应对气候变化风险：联合国安理会将发挥什么作用？（英文）

SWP Research Paper Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik German Institute for International and Security Affairs Susanne Dröge Addressing the Risks of Climate Change What Role for the UN Security Council? SWP Research Paper 6 June 2020, Berlin Abstract ∎ The Small Island Development States (SIDS) and other developing coun-tries 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 im-portant 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 inter-national climate negotiations. Thus, Germany’s commitment to climate policy has to be broad and long-term in times of dwindling multilateral-ism. ∎ 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. SWP Research Paper Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik German Institute for International and Security Affairs Susanne Dröge Addressing the Risks of Climate Change What Role for the UN Security Council? SWP Research Paper 6 June 2020, Berlin All rights reserved. © Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik, 2020 SWP Research Papers are peer reviewed by senior researchers and the execu-tive board of the Institute. They are also subject to fact-checking and copy-editing. For further information on our quality control pro-cedures, please visit the SWP website: https:// www.swp-berlin.org/en/ about-swp/quality-management-for-swp-publications/. SWP Research Papers reflect the views of the author(s). SWP Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik German Institute for International and Security Affairs Ludwigkirchplatz 3–4 10719 Berlin Germany Phone +49 30 880 07-0 Fax +49 30 880 07-200 www.swp-berlin.org swp@swp-berlin.org ISSN 1863-1053 doi: 10.18449/2020RP06 (Updated English version of SWP-Studie 5/2020) Table of Contents 5 Issues and Recommendations 7 Why Are There Climate Policy Demands on the Security Council? 11 Climate Change Impacts and the UN Security Council – What Has Happened to Date 11 The mandate of the Security Council – subject to constant change 13 Security Council debates on climate change impacts 16 Climate Change and Conflicts – State of Research 16 Climate change as a threat to human security – report of the Secretary-General 2009 17 Links between climate impacts and violen