Small islands states challenge UN on climate change threat

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Small island nations that say climate change threatens their very existence are asking the U.N. Security Council to do more to address the issue as a matter of international peace and security, especially with a critical climate summit in Paris coming late this year.

At a meeting Thursday on the challenges facing small island states, the Marshall Islands, Micronesia and others asked that the council put climate change on its formal agenda for regular discussion, with Kiribati calling it "the biggest security threat facing mankind."

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