CLIMATE CHANGE AND THREATS TO HUMAN SECURITY

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1. Introduction
2. ENVIRONMENTAL SECURITY: THE FIRST DIMENSION
3. ENVIRONMENTAL CONFLICT: THE SECOND DIMENSION
4. HUMAN SECURITY: THE THIRD DIMENSION
5. CLIMATE CHANGE AND HUMAN SECURITY
6. CLIMATE CHANGE, SECURITY AND CONFLICTS
7. CLIMATE CHANGE AS A THREAT AND CHALLENGE TO INTERNATIONAL, NATIONAL AND HUMAN SECURITY
8. LINKAGES BETWEEN CLIMATE CHANGE AND SECURITY CLIMATE-INDUCED CONFLICT CONSTELLATIONS
9. SIX THREATS TO INTERNATIONAL STABILITY AND SECURITY
10. OVER-STRETCHING THE CAPACITIES OF THE GLOBAL GOVERNANCE SYSTEM
11. CONCLUSION

CLIMATE CHANGE AND THREATS TO HUMAN SECURITY

Author: Narottam Gaan

DOI Link: https://www.doi.org/10.56888/BIISSj2007v28n3a5

ABSTRACT

Climate change, which has been on the fringe of human concern in the name of development based on fossil fuels and limitless consumption and inordinate life style, has been catapulted to the center stage of security concern being christened as human security. Climate change could exacerbate existing environmental crises such as drought, water scarcity and soil degradation, intensify land-useconflicts and trigger further environmentally-induced migration. Rising global temperatures will jeopardize the bases of many people’s livelihoods, especially in the developing regions, increase vulnerability to poverty and social deprivation, and thus put human security at risk. Climate change,particularly in weak and fragile states with poorly performing institutions and systems of government, is also likely to overwhelm local capacities to adapt to changing environmental conditions and will reinforce the trend toward general instability, thusraising the need to put primacy on human security.

BANGLADESH INSTITUTE OF INTERNATIONAL AND STRATEGIC STUDIES

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