3 31 犆犺犪狆狋犲狉9 犆犺犻狀犪狊犃狆狆狉狅犪犮犺狋狅犈狀犲狉犵狔犪狀犱犆犾犻犿犪狋犲犆犺犪狀犵犲 )&*+,-.&", 1.犐狀狋狉狅犱狌犮狋犻狅狀 Climatechangehasemergedasoneofthetopsecuritychallengesoftheearly twentyfirstcentury.UNSecretaryGeneralBanKiMoonrecentlystatedthat “ climatechangeisalteringthegeopoliticallandscape ”, as manifested by increasedcompetitionoverArcticresources , increasedintrastateandinterstate migrationandrisingsealevels ( FederalNewsService2009 ) .Promotedbythe bullmarketinenergypricesandtheascenttoanewleveloftheclimatechange issueafewyearsago , anewefforttodevelopnewenergysourcesandrenewable energyhasbeenevidentaroundtheworld.Clearly , climatechangeandenergy securityissueshavecaughtpeoplesattention.Therelationshipbetweenenergy securityandclimatechangehaschangedbeyondrecognition , anditposesagreat challengetobothpractitionersandacademics.Moreover , climatechangeand energysecurityissueshavemovedfromthemargintothecentreofsecurity policies , particularlysincetheendoftheCold War.Ontheonehand , climate changeandenergysecurityhavebeenrecognisedasanimportantsourceof threatstohumansurvivaloverthepastfewdecades.Humandependenceona modernenergysupplyforasustainablefuturein modernsocietiesisvastly greaterthanit wasin an agrarian society.Onthe other hand , itis now universallyacknowledgedthatinternationalcooperationorcollectiveactionare notenoughtoresolvethecrisiscausedbyclimatechangeandenergysecurity. Internationalcollectiveactiononclimatechangeandenergysecurityisasocial andpoliticalchallenge , aswellasaneconomicone.Itinvolvesvarioussectorsof thenationalsocialeconomyandsohasanimportantbearingonthepolitical legitimacyandstabilityofallnations.Theneedforaccesstoenergyandother naturalresourceshasincreasedandmorestatesareingreatercompetitionfor
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