By Mark Nevitt Earlier this week, the UN Security Council failed to pass a draft resolution that would have defined climate change as a “threat to peace” within Article 39 of the UN Charter. Under international law, this critical threat…
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Christine Parthemore speaks on nuclear war and climate change at a COP26 side event hosted by the International Forum for Understanding, Nov 1, 2021. Source: International Forum for Understanding By Christine Parthemore I had the honor of delivering a keynote…
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"The science is clear: We have only a brief window to raise our ambition and rise to meet the threat of climate change," U.S. President Joe Biden at the COP in Glasgow. - November 1, 2021 In the wake of…
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This is a cross-post from the Planetary Security Initiative In the past 18 months, the emergence of climate security as a mainstreamed and core risk for national governments and IGOs has accelerated. In particular, the UN Security Council (UNSC) is…
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By Danice Ball and Lily Feldman Earlier this month, the Expert Group of the International Military Council on Climate and Security (IMCCS) released the World Climate and Security Report (WCSR) 2021, the second in an ongoing series of annual reports.…
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The Deputy Director-General of the OPCW, Mr Hamid Ali Rao, the Director-General of the OPCW, H.E. Mr Ahmet Üzümcü, and the CSP Chairperson, H.E. Ambassador Abdelouahab Bellouki of Morocco, at the Fourth Special Session of the Conference of States Parties…
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Caitlin Werrell, Co-Founder and President of the Center for Climate and Security, presents the Responsibility to Prepare framework to the UN Security Council - Dec 15, 2017 By Erin Sikorsky, Steve Brock, Francesco Femia, Rachel Fleishman, and Caitlin Werrell “No…
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By Dr. Marc Kodack In case you missed it, the World Meteorological Organization brought together multiple entities, including United Nations-affiliated organizations and others, to publish their collective information on the latest climate science at the end of the summer. Each organization wrote one…
By Dr. Marc Kodack While climate change and its implications for security have been acknowledged many times by international military leaders (see here for example), as well as by senior leaders in the U.S. Department of Defense (here), the United National…
Read More The UN Security Council’s Lack of Consensus on Climate and Security
By Christine Parthemore Every year for a month, the UN First Committee holds a series of meetings. This year’s are currently in progress, running from October 5 to November 5. The body deals with disarmament issues, among others, so in…
