The Missing Link: China, Climate Change and National Security
The Missing Link: China, Climate Change and National Security
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10.2139/ssrn.2695409
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2010-12
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D. Freeman
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D. Freeman
本文分析了中国对国际上广泛接受的气候变化是一个安全问题，更具体地说是国家安全问题的反应。这篇论文表明，尽管这一想法在中国很流行，甚至有其倡导者，但中国政府拒绝将气候变化列为国家安全问题。中国政府承认气候变化是一个严重而紧迫的问题，但主要是通过发展或经济而不是国家安全透镜来看待它。此外，美国和欧洲将气候变化与安全联系起来，这在中国可能会被视为损害其利益的问题。因此，尽管中国政府认识到与气候变化相关的具体问题具有安全影响，但它不太可能完全接受气候变化必须上升到国家安全问题的水平。
This paper analyses the response of China to the widespread international adoption of the idea that climate change is a security, more specifically national security, issue. The paper demonstrates that despite the idea being current in China, and even having its advocates, the Chinese government has resisted labeling climate change a national security issue. The Chinese government accepts that climate change is a serious and urgent problem, but primarily views it through a development or economic rather than national security lens. Furthermore, the linkage made in the US and Europe between climate change and security raises issues that in China may be perceived as undermine its interests. Thus, despite the fact that the Chinese government recognises that specific problems associated with climate change have security implications, it is unlikely that it will fully accept that climate change must be raised to the level of a national security issue.