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Can the UN Security Council Agree on a Climate Security Resolution?
UN Security Council members are negotiating over a draft resolution on climate security, which, if it passes, will be the first of its kind.
- In this Q&A, Crisis Group experts Ashish Pradhan, Ulrich Eberle and Richard Gowan explain what is at stake in the talks.
What are Security Council members negotiating about?
UN Security Council members are discussing a draft resolution on climate security tabled by Ireland and Niger at the end of September.
If it passes, it will be the first resolution of its kind, although the Council has held sessions on climate change and its implications for peace and security since 2007.
These discussions, which were sporadic at first, have…