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Understanding Human Security and Climate Change
In this timely work, Ross Michael Pink and Luthfi Dhofier detail specific case studies across eight countries to provide a crucial overview of the impacts of climate change. They highlight the importance of the human security paradigm, prioritising the rights of citizens rather than those of nations, to accurately assess this existential issue.
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In this timely work, Ross Michael Pink and Luthfi Dhofier detail specific case studies across eight countries to provide a crucial overview of the impacts of climate change. They highlight the importance of the human security paradigm, prioritising the rights of citizens rather than those of nations, to accurately assess this existential issue.
Understanding Human Security and Climate Change critically analyses the climate challenges faced across North America, Africa and Asia, and their respective efforts to produce workable solutions. The threats to communities, the economy, healthcare, politics and personhood are compared, as well as the major policies and laws that have been introduced to tackle them. Each chapter contains insightful expert interviews, which contribute towards a better understanding of climate change and its consequences for humanity.
This informative book is a vital resource for students and scholars of climate change, environmental policy and international relations. It is also of interest to legal practitioners, environmental policymakers and other professionals working in the environmental and human rights fields.
Understanding Human Security and Climate Change critically analyses the climate challenges faced across North America, Africa and Asia, and their respective efforts to produce workable solutions. The threats to communities, the economy, healthcare, politics and personhood are compared, as well as the major policies and laws that have been introduced to tackle them. Each chapter contains insightful expert interviews, which contribute towards a better understanding of climate change and its consequences for humanity.
This informative book is a vital resource for students and scholars of climate change, environmental policy and international relations. It is also of interest to legal practitioners, environmental policymakers and other professionals working in the environmental and human rights fields.
Critical Acclaim
‘Pink and Dhofier have made a major contribution to the literature on climate change. Their sweeping work concentrates on the human security aspects of the crisis, the top priority when assessing its effects. With well chosen examples from a spectrum of geographic areas, they successfully convey the enormity of the problem and reinforce our understanding of the urgency to act.’
– Tom Mulcair, Former Leader of the Federal National Democratic Party of Canada
‘Human security is put forward as a rights-based approach to the assessment of climate change. Threats are identified and case studies then provide context, for example, identifying high costs of mitigation faced by aboriginal peoples in Canada. This superb volume should be required reading in the academic and policy communities.’
– Patrick James, University of Southern California, US
– Tom Mulcair, Former Leader of the Federal National Democratic Party of Canada
‘Human security is put forward as a rights-based approach to the assessment of climate change. Threats are identified and case studies then provide context, for example, identifying high costs of mitigation faced by aboriginal peoples in Canada. This superb volume should be required reading in the academic and policy communities.’
– Patrick James, University of Southern California, US
