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The climate security agenda is more about strengthening military power than tackling climate instability

May 13, 2022May 13, 2022 by Nick Buxton

On the surface, the military taking climate change seriously sounds like a positive thing, but when you look deeper at their strategies it’s clear that it is mainly about strengthening military power rather than stopping worsening climate change.

Climate Security: Beyond the Binary of Denial or Doomsday

February 24, 2021February 23, 2021 by Nathan Ellis

The geopolitics of climate change, and more specifically, climate security, has become attached to some very destructive modes of thought. Of particular interest are the ways in which the work of Thomas Malthus has become attached to the meaning of climate change.