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States and nature : the effects of climate change on security / Joshua Busby, University of Texas, Austin

Busby, Joshua [Verfasserin/Verfasser]

Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2022

1 Online-Ressource (xiii, 334 pages)

Englisch

Includes bibliographical references and index

Erscheint auch als: States and nature / Busby, Joshua [GNDNR:1164503103] (Druck-Ausgabe)

978-1-108-95792-2 (ebook); 1-108-95792-7 (ebook)

978-1-108-83246-5 (ISBN der Printausgabe); 978-1-108-95846-2 (ISBN der Printausgabe)

OCoLC: 1312223227     

Elektronische Ressource: Zugang über Resolving-System (Lizenzangabe: Lizenzpflichtig)

Digital Object Identifier (DOI): 10.1017/9781108957922

MK 3000      Ähnliche Literatur

QC903

304.2/8

Basisklassifikation: 43.47 (Globale Umweltprobleme) ; 89.90 (Außenpolitik; Internationale Politik)

GND-Schlagwörter: Erde ; Umweltpolitik ; Klimaänderung ; Umweltschutz ; Kollektive Sicherheit ; Menschliche Sicherheit ; Sicherheitspolitik ; Internationaler Konflikt ; Bewaffneter Konflikt ; Fallstudie

LOC-SH: Climatic changes ; Climatic changes -- United States ; National security -- Climatic factors ; Security, International

Climatic changes ; National security ; Climatic factors ; Security, International ; United States

Conceptualizing climate and security -- The argument, method, and mechanisms: state capacity, institutional inclusion, and international assistance -- Droughts and famine in Somalia and Ethiopia -- Drought in the Middle East: contrasting fortunes in Syria and Lebanon -- Cyclones in South Asia: the experiences of Myanmar, Bangladesh, and India -- Beyond internal conflict: the practice of climate security -- The next decade of climate security research.

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"Under what conditions does climate change potentially lead to negative security outcomes? In brief, this book argues that climate change is most likely to trigger conflict and humanitarian emergencies in countries that have (1) weak state capacity, (2) exclusive political institutions, and (3) when international assistance is blocked or delivered unevenly. Where state capacity reflects a government's ability to prepare for climate shocks and help people in times of need, inclusive political institutions capture their willingness to help all or merely some of their citizens. International assistance can partially compensate for weak state capacity. Countries that have stronger state capacity, more political inclusion, and which can tap international assistance to help them are less likely to experience violence or humanitarian emergencies. The book uses paired cases of countries (Somalia and Ethiopia, Syria and Lebanon, and Myanmar, Bangladesh, and India) that experienced similar environmental exposure but different security outcomes to understand why climate hazards lead to negative security outcomes in some situations but not others."--