UN Security Council Arria-Formula Meetings on Climate, Peace and Security Since 2007

Information on informal UN Security Council Arria-formula meetings focusing on climate-related shocks and stressors. The dataset covers meetings since the first Council session explicitly dedicated to Climate, Peace and Security on 17 April 2007. It is published by the United Nations Peace and Security Data Hub under a CC-BY-3.0-IGO license.

Use Cases

• Analyze trends in Security Council engagement with climate-security issues based on meeting topics and timing.
• Study the evolution of informal diplomatic forums based on the documented Arria-formula meetings.
• Map the relationship between climate-related shocks and security deliberations based on meeting descriptions.

Strengths

• Covers a specific time period starting from the first dedicated meeting on 17 April 2007.
• Sourced from authoritative public records including concept notes and web recordings.
• Published under a permissive CC-BY-3.0-IGO license for reuse.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Data may reflect bias inherent to the selection and reporting of Security Council meetings.

Provenance

Source

United Nations Peace and Security Data Hub

Collection Method

Meetings included based on analysis of titles and concept notes from organizers or public sources.

Time Range

Since 17 April 2007

Freshness

Last updated 2026-03-26 09:58:14.519207; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Global (United Nations Security Council focus)