Climate change not only has a direct impact on human society and nature, but there are also socioeconomic risks that threaten humankind. Climate security examines the responses to the risks of climate change, and is a topic that has gained much attention and generated various discussions in Europe and the United States. However, it is a relatively new concept in Japan and the wider Asia-Pacific region. IGES has been working to establish a perspective on climate security across the region since last year under the "Climate Security in Asia and the Pacific Project" funded by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan (MOFA). The project aims to provide an overview of climate security and address the diversity and continuity of the climate change issue by establishing five themes: energy security, human mobility, food security, climate change adaptation, and maritime security, and to make policy recommendations from multiple perspectives. This session will focus on two themes: food security and human mobility. After an overview of the discussions in the international community on each theme, the session will present efforts being made in the Asia-Pacific, especially in Japan, and discuss how these two themes are linked, aiming to contribute to the development of the discussion on climate security in the Asia-Pacific.
YAMABE Alice
Policy Researcher, Sustainable Consumption and Production, IGES
KURUSHIMA Kei
Policy Researcher, Adaptation & Water, IGES
Pankaj KUMAR
Research Manager, Adaptation & Water, IGES / Head of the IPBES-TSU on Scenarios and Models
OKANO Naoyuki
Policy Researcher, Adaptation & Water, IGES