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Chief for Policy and Guidance. May 2021 - Present 2 years 11 months. United Nations, New York. Team Leader, Policy Planning Unit. Jul 2018 - Dec 2021 3 years 6 months. New York, United States. Team...
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27 lug 2021 · Twinning: In the Sex and the City films, Charlotte's daughter Lily is played by twins Alexandra and Parker Fong who have stayed out of the spotlight as they focus on their schooling (pictured...
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About Alexandra Fong. Her work focuses on cross-cutting peace and security issues, such as conflict prevention, preventive diplomacy and peacemaking, as well as policy matters pertaining to UN peace operations in a rapidly changing international security environment.
- The Defining Issue of Our Time
- The Best Defence: Strong Institutions and Good Governance
- Research, Documentation and Analysis
- Make Peace and Security Work More Climate-Informed
- Forge Partnerships
- Develop Management Strategies and – Eventually – Prevention Strategies
- Conclusion
The Secretary-General of the United Nations has called climate change the defining issue of our time. Its impact today reaches far beyond the natural environment. Climate change is affecting human systems on a growing scale and is increasingly disrupting peace and security. The Armed Conflict Survey, published by the International Institute for Str...
Experiences of the United Nations throughout the world suggest that resilient states and societies, built on strong institutions and good governance, are the best defence against the adverse consequences of climate change. Ultimately, the ability to cope with the additional stresses imposed by climate change and to manage processes of transformatio...
Scientists are still debating the causal associations between climate change and peace and security on the basis of quantitative data. This is important work, but by the time definitive conclusions emerge it may already be too late to act. What is missing right now – where there is a real gap – is good qualitative research to advance our understand...
Climate risk assessments must inform the full range of peace and security activities, from analysis to conflict prevention initiatives, mediation strategies, peacebuilding priority plans and the footprint of multilateral peace operations. At the same time, climate adaptation strategies must be made more conflict sensitive and mitigation policies co...
Just as climate change is too big a challenge to be addressed by a single entity, its impacts on peace and security exceed the managing capacity of any individual actor. To be even moderately successful in addressing climate-related security risks, the United Nations needs to form strategic partnerships with different actors. These include regional...
Climate change affects many areas at once and does not fit neatly into a traditional response framework. It has been called a hard security problem with no hard security solutions. Its complexity poses a challenge not just for understanding how climate change impacts peace and security, but also for discerning what to do about it. The UN Security C...
The world has never before sought to deliver peace and security in a climate-changed environment, and there is no roadmap. Clearly, the most viable solution long term is ambitious climate action, beginning with full implementation of the Paris Agreement. But in the meantime, as climate change advances, its repercussions will continue to grow, inclu...
28 lug 2021 · In the first film, twins Alexandra and Parker Fong played Lily, now a young girl after skipping a few years from the series finale. Considering it’s been 11 years since the second film was...
In Burundi, women’s organizations are joining a radio campaign in support of arms control efforts. Ms. Alexandra Fong, Senior Political Affairs Officer at the United Nations Department of Political Affairs, called for more attention to the role of arms control in preventing conflict.
