Climate Change and Global Security 2100-ERASMUS-GSIC

The course aims to raise awareness of emerging threats to global security, with
special emphasis on climate change as a major security threat multiplier. We’ll
analyze the biophysical impacts of climate change and their socio-economic
and political consequences, such as rising food and water insecurity, health
risks, forced migrations, social unrest, violent conflicts, political instability,
etc. We’ll also look at the implications of climate change for the emergence
and re-emergence of infectious diseases with pandemic potential. Further,
we’ll move to familiarizing ourselves with the global engagement on climate
change (UNFCCC, COP). Then we’ll assess selected national and international
strategic documents addressing climate change through the lens of

national/regional/global security. Against this background, we’ll examine the
military and security implications of climate change, such as force structure,
basing and training, operations and strategy, key capabilities, domestic and
regional relief missions, etc. Subsequently, we’ll discuss key lines of national
and international responses to climate change-related challenges. In this
context, we’ll focus on efforts made by states and international bodies to
mitigate those threats. Finally, we’ll discuss the perceptions of climate change
as a key security threat, considering various factors affecting those perceptions
(including public campaigns and disinformation).