Overview
- Offers a rare and systematic examination of military climate policy by a military officer
- Identifies a divergence of Australian military climate policy from that of the US military
- Develops a unique method that quantifies climate security, enabling a graphical representation for quick and ready reference ideally suited to policy makers
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
Part of the book series: The Anthropocene: Politik—Economics—Society—Science (APESS, volume 10)
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Table of contents (8 chapters)
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Introduction
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Climate Security: The Physical and Policy Basis
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Case Studies in Climate Securitisation
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Conclusion
Keywords
About this book
• Offers a rare and systematic examination of military climate policy by a military officer from Australia
• Identifies a divergence of Australian military climate policy from that of the US military during the Obama Administration
• Develops a unique method that quantifies climate security, enabling a graphical representation for quick and ready reference ideally suited to policy-makers
Authors and Affiliations
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: The Securitization of Climate Change: Australian and United States' Military Responses (2003 - 2013)
Authors: Michael Durant Thomas
Series Title: The Anthropocene: Politik—Economics—Society—Science
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-49658-0
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Earth and Environmental Science, Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing AG 2017
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-49657-3Published: 02 August 2017
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-49658-0Published: 25 July 2017
Series ISSN: 2367-4024
Series E-ISSN: 2367-4032
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXIV, 295
Number of Illustrations: 3 b/w illustrations, 19 illustrations in colour
Topics: Political Science, Climate Change/Climate Change Impacts, Military and Defence Studies