Quarterly Journal of West Asia Political Research
Bi-lingual

Securitization of Climate Change in International Politics: Trends, Reasons, and Individual and Collective Actions

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

Ali Omidi 1
Asma Emami 2

1 Professor of International Relations, University of Isfahan, Isfahan, Iran

2 PhD student in International Relations, Department of Political Science, Faculty of Administrative Sciences and Economics, University of Isfahan, Isfahan, Iran

Abstract
Climate change is considered one of the greatest threats to human life and has the potential to change international politics in an unprecedented way. This article examines the objective factors that have led to climate change being considered as a security issue in political arenas and by various institutions and organizations, and how specific representations of climate change have influenced political debates, policies, and practices. In response, it should be said that climate change has had significant security implications by changing people's livelihoods in different regions of the world and intensifying poverty. This factor, along with the constructive power of securitization, has led to climate change being considered as a security issue. Also, with the entry of climate change into the political arena and its securitization, international politics has moved towards adopting solutions to reduce carbon dioxide at the individual and collective levels. The discussions of this article analyze the process, reasons, and consequences of the securitization of climate change in a descriptive-analytical manner.

Keywords

Climate change
Securitization
International politics
Poverty
Greenhouse gases

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