Purpose of Review

This paper presents new insight on the approaches and ability to respond to climate-related security risks in four regional intergovernmental organizations (IGOs) in Asia and Africa—ASEAN (South East Asia), SAARC (South Asia), ECOWAS (West Africa), and IGAD (East Africa).

Recent Findings

IGOs are becoming increasingly important in responding to climate-related security risks, given the transnational character of these risks. Previous research has primarily focused on Western-based IGOs, whereas more attention is needed on IGOs in fragile and developing regions to increase our understanding of the emerging challenges and to take adequate measurements to mitigate climate-related security risks.

Summary

We show that the regional security context and vulnerability to climate change affects the framing of climate-related security risks, and that the risks identified often relate to livelihood conditions and development, rather than state security. Measurements are taken, but the key challenge remains the implementation of these policies.

中文翻译：

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应对与气候有关的安全风险：审查亚洲和非洲的区域组织

审查目的

本文对亚洲和非洲的四个区域政府间组织（IGO）–东盟（东南亚），南盟（南亚），西非国家经济共同体（西非），和IGAD（东非）。

最近的发现

鉴于这些风险具有跨国性，政府间组织在应对与气候有关的安全风险方面正变得越来越重要。先前的研究主要集中在西方的政府间组织，而脆弱和发展中地区的政府间组织则需要更多的关注，以加深我们对新出现的挑战的了解并采取适当的措施来减轻与气候相关的安全风险。

概要

我们表明，区域安全环境和对气候变化的脆弱性影响了与气候相关的安全风险的框架，并且所确定的风险通常与生计条件和发展有关，而与国家安全无关。已经采取了措施，但主要挑战仍然是这些政策的实施。