Abstract
Climate change is increasingly described as an issue of equity that has implications for human security. Yet to date, equity concerns have been largely framed as a North-South issue relevant to debates about climate change mitigation, development and sustainability. Human security issues, in contrast, have largely been framed in terms of conflict or cooperation, rather than in terms of "Whose security is at stake, and why?" In this paper, we emphasise that climate change equity is not simply a North-South issue, but an issue that cuts across national boundaries and needs to be addressed at different scales and units of analysis. We show that inequities associated with the drivers, impacts, and responses to climate change are linked not only to existing inequities, but to new inequities generated by climate change. Recognition of climate change as an issue of equity that selectively undermines human security of some regions and groups is essential to addressing the underlying factors that drive processes, influence outcomes and condition responses to climate change.
| Original language | American English |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 165-179 |
| Number of pages | 15 |
| Journal | Die Erde |
| Volume | 137 |
| Issue number | 3 |
| State | Published - 2006 |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Ecology
- General Energy
- Atmospheric Science
- General Earth and Planetary Sciences
Keywords
- Climate change
- Equity
- Human security
- Vulnerability