Climate change at the UN Security Council : protecting Pacific and Caribbean Island states

This book examines the operation of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) to better understand the motivating factors that underpin its activation of Article 39. Arguing that climate change should be considered a threat to international peace and security, the theory of securitisation is employ...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author Murphy, Ash (Author)
Format Electronic eBook
LanguageEnglish
Published Oxford : Routledge, [2025]
SeriesGlobal governance.
Subjects
Online AccessFull text
ISBN9781003302681
1003302688
9781040397442
1040397441
9781040397398
1040397395
9781032298801
Physical Description1 online resource.

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Table of Contents:
  • i. Title pageii. Dedicationiiii. Contents Part one: setting board Chapter 1. Time now for climate securityIntroducing securityA matter of securitisation theoryAmbition, geopolitics and structureReference listChapter 2. International climate lawIntroductionA fragile projectNationally determined contribution plansSummary remarksReference listChapter 3. Climate change and international securityIntroductionThe evolution of Article 39Climate change as an international security threat?Reference listPart two: securitisation, narratives and thresholdsChapter 4. Securitisation theory as a methodOutlining securitisation theoryCalibrating securitisation theory to the UNSCReference listChapter 5. Narratives, thresholds and triggersIntroductionMagnitudeTransnational scaleCollective interestInsufficient responseUrgencySummary remarksReference listPart three: strategies and ways forwardChapter 6. Framing climate change as an Article 39 threatIntroductionThe PCIS before the UNSC: 2007-2025Framing climate change as a threatSummary remarksReference listChapter 7. Crafting a response to climate changeIntroductionArguments against interventionPerspectives of the permanent membersCrafting a climate resolutionReference listChapter 8. Concluding remarksPrimary research findingsGoing forwardConcluding with insecurityReference list