The first-ever resolution calling for stepped-up international efforts to understand and respond to the implications of climate change for peace and security was vetoed by Russia on Monday, 14 December.
The UN Security Council is set to vote on a resolution calling for stepped-up international efforts to understand and respond to the implications of climate change for peace and security.
In November 2021 at the UN Climate Change Conference (COP26), world leaders raised promising perspectives and outcomes on how to move on with accelerating the world’s response to climate change.
With rising human demand, the availability of biological resources such cropland, pastures, fishing grounds and forests is limiting prospects for sustainable peace and development more than ever before. Humanity’s use of these resources exceeds what our planet regenerates —