ABSTRACT
This introduction presents an overview of the key concepts discussed in the subsequent chapters of this book. The book discusses the impact of climate change on European Union (EU) security policy. It describes the key contribution to on-going analytical debates is to look at the level of concrete policy adaption; in doing so it finds that while many aspects of EU foreign policies have begun to change they do not yet accord 'climate security' unequivocal or sufficient priority. The book draws from the widely advocated 'nexus approach', a definition which argues that climate change essentially challenges the interstices between markets, resource management, military power and human security. It scrutinises how far EU responses in practice accord to an ideal-type liberal-cooperative framework. The book's conceptual framework counterpoises liberal, cooperative approaches to climate security against more realists, self-help notions of strategic interest. It concludes with the findings and passes more normative judgement on incipient EU climate security policies.
