İKLİM GÜVENLİĞİ KAVRAMININ TÜRKİYE İKLİM POLİTİKASINDAKİ YERİ
THE CONCEPT OF CLIMATE SECURITY IN TURKEY’S CLIMATE POLICIES
Author(s): Defne Gönenç, Ayşegül KİBAROĞLUSubject(s): Energy and Environmental Studies, Political Ecology, Environmental interactions
Published by: Rasim Özgür DÖNMEZ
Keywords: Climate Security; Environmental Security; Turkey’s Climate Security Discourse; Turkey’s Climate Policy;
Summary/Abstract: This article elaborates on the concept of climate security as a sub-field of environmental security research agenda, and investigates the place of climate security concept in Turkey’s climate policies. First, the evolution of the environmental security concept in the literature is elaborated. Subsequently, climate security discourse, as a sub-field of environmental security, is examined. The concept of climate security is explained with examples from the United Nations’, United States’ and European Union’s official statements and discourses. Lastly, the place of climate security discourse in Turkey’s climate policies is investigated. By using qualitative content analysis method, the use of climate security discourse in the official documents of the Ministry of Environment and Urban Planning of Turkey, Turkey’s official speeches in the Security Council, and two significant newspapers in the country are analyzed.
Journal: Alternatif Politika
- Issue Year: 9/2017
- Issue No: Special
- Page Range: 1-26
- Page Count: 26
- Language: Turkish