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Addressing the risks of climate change: what role for the UN Security Council?
Umgang mit den Risiken des Klimawandels: welche Rolle für den VN-Sicherheitsrat?
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Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik -SWP- Deutsches Institut für Internationale Politik und Sicherheit
Abstract The Small Island Development States (SIDS) and other developing countries affected by climate change are demanding more attention be given to climate-related losses and damages. The issue of "loss and damage" is being addressed in UNFCCC negotiations; however, the SIDS regard the Security Council a... view more
The Small Island Development States (SIDS) and other developing countries affected by climate change are demanding more attention be given to climate-related losses and damages. The issue of "loss and damage" is being addressed in UNFCCC negotiations; however, the SIDS regard the Security Council as another key place for related debates. The Security Council can sound out climate policy interests to increase knowledge and improve the means of early warning. Moreover, its role can be to focus on the security aspects of climate risks and highlight important preventive approaches. These include, above all, development policy and the implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals (the UN 2030 Agenda). The demands on the Security Council are strongly linked to the international climate negotiations. Thus, Germany’s commitment to climate policy has to be broad and long-term in times of dwindling multilateralism. Due to the Corona pandemic, short-term national and international policy agendas have readjusted to address the crisis situation, which has been detrimental to the climate policy agenda. A debate at the Security Council should nevertheless keep the focus on climate-related risks as such. (author's abstract)... view less
Keywords
UN Security Council; climate change; ecological consequences; risk assessment; climate policy; climate protection; UNO; international agreement; sustainable development; developing country; development policy
Classification
Ecology, Environment
International Relations, International Politics, Foreign Affairs, Development Policy
Free Keywords
Konfliktprävention; Sozioökonomische Prozesse; Verhandlungsgegenstand; Verhältnis Ökonomie - Ökologie; United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (1992-05-09)
Document language
English
Publication Year
2020
City
Berlin
Page/Pages
34 p.
Series
SWP Research Paper, 6/2020
DOI
https://doi.org/10.18449/2020RP06
ISSN
1863-1053
Status
Published Version; reviewed
Licence
Deposit Licence - No Redistribution, No Modifications