Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/253222 
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Year of Publication: 
2020
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SWP Research Paper No. 6/2020
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Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik (SWP), Berlin
Abstract: 
The Small Island Development States (SIDS) and other developing countries affected by climate change are demanding more attention be given to climate-related losses and damages. The issue of "loss and damage" is being addressed in UNFCCC negotiations; however, the SIDS regard the Security Council as another key place for related debates. The Security Council can sound out climate policy interests to increase knowledge and improve the means of early warning. Moreover, its role can be to focus on the security aspects of climate risks and highlight important preventive approaches. These include, above all, development policy and the implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals (the UN 2030 Agenda). The demands on the Security Council are strongly linked to the international climate negotiations. Thus, Germany's commitment to climate policy has to be broad and long-term in times of dwindling multilateralism. Due to the Corona pandemic, short-term national and international policy agendas have readjusted to address the crisis situation, which has been detrimental to the climate policy agenda. A debate at the Security Council should nevertheless keep the focus on climate-related risks as such.
Subjects: 
Konfliktprävention
Sozioökonomische Prozesse
Verhandlungsgegenstand
Verhältnis Ökonomie - Ökologie
United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (1992-05-09)
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Research Report

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