Securitization of Environment and Determining The Impacts of Environmental Security on National Security
Securitization of Environment and Determining The Impacts of Environmental Security on National Security

Author(s): Murat Pınar, Soyalp Tamçelik
Subject(s): Law, Constitution, Jurisprudence, Environmental and Energy policy, Security and defense
Published by: Transnational Press London
Keywords: Securitization; environment; determining; impacts; environmental security; national security;
Summary/Abstract: Security in today’s global world is affected by many newer and more complex challenges which put humanity on the edge of multiple thresholds. Environmental challenges such as climate change, pollution, food and water scarcity, loss of biodiversity, large-scale human migrations, and widespread outbreaks of diseases make it more difficult to ensure global peace and security. Activities that are conducted to satisfy the nutrition and shelter needs of the rapidly increasing world population bring along widespread damage and annihilation of limited resources including water, soil, air, and forests. The deterioration of the vital resources puts the biodiversity and the human generations at risk. Moreover, climate change is worsening the situation and becoming a grave risk to the security and even survival of the planet. Admitting this reality, not only academics but also the politicians have highlighted the need for the securitization of non-military subjects such as renewable resources, environmental change, climate change, and demographic issues.

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