Esinyathelweni esiyingqopha-mlando, i-European Union ithathe igxathu elibalulekile ekubhekaneni nenkinga ecindezelayo yokungcoliswa komoya. Ngalobu busuku, kufinyelelwe esivumelwaneni phakathi kwePhalamende noMkhandlu mayelana nokusha I-Air Quality Directive, okuhloswe ngayo ukunciphisa kakhulu imingcele yokungcola kuyo yonke i-EU kuze kufike izikhathi ezi-2.5 ngaphansi kwezinhloso zamanje ngonyaka ka-2030. Naphezu kwesinyathelo sokuvelela, isivumelwano siye sahlangatshezwana nazo ngokusabela okuxubile, njengoba singahambelani ngokugcwele nezincomo eziqinile. inikezwe yiNhlangano Yezempilo Yomhlaba (WHO).
U-Nicolae Ștefănuță, osebenza njenge-Greens/EFA Group Shadow Rapporteur wefayela, uzwakalise umuzwa obabayo mayelana nesivumelwano. "Lesi sivumelwano siyigxathu eliya phambili ekunciphiseni ukungcoliswa komoya eYurophu ngo-2030," kusho u-Ștefănuță, evuma inqubekelaphambili eyenziwe. Ugcizelele intuthuko ebalulekile eyethulwe yi-Directive, okuhlanganisa namalungelo ayisisekelo kubantu abathintwe ukungcoliswa komoya. “Ngenxa yemizamo yethu, i-Directive izokwethula ilungelo lokuthi abantu abanomdlavuza bafune isinxephezelo uma iziphathimandla zabo zingathobeli imingcele emisha yokungcola. Kuhlanganisa nelungelo lokuthi izakhamizi zilethe iziphathimandla ezingahambisani nemithetho enkantolo,” echaza kabanzi.
Ngaphandle kwalezi zimpumelelo, u-Ștefănuță uzwakalise ukukhathazeka ngamaphutha esivumelwano. “Nokho, iYurophu ngeke ikwazi ukuphefumula kalula kuze kube yilapho sithatha izinyathelo eziqinile zokubhekana nohlobo lokungcola esikubonayo njengamanje ezindaweni ezinjengeMilan. Lesi sivumelwano siyithuba eliphuthiwe lokubeka i-Directive endleleni yokuhlangabezana nezincomo ezenziwe yi-World Health Organisation mayelana nekhwalithi yomoya,” kuzikhalela. I-MEP ayizange igweme ukugxeka isimo sezombusazwe esikhona njengamanje, akholelwa ukuthi sibukela phansi imizamo yokuvikela imvelo. “Kuyichilo ukuthi minyaka yonke, amakhulu ezinkulungwane zabantu afa ngaphambi kwesikhathi ngenxa yokungcoliswa komoya eYurophu. Ukuhlaselwa kwamanje kwe-Green Deal kanye nezindlela zokuvikela imvelo kubukela phansi imizamo yokubamba ukungcola. "
Umyalelo omusha uthembisa ukuletha inkathi entsha yokuphathwa kwekhwalithi yomoya ngaphakathi kwe-EU. Ibeka imingcele eqinile yezinhlayiya eziyingozi, ngomgomo wokugcina wokuzuza ukungabikho kokungcoliswa kwemvelo ngo-2050. Ngaphezu kwalokho, inika amandla izakhamuzi, ikakhulukazi lezo ezihlala ezindaweni ezingcoliswe kakhulu, ngamalungelo angakaze abonwe. Ngokokuqala ngqa, abantu bazokwazi ukufuna ubulungisa futhi bafune isinxephezelo ngomonakalo wezempilo odalwe ukungenzi lutho kweziphathimandla zikahulumeni mayelana namazinga ekhwalithi yomoya.
Njengoba i-EU iqala lolu hambo lwezifiso oluya emoyeni ohlanzekile, ukusabela okuxubile ku-Air Quality Directive kugcizelela izinselele ezisazo. Nakuba isivumelwano sibonisa igxathu elibalulekile eliya phambili, ikhwelo lesinyathelo esiqinile ngokuhambisana namazinga ezempilo omhlaba lisalokhu lizwakala kakhulu kunangaphambili. Indlela eya ekufinyeleleni ekungcoleni okuyiqanda ngo-2050 igcwele izithiyo, kodwa izinhlinzeko zalo myalelo zinikeza inhlansi yethemba kulabo abathintwe ukungcoliswa komoya, imelela ikusasa elinempilo lazo zonke izakhamizi zaseYurophu.
