Taoiseach to push China, Russia, and India to accept link between climate crisis and security

Taoiseach Micheál Martin will warn the Security Council that a failure to link the two issues will harm the credibility of the UN.
Picture: Brian Lawless

The Taoiseach will push three of the largest countries in the world to accept the link between climate change and global security when he chairs a meeting of the UN Security Council today.

Micheál Martin will become the first head of state to chair a meeting on the issue in New York, with Ireland targeting the passing of a resolution on the issue during its two-year term on the Security Council.