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by Keitaro Hanzawa | 30-07-2020 04:38
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When you think of security what do you think of first? Is it soldiers with guns? Armored vehicles running around protecting the nation? Well the answer is yes...but also no. As humanity moves on to the 21st century and beyond, the term "security" has become more generalized such that it encompasses more of a wider breath. Now, the phrase has diversified and separated into new subcategories under the umbrella term, with examples being economic security, health security, and environmental security. Climate change has exacerbated the need to address these different types of securities with the most pressing being the final one: environmental security.
Environmental Security is the idea that the impact of climate change will spark internal conflict and/or external ones. Essentially, its the idea that environmental degradation will magnify the already existing issues in the country and will result in eventual conflict. For example, in Southern Iraq conflicts developed because of water contamination affecting over 110,000 people. In this case water was weaponized to sway the conflict. Again, another example is the Lake Chad region in Africa where the conflict there is largely predicated on the environmental degradation of the setting near the lake. Today, actions are being taken to reduce the potential conflicts. The UN has increasingly began to accept the relationship between security and the environment. Further, the UN is now implementing more environmental policies following a conflict to avoid future environmental issues spiraling into conflicts. It's important to understand and be aware of the two very broad concepts:the environment and security. However, whats more pressing is to understand the interconnectivity between the two and how the world needs to pay more attention to stopping the flow between environmental degradation and the violent conflict that negatively impacts the population. Source: “NGOs and Experts: Human Security Requires Environmental Security #EnvConflictDay.” CEOBS, 12 Nov. 2018, ceobs.org/ngos-and-experts-human-security-requires-environmental-security-envconflictday/. |
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5 Comments
Greetings keitaro
I hope you are doing well
Thank you so much for this report
Keep writing
Green cheers
Regards
Asmita Gaire
Posted 29-09-2020 23:33
Thanks for sharing this information..
Regards,
Paras Kunwar
Posted 31-07-2020 15:49
Thank you for your beautiful report,
Keep on sharing.
Posted 31-07-2020 01:22
Hello Keitaro!
I hope you are fine and doing great!
Its our duty to save our environment security !!
Thanks for sharing!
GREEN CHEERS FROM NEPAL!
Regards,
Sonika
Posted 31-07-2020 00:37
Thank you for this wonderful short report!!
Posted 30-07-2020 12:16