New Security Beat Friday Digest (October 17-21, 2022) ~ World Unsulved Mistery

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NEW SECURITY BEAT FRIDAY DIGEST (OCTOBER 17-21, 2022)

Alok Sharma: Sustain Progress and Surmount Challenges for Success in Climate Action

October 21, 2022 // By Harriet Alice Taberner

As the world turns its attention to the 27th UN Climate Change Conference (CoP27) in Sharm El Sheikh, CoP26 President Alok Sharma reflects upon the achievements won thus far in the fight against climate change in our latest podcast. Sharma's address at the Wilson Center also outlines the steps that need to be taken at CoP27 and in the future to ensure a sustainable and prosperous future for all.

Sharma observes that the CoP26 in Scotland last year represented a "fragile win" and that the Glasgow Climate Pact went further than many had imagined it would to keep accepted climate goals in place. "The pulse of 1.5 degrees remained alive," he says.

Flood of Inequity: Confronting Climate Vulnerability Risk in China and Beyond

October 20, 2022 // By Julia Teebken

2022 was a summer of climate extremes across the globe. Multiple heat events simmered across China and Europe, also in regions that are not "supposed to be this hot," such as the United Kingdom. The western United States also baked in unusual heat, but perhaps the most damaging episode of the season occurred when extreme precipitation caused major flooding in Jackson, Mississippi. This untimely deluge exacerbated a pre-existing water infrastructure crisis in that city, leaving its 150,000, predominately black, residents without access to safe water for days.

The Grades Are In: The Biden Administration Makes Progress on SRHR

October 19, 2022 // By Deekshita Ramanarayanan

For six years, the Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights (SRHR) Index has been a tool to hold the United States accountable to the commitments made nearly three decades ago at the International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD) in Cairo in 1994, where 180 countries developed a human rights framework for global development that explicitly promoted SRHR for women and girls globally.

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