Climate Change at the UN Security Council

Protecting Pacific and Caribbean Island States
1. Auflage 2026
ISBN: 978-1-032-29915-0
Verlag: Routledge

Buch, Englisch, 176 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 278 g

Reihe: Global Governance

This book examines the operation of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) to better understand the motivating factors that underpin its activation of Article 39. Arguing that climate change should be considered a threat to international peace and security, the theory of securitisation is employed to dissect the UNSC and identify the power dynamics that dictate when and why Article 39 is activated. Exploring how contemporary threats to peace and security can unite the agenda of the UNSC and shedding light on the narratives used to reach consensus, the author considers how this knowledge might be purposed to support the transition of climate change into the realm of Article 39. How necessary and useful a UNSC resolution would be is given thought, and a possible pathway to achieving it is outlined.

Aimed at academics and institutions that commentate on the UNSC, climate change, securitisation theory and undergraduate and postgraduate students of law, international relations, UN law, and those undertaking environmental studies, this book will also be of interest to practitioners and diplomats in and outside of the UN and anyone seeking to further the climate security nexus.

Zielgruppe

Postgraduate, Undergraduate Advanced, and Undergraduate Core

Autoren/Hrsg.

Murphy, Ash

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein

Inhaltsverzeichnis

i. Title page

ii. Dedication

iiii. Contents  Part one: setting board  Chapter 1. Time now for climate security

Introducing security

A matter of securitisation theory

Ambition, geopolitics and structure

Reference list

Chapter 2. International climate law

Introduction

A fragile project

Nationally determined contribution plans

Summary remarks

Reference list

Chapter 3. Climate change and international security

Introduction

The evolution of Article 39

Climate change as an international security threat?

Reference list

Part two: securitisation, narratives and thresholds

Chapter 4. Securitisation theory as a method

Outlining securitisation theory

Calibrating securitisation theory to the UNSC

Reference list

Chapter 5. Narratives, thresholds and triggers

Introduction

Magnitude

Transnational scale

Collective interest

Insufficient response

Urgency

Summary remarks

Reference list

Part three: strategies and ways forward

Chapter 6. Framing climate change as an Article 39 threat

Introduction

The PCIS before the UNSC: 2007-2025

Framing climate change as a threat

Summary remarks

Reference list

Chapter 7. Crafting a response to climate change

Introduction

Arguments against intervention

Perspectives of the permanent members

Crafting a climate resolution

Reference list

Chapter 8. Concluding remarks

Primary research findings

Going forward

Concluding with insecurity

Reference list

Über Autor(innen)

Ash Murphy is Senior Lecturer in International Law at Manchester Law School, seeking to confront contemporary global challenges that demand inclusive international cooperation intended towards a more equitable and secure future.