Climate Security: Global Warming and a Free and Open Indo-Pacific
Publisher: Ocean Policy Research Institute of the Sasakawa Peace Foundation
Date: 2024
Topics: Climate Change, Disasters, Governance
Humankind has survived and built the foundations of life and society by responding to changes in the global environment, such as cold and warming, aridity and rainfall patterns, and so on. This can be looked back on as a history of mankind's severe struggle against the climate. And now we are facing a new threat of climate change, global warming, which is having a major impact on the survival of all living creatures.
With this in mind, the OPRI-SPF has published this book, "Climate Security," which focuses on the security measures that are being taken in response to climate change on our planet, which is appropriately called a "water globe," with approximately 71% of its surface covered by the ocean.
This book analyzes the impact of global warming on the oceans, changes in the security environment, and new risks arising from climate change, and examines what we need to do in the Indo-Pacific region, which will be greatly affected by climate change. The book also presents the importance of comprehensive climate security, which is a further evolution of the Japanese concept of comprehensive security.