India on Monday voted against United Nations Security Council’s draft resolution which aimed to ‘securitize’ climate action undermining hard-won consensus in Glasgow. India’s Permanent Representative to UN TS Tirumurti explained India’s position at the UN
Ambassador TS Tirumurti in his speech also spoke against drawing a separate link between security and climate change. The draft resolution that has been co-authored by Ireland and Niger states that the adverse effects of climate change can “lead…to social tensions…, exacerbating, prolonging, or contributing to the risk of future conflicts and instability and posing a key risk to global peace, security, and stability”. Read More…