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CLIMATE CHANGE AS A NATIONAL AND GLOBAL SECURITY ISSUE
- National Research Council, 2013. Climate and Social Stress: Implications for Security Analysis. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press (NAP Link, local copy). Climate change can reasonably be expected to increase the frequency and intensity of a variety of potentially disruptive environmental events--slowly at first, but then more quickly. It is prudent to expect to be surprised by the way in which these events may cascade, or have far-reaching effects. During the coming decade, certain climate-related events will produce consequences that exceed the capacity of the affected societies or global systems to manage; these may have global security implications.
- Mabey, N., Gulledge, J., Finel, B., Silverthorne, K., 2011. Degrees of Risk - Defining a Risk Management Framework for Climate Security. E3G, London, New York. There is a growing consensus in the security community that climate change presents significant risks to the delivery of national, regional and global security goals. Sea level rise, shortages of food and water and severe weather events associated with climate change are expected to have significant impacts on all countries, and most likely will affect their social stability and economic security. This will have impact on the security of many countries. Without a major effort for mitigation the expected security challenges are severe. The report developes a framework for a rigorous risk management approach to climate change with a long-term perspective. Read the report ...