THE EUROPEAN UNION (EU) AND THE CLIMATE-SECURITY NEXUS: CSDP MISSIONS AND OPERATIONS

Year 2022, Volume: 21 Issue: 2, 373 - 396, 30.12.2022

Ayfer Genç Yılmaz

https://doi.org/10.32450/aacd.1226833

Abstract

Since the mid-2000s, the climate-security nexus has come to the forefront of scholarly debates. For some scholars, the linkages between climate change and security should be analyzed from the national security perspective, whereas others from a human security perspective. Taking into consideration the implications of climate change on national and human security, international organizations worldwide started to develop policies in this field. The EU acknowledges climaterelated security risks and searches for new policies and tools to respond to them. Yet, the EU’s efforts remain mainly at the discursive level. On the practical level, the EU’s various policy tools have not yet incorporated climate-security nexus in their agenda. This paper aims to analyze the impact of the climate-security nexus on the EU’s CSDP missions and operations.

Keywords

the EU, CSDP, Climate Change, Security, Missions and Operations

Avrupa Birliği (AB) ve İklim-Güvenlik Bağıntısı: Ortak Güvenlik ve Savunma Politikası (OGSP) Misyon ve Operasyonları Örneği

Abstract

2000’li yılların ortalarından itibaren, iklim-güvenlik bağıntısı akademik tartışmaların ön saflarına yerleşmiştir. Bazı araştırmacılar iklim değişikliği ve güvenlik bağıntısını ulusal güvenlik perspektifinden incelerken, diğer araştırmacılar insan güvenliği perspektifine odaklanmıştır. İklim değişikliğinin ulusal güvenlik ve insan güvenliğine dair etkilerini dikkate alan uluslararası örgütler de iklim değişikliği
ile ilişkili risklere yönelik politikalar geliştirmeye başlamıştır. AB, iklim ile ilişkili güvenlik risklerini kabul etmiş ve bu risklere cevaben çeşitli politika ve araç arayışına girmiştir. Ancak, AB’nin çabalarının büyük ölçüde söylemsel düzeyde kaldığı söylenebilir. Uygulama düzeyinde, AB’nin çeşitli politika araçlarının ajandaları hala iklim-güvenlik bağıntısını içermiş değildir. Bu çalışma, iklim-güvenlik bağıntısının AB’nin OGSP misyon ve operasyonlarına yönelik etkisini analiz etmek niyetindedir.

Keywords

AB, OGSP, İklim Değişikliği, Güvenlik, Misyon ve Operasyonlar

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