2019 Pacific Environmental Security Forum

May 21, 2019 - May 24, 2019 | US Indo-Pacific Command and the New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade
Wellington, New Zealand
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Germany will host a high-level ‘Conference on Climate and Security’ in Berlin. It came as a strong statement of intent as the link between climate change and security policy is stated as the top priority for Germany’s two-year term (2019-2020) as a UNSC elected member. This builds on the UN Group of Friends on Climate and Security it established with Nauru in August 2018 (and on the previous efforts of Sweden, the Netherlands, Belgium, France, the UK, Ukraine and Caribbean Small Island Developing States). Maas stated in his speech that this group and the international network of experts that supports it will table proposals for the Security Council and the Secretariat. The commitments to further UNSC action in this area, expressed by numerous representatives at January’s debate, indicate that these proposals could receive broad and enthusiastic support.

For more information and to register, please visit http://pesforum.org/

Where: Wellington, New Zealand

When: 21-24 May 2019

Organizers: U.S. Indo-Pacific Command and the New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade