Episode 20: When a country mandate includes climate language: lessons from UNSOM
Description
In this episode, we discover what happens when the UN includes climate and environmental risks into a country mandate. Somalia is one of the first political missions to have climate and environmental language included in its mandate – and language has power.
As a result, Somalia is the ground for several climate initiatives, ranging from risk assessment to capacity-building. One of the most pioneer initiatives includes the introduction of a Climate Security Advisor – the first of its kind in the UN system, a role fulfilled by this episode’s guest Christophe Hodder.
- For an overview of the activities and initiatives UNSOM has implemented in order to address the links between climate change, environment and conflict, access: https://adelph.it/UNSOMclim
- For an overview of projected climate parameters and related impacts on different sectors from now until 2080, access: https://adelph.it/WRSomalia
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Editing by Paulus Müller-Hahl (Lichtbilder).
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