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  1. “Holding the presidency of the global climate process for the fourth time, Poland contributed to strengthening the global response to climate change. We have a great deal of experience and understanding of the issues with which countries are grappling and the scale of the problem before us. The climate-related threats oblige us to be responsive and responsible. Today, as President of the UnitedNations Framework Convention on Climate Change and a member of the Security Council, Poland would like to once again underscore that climate change is a destabilizing force in our world and deserves attention and action on the part of the Security Council in order to achieve durable and sustainable peace on our planet Earth.”

    2019-01-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8451 (2019) · source

  2. “The tangible impacts of climate change may be local, but the solution that must be found is clearly a global one. That is why the only way to address the problem at its source must be implemented through a concerted global effort. After long negotiations, we adopted a document called the Katowice rulebook, which makes the Paris Agreement operational. It is important for the following reasons. First, it provides clarity on how, when and according to which formula all countries of the world must act. Secondly, it shifts the world onto a path towards a concrete and single transparency system. Thirdly, it creates a very specific framework around the provision of climate finance and other support to those countries that need it.”

    2019-01-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8451 (2019) · source

  3. “Secondly, the issue of climate change and security should gain prominence in the Security Council through regular discussions and debates as a preventive tool, focusing on solutions and monitoring. The Security Council should be regularly briefed on the threats and the progress in addressing and mitigating the global security implications of climate change. Thirdly, let me turn to the global response and direct the attention of representatives to the achievements of the United Nations climate summit that took place in Katowice in December. I again thank the representative of Kuwait and many other speakers who have mentioned that important event. I had the privilege to preside over that global climate conference, known as COP24.”

    2019-01-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8451 (2019) · source

  4. “First, creating a safe and secure world for all is not just about reaction. It is also about anticipation and prevention. As my colleagues from Belgium and Germany mentioned earlier, all countries potentially affected by such threats should be equipped with an accurate early-warning information-gathering system that would alert us to potential climate-induced flare-ups and conflict. That goal can be successfully reached by implementing activities under the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development aimed at enhancing the resilience of risk-exposed States. All States and organizations should use the full potential of their field offices and missions in order to gather and share such information.”

    2019-01-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8451 (2019) · source

  5. “It is an existential threat. Usually, climate-related events are very local in nature, but such local events have a butterfly effect. They impact people's livelihoods, security and ability to provide, produce and function, and, through all that, they create an inflammatory ground on which a potential conflict can ignite. We do not have to look far to find examples of climate-induced conflicts destabilizing - sometimes quite unexpectedly - entire regions, for instance, as has been repeatedly mentioned, the Lake Chad basin and the Sahel region. Therefore, addressing that issue is not just our responsibility, but also in our own interest. Let me turn to the tools. One might ask: What can the Security Council do about it? Let me turn the Council's attention to two aspects.”

    2019-01-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8451 (2019) · source

  6. “This year, I also have the privilege to preside over the twenty-fourth Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP24) in Katowice. I would like to thank our briefers who mentioned Katowice as an important milestone on our way forward. I will address three points. First, let me share with the Council why we think the issue of climate change and security is pertinent; secondly, what tools could be used in order to address the corresponding nexus in an adequate manner; and, thirdly, some information on the newly adopted global tool to address global climate change, known as the Katowice rulebook. First, concerning the issue of"why", climate change is happening all over the world. I am sure that I do not have to convince anyone here about the urgency and seriousness of the problem.”

    2019-01-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8451 (2019) · source

  7. “Let me first sincerely thank the Dominican Republic for inviting me here today to share Poland's perspective on the issue of climate change and security. Let me also take this opportunity, Mr. President, to congratulate you on assuming the presidency of the Security Council. Before starting, I would also like to thank the briefers for their contribution to our discussion, namely, Ms. Rosemary DiCarlo, Mr. Achim Steiner, Mr. Pavel Kabat and Ms. Lindsay Getschel. Today's discussion focusing on the existential threat posed by natural disasters for small island developing States encourages us in the Council to look at that threat from the preventive and security perspective in order to address them in an effective and innovative way. I am speaking to the Council not only as Secretary of State in the Ministry of Environment of Poland.”

    2019-01-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8451 (2019) · source