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States and nature, the effects of climate change on security, Joshua W. Busby

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States and nature

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Joshua W. Busby

The politics of climate changeCambridge Social Sciences eBooks

the effects of climate change on security

Under what circumstances might climate change lead to negative security outcomes? Over the past fifteen years, a rapidly growing applied field and research community on climate security has emerged. While much progress has been made, we still don't have a clear understanding of why climate change might lead to violent conflict or humanitarian emergencies in some places and not others. Busby develops a novel argument - based on the combination of state capacity, political exclusion, and international assistance - to explain why climate leads to especially bad security outcomes in some places but not others. This argument is then demonstrated through application to case studies from sub-Saharan Africa, the Middle East, and South Asia. This book will provide an informative resource for students and scholars of international relations and environmental studies, especially those working on security, conflict and climate change, on the emergent practice and study of this topic, and identifies where policy and research should be headed.--, Provided by publisher

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