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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Seth Borenstein

UN General Assembly chief says curbing climate change would make world more peaceful and safer

Climate COP30 Conflict - (Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All rights reserved)

Harms from climate change are the biggest threat to world peace, the president of the United Nations General Assembly says.

“To those who are arguing that in these times we have to focus more on peace and security, one can only say the climate crisis is the biggest security threat of our century,” General Assembly President Annalena Baerbock told The Associated Press in an interview at the U.N. climate talks at the edge of the Amazon.

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