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  1. “The Climate Security Mechanism is a laudable example of inter-agency cooperation, strengthening the capacity of the United Nations system to analyse and address the adverse impacts of climate change on peace and security. We encourage all Member States to continue to support and engage with the Climate Security Mechanism. We welcome the Secretary-General’s call for an increased focus on the effects of climate change on peace and security in his report Our Common Agenda (A/75/982), and we ask the Security Council to take on our suggestions to help drive action to address the security implications of climate change and resulting sea level rise.”

    2023-02-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9260Resumption1 (2023) · source

  2. “We have repeatedly — and I mean repeatedly and repeatedly — called for the following to be considered: first, regular reporting by the Secretary-General on the security implications of climate change; secondly, the appointment of a special representative on climate insecurity, who could improve the ability of the United Nations to address climate-related security risks; thirdly, climate-sensitive prevention, mediation and peacebuilding and the inclusion of women in those processes; fourthly, training for all relevant United Nations personnel on the implications of climate change on peace and security and humanitarian crises; and fifthly, enhanced cooperation with civil society, regional and national actors. The entire United Nations system must address that challenge in all relevant forums and with all relevant mandates.”

    2023-02-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9260Resumption1 (2023) · source

  3. “The project represents the first multi-country initiative of its kind in the Pacific region, proposing concrete assessments and actions at all levels to tackle climate-related security risks. Similarly, in Africa, the IOM has been working together with the World Bank and other bodies in the United Nations system, as well as regional partners, on the Africa Climate Mobility Initiative. The Initiative is evidence-based and aimed at generating political momentum around a common policy agenda and mobilizing resources for the implementation of comprehensive and locally anchored solutions to address climate mobility and displacement. That is a good practice that could be implemented in other contexts.”

    2023-02-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9260Resumption1 (2023) · source

  4. “We need to recognize the links between climate change, energy security, forced displacement, peacebuilding, human security, development, gender inequality and the protection of human rights. Recognizing the multidimensional relationship between climate change and peace is crucial for developing effective and sustainable responses to the challenges posed to peacebuilding. In that regard, we stress the importance of the Secretary-General’s Peacebuilding Fund investments in support of building and sustaining peace in relation to the implications of climate change. In particular, we welcome the collaboration between the Secretary-General’s Peacebuilding Fund, the United Nations Development Programme and the International Organization for Migration (IOM) on the first climate security project in the Pacific.”

    2023-02-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9260Resumption1 (2023) · source

  5. “Measures must also be taken to fast-track women’s full, equal and meaningful participation in preventing and addressing climate-affected conflicts in relation to sea level rise. We also need to enhance efforts to contain the security consequences of rising sea levels through initiatives aimed at increasing the resilience of States to climate change, in particular with regard to disaster- risk reduction. As such, we welcome the Secretary- General’s announcement on early warning systems. It is agreed by all that climate change is causing a multidimensional crisis with repercussions for sustainable development, including climate-related displacement, food security and growing inequalities, all of which increase the risk of conflict and, prospectively, inter-State tensions.”

    2023-02-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9260Resumption1 (2023) · source

  6. “Depending on various temperature scenarios, it is estimated that between 130 million and half a billion people live in areas that will be submerged in the long run. That will be devastating, particularly for small island developing States, in which one third of the population live 5 metres above sea level. To contain that threat, it is essential that the global community accelerate its efforts to adapt and mitigate climate change and keep a 1.5ºC limit on temperature rise within reach. To that end, States must take ambitious actions in their implementation of the Paris Agreement and the decisions under that Agreement, including the Glasgow Climate Pact and the Sharm El-Sheikh Implementation Plan.”

    2023-02-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9260Resumption1 (2023) · source

  7. “I have the honour to deliver this statement on behalf of the Group of Friends on Climate and Security — a broad and diverse group of more than 60 States from all regions of the world. On behalf of the Group, let me first congratulate Malta on assuming the presidency of the Security Council and extend our appreciation for the convening of this open debate on the important topic of sea level rise and its implications for international peace and security. Sea level rise, fuelled by climate change, poses a substantial threat to island nations and coastal communities around the world. An average sea level rise of 25 to 58 centimetres along the coastlines of island States is predicted already by the middle of this century.”

    2023-02-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9260Resumption1 (2023) · source