1st Edition

Climate Change, National Security and Geopolitics Strategies and Responses of Five Major Powers

Edited By J. Scott Hauger, Robert Mizo Copyright 2026
204 Pages 2 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

204 Pages 2 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

This book is a comprehensive study on how the national security sectors of China, India, Japan, Russia, and the United States have engaged the idea of climate change as an existential threat.  Climate Change, National Security and Geopolitics  examines the respective ways in which the five states have framed the issue of climate change in relation to their larger national security... Read more

List of figures and tables

About the authors

Foreword

Caitlin Werrell and Francesco Femia

 

List of Abbreviations and Acronyms

 

Chapter 1: Introduction

J. Scott Hauger and Robert Mizo

 

Chapter 2: Climate Change and National Security in China

Jiahan Cao and Hongyuan Yu

 

Chapter 3: Climate Change and National Security in India

Robert Mizo

 

Chapter 4: Climate Change and National Security in Japan

Takashi Sekiyama

 

Chapter 5: Climate Change and National Security in Russia

Igor Makarov and Anna Chistikova

 

Chapter 6: Climate Change and National Security in the United States

J. Scott Hauger

 

Chapter 7: Climate Change, National Security, and Securitisation in the United Nations System

Christo Odeyemi

Chapter 8: Climate Security and the Big Five: A Synthesis

J. Scott Hauger and Robert Mizo

Index

 

Biography

J. Scott Hauger is Principal and CEO of Climate and Environmental Security, LLC, where he has provided independent research and advisory services, since his retirement as Professor of Environmental Security from the Daniel K. Inouye Asia-Pacific Center for Security Studies, Honolulu, Hawaii. 

Robert Mizo is Assistant Professor at the Department of Political Science, University of Delhi, India, and Research Fellow at the Yokosuka Council for Asia Pacific Studies. His research interest lies at the intersection of climate change, environmental security, and international environmental politics.