Journal article
Climate and security: evidence, emerging risks, and a new agenda
Francois Gemenne, Jon Barnett, W Neil Adger, Geoffrey D Dabelko
CLIMATIC CHANGE | SPRINGER | Published : 2014
Abstract
There are diverse linkages between climate change and security including risks of conflict, national security concerns, critical national infrastructure, geo-political rivalries and threats to human security. We review analysis of these domains from primary research and from policy prescriptive and advocacy sources. We conclude that much analysis over-emphasises deterministic mechanisms between climate change and security. Yet the climate-security nexus is more complex than it appears and requires attention from across the social sciences. We review the robustness of present social sciences analysis in assessing the causes and consequences of climate change on human security, and identify ne..
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