ʻO ka Mea Hanohano Denis Coderre, ka Meia o Montréal a me ka pelekikena o Metropolis, ka hui ʻo 140-lālā o nā kūlanakauhale nui, i ʻōlelo e pili ana i ka haʻalele ʻana o ʻoʻAmelika Hui PūʻIa mai ka Paris ʻae:

"ʻO ka Palapala Aelike ʻo Paris kahi moʻolelo diplomasia e hōʻike ana i ka makemake mua ʻole o ke kaiāulu kūloko e hoʻokau i ka honua i ke ala i kahi ulu hoʻomau hoʻomau.

Ua hoʻokau nui nā kūlanakauhale i ka kūleʻa o ka ʻaha kūkā o Palisa, ma ka hōʻoia ʻana i ka hoʻoholo o nā alakaʻi kaiāulu a me nā luna āpana e hana pū e hakakā i ka loli.

ʻO ka manaʻo i haʻi ʻia e ka Pelekikena o ʻoʻAmelika Hui Pūʻia e haʻalele i ka Palapala Aelike ʻo Paris e hoʻonāukiuki nei i nā kūlanakauhale nui o ka honua.

Eia naʻe, i loko o kēia hemahema, ʻaʻole kū wale nā kūlanakauhale i lalo; manaʻo lākou e ʻapo piha i kā lākou kuleana.

E hui ana nā mākia mai ka honua holoʻokoʻa Montreal mai Iune 19 a 23ma ka Metropolis World Congress. Ma lalo o kāna kumuhana o Nā Luʻi o ka Honua: Nā kūlanakauhale nui i ka hana, ke hoʻololi o ke aniau i ka puʻuwai o kā mākou kūkākūkā ʻana, me ka laulima ʻana me nā pūnaewele ʻē aʻe o nā kūlanakauhale e like me ka C40 Climate Leadership Group a me ICLEI.

E noho ana nā kūlanakauhale ma mua o ka hakakā ʻana me ka loli a e hoʻomau i ka hāʻawi mau ʻana i ke alakaʻi e hoʻomau i ka mana i hoʻokumu ʻia e ka ʻaelike Paris.

He aha e lawe ʻia mai kēia ʻatikala:

The Honourable Denis Coderre, Mayor of Montréal and president of Metropolis, the 140-member world association of major cities, had this to say about the withdrawal of the United States of America from the Paris accord.
The declared intention of the President of the United States to withdraw from the Paris Agreement is causing consternation in the world’s major cities.
Ua hoʻokau nui nā kūlanakauhale i ka kūleʻa o ka ʻaha kūkā o Palisa, ma ka hōʻoia ʻana i ka hoʻoholo o nā alakaʻi kaiāulu a me nā luna āpana e hana pū e hakakā i ka loli.