Today @BorisJohnson will become the first British Prime Minister since John Major in 1992 to chair a meeting of the #UnitedNations Security Council. What's going on?
It's all about #ClimateAction [1/5]
It's all about #ClimateAction [1/5]
Today's @UKUN_NewYork debate at the #UNSC, which will also feature John Kerry and David Attenborough, is a big step-up in UNSC discussions of the links between the #ClimateCrisis and conflict. [2/5]
https://twitter.com/COP26/status/1364147644986253312
The #UNSC has been discussing #climatechange for nearly 15 years (and I think it was @UKUN_NewYork that first floated it in the Council). See my ex-boss @Rob_Malley's remarks to an informal UNSC meeting last April. [3/5] crisisgroup.org/global/climate…
But over the last few years, the Trump administration has basically blocked serious talk of #ClimateAction in the UNSC (killing a @GermanyUN resolution on the topic last year).
The Biden team bring new incentives for the UNSC to talk climate. [4/5] crisisgroup.org/global/repairi…
The Biden team bring new incentives for the UNSC to talk climate. [4/5] crisisgroup.org/global/repairi…
As the @UKUN_NewYork concept note for today's UNSC meeting points out, @CrisisGroup flagged climate change risks for the first time in our annual "10 Conflicts to Watch". The UNSC has a lot of work to do to catch up with the scale of the challenge [ENDS]. crisisgroup.org/global/10-conf…
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