Climate diplomacy in perspective
Subtitle: from early warning to early action
By: Dennis Tänzler, Alexander Carius, editors
Publisher: BWV Berliner Wissenschafts-Verlag
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Berlin, Germany
Language: eng
Number of pages: 142
ISBN-13: 9783830528029; 9783830530558
Copyright date: 2012
Subjects: Climatic changes; Global environmental change; Human beings; Effect of climate on; Sustainable development; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS; Infrastructure; SOCIAL SCIENCE; General
Description: Hauptbeschreibung The United Nations Security Council unanimously expressed concern about the possible impacts of climate change on peace and security in its session of 20 July 2011. The open debate with a record participation of UN member states clearly underlined the need for climate protection and early action to reduce the security implications of climate change. With contributions from policy makers and leading scholars, this edited volume offers the reader the opportunity to learn about key positions in the debate on the security risks of climate change and the prospects of cl.
Table of contents: title: Introduction & Acknowledgments; Dennis Tänzler and Alexander Carius; title: Overview: Towards Preventive Climate Diplomacy; I. Climate and Security as Challengefor International Politics; Cornelia Pieper; title: Climate Diplomacy in PerspectiveCornelia Pieper*; Achim Steiner; title: Climate Change as a Cross-cutting Challenge; Hasan Mahmud; title: Climate Change and Security: The Challenges for Bangladesh; Mohamed Shareef; title: Climate Change and Security: The Challenges for Small Island States; II. Water Diplomacy; Mark Zeitoun; title: Diplomacy for Water Security.; title: Iskandar Abdullaev; title: Transboundary Water Management in Central AsiaMichael Werz; title: Water Security and US Foreign Policy; Annika Kramer and Alexander Carius; title: Water Diplomacy and Climate Change; III. Food Security; Tewolde Berhan Gebre Egziabher; title: The Prospects of Global Food Security; Dennis Hamro-Drotz; title: Food Security as Key Element of Livelihood Security: Insights from the Sahel; Malini Mehra; title: Climate Diplomacy and Warring States: Finding Solutions in India and Pakistan; Salomé Bronkhorst and Dennis Tänzler; title: A Twin Challenge for Diplomacy: Climate Change and Food Security.; title: IV. Coastal StabilityA. N.M. Muniruzzaman; title: Coastal Vulnerabilities and Climate Change: Insights from Bangladesh and beyond; Cleo Paskal; title: Coastal Regions, Global Security, and Environmental Change; Tom Spencer and Achim Maas; title: Coastal Instability: Altering Geographies, Shifting Priorities; V. Conclusions; Viktor Elbling; title: Reflections on Next Steps for Climate Diplomacy; Alexander Carius and Dennis Tänzler; title: Elements of a New Era of Climate Diplomacy; Permissions and Credits; Abbreviations; Authors.