The book provides a critical analysis of the nexus between climate change, security and politics, especially in relation to the role and impact of societal agencies such as states, corporations, military, financial institutions and community organizations in framing and responding to climate change using various forms of social, economic or political leverage. Climate change is a major existential security threat to the planet and humanity, yet there is continuing debate as to how it should be approached.
Part I: Introduction.
Chapter 1: Introduction.- Part II: Challenges of
climate security.
Chapter 2: Isnt it an environmental catastrophe:
Analyzing the Russian war on Ukraine in the context of environmental
security.
Chapter 3: Climate crises and the future of conflicts in Africa: A
case study of the Horn of Africa.
Chapter 4: Security risks of climate
migration in West Africa: The role of the African Union.
Chapter 5: The
environment and military training: An analysis of Brazilian Army Officers
education.
Chapter 6: Climate security: Implications on low-lying atoll
states in the Pacific.- Part III: Climate regime, governance, and
strategies.
Chapter 7: Governing the Southern Ocean post-COVID-19: The cases
of Galapagos, Ushuaia, and CCAMLR.
Chapter 8: The involvement of Spanish
local governments in transnational climate and energy networks.
Chapter 9:
Zero Net Artificialization indicator in focus: How environmental
bureaucracy shapes policies and institutions in Toulouse, France.
Chapter
10: Learning from COVID-counter-measures-states alliances: Rehabilitation of
the Trusteeship Council for the 30/30 goals.
Chapter 11: Addressing plastic
pollution and the process of building an effective international regime: From
global to local experiences in Brazil and Egypt.- Part IV: Global climate
crisis and power.
Chapter 12: Climate change denialism, money and power:
Capture by fossil fuel corporations and petrostates.
Chapter 13: Rural
populism in the face of ecological transition: The case of emptied Spain.-
Chapter 14: Rural populism in the face of ecological transition: The case of
emptied Spain.
Chapter 15: Climate victimhood regional nationalism and
inter-regional cooperation in the Pacific Islands Countries.
Chapter 16:
Crisis? What crisis? On the political reality of global climate change.- Part
V: Sustainability, indigeneity, resilience, and development in the age of
climate change.
Chapter 17: Formal mining activities and its impact in local
development.
Chapter 18: Towards the democratization of the Chilean forestry
system: Surveying contemporary democratic deficits.
Chapter 19: Rethinking
climate mobilities: The nuanced approach to planned relocation.
Chapter
20: Biodiversity conservation as a way to combat climate change: A discussion
on the regimes and regulations that influence international policies.-
Chapter 21: We are always resilient: Decolonising climate resilience, a
Pacific worldview.- Part VI: Conclusion.
Chapter 22: Concluding remarks:
Connecting some strands together.
Steven Ratuva is the Pro-Vice Chancellor, Pacific as well as Distinguished Professor and Director of the Macmillan Brown Center for Pacific Studies.
Mercedes Alda-Fernįndez has PhD in Political Science and Public Administration. Associate Professor of Political Science and Public Administration at the Rey Juan Carlos University.
Dr. Dalila Gharbaoui is Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the University of Canterbury under the NZ Ministry of Foreign Affairs funded Pacific Ocean and Climate Crisis Assessment.
Masaki Kataoka is a lecturer at the Tokyo University of Foreign Studies, Japan. He received his PhD from the University of Canterbury, New Zealand, in 2023.
