Impact Trust • Working glossary
Climate security
How climate impacts interact with conflict and instability.
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Our Take
Useful for engaging security and defence establishments who otherwise ignore climate. The risk is that once framed as 'security,' the response defaults to surveillance, borders, and military logistics rather than addressing root causes. Watch who benefits from the securitisation.
Examples of Use
UN, peace & security actors
Synonyms/Variants
Climate-conflict nexus
Environmental security
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