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Climate change is increasingly viewed as a security issue. In 2007, a report by the CNA Corporation Military Advisory Board generated broad attention for analyzing climate change as a matter of national and international security. The latest CNA report of 2014 concludes that climate change poses a risk to national security and accelerates global political conflicts.

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Climate Change International Security United Nations Framework Convention Legal Analysis Causal Nexus 
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Authors and Affiliations

  1. 1.Faculty of Business and EconomicsLeuphana University LüneburgLüneburgGermany

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