World in Transition: Climate Change as a Security Risk - WBGU

Framework Convention on Climate Change; cf United
Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
(UNFCCC)
France 126, 134, 136
freshwater; cf water
G
G20 48
Ganges 122, 143–144, 170, 190
General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT);
see also World Trade Organisation (WTO)
Geneva Refugee Convention 118, 129, 205–206
geographical factors 38, 122, 159
German Action Plan ‘Civilian Crisis Prevention’ 193, 203
German Ministry for Economic Cooperation and
Development (BMZ) 199, 203
glaciers 57, 82, 87–88, 147, 177
– melting 65, 132, 141, 144, 151, 190
– meltwater 63, 74, 81–82, 87, 143, 152
Global Commission on International Migration
(GCIM) 206
Global Environment Facility (GEF) 199, 208
global governance 46, 51–54, 131, 156, 191, 213
good governance 78, 102, 115, 140, 202
governance structures 35–36, 72, 85, 98, 115, 134, 142, 151
Greece 107, 134
greenhouse gases 56, 73–74, 92, 112, 124, 165, 166–167,
168, 171–173, 177, 181, 191
– emissions reductions 56
– greenhouse gas concentration 56, 66, 72, 167, 171, 198
Greenland 74, 133
Greenland ice sheet 57, 63, 72, 74, 132; see also ice sheets
Green Revolution 93, 100–101, 186
groundwater 64, 79, 80, 87, 95, 100, 104, 110, 134, 159, 162,
185
Guatemala 31, 150–151
Gulf of Mexico 104, 149–151
Guyana 154, 162
H
Haiti 31–33, 104, 150–151
health 72, 86, 110, 120, 142, 148
heatwaves 56, 72, 136, 146, 163; see also natural disasters
heavy rainfall events 104, 110, 142, 144, 146, 161;
see also natural disasters and extreme events
Himalayas 82, 144, 163, 190
HIV/AIDS pandemic 139–140
Honduras 31, 34, 104, 114, 150
Human Development Index (HDI) 133, 135, 140, 147,
150
humanitarian assistance 41, 116, 195
human rights 49, 54, 126, 169, 173–174, 184, 195
human security; cf security
Human Security Doctrine for Europe 21, 212
hurricanes 104, 112–115, 144, 149–150; see also natural
disasters and storm and flood disasters
– Hurricane Catarina 60
– Hurricane Katrina 22, 35, 41, 45, 71, 104, 113, 116;
see also New Orleans
hydropower 71, 79, 87, 89, 90, 135, 155, 156, 160, 199
I
Iceland 133
ice sheets 57, 74, 132, 177; see also Greenland ice sheet
ICLEI; cf Local Governments for Sustainability network
(ICLEI)
imports, dependency on 103, 202
India 35–36, 41, 47–50, 53, 93, 123–124, 143–145, 192
indigenous peoples 31, 133, 153, 156
Indonesia 45, 46, 105, 107, 128
Indus 145
insurance sector 71, 113, 211
interdependence of states 39, 52, 159
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) 56,
64, 73, 180, 204, 210
International Environmental Court 184
International Monetary Fund (IMF) 53, 103
International Organization for Migration (IOM) 118,
128, 211
International Strategy for Disaster Reduction
(ISDR) 105, 207
irrigation 63, 69, 89, 91, 94, 141, 147, 152
– irrigated farming 79, 82, 89–90, 94, 100, 139, 145
islands 63, 67, 70, 113, 114, 148, 185
Italy 134
K
Kashmir 107, 145
Kazakhstan 45, 88, 90, 141–142
key factors 77, 82, 99, 108, 127, 157; see also conflict
constellations
Kyoto Protocol 50, 166, 191, 198, 210
– Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) 50, 208, 210
Kyrgyzstan 88, 141, 142
L
land distribution 31, 99, 100, 103
landless 98, 123; see also land distribution
land reforms 103
land use 31, 66–68, 75, 96, 134, 144, 150, 166, 172, 178, 202
Lesotho 138–139
Libya 124, 134–135
Lima 86–88, 153
Local Governments for Sustainability network
(ICLEI) 115
M
Madagascar 138
Malawi 45, 138–139
meat consumption 93, 96
Mediterranean region 59, 64, 122, 124, 133–135
Middle East 45, 69, 80, 94, 132, 175
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