A Drafted Resolution "Linking Climate to Security" at the UNSC
Sponsored by:- Ireland and Niger
- The resolution did not pass with 12 UNSC members voting for it, India and Russia voting against it and China abstaining.
- India saying it was an attempt to shift climate talks from the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change to the Security Council and a step backward for collective action on the issue.
United National Security Council
Formation:- 24 October 1945
Members:- 15 countries(5 permanent and 10 non permanent)
Headquarters:- New York
Presidency of December:- Niger
Debate on " Maintenance of International peace and Security: Security in the context of terrorism and climate change
India's Permanent Representative and Ambassador to the UN:- T.S. Tirumurti
- Niger which holds the UNSC presidency for December, organized a debate on 9 December.
- One of the objective of the debate was to examine how terrorism and security risks could be linked to climate change.( resolution which was drafted by Niger).
