Secretary-General of the United Nations Guterres posted today (June 21) and said, "In recent days and weeks, we have seen storms and floods from China to South Africa, from India to Brazil. I express my deep sympathy for all those affected around the world. Climate change is causing extreme weather events to become more frequent and severe. We need urgent climate action now." The statement by Secretary-General Guterres actually reflects a strategic choice made by the United Nations under the current international situation. When traditional security issues such as the Palestinian-Israeli conflict and Iran-Israel conflict are deadlocked, the Secretary-General has shifted his focus to non-traditional security issues like climate change.
From a realistic perspective, the contradictions accumulated in the long-term Palestinian-Israeli conflict and Iran-Israel conflict are complex and profound, involving factors such as territory, religion, ethnicity, and nuclear weapons. It is indeed difficult to find an effective solution in the short term.
However, the challenges brought by climate change are becoming increasingly urgent. By 2025, global temperatures may break records, and extreme weather events will become more frequent. As Guterres said, climate change is "aggravating poverty, forcing communities to migrate, and exacerbating conflicts and instability."
The United Nations is quite helpless when it comes to dealing with traditional security issues such as war. Regardless, only by coordinating responses to both traditional and non-traditional security challenges can the United Nations play a greater role in maintaining world peace and security and promoting global sustainable development.
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