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\nThe resolution, approved by consensus after months of bargaining, said the 192-member assembly was “deeply concerned that the adverse impacts of climate change, including sea-level rise, could have possible security im<\/span>plications”. It invited all relevant UN bodies to intensify efforts to address climate change. Further, it asked secretary-general Ban Ki-moon to submit a report on possible security implications.<\/span><\/p>\n

While largely symbolic, General Assembly resolutions can carry moral weight. Several UN representatives said the climate one was important as the first to explicitly link climate chan<\/span>ge to security. In the past, Security Council members, including China and Russia, have questioned whether the issue belonged in the council, which deals with threats to international peace and security.<\/p>\n

“We are of the firm view that the adverse impacts of climate change have very real implications for international peace and security,” said ambassador Marlene Moses of <\/span>Nauru, speaking on behalf of the Pacific Small Island Developing States, which introduced the resolution. The islands already were experiencing the “dire and immediate impacts” of climate change, she said, including the inundation of coastal areas, the submergence of islands, loss of freshwater supplies, flooding, drought, damaged crops and increased disease.<\/span><\/p>\n

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