EBrussels. I Umanyano loLondolozo loLwandle oluNzulu (i-DSCC), i-Environmental Justice Foundation (EJF), iGreenpeace, iiLwandle eziseMngciphekweni (SAR), iSustainable Ocean Alliance (SOA) kunye neWorld Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) baye bavakalisa umbulelo wabo ngokwamkelwa koku. Isigqibo B9 0095/2024 yiPalamente yaseYurophu malunga nesigqibo saseNorway sokuqhubeka nokumbiwa kolwandle olunzulu kwiArctic. Esi sigqibo sibonisa ukwanda kwenkcaso kwishishini lemigodi enzulu yolwandle ngokujonga ukhetho lwamva nje lwaseNorway.
IiPalamente zaseYurophu ivota ngokuxhasa iSigqibo B9 0095/2024 sidlulisela umyalezo. Ibalaselisa inkxalabo ebalulekileyo yokusingqongileyo malunga nesicwangciso saseNorway sokuvula imimandla ebanzi kumanzi e-Arctic ukuze kusetyenzwe imigodi enzulu yolwandle. Isigqibo siqinisekisa kwakhona ulwamkelo lwePalamente lokunqumamisa. Ibongoza iKhomishini ye-EU, amaZwe angamaLungu kunye nezizwe zonke ukuba zamkele indlela yokhuseleko kwaye zithethelele ukumiswa, kwimigodi enzulu yolwandle kubandakanywa neGunyabantu le-Seabed lamazwe ngamazwe.
USandrine Polti, iNkokeli yaseYurophu ye-DSCC, uthe, “Sisamkela kakhulu esi sigqibo sePalamente yaseYurophu iqinisekisa kwakhona isimemo sayo sokurhoxisa eli shishini litshabalalisayo neliyingozi ngaphambi kokuba liqalise. Njengoko umfutho ukhula kwihlabathi jikelele malunga nokumiswa, sicela iNorway ukuba iguqule isigqibo sayo ngaphambi kokuba kwenziwe umonakalo ongenakulungiseka kulwandle lwethu. ”
U-Anne-Sophie Roux, i-Deep Sea Mining yaseYurophu eKhokela i-SOA, wagxininisa, "Okwangoku, asinalo ulwazi olomeleleyo, olubanzi, kunye noluthembekileyo lwezenzululwazi ukuvumela uvavanyo oluthembekileyo lweempembelelo zokutsalwa kwezimbiwa ezinzulu zolwandle. Nawuphi na umsebenzi wasezimayini ke ngoko uya kungqubana nokuzinikela kweNorway kwindlela yokhuseleko, ulawulo oluzinzileyo, kunye nezibophelelo zemozulu nendalo yamazwe ngamazwe.”
Haldis Tjeldflaat Helle, Ulwandle-nzulu Inkokeli yePhulo lezeMigodi eGreenpeace Nordic, ilumkise ngelithi, “Ngokuvula imigodi enzulu elwandle e-Arctic, iNorway ibetha ngoyaba amakhulukhulu ezazinzulu zolwandle ezixhalabileyo kwaye ilahlekelwa kuko konke ukuthembeka kwamanye amazwe njengelizwe elinoxanduva lolwandle. Oku kufanele ukuba sisilumkiso kuye nawuphi na urhulumente ocinga ukuqhubela phambili nomsebenzi wokwemba ulwandle olunzulu.”
Isigqibo sePalamente siza emva kokuvunywa yipalamente, ngoJanuwari 9, 2024, ukuvumela ukusebenza kwemigodi enzulu yolwandle kwindawo engaphezulu kweekhilomitha ezingama-280,000, elingana ne-Italiya, kwindawo ebuthathaka ye-Arctic. Esi sigqibo sibangele inkxalabo enkulu phakathi koluntu lwehlabathi, kubandakanywa izazinzulu, ishishini lokuloba, ii-NGO / uluntu, kunye namatsha ntliziyo, kunye isikhalazo ifumana ngaphezulu kwama-550,000 abasayiniweyo ukuza kuthi ga ngoku. I-Arhente ye-Environment yaseNorway ithathele ingqalelo ukuba uvavanyo lwempembelelo yokusingqongileyo olucwangcisiweyo olubonelelwe ngurhulumente waseNorway aluboneleli ngesiseko senzululwazi okanye esisemthethweni sokuvula nokuba kuphononongwe imigodi enzulu yolwandle okanye ukuxhaphazwa.
UKaja Lønne Fjærtoft, iGlobal No Deep Seabed Policy Lead yeWWF International, uthe, “Isigqibo sikarhulumente waseNorway sokuvulela imisebenzi yemigodi enzulu elwandle sinamandla ngaphezu kweengcebiso zemibutho yakhe yeengcaphephe, izazinzulu ezikhokelayo, iidyunivesithi, amaziko emali kunye uluntu. Njengomntu ozibize njengenkokeli yolwandle, iNorway kufuneka ikhokelwe yisayensi. Ubungqina bucacile-kulwandle olusempilweni, sifuna ukumiswa kwehlabathi kwimigodi enzulu yolwandle. "
Isigqibo esiwiswe yiPalamente sibonisa inkxalabo malunga neenjongo zeNorway zokubandakanyeka kwimisebenzi yemigodi enzulu elwandle kunye neziphumo ezinokuthi le misebenzi zibe nayo kushishino lokuloba lwe-EU, ukhuseleko lokutya, i-Arctic marine biodiversity kunye namazwe angabamelwane. Ukongeza, iqaqambisa iinkxalabo zokuba iNorway inokuba yophula imithetho yamazwe ngamazwe ngokungafikeleli kwiinkqubo, ukwenza uvavanyo lwempembelelo yokusingqongileyo.
USimon Holmström, iGosa loMgaqo-nkqubo weMigodi yoLwandle oluNxibelela kwiiLwandle eziseMngciphekweni, wagxininisa, “Iinkqubo zendalo zeArctic sele ziphantsi koxinzelelo olukhulu ngenxa yokutshintsha kwemozulu. Ukuba ukumbiwa kolwandle olunzulu kuvunyelwe ukuba kuqhubeke, kunokuphazamisa eyona ndawo inkulu yehlabathi yokutshona kwekhabhoni - ulwandle olunzulu - kwaye kubangele ilahleko engenakubuyiseka nesisigxina yeentlobo ngeentlobo zezinto eziphilayo zaselwandle ngaphakathi nangaphaya kwamanzi aseNorway. Asinakuyivumela loo nto ukuba yenzeke.”
Ukuza kuthi ga ngoku, amazwe angama-24 kwihlabathi liphela, kubandakanya ne-7 amazwe e-EU, acela ukumiswa okanye ukunqumamisa kwishishini. Iinkampani zamazwe ngamazwe ezifana noGoogle, iSamsung, iNorthvolt, iVolvo, kunye neBMW zithembise ukuba azizukukhupha naziphi na izimbiwa elwandle. Iingxelo ziyaqhubeka nokugqamisa ukuba izinyithi ezifunyenwe kulwandle olunzulu azifuneki kwaye ziya kubonelela ngeenzuzo ezilinganiselweyo zemali kubambalwa abakhethiweyo, ukubala amabango eenkampani zemigodi ye-deep-sea eqhutywa yinzuzo.
UMartin Webeler, uMkhokheli wePhulo leMigodi ye-Deep-Sea kwiSiseko soBulungisa beNdalo, wongezelela, "Imigodi yolwandle enzulu ayidingeki kwinguqu eluhlaza. Ukutshabalalisa phantse indalo ephilayo akuzuyinqanda ilahleko yezityalo nezilwanyana ezohlukeneyo kwaye akuzosinceda ukusombulula ingxaki yemozulu – kuya kuyenza ibe mandundu. Kufuneka sicinge ngokutsha: ukuphunyezwa ngokupheleleyo koqoqosho olujikelezayo kunye nokuncitshiswa kukonke kwemfuno yezimbiwa ekugqibeleni kufuneka kube ngumgaqo wethu osisikhokelo.
Imvume yePalamente yaseYurophu yeSigqibo B9 0095/2024 ibonisa ukuba kukho inkxalabo ekwabelwana ngayo malunga nemiphumo yemigodi yolwandle olunzulu, kwi-Arctic. Ngenxa yoko, kuye kwacelwa ukuba kumiswe eli shishini. Inkcaso yehlabathi jikelele, ngokuchasene nokumbiwa kwemigodi enzulu elwandle ikhula ngamandla, igxininisa ukubaluleka kokulawula nokuthatha amanyathelo okukhusela iilwandle zethu.
