Climate Change and Security: Different Perceptions, Different Approaches

Abstract

The concerns about the results of climate change have been increasing as new scientific proofs emerge and people witness its direct effects in environmental catastrophes. There also have been different efforts to frame climate change as a security issue. This study aims to analyze different security approaches to climate change with a particular framework. The framework divides these approaches into two: opponents and proponents of the securitization of climate change. It also analyzes different approaches and logics within both camps. Finally, the study examines and evaluates the emerging literature on the “climatization of security” which focuses on the impacts of climate change on the understanding of security in the discipline of International Relations.

Keywords

Climate Change, Security, Securitization, Human Security, Climatization of Security

Citation

Baysal, Başar and Karakaş, Uluç, “Climate Change and Security: Different Perceptions, Different Approaches”, Uluslararası İlişkiler, Volume 14, No. 54, 2017, pp. 21-44.

Affiliations

• Başar BAYSAL, PhD Candidate, Department of International Relations, Bilkent University
• Uluç KaraKaŞ, PhD Candidate, Department of International Relations, Bilkent University