“Intergovernmental organizations and climate security: advancing the research agenda”, Lisa M. Dellmuth, Maria‐Therese Gustafsson, Niklas Bremberg, Malin Mobjörk, (SIIA-UI, Sweden)

  Climate‐related security challenges are transnational in character, leading states to increasingly rely on intergovernmental organizations (IGOs)—such as the European Union and the North‐Atlantic Treaty Organization—for policy solutions. While climate security issues do not typically fit comfortably within the mandates of existing IGOs, recent decades have seen increasing efforts by IGOs to link climate change and security. This article reviews existing studies on IGOs’ responses to climate security challenges. It draws together research from several bodies of literature spanning political science, international relations, and environmental social science, identifying an emerging field of research revolving around IGOs and climate security. We observe significant advancement in this young field, with scholars extending and enriching our understanding of       how and why IGOs address climate security challenges.

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