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A Climate for Change in the UNSC? Member States' Approaches to the Climate-Security Nexus
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Institut für Friedensforschung und Sicherheitspolitik an der Universität Hamburg (IFSH)
Abstract The UNSC is the only institution with a mandate to maintain international peace and security. Since its creation, it has primarily adopted a traditional defensive, reactive understanding of security focused on violent conflict, war and military activity. While the UNSC has dealt with broader securit... view more
The UNSC is the only institution with a mandate to maintain international peace and security. Since its creation, it has primarily adopted a traditional defensive, reactive understanding of security focused on violent conflict, war and military activity. While the UNSC has dealt with broader security topics (e.g. human security and the "Responsibility to Protect") and included climate change’s adverse impacts on stability in resolutions and mandates for field missions, official recognition of the multiple connections between climate change and other larger socio-ecological phenomena remains overdue despite several initiatives to address climate change in the UNSC since 2007.... view less
Keywords
UNO; UN Security Council; climate change; international security; security policy; environmental policy; international organization
Classification
Peace and Conflict Research, International Conflicts, Security Policy
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Document language
English
Publication Year
2020
City
Hamburg
Page/Pages
4 p.
Series
IFSH Policy Brief, 05/20
Status
Published Version; reviewed