Thread by @LucileMaertens

Today, the #UN Security Council has discussed the climate-related risks to international security. This 6th open debate on #climatesecurity demonstrates the on-going process of climatization, securing a steady climate agenda for the #UNSC.
More information and resources ⬇️

The #UNSC has debated the security implications of #ClimateChange on several occasions since 2007. The table below lists the meetings entirely dedicated to the topic up until 2020. See full article ➡️ link.springer.com/article/10.105…

#IR scholars have analyzed the UNSC growing involvement in climate change in depth. One trend revisits the institutional debate on the role of the #UNSC, a second focuses on the process of #securitization of #ClimateChange. ⬇️ non-exhaustive list, please feel free to add others!

This 2003 article discusses the potential role of the UNSC in environmental politics: "Imaginative adaptations: A possible environmental role for the UN Security Council” in @CSP_journal, by Lorraine Elliott
➡️ tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.108…

This 2007 article discusses the legal authority of the UNSC to address climate change: “Greening the security council: Climate change as an emerging “threat to international peace and security”, by Christopher K. Penny
➡️ link.springer.com/article/10.100…

This 2009 article traces the evolutions of the discourses on climate change and security in different arenas including the UNSC: “Environmental security and climate change: analysing the discourse”, by Maria Julia Trombetta
➡️ tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

This 2009 article discusses the international legal implications of the securitization of climate change and consequences for the UNSC: “Securitizing climate change: international legal implications and obstacles”, by Shirley V Scott
➡️ tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.108…

This 2012 book chapter focuses on the securitization of climate change during the 2011 UNSC debate: “Securitizing Climate Change: The United Nations Security Council Debate”, by @CWebersik
➡️ sk.sagepub.com/reference/hdbk…

This 2012 article questions what a full securitization of climate change might entail including for the UNSC: “The Securitization of Climate Change in World Politics” in @RECIELjournal, by Shirley V Scott
➡️ onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.111…

This 2012 book chapter explores the first securitizing moves at the UNSC and the UN General Assembly: “Securitization of Climate Change in the United Nations 2007 – 2010” by @GerritKurtz
➡️ link.springer.com/chapter/10.100…

This 2013 article maps the different discourses on climate security including the ones during the UNSC debates: “Discourses of climate security” in @Pol_Geog_Jl, by @MattM_UQ
➡️ sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

This 2016 book explores the securitization of global warming using the UNSC as one of its case studies: Securitizing global warming. A climate of complexity, published @Rout_PoliticsIR, by @DelfRothe
➡️ routledge.com/Securitizing-G…

This 2017 article examines 6 proposals for UNSC action and proposes a “pragmatic transformative agenda”: “Climate Change and the UN Security Council: Bully Pulpit or Bull in a China Shop?” in @GepJournal, by @KenConca, @joethw8s and Goueun Lee
➡️ mitpressjournals.org/doi/full/10.11…

This 2017 article explores how IOs like the UNSC address climate security: “Intergovernmental organizations and climate security: advancing the research agenda” in WIREs, by Lisa M. Dellmuth, Maria‐Therese Gustafsson, @NiklasBremberg, @MalinMobjork
➡️ onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.10…

This 2018 edited volume gathers contributions examining the scope and options for the UNSC to respond to climate insecurity: Climate Change and the UN Security Council, published @Elgar_Politics, and edited by Shirley V. Scott and Charlotte Ku
➡️ e-elgar.com/shop/gbp/clima…

This 2018 article compares the securitization of climate change and disasters in the UNSC and UK security policy: “Disasters, Climate Change, and Securitisation: The UN Security Council and the United Kingdom's Security Policy”, by Katie Peters
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/30113710/

My 2018 article in French reviewing the different debates, recurring oppositions and growing consensus: “Le changement climatique en débat au Conseil de sécurité de l’ONU” in Revue internationale et stratégique
➡️ cairn.info/revue-internat…

This 2019 piece explores the proposed role for the UNSC on climate change: “Is there a role for the UN security council on climate change?” in Environment: Science and Policy for Sustainable Development by @KenConca
➡️ tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.108…

Thinks tanks and research institutes also closely follow and analyze the debates providing insights on why and how the UNSC should/could address #ClimateChange @SIPRIorg, @adelphi_berlin, @Clingendaelorg, @TheWilsonCenter, @PlanSecu, @IMCCS_, @CSRisks, @ClimateDiplo, among others

The 2020 report “A Climate for Change in the UNSC” focuses on the role of #ClimateChange in #security conceptions and perceptions of the #UNSC member states, by Judith Nora Hardt and Alina Viehoff @IFSHHamburg
➡️ ifsh.de/en/news-detail…

In this backgrounder for today’s debate, @FlorianKrampe focuses on the need to address #ClimateChange in the context of #UN peace operation @SIPRIorg
➡️ sipri.org/commentary/top…

Today’s debate is available online including the list of speakers and the concept note by the UK Presidency
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