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Kim Sook

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2011-07-20
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2013-09-05
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  1. “We believe that our efforts can provide a unique opportunity to highlight how green growth and a green economy can not only help to mitigate and adapt to the challenges of climate change, but also facilitate the attainment of sustainable development. In that connection, the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Cancun last year made considerable progress in the areas of climate finance, adaptation and technology, resulting in the so-called Cancun Agreement. We hope that this momentum can be maintained in Durban this year. I hope that today's debate will jump-start our search for wise and insightful solutions to this far- reaching problem, while simultaneously leading to meaningful progress towards a breakthrough in future climate change negotiations.”

    2011-07-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6587Resumption1 (2011) · source

  2. “Finally, given its global dimension and interconnection with other global issues, such as poverty, underdevelopment and the food and energy crises, climate change should ultimately be addressed in the broader context of sustainable development. We share the high expectations of the international community for the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development, to be held in 2012. We are ready to join international efforts to ensure its overarching success. The Republic of Korea strongly supports the efforts of the international community to address climate change in the context of sustainable development. As a country that has embraced green growth as a national strategy, the Republic of Korea has offered, in particular, to host the eighteenth Conference of the Parties to the UNFCCC in 2012.”

    2011-07-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6587Resumption1 (2011) · source

  3. “Given the global nature of climate change, such responses call for the widest possible cooperation by all countries and their participation in an effective and appropriate international response. Second, considering the respective responsibilities of the principal organs of the United Nations and the role of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) as the key instrument for addressing climate change, the relevant organs of the United Nations, as appropriate and within their respective mandates, should intensify their efforts in considering and addressing climate change, including its possible security implications.”

    2011-07-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6587Resumption1 (2011) · source

  4. “A recent report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) predicted that, due to the expected sea-level rise, many of the small island States will disappear by the year 2040. In addition, the IPCC estimates that between 350 and 600 million people in Africa will be at risk of increased water stress by the middle of the century, and that yields from rain-fed agriculture could be slashed by up to 50 per cent by 2020. Therefore, climate change could become a threat multiplier that makes existing problems even more complicated and intractable in terms of regional and global security. In view of this, our delegation would like to address three points. First, global challenges require global responses.”

    2011-07-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6587Resumption1 (2011) · source

  5. “In this connection, today's climate debate may be able to marshal compelling arguments to encourage world leaders to take responsibility for reducing carbon emissions and to invest in adaptation with a view towards guarding against future insecurity. We are aware of the imminent threats that climate change poses to the international community, as are many scholars and Government officials. In May, an international conference, "Threatened Island Nations: Legal Implications of Rising Seas and a Changing Climate", was sponsored by Columbia Law School and the Republic of the Marshall Islands. A number of policymakers and scholars shared common understandings of the gravity of the current trend. There have been many expert reports on climate change and the security issue as well.”

    2011-07-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6587Resumption1 (2011) · source

  6. “At the outset, I would like to thank Germany, in its capacity as President of the Council, for its very timely and well-prepared initiative to hold an open debate on the impact of climate change on the maintenance of international peace and security. I also appreciate your delegation's concept paper (S/2011/408, annex), which concisely shows the potential implications of Climate change on international peace and security. Today's debate offers a meaningful opportunity for the Security Council to discuss the link between security and climate change, and my delegation would like to take this opportunity to note the Council's fruitful open debate on the interdependence between security and development held in February (see S/PV.6479).”

    2011-07-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6587Resumption1 (2011) · source