Article
Climatic Cataclysm: The Foreign Policy and National Security Implications of Climate Change – Edited by Kurt M. Campbell
Review of Policy Research
Document Type
Book Review
Publication Date
6-22-2009
Disciplines
Abstract
Climatic Cataclysm: The Foreign Policy and National Security Implications of Climate Change . Washington, DC : Brookings Institution Press . 237 pages. ISBN 978‐0‐8157‐1332‐6 , $28.95 cloth. Edited by Kurt M. Campbell . 2008 .
Awkward title notwithstanding, Climatic Cataclysm is the first attempt at a systematic generation of future climate scenarios and their possible security and foreign policy impacts, and as such is sorely overdue in the field of environmental security. Much of the scholarly literature in this field is devoted to statistical models and general theories; what is lacking is serious national security consideration of the best climate science we have at present, and its possible effects on future policy.
Citation Information
Elizabeth L. Chalecki. "Climatic Cataclysm: The Foreign Policy and National Security Implications of Climate Change – Edited by Kurt M. Campbell" Review of Policy Research Vol. 26 Iss. 4 (2009) p. 495 - 497 Available at: http://works.bepress.com/elizabeth-chalecki/9/
This is the pre-peer reviewed version of the following article: Chalecki, Elizabeth L. 2009. Book review: Climatic Cataclysm: The Foreign Policy and National Security Implications of Climate Change. Review of Policy Research, Vol. 26, No. 4, pp. 495-497., which has been published in final form at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1541-1338.2009.00402.x. This article may be used for non-commercial purposes in accordance with Wiley Terms and Conditions for Use of Self-Archived Versions.