; Whereas these reports and actions underscore the importance of strengthening and supporting domestic and global efforts to study, discuss, teach, and develop techniques and methods to encourage and augment global peace efforts; Whereas climate change threatens world economies, public health, and the environment, which affect the security and peaceful existence of global citizens and countries around the world; Whereas the Institute for Economics and Peace found that countries with lower levels of positive peace have a higher ratio of fatalities as a result of natural disasters; Whereas climate change results in natural disasters, droughts, desalination of water, destruction of ecosystems, and other catastrophes that exacerbate or instigate tensions that lead to violent conflict; Whereas young people and activists in more than 150 countries around the world launched coordinated global protests demanding action on climate change in September 2019; and Whereas the theme for the 2019 International Day of Peace is Climate Action for Peace : Now, therefore, be it