Thread by @GUDiplomacy

Today, @irishmissionun hosts a #UNSC debate on #climate and #security. @SCRtweets has a preview: securitycouncilreport.org/whatsinblue/20…
The @UN #FoodSystemsSummit also takes place today, highlighting the overlap between 3 critical issues.

We'll be tweeting highlights from today at #UNGA 🧵👇

@irishmissionun @SCRtweets @UN Writing for @monkeycageblog @washingtonpost, ISD's @McFarlandKellyM and @KitGraceEvans highlight key recommendations from ISD's #foodinsecurity report in advance of today's #FoodSystemsSummit: washingtonpost.com/politics/2021/…

@irishmissionun @SCRtweets @UN @monkeycageblog @washingtonpost @McFarlandKellyM @KitGraceEvans At the UNSC today, world leaders spoke of climate #resilience in the face of existential threats to our environment:

https://twitter.com/irishmissionun/status/1441028506322833413

You can tune in live to the @UN #FoodSystemsSummit here: media.un.org/en/asset/k1r/k…

#UNFSS21 #UNGA

According to SG @antonioguterres at the #UNSC:
"In #Somalia, more frequent and intense droughts and floods are undermining #foodsecurity, increasing competition over scarce resources and exacerbating existing community tensions."

media.un.org/en/asset/k1p/k…

@antonioguterres: "In the #MiddleEast and #NorthAfrica, which are among the world’s most water-stressed and climate-vulnerable regions, a major decline in precipitation and a rise in extreme weather events is harming #water and #foodsecurity." media.un.org/en/asset/k1p/k… @MarwaDaoudy

https://twitter.com/WFPUSA/status/1441115618686607365

ISD's latest report analyses the food insecurity/conflict nexus. But what is food security? It's about more than calories, but NUTRITION and ...

➡️ AVAILABILITY of sufficient quantities of appropriate quality food ...

... ➡️ ACCESS to adequate resources to get the necessary foods for a nutritious diet
➡️ The biological ability to UTILIZE food as part of nutritional well-being
➡️ STABILITY of access and availability ...

Food #insecurity is when someone lacks these FOUR elements.

Read more about how food insecurity continues to drive instability around the world and what can be done about it in ISD's latest working group report: isd.georgetown.edu/2021/08/24/pea…