qed naghmlu proposta utli u fattibbli għal kull pajjiż.”
Agħfas hawn biex taqra l-proposti ta’ kull pajjiż.
Għal Malta, Alternattiva Demokratika – The Green Party qed tipproponi bidla fil-mobilita’ minn dik li tiddependi mill-fjuwils fossili għal mobilita’ sostenibbli. “Malta għandha konċentrazzjoni qawwija ta’ karozzi privati u nuqqas ta’ infrastruttura u sigurta’ fit-toroq għal min juża mezzi alternattivi ta’ trasport. Għaldaqstant qed nipproponu: il-konverżjoni tal-mezzi ta’ trasport pubbliku għall-elettriku minn sorsi rinnovabbli u fjuwils rinnovabbli u sostenibbli; pjan biex il-karozzi privati ġodda jkunu kollha elettriċi sas-sena 2030, light railway li taqsam Malta tul ir-rotot prinċipali u investiment f’rotot siguri għar-roti u r-roti elettriċi tul it-toroq arterjali kollha ta’ Malta u Għawdex.”
