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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| Format | Electronic eBook |
| Language | English |
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Oxford :
Routledge,
[2025]
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| Series | Global governance.
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| Subjects | |
| Online Access | Full text |
| ISBN | 9781003302681 1003302688 9781040397442 1040397441 9781040397398 1040397395 9781032298801 |
| Physical Description | 1 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