Ntchito zokopa alendo ndi msika waukulu kwambiri ku Samoa, ndipo dzikolo limalandira alendo oyenda padziko lonse lapansi okwana 115,000 pachaka. Pafupifupi 35% ya alendo amabwera kuchokera ku New Zealand, 25% ochokera ku American Samoa ndi mayiko ena a Pacific, 20% ochokera ku Australia, ndi 8% ochokera ku US. Samoa ili m'nyanja ya Pacific pafupifupi pakati pa Hawaii ndi New Zealand.
Kukwera kwa nyanja komanso kukokoloka kwa nthaka kukuwopseza madera akumwera kwa South Pacific. Zilumba zazing'ono zina zasowa kale m'malo omwe anthu ambiri okhala pachilumbachi amawona ngati zizindikilo zoyambirira zosonyeza kuti kusintha kwanyengo kuli ndi mphamvu zochulukitsa madera osatetezeka.
Mmodzi mwa atsogoleri omwe atenga nthawi yayitali ku South Pacific, Prime Minister waku Samoa Tuilaepa Sailele, adauza msonkhano ku Australia kuti kusintha kwanyengo ndi "vuto lomwe likupezeka" ku mayiko azilumba ndikuti mtsogoleri aliyense wapadziko lonse amene akukana kusintha kwanyengo kulibe ayenera kupita naye kuchipatala.
Polankhula ku Lowy Institute, kampani yodziyimira pawokha ku Sydney, Sailele adalimbikitsa Australia kuti ichepetse kwambiri mpweya wake kuti uteteze mayiko azilumba za Pacific. Australia ikadalirabe malasha popanga magetsi ndipo ili ndi mpweya wambiri wowononga dziko lapansi.
"Tonse tikudziwa mayankho ake, ndipo zomwe zatsala ndikulimba mtima pandale, kulimba mtima pandale, komanso mtsogoleri aliyense wa mayiko omwe amakhulupirira kuti palibe kusintha kwanyengo, ndikuganiza kuti akuyenera kupita naye kundende," Adatero Sailele. "Ndi wopusa kwambiri."
Mtsogoleri wa ku Samoa yemwe adakhalapo kwa nthawi yayitali adatinso malingaliro aku Australia pankhani yaku South Pacific akhala akusokoneza, ndipo adati ngakhale China ikukula pazamalamulo komanso zamalonda, ufulu ndi kudziyimira pawokha kwa zigawo zamchigawo ziyenera kulemekezedwa.
ZOMWE MUNGACHITE PA NKHANIYI:
- “We all know the solutions, and all that is left would be some political courage, some political guts, and any leader of those countries who believes that there is no climate change, I think he ought to be taken to a mental confinement,”.
- Mtsogoleri wa ku Samoa yemwe adakhalapo kwa nthawi yayitali adatinso malingaliro aku Australia pankhani yaku South Pacific akhala akusokoneza, ndipo adati ngakhale China ikukula pazamalamulo komanso zamalonda, ufulu ndi kudziyimira pawokha kwa zigawo zamchigawo ziyenera kulemekezedwa.
- Speaking at the Lowy Institute, an independent think-tank in Sydney, Sailele urged Australia to make deeper cuts to its carbon emissions to help protect Pacific island nations.