Climate Security

Szilveszter, Szabolcs (2023) Climate Security. In: Security, Resilience and Sustainability of the European Union. Ludovika Egyetemi Kiadó, Budapest, pp. 167-182. ISBN 9786156598042

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Abstract

Climate change has negative impacts on the political, economic and demographic structures of society. The aim of this chapter is to present the major aspects of climate security and the causes, providing brief descriptions of the facts that led policy makers to implement related legislative acts. The EU is the world leader in climate change mitigation yet still has to account with unmet challenges. The first part of the chapter presents the basics of environmental pollution, causes, effects, mitigation possibilities from a technological point of view, and the second part focusses on legislative mitigation acts on EU level. Climate security principles cover different aspects that could prepare governments for climate induced geopolitical instability. Different legislative acts and amendments supporting the European Green Deal key targets will secure the EU’s position in leading climate security. The EU’s climate security principles through hard and soft governance will eventually have positive impacts by ensuring durable jobs, energy security, resilience and prospering economy for regional and local authorities through technological innovations.

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