As the climate emergency escalates, so are efforts to securitize climate change. Will securitizing the climate crisis become a catalyst or a substitute for addressing it? And how will that affect shrinking civic space globally?
This event will launch new research at LSE that draws on lessons from the war on terror to explore both the risks of securitizing climate change for the future of civic space and human rights and the opportunities to prevent them and elevate alternatives. The panel will discuss the crackdown on environmental protest and climate activism around the world and the emergence of dangerous narratives around climate change, national security, and migration.