ABSTRACT
This chapter analyses how migration, security and Conflict were incorporated into 21st Conference of the Parties to the Climate Convention (COP21). It discusses the genealogy of links between climate change, migration and Conflict, and of their consideration within previous COP meetings. The chapter aims to assess both why and how political leaders, civil society members and experts aspired to include migration and Conflict in the climate talks. Climatisation has become strongest form of environmentalisation, yet other sectors resist inclusion in Climate Convention. The relationship between environment and migration also emerged in scientific and institutional arenas during the 1980s. There is also a strong link between human movement and security concerns, with migration being framed as both a consequence of environmentally related Conflicts and as a trigger of future Conflicts over natural resources. While climatising migration, security and Conflict contributes to the dramatisation and humanisation of climate change, it also shines light on migration and security issues unrelated to climate change.
