"The U.N. Security Council held a groundbreaking debate Tuesday on the impact of climate change on conflicts, brushing aside objections from developing countries that globalwarming is not an issue of international peace and security.
Britain holds the council presidency this month and organized an open meeting to highlight what its foreign secretary, Margaret Beckett, said was the "security imperative" to tackle climate change because it can exacerbate problems that cause conflicts and threatens the entire planet."
Source: CNN
Finally things are starting to happen. The question is whether it will stay at just talks or will they actually do something. Bringing an issue to the Security Council usually meens loads of opinion, arguments, but no action as one or two members won't agree with the others.
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