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Climate and social stress : implications for security analysis / Committee on Assessing the Impacts of Climate Change on Social and Political Stresses, Board on Environmental Change and Society, Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education, National Research Council ; John D. Steinbruner, Paul C. Stern, and Jo L. Husbands, editors.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- National security--United States.
- National security.
- Climatic changes--Risk assessment--United States.
- Climatic changes.
- Climatic changes--Risk management--United States.
- Climatic changes--Social aspects--United States.
- Climatic changes--Political aspects--United States.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (253 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Washington, District of Columbia : National Academies Press, [2013]
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Climate change can reasonably be expected to increase the frequency and intensity of a variety of potentially disruptive environmental events-slowly at first, but then more quickly. It is prudent to expect to be surprised by the way in which these events may cascade, or have far-reaching effects. During the coming decade, certain climate-related events will produce consequences that exceed the capacity of the affected societies or global systems to manage; these may have global security implications. Although focused on events outside the United States, Climate and Social Stress: Implications for Security Analysis recommends a range of research and policy actions to create a whole-of-government approach to increasing understanding of complex and contingent connections between climate and security, and to inform choices about adapting to and reducing vulnerability to climate change.
- Contents:
- Climate change as a national security concern
- Climate change, vulnerability, and national security : a conceptual framework
- Potentially disruptive climate events
- How climate events can lead to social and political stresses
- Climate events and antional security outcomes
- Methods for assessing national security threats.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 161-177).
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9780309278591
- 0309278597
- 9780309278577
- 0309278570
- OCLC:
- 923287608
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