Climate Change, Conflict and (In)Security

ISBN-13: 9781032455808 / Twarda / 2023 / 400 str.

Opis

This book offers a multidisciplinary exploration of how climate change is impacting conflicts, contention, and competition in the world.

Recenzje

'The book completes its mission to show that climate change is a driver of conflict, an obstacle to conflict resolution, and a creator of strategic shocks, tensions, opportunities, and risks… A must read for anyone interested in defence, security, or climate change.'

General Tom Middendorp, International Military Council on Climate & Security (former Chief of Defence of The Netherlands)

'Climate change is the single most significant long-term defence issue. Its consequences will shape threats, challenge governments (as competition for food, water increases) undermine military capabilities, and drive economic instability. The book offers insights that are at once timely, important, and alarming.'

Tobias Ellwood MP, Chair of the UK House of Commons Defence Committee

'The climate crisis is the top geopolitical issue of our time. From the High North to equatorial Africa, global heating will be the major driver of the conflicts and threats we will face in the coming decades. This vital and timely book challenges us to marshal a much better response, urgently.'

Tom Fletcher, University of Oxford (former UK Foreign Policy Adviser to 3 UK Prime Ministers)

'There are uncomfortable gaps between knowledge, practice, and reality when it comes to how climate change is shaping human and hard security. This book is an important contribution to closing that gap, showing how to stop worrying about securitizing climate and start climatizing security.'

Hon. Sharon E. Burke, Ecospherics (Former US Assistant Secretary of Defense for Operational Energy)

'Climate Change and Insecurity is a clarion call for the military and security sectors. This exceptional collection shows how climate change and its impacts are reshaping the world and how nations must prepare for what is to come.'

Captain Dr Andrea Cameron, US Naval War College

Spis treści

Introduction: Climate Change and (In)Security  Section I: Climate Security Contexts  1. Cascading and Systemic Risks from Environmental Change  2. Geopolitics and Security in the Changing Arctic  3. Geopolitics and Security in the Changing Antarctic  4. Security Politics of Climate Change in the Levant  5. Decentering Climate Security: The Research and Policy Implications of Sudden-Onset and Slow-Onset Climate Change  6. A New Framework for Understanding Risk: The Role of Climate Change in the Northern Triangle  7. Climate Change, Insecurity, and Economic Transformation  Section II:  Defence and Security Implications  8. Towards a Greener Alliance: NATO’s Energy Efficiency and Mitigation Efforts  9. The Evolving Climate Change Threat: UK Defence Preparations  10. Maritime Response to Climate Change  11. Climate Disruption to Hidden Networks: Understanding Human-Animal-Ecological Relationships for Conflict and Security  12. Climate Intelligence in Theory and Practice  13. Operational Risks and Opportunities from Climate Change on Western Militaries’ Conservation Activities  Section III: Framings and Reflections  14. Ecological Security: The New Military Operational Priority for Humanitarian and Disaster Response  15. The Hyperthreat and Politico-Military Response: Outcomes from a Military Appreciation of Entangled Security  16. A Reflection on 30 Years of Climate and Conflict

O autorze

Timothy Clack is Chingiz Gutseriev Fellow at the University of Oxford, UK. He is co-editor of various titles including Cultural Heritage and Armed Conflict (2022) and The World Information War (2021).

Ziya Meral is Senior Associate Fellow at the Royal United Services Institute.

Louise Selisny is a Research Associate at the University of Oxford, UK.