Climate Change as a Threat to Regional Peace and Security and the Role of the UNSC: An India-EU Perspective in Context

Climate change has increasingly come to be viewed as a security threat, as well as a ‘threat multiplier’. The impact of this has become a cause for major international concern, especially in light of national contributions to climate change, by virtue of heavy industrial dependence on polluting pro...

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Autores principales:	Sujata Arya, Aparajita Mohanty, Sayantan Bhattacharyya
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Publicado:	Ksiegarnia Akademicka Publishing 2021
Materias:	India EU United Nations climate change international policy Law K Political science J
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:254111d4d8284604aa485fe215bfef2f2021-11-30T12:53:16ZClimate Change as a Threat to Regional Peace and Security and the Role of the UNSC: An India-EU Perspective in Context10.12797/Politeja.18.2021.73.071733-67162391-6737https://doaj.org/article/254111d4d8284604aa485fe215bfef2f2021-11-01T00:00:00Zhttps://journals.akademicka.pl/politeja/article/view/3959https://doaj.org/toc/1733-6716https://doaj.org/toc/2391-6737 Climate change has increasingly come to be viewed as a security threat, as well as a ‘threat multiplier’. The impact of this has become a cause for major international concern, especially in light of national contributions to climate change, by virtue of heavy industrial dependence on polluting processes. To address this issue, certain national lobbies have suggested that the United Nations Security Council should be made legislate on the issue, given its bearing on international security. This approach has been supported by nations and blocs like the United States, the EU, the Pacific Islands, etc. An alternate lobby, comprising states like India, have argued against this approach due to the UNSC’s fractured mandate, and expressed their wish to keep deliberations more representative. This paper shall evaluate the context of climate change, the legal principles underlying it, and argue in favor of the Indian stand that the UNSC is not the appropriate institution to make policy decisions on this matter. Sujata AryaAparajita MohantySayantan BhattacharyyaKsiegarnia Akademicka PublishingarticleIndiaEUUnited Nationsclimate changeinternational policyLawKPolitical scienceJENPLPoliteja, Vol 18, Iss 4(73) (2021)
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description	Climate change has increasingly come to be viewed as a security threat, as well as a ‘threat multiplier’. The impact of this has become a cause for major international concern, especially in light of national contributions to climate change, by virtue of heavy industrial dependence on polluting processes. To address this issue, certain national lobbies have suggested that the United Nations Security Council should be made legislate on the issue, given its bearing on international security. This approach has been supported by nations and blocs like the United States, the EU, the Pacific Islands, etc. An alternate lobby, comprising states like India, have argued against this approach due to the UNSC’s fractured mandate, and expressed their wish to keep deliberations more representative. This paper shall evaluate the context of climate change, the legal principles underlying it, and argue in favor of the Indian stand that the UNSC is not the appropriate institution to make policy decisions on this matter.
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author	Sujata Arya Aparajita Mohanty Sayantan Bhattacharyya
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title	Climate Change as a Threat to Regional Peace and Security and the Role of the UNSC: An India-EU Perspective in Context
title_short	Climate Change as a Threat to Regional Peace and Security and the Role of the UNSC: An India-EU Perspective in Context
title_full	Climate Change as a Threat to Regional Peace and Security and the Role of the UNSC: An India-EU Perspective in Context
title_fullStr	Climate Change as a Threat to Regional Peace and Security and the Role of the UNSC: An India-EU Perspective in Context
title_full_unstemmed	Climate Change as a Threat to Regional Peace and Security and the Role of the UNSC: An India-EU Perspective in Context
title_sort	climate change as a threat to regional peace and security and the role of the unsc: an india-eu perspective in context
publisher	Ksiegarnia Akademicka Publishing
publishDate	2021
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Climate Change as a Threat to Regional Peace and Security and the Role of the UNSC: An India-EU Perspective in Context

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