Climate Change: UN Security Council Considers ‘Cycle of Conflict and Climate Disaster’

Jul 12, 2018 | Megan Darby, Climate Home News
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Climate change is contributing to instability in many parts of the world, the UN security council heard on Wednesday, in its first debate dedicated to the topic in seven years. A community advocate from Chad and Iraq’s water minister testified to the interplay of water scarcity and conflict in their homelands. Swedish foreign minister Margot Wallström and UN deputy chief Amina Mohammed, fresh from a trip to the drought- and terrorist-stricken Lake Chad basin, led calls for a coordinated international response.