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Climate Change on the Arabian Peninsula – Regional Security, Sustainability Strategies, and Research Needs

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Climate Change, Human Security and Violent Conflict

Part of the book series: Hexagon Series on Human and Environmental Security and Peace ((HSHES,volume 8))

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In recent years, most Western governments have integrated climate change into their national security agendas. 1 These topics have also become of key interest on an international level, as can be seen in the envisaged new NATO general strategy 2 and the 2007 climate change debate in the UN Security Council.3 In June 2009, the UN General Assembly passed a resolution asking “the relevant organs of the United Nations …, to intensify their efforts in considering and addressing climate change, including its possible security implications”, and requesting that the Secretary-General submit a comprehensive report to the next General Assembly on “the possible security implications of climate change”.

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  1. Department of Geography and Environment, London School of Economics and Political Science, Houghton St., London, WC2A 2AE, UK

    Dennis Kumetat

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    Jürgen Scheffran

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    Michael Brzoska

  3. AG Friedensforschung + Europ., Sicherheitspolitik, AFES-PRESS, Alte Bergsteige 47, Mosbach, 74821, Germany

    Hans Günter Brauch

  4. ZMAW, Res. Group Climate Change and Security, Hamburg University, Bundesstrasse 53, Hamburg, 20146, Germany

    Peter Michael Link

  5. ZMAW, Res. Group Climate Change and Security, Hamburg University, Bundesstrasse 53, Hamburg, 20146, Germany

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Kumetat, D. (2012). Climate Change on the Arabian Peninsula – Regional Security, Sustainability Strategies, and Research Needs. In: Scheffran, J., Brzoska, M., Brauch, H., Link, P., Schilling, J. (eds) Climate Change, Human Security and Violent Conflict. Hexagon Series on Human and Environmental Security and Peace, vol 8. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-28626-1_19

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