Empirically, the book presents detailed, bottom-up case studies from local authors of every UNSC member state in 2020. It combines this with an innovative theoretical approach spanning national, human and ecological security that helps to capture the complex dynamics of state-led approaches to dealing with security in the Anthropocene. This book therefore offers readers a compelling picture of climate-security politics in the UNSC, beyond Council debates and resolutions. By comparing and contrasting how different framings of climate security impact various policy sectors of members states, the authors are able to assess the barriers and opportunities for addressing climate security locally and globally.

1.Introduction: A Framework for Assessing Climate Security.- 2.The Rise of Belgium as a Multilateral Climate-Security Actor: Analysis of Evolving Climate and Security Policies (2009-2021).- 3.Climate Security in China: An Issue for Humanity Rather than the Nation.- 4.Dominican Republic: Security Perspective from Disaster Risk Management and Climate Change Policies.- 5.Securitisation of Climate Change in Estonia: Widening Security Concepts in National Strategies and Foreign Policy Activities.- 6.Preventing and Managing Climate Risks: France's Approach to Climate Security.- 7.Climate Security Discourses in Germany: The Transformation of Climate Change towards a Development and Foreign Policy Priority.- 8.The Climate-Security Nexus in Indonesia: A Multitude of Threats and Approaches.- 9.Conception, Perception, and Approach to Climate Security in Niger.- 10.Climate Change in Security Perceptions and Practices in Russia.- 11.Securing a Climate-Resilient Pathway for South Africa.- 12.Climate Security and Global Climate Injustice: The Case of St. Vincent and the Grenadines.- 13.Climate Security Perceptions in Tunisia: Food Security as a Dominant Paradigm.- 14.Climate Change as a 'Threat Multiplier': The Construction of Climate Security by the United Kingdom - 2007-2020.- 15.Climate Security at the UN and in the United States, 2007-2020: The Contradictory Leadership and Silence of the US.- 16.The Climate-Security Nexus in Vietnam: Effect on the Pathway to Sustainable Development.-17.Climate Security at a Crossroads: The Evolution and Future of Climate Security in the United Nations Security Council and its Member States.