The thesis of this chapter is that the year 2007 has been a turning point in the process of securitization of questions of global environmental change (GEC) and especially of global climate change (GCC) when several of the highest national policy-makers and highlevel fora (UN Security Council) and officials of international organizations addressed global warming (cause) and climate change (effect) as a major objective security danger and subjective security concern that may lead to internal displacements, forced distress migration, as well as crises and conflicts.
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Brauch, H.G. (2009). Securitizing Global Environmental Change. In: Brauch, H.G., et al. Facing Global Environmental Change. Hexagon Series on Human and Environmental Security and Peace, vol 4. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-68488-6_4
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