UNSC Steps into the ring of Climate Change?

UNSC Steps into the ring of Climate Change?

 

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Recently UNSC declares Climate change a Security Issue, and India is not glad to hear that. Lets see what are the proposals of UNSC , reaction of India and what are the reasons behind those reactions. The Hindu also covered this and wrote an article on that saying "India questions rush to declare climate change a security issue" as shown in the picture.

There is a lot to discuss today...keep reading.

 

• Basics

UN has its UN Security Council (UNSC) which contains 5 permanent countries, Russia, USA, UK, France and China, and also 10 temporary countries that keeps on changing every 2 years.
India has questioned the need at the UN to declare climate change an international security issue, potentially giving the Security Council the right to take action on it, and pointed to the pitfalls in the approach.

• Step by step Understanding:

UNSC got a proposal regarding Climate Change as a security threat, because it has been seen that the Earth's temperature is continuously increasing due to carbon emission and energy production etc.
So UNSC suggested it as Security threat so that they have a full control on that issue.

• What If It Happens?

If it will, then the Paris Climate agreement, that already exists, its value and importance gets decreased, and UNSC becomes a new leader of the Climate Change Issue, India is not glad to hear that. To Understand that lets first observe that why Climate change is a security issue.

• Why Climate Change, a Security threat?

Nowadays Disasters are very common in the world, it happens usually every month in one place or other, it can be anything flood, earthquake, hurricane, etc.
So if a large disaster hits a very  small country, then the result of this is gigantic, it disrupts all types of harmony completely, destroys law and order, and even creates a war between countries. Let me explain why, lets say; Hypothetically speaking, as we all know Bangladesh is one of the countries where climate issues are at there at max, so if level of water accidentally increased there and cyclones hit it. Many refugees will come to India i.e. in the Northern states. So this will effect Indian resources and also brings a tension between India and Bangladesh relationship.

• Isn't UN Just Helping?

So from one side its good that UN is going to help the world, But you have understand. United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change i.e., abbreviated as UNFCCC, conference of parties meet every year, recently in poland, and results to the Paris climate agreement. So if UNSC takes full control on it and only those 5 permanent countries will decide about the climate change issues all over the world, it will effect the importance of Paris climate agreement. This will show a negative impact on developing countries like India, because many developing countries has been receiving billions of dollars to improve the Climate conditions on their areas. If this happens, may be the amount they gets in the name of Climate issues, may stop. due to the lesser importance of Paris climate agreement.

• What India reacts in the UN ?

   

  

Mr. Syed Akbaruddin, an Indian Foreign Service officer serving as India's Permanent representative at the United Nations since January 2016.
He said,"Can the needs of climate justice be served by shifting climate law-making from the inclusive UN Framework Convention of Climate Change(UNFCCC) to decision-making by a structurally unrepresentative institution with an exclusionary approach decided in secretive deliberations."

•  Our  Opinion

In Our Opinion, This will be an exclusive approach to deal with the Climate change, because only 5 countries are permanent and other countries are only temporary members that keeps on changing every two year. Right Now India totally disagree with this. So If India is not agree with this, Is It going to affect the decision of UN, Simply NO. India can only vocally oppose it, cant do anything else like any other developing countries. Mr Syed expressed it clearly and We think this should be resolved in the next UNFCCC meet.

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