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  • Writer's pictureGustavo Bernal Torres

Russia Blocks U.N. Move to Treat Climate Change As A Global Security Threat

Twelve of the Security Council’s 15 members voted in favor of the resolution Monday. India voted against it, alongside Russia, while China abstained.


  • The resolution, co-sponsored by Ireland and Niger, would have required the top U.N. body to consider climate change as a possible cause of conflicts, and to look for ways to address the risks and head off potential clashes.

  • Moscow generally opposes any expansion of the Security Council’s agenda, experts say, and has regularly used its veto to block Western powers from intervening in conflicts, including in Syria. It argued that the resolution, if adopted, would politicize a “scientific and economic issue.”


Source: https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2021/12/14/russia-veto-climate-change-united-nations/

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