Handbook on Climate Change and International Security

Edited by Maria Julia Trombetta, School of International Studies, University of Nottingham Ningbo China

This topical Handbook explores the emergence of climate change as an international security issue, the threats it poses, and the political and academic debates it has prompted. Framing climate change as a security issue, it explores the ways relevant actors, states and international organizations have conceptualized climate security and its associated threats.

‘This timely volume fills an important gap in the growing literature on climate security by providing a multidisciplinary overview of the concepts of climate change and security. Blending theory, practice, and topical insights, the Handbook pulls together a range of approaches to provide baselines and methodologies for analyzing the complex and interrelated issues of climate and security.’
– Charlotte Ku, Texas A&M University School of Law, US

‘Energy security in the anthropocene; climate emergency; securitization of climate; climatization of security; climate resilience; and beyond. This welcome volume explains, and constructively furthers, the collective struggle for discourses and practices adequate to meet the enormity of the climate-related global governance challenges we face today.’
– Shirley Scott, UNSW Canberra, Australia