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The following draft is endorsed by Indivisible Charlottesville, Casa Alma Catholic Worker, RootsAction, World BEYOND War, Code Pink, Charlottesville Coalition For Gun Violence Prevention, John Cruickshank of the Sierra Club, Michael Payne (candidate for City Council), Charlottesville Amnesty International, Dave Norris (former Charlottesville Mayor), Lloyd Snook (candidate for City Council), Sunrise Charlottesville, Together Cville, Sena Magill (candidate for City Council), Paul Long (candidate for City Council),
FAAOPOOPOGA O LE VAEGA
O le mea lea, o kamupani o auupega a Amerika o loo aumaia ai auupega matautia i le tele o faiga sauā i le salafa o le lalolagi [1], ma o kamupani o Charlottesville o loo i ai nei ni tupe a le malo e aofia ai Boeing ma Honeywell, o ni kamupani autu o le Saudi Saudi Arabia matautia tau faasaga i tagata o Yemen;
O le mea lea, o le pulega a le malo o loʻo i ai nei ua taʻua le suia o le tau o le tau, siitia le US mai le maliega o le tau o le lalolagi, ua taumafai e taofia le faasaienisi o le tau, ma galue e faʻaleleia le gaosiga ma le faʻaaogaina o le mafanafana-mafua ai le taʻavale, ma le mamafa i luga o le taulaga, o le itumalo, ma malo o le setete ina ia avea ma taitai taitai i le tau mo le manuia o le soifua manuia o tagatanuu ma le soifua maloloina o le lotoifale ma le siosiomaga;
O LE MEA, o le militarism o se sao tele i suiga o le tau [2], ma ua fautuaina e le Aai o Charlottesville le US Congress to invest less in militarism and more in the protection of human and environmental needs [3];
AOFEA, o le 'aʻai a Charlottesville lava ia teu tupe faʻafaigaluega e tatau ona faʻataʻitaʻiina suiga na ia faʻamalosia i le Fono Aoao;
AISEA, o le faaauau pea i le taimi nei o suiga o le tau o le a mafua ai le maualuga o le vevela o le 4.5ºF e le 2050, ma tau ai le tamaoaiga o le lalolagi $ 32 trillion tala [4];
AISEA, o le taʻi lima tausaga o le vevela i le Virginia na amata ai le faateleina ma le mausali o le amataga o le 1970s, e siitia mai le 54.6 degrees Fahrenheit ma i 56.2 degrees F i le 2012, ma o le Piedmont ua iloa le maualuga o le vevela i le fua faatatau o 0.53 tikeri F i le sefulu tausaga, lea o le a avea le vevela o Virginia ma vevela e pei o Carolina i Saute e 2050 ma pei o le North of Florida e 2100 [5];
O LE MEA, na tusia e le au atamamai i le Iunivesite o Massachusetts i Amherst o tupe faaalu a le militeli o se tamaoaiga e le o se galuega-o le foafoaga, ma o le teufaafaigaluegaina i isi vaega e aoga tele [6];
O LE MEA, o faitauga satelite o loʻo faʻaalia ai laulau vai i le lalolagi atoa, ma sili atu ma le tasi i totonu o tolu itumalo i le Iunaite Setete e mafai ona feagai ma se "maualuga" poʻo le "ogaoga" aʻafiaga o le vai ona o suiga o le tau i le ogatotonu o le 21st seneturi, e sili atu i le 3,100 counties e ono feagai ma "nisi" lamatiaga o le le lava o le vai fou [7];
AISEA, o taua e masani ona tauivi ma auupega a le US ua faia i itu uma [8];
O LE MEA, o galu vevela ua mafua ai le tele o oti i le Iunaite Setete nai lo isi mea uma o le tau (afā, lologa, uila, uila, taʻavale, ma isi) faʻatasi ma sili atu nai lo maliu uma mai faiga faatupu faalavelave, ma o se tagata 150 faʻatau i le Iunaite Setete o le a maliu mai le vevela vevela i aso uma o le taumafanafana e le 2040, ma toetoe lava o le 30,000 faʻafefe o le vevela i tausaga taʻitasi [9];
O LE MEA, o tupe faʻafaigaluega a le malo i totonu o kamupani o loʻo faia ni auupega o taua e lagolagoina ai le faʻaaogaina o le tau a le malo tele i luga o ia lava kamupanī, o le tele o ia mea e faalagolago i le malo tele e avea ma o latou tagata muamua;
O LE MEA, i le va o 1948 ma 2006 "faʻalavelave faʻafuaseʻi mea tutupu" na faʻateleina le 25% i Virginia, ma aʻafiaga i le faʻatoaga, o se fuaitau ua faʻaalia e faaauau pea [10], ma o le maualuga o le lalolagi atoa e maualuga lona lua futu i le pito o le seneturi, ma le siitia i luga o le talafatai o Virginia i le vave vave i le lalolagi [11];
AISE, o kamupani o auupega e mafai e Charlottesville ona faia e le o le teu faafaigaluegaina i le gaosia o auupega na aumai i Charlottesville i le aso Aokuso 2017;
AUA, e tatau ona tipiina e le 45% le 2030% e le 2050 ma le zero e le 2.7 ina ia faʻamafanafana i le sini o le 1.5 ºF (12 ºC) e faʻatatau i le Paris [Agreement XNUMX];
O LE MEA, o suiga o le tau o se lamatiaga ogaoga i le soifua maloloina, saogalemu ma le soifua manuia o tagata o Charlottesville, ma le American Academy of Pediatrics ua lapatai mai o suiga o le tau e lamatia ai le ola maloloina ma le saogalemu o tagata, ma e matua vaivai le fanau, ia ave "vave, galuega sili" o se "amio le tonu i tamaiti uma" [13];
O LE MEA, o le fua o le tele o fana i le Iunaite Setete o le maualuga lea i soo se mea i le atinaʻeina o le lalolagi, e pei ona faaauau pea ona seleseleina e le au gaosi tagata le tele o tupe maua mai le faamasaa toto e le manaomia ona tatou teu faafaigaluega a tatou tupe a le malo;
AFAI, o faiga faʻavae a le Aai e mafai ona feteenai ma le tautinoga a le Aai i le tulaga tutusa ma le amiotonu;
Aisea e taua ai lenei mea?
MA AE, o le faitau selau o tagata ua aioi atu i le Aai e faia le mea nei [14];
UA MAFAI ONA LĒ TUPU, e faapea o le Fono a le Aʻai o loʻo faʻaalia manino lona teteʻe i le teuina o tupe a le Aʻai i totonu o soʻo se vaega o loʻo aʻafia i le gaosiga o suāuu poʻo le gaosia poʻo le faʻafouina o auupega ma auupega, tusa lava pe masani pe faʻataunuʻu, ma e aofia ai le gaosiga o auupega lautele, ma filifili ai o le a avea ma Faiga faavae a le Alaga e tafe mai i ia ituaiga; ma
PE A LĒ TUSIA, e faapea o le Pulega a le Aai e taʻitaʻia soo se tagata ma tagata uma e galulue e fai ma sui o le Atinaʻeina o le Auai a le Auai e faʻamalosia aiaiga o lenei Resolution; ma
IA TATAU LĒ TUTUPU, e faapea o lenei Faaiuga o le a avea ma aiaiga o le Nofoaga Autu ma e tatau ona atoatoa ma faamamaluina pe a uma ona ave e le Fono a le Aai.
1. Rich Whitney, Truthout, Set. 23, 2017, “US Provides Military Assistance to 73 Percent of World's Dictatorships” https://truthout.org/articles/us-provides-military-assistance-to-73-percent-of-world-s-dictatorships/
2. World BEYOND War, “Ua Mata'utia e Taua lo Tatou Siosiomaga,” https://worldbeyondwar.org/environment
3. World BEYOND War, “Aai o Charlottesville na pasia le iugafono e talosagaina ai le Konekeresi e Faatupeina Manaoga o Tagata ma le Siosiomaga, ae le o le Faalautelega o le Militeri,” Mati 20, 2017, https://worldbeyondwar.org/city-charlottesville-passes-resolution-asking-congress-fund-human-environmental-needs-not-military-expansion
4. “Ta’ita’ia le Tapula’a 1.5°C: Fa’amanuiaga ma Avanoa,” e le
Polokalama Atinae a Malo Aufaatasi, Nov 16, 2016. http://www.undp.org/content/undp/en/home/librarypage/climate-and-disaster-resilience-/pursuing-the-1-5c-limit—benefits-and-opportunities.html
5. Stephen Nash, Virginia Climate Fever: Le Faʻafefea ona Suia e le Mafanafana o le Lalolagi o Tatou Aai, Shorelines, ma Vaomatua, University of Virginia Press, 2017. https://www.upress.virginia.edu/title/4501
6. Political Economy Research Institute, “The US Employment Effects of Military and Domestic spending priority: 2011 Update,” https://www.peri.umass.edu/publication/item/449-the-u-s-employment-effects-of-military-and-domestic-spending-priorities-2011-update
7. “O suiga o le tau e ono faateleina ai le tulaga lamatia o le le lava o le suavai i le faitau selau o itumalo o Amerika i le 2050,” https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/02/120215143003.htm
8. Faataitaiga e aofia ai taua a Amerika i Suria (https://www.latimes.com/world/middleeast/la-fg-cia-pentagon-isis-20160327-story.html ), Iraq (https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/isis-weapons-arsenal-included-some-purchased-u-s-government-n829201 ), Libya (https://www.nytimes.com/2012/12/06/world/africa/weapons-sent-to-libyan-rebels-with-us-approval-fell-into-islamist-hands.html ), le taua a Iran-Iraq (http://articles.latimes.com/1987-06-18/news/mn-8000_1_gulf-war ), le taua o fualaau faasaina Mekisiko (https://fas.org/asmp/library/publications/us-mexico.htm ), Taua Lona Lua a le Lalolagi (https://www.amazon.com/Trading-Enemy-Charles-Higham/dp/0760700095/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1463760561&sr=1-1&keywords=Trading+with+the+enemy ) ma le tele o isi.
9. “Ua faasolo ina vevela o tatou aai—ma ua fasiotia tagata,” saunia e Alissa Walker, https://www.curbed.com/2018/7/6/17539904/heat-wave-extreme-heat-cities-deadly
10. Nash, op. cit.
11. “O le suiga o le tau ua faatelevaveina le si'itia o le suasami na maua i le vaitaimi o le mita maualuga," e RS Nerem, BD Beckley, JT Fasullo, BD Hamlington, D. Masters, ma GT Mitchum. PNAS Fepuari 27, 2018, 115 (9) 2022-2025; lomia i luma o le lomiga Fepuari 12, 2018 https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1717312115. https://www.pnas.org/content/115/9/2022
12. “Faamafanafanaina ole Lalolagi ole 1.5°C, Ose Lipoti Faapitoa a le IPCC; Aotelega mo Faiga Faavae.” Oketopa 2018. https://report.ipcc.ch/sr15/pdf/sr15_spm_final.pdf
13. “Global Climate Change and Children’s Health,” saunia e Samantha Ahdoot, Susan E. Pacheco, ma The Council on Environmental Health. Pediatrics, Nov 2015, Vol 136 / Faʻamatalaga 5, o se Lipoti Faʻapitoa mai le American Academy of Pediatrics. http://pediatrics.aappublications.org/content/136/5/e1468
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We plan to attend and propose this at the March 4, 2019, City Council meeting. Please join us. Please sign up to speak.
See coverage on channel 29: http://www.nbc29.com/clip/14771137/activist-holds-protest-in-front-of-charlottesville-city-hall
