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McGlade, Katriona 
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6800-7984, Gerstetter, Christiane, Tedsen, Elizabeth and Vidaurre, Rodrigo
(2017)
Is Human Security a Relevant Concept in the Context of Climate Change Adaptation Policies?
In:
Environmental Change and Human Security in Africa and the Middle East.
Springer, pp. 49-71.
ISBN 978-3-319-45646-1
Abstract
This paper analyses the relevance of the concept of human security for the purpose of climate adaptation policies. The starting point of this inquiry is recent high-level debates and reports framing climate change as a security issue. One way in which climate change can be considered a ‘security risk’ is that its impacts are expected to undermine human security if adaptation measures are not taken. There is ample evidence that climate change poses threats to human security (e.g. water-related, economic, health, physical) from which it is necessary to protect individuals. However, the use and usefulness of the concept of human security for climate adaptation policy-making are much less apparent. This paper discusses the role of the human security concept in adaptation policies from an empirical and normative point of view. It examines its role in high-level discourse (e.g. in national foreign policy statements or at the UN general assembly) as well as in national adaptation policies. The paper is based, inter alia, on case studies that included over 70 in-depth, qualitative interviews with policy-makers and experts in four MMES (Mediterranean, Middle East and Sahel) countries (Ethiopia, Israel, Morocco and the occupied Palestinian territory (oPT)) as well as at EU and UN level.
| Item Type: | Book Section |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | sdg 13 - climate action ,/dk/atira/pure/sustainabledevelopmentgoals/climate_action |
| Faculty \ School: | Faculty of Social Sciences > School of Global Development (formerly School of International Development) |
| UEA Research Groups: | University of East Anglia Schools > Faculty of Science > Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research Faculty of Science > Research Centres > Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research |
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| Depositing User: | LivePure Connector |
| Date Deposited: | 13 Feb 2023 11:30 |
| Last Modified: | 14 Feb 2023 09:30 |
| URI: | https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/91111 |
| DOI: | 10.1007/978-3-319-45648-5_3 |
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