If it were to consider decades of sectarian strife, severe famine, and religious tension, the global community might find security problems are more immediate -- and costly-- than initially thought.
If the Security Council wants to remain a relevant platform for discussing pressing matters of international peace and security, it too will have to adapt to the realities of climate change.
The report found that one billion people are already undernourished across the globe, pointing to recent food crises as evidence of the need for a “radically new economic strategy.”
A special guest post from UN Foundation Executive Director of Public Affairs Aaron Sherinian, who accompanied the UN Foundation board on a climate change fact-finding trip to Svalbard, Norway last week.
I participated in a conference call with a few members of the UN Foundation board and senior staff. The group spoke from Svalbard, Norway which is one of the northernmost inhabited places in the world. Predictably, the conversation focused on climate change.
Executive Director of the United Nations Environment Program Achim Steiner, Administrator of the UN Development Program Helen Clark, the Director General of the UN Industrial Development Organization Kandeh Yumkella jointly author an op-ed marking the release of the newest IPCC report.
Representatives from Arctic countries are meeting this week in Greenland in the annual meeting of the Arctic Council. And, for the first time, an American Secretary State will represent American interests at the meeting.