China News Agency, United Nations, September 23 (Reporter Madelin) The UN Security Council held an open debate on climate and security issues on the 23rd. Council members explained their positions.
UN Secretary-General Guterres said at the meeting that the threat of climate change is imminent, and the international community must cooperate in taking climate action. Among them, there are three absolute priorities.
One is the need for clear commitments and credible actions from all countries to limit the global temperature rise to 1.5 degrees Celsius.
Second, efforts in climate adaptation and restoration must be strengthened, and in particular, support for developing countries must be strengthened.
The third is to integrate climate adaptation work with peacebuilding work, and improve local resources and economic conditions by building more resilient ecological projects in turbulent areas, and promote stability.
Irish Prime Minister Michel Martin presided over the meeting as the rotating chairman of the Security Council that day.
He said that most of the areas where UN peacekeeping operations are located have found that climate change is one of the important factors affecting local peace and security.
The Security Council should assume the responsibility of maintaining international peace and security, and should incorporate analysis and response to climate change factors into its work.
Vietnamese President Nguyen Xuan Phuc said that developed countries should take the lead in increasing emissions reduction efforts and increase support for developing countries in terms of capital and technology.
In the process of strengthening international cooperation in addressing climate change, attention should be paid to safeguarding the sovereignty of all countries and working in light of their actual conditions.
US Secretary of State Blincoln said that the United States has announced that it will double its financial support for developing countries, and hopes that other countries can also provide more support for tackling climate change.
French Foreign Minister Le Drian said that the most vulnerable countries and regions should be helped to predict and prepare for the threat of climate change; the turbulence caused by climate change should be prevented from being used by violent organizations and terrorists; the international community should work together to seriously think and analyze the climate. The risks of change to peace and security.
Britain’s Secretary of State for the Commonwealth, the United Nations and South Asia Affairs, Tariq Ahmed, said that the United Kingdom has put forward very ambitious emission reduction targets while substantially increasing financial support for developing countries.
Climate change has a continuing impact on global security, especially the situation in fragile regions, and it is vital to respond to it with collective action.
The representative of Russia said that the climate issue does urgently need to be strengthened, but Russia has doubts about the need to include climate change on the agenda of the Security Council.
The work of the Security Council is already very sensitive and complex. The introduction of more factors may further affect the efficiency of the Council’s work. Including climate change on the Security Council’s agenda may not help solve this problem and may backfire.
Zhang Jun, China’s permanent representative to the United Nations, stated that the countries on the Security Council’s agenda were not caught in war due to climate change, and the Security Council does not have the necessary means to deal with climate change.
It is necessary to avoid making climate factors the focus of all issues indiscriminately, or even including them in the mandate of UN peacekeeping operations, to prevent the Council from affecting the effective performance of its responsibilities by the Security Council, and to prevent unnecessary duplication of work.
The Indian representative also expressed similar doubts as Russia and China.
Participants generally agreed to strengthen cooperation in tackling climate change, especially strengthening support for developing countries, and expressed their willingness to work hard to support the success of the 26th Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change held in Glasgow, UK in November this year.
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