Dr Cameron Harrington cameron.harrington@durham.ac.uk
Associate Professor
Climate Change as a “Threat Multiplier”: The Construction of Climate Security by the United Kingdom—2007–2020
Harrington, Cameron
Authors
Contributors
Judith Nora Hardt
Editor
Dr Cameron Harrington cameron.harrington@durham.ac.uk
Editor
Franziskus von Lucke
Editor
Adrien Estève
Editor
Nicholas P. Simpson
Editor
Abstract
This chapter examines how the United Kingdom (UK) has framed the issue of climate security and the policies and practices designed in response. Beginning with its 2007 chairing of the inaugural debate on climate security in the United Nations Security Council, the UK has taken an active role in positioning climate change as a global security threat requiring urgent attention. It has been instrumental in shaping the now-dominant framing of climate change as a “threat multiplier.” This has contributed to a construction of climate security that is malleable and combines various logics of security, including both human security and more traditional national security. The dominant result of these framings is the pursuit of policy interventions that emphasise adaptation and resilience, particularly for countries and regions deemed acutely vulnerable to climatic and political upheaval. This chapter concludes by suggesting that the UK may be escalating climate security to a new level of prominence, which offers some potential for new articulations of security discourse, such as ecological security, to emerge.
Citation
Harrington, C. (2023). Climate Change as a “Threat Multiplier”: The Construction of Climate Security by the United Kingdom—2007–2020. In J. Nora Hardt, C. Harrington, F. von Lucke, A. Estève, & N. P. Simpson (Eds.), Climate Security in the Anthropocene: Exploring the Approaches of United Nations Security Council Member-States (297-318). (1). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-26014-8_14
Online Publication Date | May 21, 2023 |
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Publication Date | 2023 |
Deposit Date | Oct 17, 2023 |
Publisher | Springer |
Pages | 297-318 |
Series Title | The Anthropocene: Politik—Economics—Society—Science |
Series ISSN | 2367-4024 |
Edition | 1 |
Book Title | Climate Security in the Anthropocene: Exploring the Approaches of United Nations Security Council Member-States |
ISBN | 9783031260162 |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-26014-8_14 |
Public URL | https://durham-repository.worktribe.com/output/1804771 |
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