Nisreen Elsaim, a Sudanese climate activist and Chair of the Sudan Youth Organization on Climate Change, is a member of the secretary-general’s youth advisory group on climate change.
Tag: climate change
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Climate change has taken a back seat in the political economy discourse and much of the momentum towards reversing climate change’s effects has slowed, or reversed.
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Within the United Nations, there is a lack of agreement among member states on which organs are most appropriate to respond to climate-related security risks.
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A tricky question is how to conserve global public goods, such as forests, at a time when multilateral cooperation is waning.
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The impacts of climate change on water are particularly acute in areas of the world experiencing conflict. As water supplies become more strained in conflict contexts, they are increasingly being exploited and weaponized as strategic targets.
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Delayed actions may result in diminishing returns, and, in the worst-case scenarios, difficult and potentially inhumane choices.
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Climate change is not just an issue of human security—it is transforming the entire security landscape.
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Dr. Sweta Chakraborty is the host of the Climate and Security podcast and here she interviews Louise Van Schaik, whose research has extensively analyzed the EU’s performance in multilateral bodies, including in the fields of climate change, health, and food standards.
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While the relationship between climate change and violent extremism is not linear, climate change does impose further stress on water and food security, population dynamics, opening a window of opportunity for terrorist organizations.
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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 UN’s agenda.
