In a first, Security Council to discuss climate change threat

The UN Security Council will discuss potential threats to international security from climate change for the first time later this month.

Britain’s UN Ambassador Emyr Jones Parry, the current council president, said on Wednesday the meeting will highlight “what a sensitive, difficult issue” climate change is and the importance of addressing its potential security ramifications from rising temperatures increasing water levels and swallowing up island nations to possible famine.

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