The Quaker United Nations Office (QUNO) co-organized the meeting ‘Advancing Prevention in the Age of Climate Change: Leveraging Climate and Conflict-Sensitive Approaches’ on the topic of climate security that calls for active involvement from the United Nations, civil society and Member States.
During the conversation, participants discussed the importance of understanding the gender impacts of conflict and climate. In addition, the discussion raised the unique capabilities of women and young people as leaders in promoting climate prevention and action. Colleagues called for improved contextual data analysis to inform climate sensitive programming, target root causes of conflict, and address national and local priorities and grievances. Participants agreed that, in order to amplify the impact of prevention, it was important to identify the synergies between local prevention capacities and international, regional, and national infrastructures for peace.
