This book examines the emergence of a global climate security discourse as an instance of securitization, using the lens of resilience.

Delf Rothe is a Postdoc-Fellow at the Institute for Peace Research and Security Policy Hamburg, Germany, and has a PhD in political science.

1. Introduction - or how discourses create a climate of complexity 2. Out of school: From Copenhagen over Paris into the world 3. Securitization deconstructed: towards a consequent poststructuralist framework 4. Digging deeper: history and deep structure of climate change and security discourse 5. The international arena: A war of all against nothing 6. The Euro-Mediterranean Region: Not in my Backyard 7. The United Kingdom: Complexity, climate security and resilience 8. Conclusion - or how to mitigate a climate of complexity