This book looks at the principal consequences of climate change and its possible impact on conflict and security. It clarifies the impact of climate change on natural resources, on the frequency and expansion of natural disasters, and, as a consequence, the repercussions that can be foreseen on environmentally-induced migration.
Author(s): Antonio Marquina
Series: Energy, Climate and the Environment
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Year: 2010
Language: English
Pages: 529
Contents......Page 6
List of Illustrations......Page 9
Series Editor Preface......Page 12
Notes on Contributors......Page 14
Introduction......Page 20
1 IPCC Assessment Reports: Challenges Presented......Page 33
Part I: Water and Food......Page 52
2 Water Availability and Policies in Asia......Page 54
3 Effects of Climate Change on Hydrological Resources in Europe: The Case of Spain......Page 77
4 Climate Change: Implications on Agriculture and Food Security in the Short-Medium Term......Page 97
Part II: Natural Disasters......Page 116
5 A European Mechanism to Address Natural Disasters: Working Alone Is Not an Option......Page 118
6 Natural Disasters in Japan......Page 137
7 China and Natural Disasters: Prospects and Policies......Page 152
8 India and Natural Disasters......Page 164
9 Natural Disasters and Policies to Confront: A Case Study of Vietnam......Page 178
10 Cooperation for Natural Disasters and Special Units: The Emergency Military Unit (UME)......Page 191
Part III: Environmentally Induced Migration......Page 204
11 From a Socioeconomic Approach to Migration to the Inclusion of Environmentally Induced Migration in the Mediterranean......Page 206
12 Global Warming and Climate Change: Prospects for Forced Migration in Southeast Asia......Page 227
Part IV: Mitigation and Adaptation Policies......Page 244
13 The EU and Germany’s Policies on Climate Change......Page 246
14 The Nuclear Energy Debate and Emissions Reduction: The Italian Case......Page 272
15 EU Policies for Renewable Energies......Page 286
16 Adaptation to Climate Change in the EU – the Spanish Case......Page 306
17 China’s Emissions Reduction Policy: Problems and Prospects......Page 326
18 An Analysis of Energy Utilization Efficiency in China......Page 341
19 Japan’s Policy for Energy Emissions Reductions and Foreign Aid......Page 365
20 Coping with Climate Change: A Korean Perspective......Page 376
21 India’s Energy and Climate Concerns: The Inter-linkages, Constraints and Policy Choices......Page 392
22 Climate Change and Human Security in Southeast Asia: Issues and Challenges......Page 412
23 Climate Change Awareness and Responses: Some Initiatives and Perspectives from Malaysia......Page 433
24 Thailand Environmental Policies: Mitigation and Adaptation to Climate Change and Implications for Human Security......Page 446
25 Climate Change and Human Security in the Philippines: Government Policies, Assessments and Public Opinion......Page 463
Part V: Conclusions......Page 482
26 The Politics of East Asia’s Environmental Crisis: The Coming of Environmental Authoritarianism?......Page 484
27 Environmental Challenges, Conflict Prevention and Human Security......Page 500
A......Page 518
C......Page 519
D......Page 520
E......Page 521
F......Page 522
I......Page 523
K......Page 524
N......Page 525
R......Page 526
S......Page 527
U......Page 528
W......Page 529
