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  • Security Council Debates how Climate Disasters Threaten International Peace and Security

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    Guest Contributor  //  February 4, 2019  //  By Stella Schaller & Benjamin Pohl
    Security Council Climate Change Debate 25 January 2019

    This article by Stella Schaller and Banjamin Pohl originally appeared on Climate Diplomacy.

    On 25 January 2019, the UN Security Council held an open debate to discuss the security implications of climate-related disaster events. The meeting, initiated by the Dominican Republic, underscored the global nature of climate-related disasters. Most speakers highlighted the need for better climate risk management as an important contribution to safeguarding international peace and security. The debate marks the beginning of a year in which climate security ranks high on the UN’s agenda.

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  • Crisis in Lake Chad: Tackling Climate-Fragility Risks

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    Eye On  //  Guest Contributor  //  October 13, 2017  //  By Stella Schaller
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    While attention in the United States is focused on the disasters in Puerto Rico and the Caribbean, a crisis across the Atlantic is rapidly becoming one of the worst humanitarian disasters since World War II. In the Lake Chad basin of West Africa, about 17 million people are affected by the emergency, struggling with food insecurity, widespread violence, involuntary displacement, and the consequences of environmental degradation. An estimated 800,000 children suffer from acute malnutrition; and although international donors pledged $672 million in February, the famine and humanitarian misery continues unabated. Suicide bombings and attacks by Boko Haram, which have killed at least 381 civilians since April 2017, have forced many people to leave their homes and farmers to leave their lands, interrupting livelihoods and reducing food supplies.

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