Climate Change as a Security Risk

Authors include Hans Joachim Schellnhuber (head of the Potsdam Institute on Climate Change and advisor to Chancellor Angela Merkel), Margareta Kulesa, Renate Schubert, Stefan Rahmstorf (all contributing authors to the IPCC) and other leading experts.

'A flagship report [that] makes it clear that climate policy is preventative security policy.' Achim Steiner UN Under-Secretary General and Executive Director, United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) 'With Climate Change as a Security Risk, WBGU has compiled a flagship report on an issue that quite rightly is rising rapidly up the international political agenda. The authors pull no punches on the likelihood of increasing tensions and conflicts in a climatically constrained world and spotlight places where possible conflicts may flare up in the 21st century unless climate change is checked. The report makes it clear that climate policy is preventative security policy.' Achim Steiner UN Under-Secretary General and Executive Director, United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)

• Introduction Environmental Change in Security Discourse Known Conflict Impacts of Environmental Change Rising Conflict Risks due to State Fragility and a Changing World Order Impacts of Climate Change on the Biosphere and Human Society Conflict Constellations Hotspots of Climate Change: Selected Regions Climate Change as a Driver of Social Destabilization and Threat to International Security Research Recommendations Recommendations for Action