Climate Change: A Pacific Perspective on Climate Security Risks and the UN Security Council

Sep 9, 2019 | International Peace Institute, Anna Maria Link
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As the debate over climate-related security risks grows, many Pacific Island states are calling for more action by the international community to better address the links between climate change and global security. Baron Waqa, who was President of Nauru at the time of this interview, highlighted some of these calls while speaking to Anna Maria Link of Adelphi in April; he also outlined the challenges in getting the climate-security issue on the United Nations agenda.