Climate Security, the Amazon, and the Responsibility to Protect

In this article, I briefly present the multilateral discussion on ‘climate security’ and its relation to the protection of the Amazon. First, the text points out the importance of the Amazon for keeping global climate balance, the drastic change to the environmental agenda of Brazilian diplomacy, an...

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Main Author: Gustavo Macedo
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Brazilian Political Science Association 2021-07-01
Series:Brazilian Political Science Review
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Online Access:https://brazilianpoliticalsciencereview.org/article/climate-security-the-amazon-and-the-responsibility-to-protect/
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description In this article, I briefly present the multilateral discussion on ‘climate security’ and its relation to the protection of the Amazon. First, the text points out the importance of the Amazon for keeping global climate balance, the drastic change to the environmental agenda of Brazilian diplomacy, and the growing call in international public opinion for an internationally coordinated action to reverse deforestation in the region. Next, it introduces the concept of ‘climate security’, its development within the United Nations Security Council, and its relation to the principle of responsibility to protect (R2P). Finally, based on contextual evidence, I carry out a prospective analysis of the narratives that might be constructed to justify applying this principle to the Brazilian Amazon.
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spelling doaj.art-d15a382b102b4050b2371cf1d1bb44be2023-08-13T22:25:07ZengBrazilian Political Science AssociationBrazilian Political Science Review1981-38212021-07-0115310.1590/1981-3821202100020007Climate Security, the Amazon, and the Responsibility to ProtectGustavo Macedohttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-7771-5464In this article, I briefly present the multilateral discussion on ‘climate security’ and its relation to the protection of the Amazon. First, the text points out the importance of the Amazon for keeping global climate balance, the drastic change to the environmental agenda of Brazilian diplomacy, and the growing call in international public opinion for an internationally coordinated action to reverse deforestation in the region. Next, it introduces the concept of ‘climate security’, its development within the United Nations Security Council, and its relation to the principle of responsibility to protect (R2P). Finally, based on contextual evidence, I carry out a prospective analysis of the narratives that might be constructed to justify applying this principle to the Brazilian Amazon.https://brazilianpoliticalsciencereview.org/article/climate-security-the-amazon-and-the-responsibility-to-protect/climate securitymultilateralismresponsibility to protectamazon
spellingShingle Gustavo Macedo
Climate Security, the Amazon, and the Responsibility to Protect
Brazilian Political Science Review
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title Climate Security, the Amazon, and the Responsibility to Protect
title_full Climate Security, the Amazon, and the Responsibility to Protect
title_fullStr Climate Security, the Amazon, and the Responsibility to Protect
title_full_unstemmed Climate Security, the Amazon, and the Responsibility to Protect
title_short Climate Security, the Amazon, and the Responsibility to Protect
title_sort climate security the amazon and the responsibility to protect
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responsibility to protect
amazon
url https://brazilianpoliticalsciencereview.org/article/climate-security-the-amazon-and-the-responsibility-to-protect/
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