COP15でのツバル首相のスピーチを簡単に訳しました。
12月16日の希望に満ちた内容と翌日17日の絶望と怒りに満ちたに格差、笑う気にも怒る気にもなれません。
１万人に満たない小国の存在とはなんなのか？
本日、 COP15に参加された遠藤秀一さんのセミナーで提議したい、と考えています。
後日セミナーの報告もさせていただきます。
（早川理恵子 2010年1月13日）
追伸：英文のオリジナルを下記に追記します。誤訳があるかもしれませんのご教示いただければ幸いです。
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大統領閣下
各国首脳、大臣、来賓
そして一番重要な青年と未来のリーダー達へ
12月16日 水曜日
この美しい町、コペンハーゲンでツバルの国民を代表しお話をさせていただき光栄です。この１週間ツバルは各新聞やメディアで大きく取り上げられました。それはツバルが世界でも気候変動に対し大変脆弱な国であるからです。
ツバル国民を代表し、この数週間またこの数年間、多くの人々が我々のことを支援してくれたことをここで改めて感謝します。ツバルが世界の中でも極めて脆弱な国であることを多くの方にご理解いただいたことを心の底から感謝します。
６ヶ月前、ツバルは３つの法的な協定を提案しました。一つは京都議定書を修正する案で期限の設定と新しい資金支援です。
２つ目は京都議定書の下で活動する人々を保護する小さな協定です。
３つ目はバリ行動計画を具体化する新しい議定書です。気温上昇を1.5度以内に抑制するという具体的目標を設定します。
他の主要な提案は、森林伐採防止による排出削減、先住民の権利尊重、気候変動に脆弱な国への特別な支援対策です。これには地域適応センターの設置、脆弱な国家に帯する国際的な保険制度、新たな資金支援と技術移転、人材育成を含みます。
これらの提案は京都議定書を差し替える内容ではなく同議定書を強化する内容です。京都でしたように、我々はコペンハーゲン議定書に署名をするためにやってきました。
世界が我々を注目しています。見せかけの合意ではなく法的効力のある協定に名前を残す必用があります。我々は目の前にすぐ使える資金が準備されていることを知っていますが、短期間の資金は長期間の未来を買う事はできません。我々の未来を保障する法的な協定の方が重要なのです。
ツバルの未来と何百万人もの人々の未来がこのコペンハーゲンに掛かっています。
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メディアステートメント 12月17日 木曜日
ツバル首相 アピサイ・イエレミア閣下
今ご覧になったビデオは、毎年２月３月にやってくる大潮によって島が水に浸かってしまう様子です。ツバルの全国民は海抜２メーターの所に暮らしています。
気候変動による海面上昇はツバル国民のひとつの脅威でしかありません。海の水温上昇による珊瑚の白化現象、海洋の酸化による環礁への影響、気候変動によるサイクローンの増加。
ツバルは明らかに世界でも脆弱な国家です。だからこそここで声を大きくしたのです。我々が未来に存在するこができるかどうか、がこの会議に掛かっていました。
グローバルな行動を必用としています。科学的根拠に則したセイフガードを必用としています。
温度上昇を1.5度に押さえることを提案しました。ここ数日これを２度にする交渉が続いています。我々はまだ譲歩はしていません。
６ヶ月前、ツバルはこの会議で話し合われるよう２つの法的な文章を提出しました。一つは京都議定書の修正であり、一つはバリ行動計画の具体化を目指す物です。
我々は、この２つの提案をここに来た人々に正当に検討していただき、署名し、新たな協定と共にコペンハーゲンを後にすることができると考えていました。
残念な事にこれは実現しませんでした。提案した文章はカーペットの下に隠されてしまいました。我々はこの会議の運営方法に大いなる疑問をもちます。正当なプロセスは無視されてしまいました。限られ国による楽屋裏での取引が行われました。国連のあるべき姿ではありません。我々は、開かれた、透明なプロセスを期待してここに来ました。しかし、それは起こりませんでした。
我々は、今苦い思いを胸にここを去ります。気候変動による本当の犠牲者の声が聞かれることはありませんでした。
Madam President,
Heads of State,
Ministers,
Excellencies,
Ladies and Gentlemen, and,
most importantly the youth and leaders of tomorrow
It is a great pleasure to be in this wonderful city of Copenhagen and it is a great honour to speak on behalf of the people of Tuvalu at this very special moment. As people are no doubt aware Tuvalu has been quite prominent in the newspapers and media over the last week. This is for a very good reason. As we are the most vulnerable country in the world to the impacts of climate change, it is important that our concerns are known.
Through you, Madam President, on behalf of all the people of Tuvalu I want to thank all the many, many people who have offered their support to Tuvalu over the last week and over the years. I am extremely grateful for the extraordinary expression of understanding of Tuvalu’s fragile existence in a world brought about by climate change. From the bottom of my heart, I thank you.
Madam President,
Six months ago Tuvalu presented three legally binding agreements for consideration by Parties at this conference. The first was a set of amendments to the Kyoto Protocol. These amendments were simple and straightforward. They established a new commitment period and provided new opportunities for generating finance to support the adaptation fund.
The second legal agreement was a small one to provide immunities for people serving under various bodies under the Kyoto Protocol.
The third was a new protocol to set in concrete the Bali Action Plan. This new protocol would establish goals of ensuring that the global temperature would stablize at a temperature well below 1.5 deg Celsius compared with pre-industrial levels. It would establish a greenhouse gas stabilization goal of 350 parts per million of carbon dioxide equivalent. It would ensure that the world took collective action reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
Other key elements of our proposed new protocol would include emission reduction actions for developed and developing countries, including actions relating to reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation. It incorporates rules to respect the rights of Indigenous Peoples. It establishes a focussed programme on adaptation to assist the most vulnerable countries in the world to the impacts of climate change. This includes the establishment of regional adaptation centres and a special new international insurance facility to provide assistance to those that suffer the impacts of climate change. It proposes new funding arrangements and arrangements for technology transfer and capacity building.
This new protocol would not replace the Kyoto Protocol. We firmly believe the Kyoto Protocol must continue. The Kyoto Protocol provides the strong legal basis for action by industrialised countries to reduce their emissions and recognises the significance of the historical responsibility.
Madam President,
I, like many other world leaders have come to Copenhagen to put my name on legal agreements. We want to sign up to a new commitment period for the Kyoto Protocol. And as we did in Kyoto, we have come here to sign the Copenhagen Protocol in honour of the great city where we are meeting.
Madam President,
The world is watching us. It is time to take decisive action and put our names to these legally binding agreements. I did not come from right across the other side of the world to sign on to mere COP decisions or a hollow political agreement. We are not here to window dress a failure. We are here to sign on the dotted line - nothing less.
We know that there are offers of fast start funding. But no amount of short term finance can buy our long term future. We need concrete legal agreements to guarantee our future.
Madame President ,
Tuvalu’s future, and the future of many millions of people, rests on a fully fledged legally binding outcome in Copenhagen. We are ready, the millions of people watching this process are ready. Let us together, create a historical moment in time and sign. For Tuvalu’s sake and for the sake of humanity, let’s seal the deal, right here, right now.
Thank you.
Tuvalu mote atua.
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Media Statement
Thursday 17 December
Prime Minister of Tuvalu
H.E. Apisai Ielemia
“The video you have just seen highlights the vulnerability of Tuvalu. It shows the effect of king tides which usually come around February and March each year. People have to wade through sea water when these tides come in. The entire population of Tuvalu lives less than 2 metres above sea level.
Sea level rise is only one of the threats that confront Tuvalu as a result of climate change. We face coral bleaching from increases in water temperature. Our reefs are also threatened by ocean acidification through increases in dissolved carbon dioxide. Climate change will also bring more severe cyclones.
Tuvalu is undoubtedly one of the most, vulnerable countries in the world to the impacts of climate change. This is why Tuvalu has been so vocal at this meeting. This meeting is about our future existence.
Our future rests on global action to address climate change. We must have a set of safeguards based on sound science.
These safeguards include ensuring that global temperatures peak at well below 1.5 Degrees Celsius. It means that global greenhouse gases must stablize at 350 parts per million. These safeguards are a non-negotiable bottom line for Tuvalu.
Over the last few days we have faced considerable pressure to accept a “deal” based around a 2 deg Celsius temperature limit. We have not yielded to this pressure. Our future is not negotiable.
Six months ago Tuvalu tabled two key legal texts for consideration at this COP. The first was a set of amendments for the Kyoto Protocol. The second was a new protocol which we called the Copenhagen Protocol. This new Protocol covered all elements of the Bali Action Plan.
We came to this meeting with the full intention of these legal texts being properly considered. We came here with the intention of signing on the bottom line and walking out of Copenhagen with two legally binding agreements.
Unfortunately this has not happened. The legal texts have been swept under the carpet. We are gravely concerned about the way this meeting has been run. Legitimate processes have been ignored. Backroom deals have been worked out by a select few countries. This is not how the United Nations should work. We came to this meeting expecting an open and transparent process. This has not happened
We will leave this meeting with a bitter taste in our mouth. The true victims of climate change have not been heard.”
