安保理アリア・フォーミュラ会合「気候、平和、安全保障：国連平和・安全保障アーキテクチャの機会」における志野大使ステートメント
令和4年11月29日
Dear Co-chairs,
First of all, I would like to thank Norway and Kenya for organizing this meeting today.
Japan is also honored to join as the co-sponsor. I thank also the briefers for precious insights.
Climate change poses serious threats to both national security and human security especially to the vulnerable counties, such as the Sahel, the Horn of Africa and small island countries.
Japan has always participated actively in discussions concerning climate change in the Security Council and the Peacebuilding Commission (PBC). In particular, Japan has advocated the importance of using PBC’s bridging role to “bring together all relevant actors to marshal resources” to tackle challenges. Japan commends the work of the PBC to take up climate and security in various country- and region- specific contexts as they did on Pacific island states and the Sahel this year. PBC’s advisory role to the Security Council should be actively used, including about how each of UN peace operation should address climate and security challenges on the ground. Japan also takes note of the Peacebuilding Fund (PBF) addressing the impact of climate change on security under its 2020-2024 Strategy.
Japan is also keen on supporting efforts of visualization to raise awareness on the issue. We are proud to have contributed to DPPA’s Virtual Reality project “Sea of Islands” this year.
Japan also puts the highest importance in assisting the most vulnerable countries confronting severe impact of climate change. For this purpose, Japan committed at COP26 and other fora last year to providing up to 70 billion USD both from public and private, over the five years from 2021 to 2025, including doubling assistance for adaptation to approximately 14.8 billion USD.
One of the examples of this commitment includes Japan and UNDP’s cooperative project, “Support for Transition Effort to Decarbonization” in short, JUSTED, through which project Japan has assisted decarbonization plans of 23 developing countries so far, which is highly appreciated by the recipient countries.
Lastly, we welcome the Secretary-General's initiative on A New Agenda for Peace proposed by his report Our Common Agenda and look forward to discussing further to integrate perspectives on climate and security.
Japan will continue to engage in the discussions on climate, peace and security and, meanwhile, is ready to take next actions.
I thank you.