The position of environmental security concept in international and global security

Subject Areas : International Relations

Seyed Amin Habibi ¹ , Daydokht Sadeghi Haghighi ² , Kayhan Barzegar ³

1 - Student of International Relation in University of Law and Political Science of Science and Research Branch Islamic Azad University
2 - Tehran Central Branch, Islamic Azad University
3 - Manager of International relations Department, Science and Research Branch, Islamic Azad University

Received: 2023-01-05 Accepted : 2023-09-12 Published : 2023-08-23

Keywords: Security, Climate Change, International Security, Environmental Security, Global Security,

Abstract :

The crisis of climate change is a new threat to humanity, which has led to the emergence of the concept of environmental security. Historical and technological developments, as well as the process of globalization, have led to the emergence of the concept of global security versus international security. each of the two concepts of international and global security have a different attitude towards the issue of the environment. Differences in identifying the type of security issues, diversity in security elements, differences in attitude towards threat and anti-threat factors. It is possible to explain more practical why and how these distinctions are made in international security with the help of rationalist approach and liberalism theories, as well as in global security with the help of normative approach and constructive theory. diversity in decision-making and adoption of strategies in global politics regarding the climate-changes, caused by the distinction in the position of environmental security in each of the two macro-security approaches in international relations. This research aims to achieve a practical definition of each of these concepts by explaining the semantic boundaries of international and global security with environmental security, international and global to formulate the concept of environmental security, so that he can answer his main question: what is the position of environmental security in international and global security? Answered, and to prove his hypothesis based on the ontological connection of global security with environmental security and the marginality of environmental security in security issues in international security, pay.