2021/1 - Climate Change - Controversies in Military Ethics & Security Policy

Climate Justice and Climate Conflicts as a Security Policy Challenge in the 21st Century

Angela Kallhoff and Thomas Schulte-Umberg

If You Want Peace, Protect the Climate!

Andreas Lienkamp

Out of the Greenhouse – Jointly and globally, the climate change security risk can still be prevented

Michael Czogalla

Climate Change as a Risk Amplifier – On the links between climate change and conflict

Michael Brzoska

States can respond differently to climate security issues – but they should definitely not ignore them
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Neglecting climate protection is an act of aggression
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Despite all geopolitical differences, climate protection needs more cooperation and binding rules
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Neither exaggerating nor downplaying helps to understand climate change as a conflict factor
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Climate Change as a Threat Multiplier

Global climate change poses an existential danger to humanity, but has faded into the background somewhat during the coronavirus pandemic. Now the issue is back with force. In the United States, President Biden formally rejoined the Paris climate agreement on the day of his inauguration, and has since announced very ambitious climate targets. In Germany, climate protection has remained a focal point of political debate even during the pandemic, and is one of the key issues in the upcoming parliamentary elections. The UN Climate Change Conference (COP26) promises to be an interesting event. It was postponed because of the pandemic and will now take place in Glasgow in November 2021. Will the international community agree on further improvements to limit global warming to well below two degrees Celsius?

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More Tasks, More Resources, More Inclusion – Requirements for humanitarian assistance in times of increasing climate risks

Oliver Müller

Why We Need a Green and More Comprehensive International Security and Defence Policy

François Bausch

Climate victims need adequate support – and a more responsible global community
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In NATO and EU, climate security risks have to be placed on top of the strategic agenda
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The Shortsightedness of Fear-Based Counterterrorism Policies that Violate Human Rights: Learning from the U.S. Experience

Rita Siemion and Adam Jacobson

Rash anti-terror measures prove ineffective and place a strain on foreign relations.
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The Prohibition of Torture as a Test Case for Security Policy Based on the Rule of Law

Heiner Bielefeldt

There are red lines which a state governed by the rule of law must not cross.
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Special: New Challenges for the Military and Conflict Management

"Somalia will become almost unlivable in certain areas"

An interview with Christophe Hodder, UNSOM

"We can significantly improve our approach to climate change and sustainability"

An interview with Lt Gen Richard Nugee

Environmental disasters, migration and conflict: Somalia must break destabilizing vicious circles
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Adaptation and emissions reduction is an imperative necessity and an opportunity for Defence
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"Freedom and Security Are Not Contradictory"

Rear Admiral Carsten Stawitzki

Terrorism – a Global Challenge . The transnational dangers of ideologically driven violence

Lieutenant Colonel G.S. Martin Lammert

Soldiers act in the context of the networked approach and serve a peace logic. Not least, they need an ethical foundation on which their profession is built.
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State countermeasures are only effective if they are embedded in internationally coordinated strategies.
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