Climate: UN responsible alarm, crisis threatens stability

(ANSA) - ROME, OCTOBER 24 - Failing to successfully tackle the climate emergency exposes the planet to crises and global conflicts, with wars, famines and chaos: this is the warning from Patricia Espinosa, executive secretary of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (Unfccc) , one week before the COP26 summit in Glasgow.

   "We are talking about preserving the stability of nations, of the institutions that we have built over so many years. The catastrophic scenario indicates the risk of massive flows of displaced people," he told the Observer.

    There would be a "cascade effect, with less food, that would result in a crisis in the food security sector.

   A large number of those most vulnerable could end up under the yoke of armed or terrorist groups," he added.

    Espinosa specifies that "we are not just talking about the environment but the entire system we have built: we know what the migrations have caused, if we were to register much larger flows, not only internationally but also internally, it would create serious problems".

    "It is the greatest challenge that humanity is facing", concludes the head of the United Nations, admitting the possibility that the COP26 in Glasgow can be resolved in no fact but that there is still room for negotiations, even with China. .

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