Floyd, Rita. (2008) The environmental security debate and its significance for climate change. International Spectator, Vol.43 (No.3). pp. 51-65. ISSN 0393-2729

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Abstract

Policymakers, military strategists and academics all increasingly hail climate change as a security issue. This article revisits the (comparatively) long-standing “environmental security debate” and asks what lessons that earlier debate holds for the push towards making climate change a security issue. Two important claims are made. First, the emerging climate security debate is in many ways a re-run of the earlier dispute. It features many of the same proponents and many of the same disagreements. These disagreements concern, amongst other things, the nature of the threat, the referent object of security and the appropriate policy responses. Second, given its many different interpretations, from an environmentalist perspective, securitisation of the climate is not necessarily a positive development.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Subjects:	J Political Science > JZ International relations
Divisions:	Faculty of Social Sciences > Politics and International Studies
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH):	Security, International, Climatic changes, Environmentalism -- Political aspects, Environmental policy
Journal or Publication Title:	International Spectator
Publisher:	Routledge
ISSN:	0393-2729
Date:	September 2008
Volume:	Vol.43
Number:	No.3
Page Range:	pp. 51-65
Identification Number:	10.1080/03932720802280602
Status:	Peer Reviewed
Access rights to Published version:	Open Access
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