1st Edition
Climate Change at the UN Security Council Protecting Pacific and Caribbean Island States
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
Biography
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.
