{"id":7229,"date":"2019-12-18T09:36:12","date_gmt":"2019-12-18T06:36:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/africasustainabilitymatters.com\/?p=7229"},"modified":"2026-01-11T05:30:46","modified_gmt":"2026-01-11T05:30:46","slug":"kenya-places-climate-disorder-at-centre-of-un-security-council-bid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rayscohosting.best\/ASM\/2019\/12\/18\/kenya-places-climate-disorder-at-centre-of-un-security-council-bid\/","title":{"rendered":"Kenya Places Climate Disorder At Centre Of UN Security Council Bid"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"> <strong>By<\/strong>\u00a0<strong>Leopold Obi<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Facing internal pressure and transboundary tensions over water, Kenya says it will progress climate security issues if it wins Africa\u2019s seat<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Kenya has made climate change a core part of its bid to obtain a seat on the UN security council, making an effort to \u201cseek lasting solutions to security challenges caused by erratic climatic conditions\u201d one of its 10 campaign pledges.&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The country is hoping to become a non-permanent member in 2021 to 2022. Kenya\u2019s ministry of foreign affairs said it was well placed in helping the world deal with climate change-induced threats thanks to its experience of dealing with the impacts of extreme and variable weather.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Kenya is battling for Africa\u2019s UN security council seat with Djibouti, which also has experience of dealing with food and water shortages as a consequence of changing weather conditions partially due to climate change.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The African Union recently endorsed Kenya\u2019s candidacy by a considerable 37-13 margin over Djibouti. But Djibouti declined to bow out of the race. The election for non-permanent members of the UN security council will take place in June 2020, with successful candidates taking their seats in January 2021.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Kenya\u2019s foreign affairs cabinet secretary Monica Juma recently said climate change was negatively impacting global peace and security, with urgent action required to address the intertwined threats.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cOur pursuit for solutions on global challenges convinces us that we are well placed to contribute constructively in the UN Security Council,\u201d\u00a0Juma\u00a0said\u00a0at a conference on environmental governance and diplomacy in Nairobi\u00a0in October.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.climatechangenews.com\/2019\/12\/18\/kenya-places-climate-disorder-centre-un-security-council-bid\/\">Read more&#8230; <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By\u00a0Leopold Obi Facing internal pressure and transboundary tensions over water, Kenya says it will progress climate security issues if it wins Africa\u2019s seat. Kenya has made climate change a core&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":7230,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"content-type":"","pagelayer_contact_templates":[],"_pagelayer_content":"","_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[101],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7229","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-international-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rayscohosting.best\/ASM\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7229","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/rayscohosting.best\/ASM\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/rayscohosting.best\/ASM\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rayscohosting.best\/ASM\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rayscohosting.best\/ASM\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7229"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/rayscohosting.best\/ASM\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7229\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rayscohosting.best\/ASM\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7230"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rayscohosting.best\/ASM\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7229"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rayscohosting.best\/ASM\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7229"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rayscohosting.best\/ASM\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7229"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}