Climate Change and the UN Security Council

Edited by Shirley V. Scott, Head of the School of Humanities and Social Sciences, UNSW Canberra, Australia and Charlotte Ku, Professor of Law and Director, Global Programs, Texas A&M University School of Law, US

• Contents:ForewordCaitlin E. Werrell and Francesco Femia1. The UN Security Council and Global Action on Climate ChangeShirley V. Scott and Charlotte Ku2. Climate Change as a ‘Threat to International Peace and Security’Christopher K. Penny3. Climate Change and Economic Measures: One Assumption and One Scenario Too Many?Francesco Sindico and Mallory Orme4. The Creation of a Climate Change Court or TribunalShirley V. Scott, Patrick J. Keenan and Charlotte Ku5. ‘Climate Migration’ and the Security CouncilFrédéric Mégret and Benoît Mayer6. The United Nations Security Council’s Legislative and Enforcement Powers and Climate ChangeAlan Boyle, Jacques Hartmann, and Annalisa Savaresi 7. Mainstreaming Climate Change Adaptation into Peace MissionsPaul F. Diehl8. The EU’s Distinctive Approach to Climate SecurityShahrazad Far and Richard Youngs9. The UN Security Council’s Role in Developing a Responsibility to Respond to the Climate Change ChallengeCharlotte Ku10. Contested Legitimacy: The UN Security Council and Climate ChangeMartin Binder and Monika Heupel11. The Attitude of the P5 Towards a Climate Change Role for the CouncilShirley V. Scott12. Conclusions: A Climate Change Role for the Council?Charlotte Ku and Shirley V. ScottIndex

‘This book does much to shape understanding of the serious debates being had, and to be had, about global responses to climate change and is worthy of its place in any decent international law, international politics or climate change collection.’