Security Issues In Australia
Security issues in the subfield of international relations are no longer limited to traditional security threats such as military challenges but are now including non-traditional security, including climate change. The international community should do more to tackle the issue of climate change because the long-term effects will not only directly or indirectly threaten national and international security but human security.
If climate change is neglected and not properly dealt with by effective policy actions, then there will be long-term security challenges that will cause significant widespread security implications nationally and internationally. As an Australian, climate change is a worry because there are evidences to suggest that Australia …show more content…
The long-term effects of climate change can destabilize and put pressure on already weak states. The scholarly literature on security and climate change argue that climate change can be a factor that will exacerbate existing social, economic, environmental and weak governmental institution problems, which can cause states to become destabilize. Furthermore, failed states tend to have no law, which means that it can be a breeding ground for criminal activities, creating conditions for conflict. Moreover, climate change can be a factor in future conflict because climate change can disrupt agricultural production and can trigger potential conflicts over scarce resources. Looking through a realist lens, states are always on the quest for power maximisation, which creates a tendency for them to increase their incentives to compete directly over scarce resources, meaning that there is a high chance of a conflict occurring.
It is clear that the direct or indirect affects security threats resulting from climate change not only effects national and international security, but also can affect the most vulnerable people and undermine their human security. Thus the international community should be doing more to combat the issue of climate change, because failure to act now will exacerbate risks in the
If climate change is neglected and not properly dealt with by effective policy actions, then there will be long-term security challenges that will cause significant widespread security implications nationally and internationally. As an Australian, climate change is a worry because there are evidences to suggest that Australia …show more content…
The long-term effects of climate change can destabilize and put pressure on already weak states. The scholarly literature on security and climate change argue that climate change can be a factor that will exacerbate existing social, economic, environmental and weak governmental institution problems, which can cause states to become destabilize. Furthermore, failed states tend to have no law, which means that it can be a breeding ground for criminal activities, creating conditions for conflict. Moreover, climate change can be a factor in future conflict because climate change can disrupt agricultural production and can trigger potential conflicts over scarce resources. Looking through a realist lens, states are always on the quest for power maximisation, which creates a tendency for them to increase their incentives to compete directly over scarce resources, meaning that there is a high chance of a conflict occurring.
It is clear that the direct or indirect affects security threats resulting from climate change not only effects national and international security, but also can affect the most vulnerable people and undermine their human security. Thus the international community should be doing more to combat the issue of climate change, because failure to act now will exacerbate risks in the