The United Nations (UN) Security Council held an open debate to discuss the concrete impact of climate change on peace and security, and find ways to diminish the effects of global warming. The relationship between climate-related risks and conflict was complex and often intersected with political, social, economic and demographic factors, said Rosemary DiCarlo, Under-Secretary-General for Political and Peacebuilding Affairs in her opening remarks. The meeting took place almost two months after 197 parties to the UN Climate Change Convention agreed to a concrete way forward on implementing the 2015 Paris Agreement — which aims to keep global warming under 1.5 C from pre-industrial levels — and ahead of the UN Secretary-General’s Climate Summit, convened for September 23 this year. Whether climate change is an issue that should be examined by the UN’s peace and security body to begin with, has been the subject of controversy.UN NEWS
