Political action to address climate change has come far too late and it will likely become a security issue, a prominent expert says.
"It exacerbates the drivers of conflict by deepening existing fragilities within societies, straining weak institutions, reshaping power balances and undermining post-conflict recovery and peacebuilding," he wrote.that increased incidences of climate change-related natural disasters could stretch the capability of the ADF.Professor Wæver argues that delayed action will lead to more drastic measures.
"That's what happens when something becomes a security issue, it gets the urgency, the intensity, the priority, which is helpful sometimes, but it also lets the dark forces loose in the sense that it can justify problematic means," he says.
"Aa bit like what we saw in southern Europe with countries like Greece and the debt crisis and so on. "There were decisions that were made for them and then they just had to have a more or less technocratic government and get it through."
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