Climate Change, New Security Challenges and the United Nations

Climate change affects human health in all sectors of society, both domestically & globally. The sea-level rise, changes in precipitation resulting in flooding & drought, heat waves, more intense hurricanes & storms, and degraded air quality, affect human health. This book is an attempt to unravel the new non-traditional challenges t

Autorentext

Sabita Mohapatra is at present teaching Political Science in Odisha, India.

Inhalt

1. Introduction 2. Climate Change and Water Security 3. Climate Change and Food Security 4. Climate Change and Health Security 5. Climate Change, Natural Disasters and UN 6. Climate Change Induced Displacement and UN 7. Role of UN in Meeting the Threats of Climate Change 8. Conclusions