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THEMATIC ISSUES In Hindsight: The UN Security Council and Climate Change In recent years, few thematic issues addressed by the Security Council have aroused as much attention, or controversy, as climate change and security. While it is not a formal agenda item, climate change and security has increasingly become a focus of signature events spearheaded by Council presidents. More and more, the Council is also emphasising the need for risk assessments and risk management strategies for climate change and ecological changes, and other factors by the UN and host governments in resolutions, particularly in Africa but also in other regions....
