Climate Change and Environmental Security in Southeast Asia; Exploring ASEAN Activities

The main goal of this paper is to discuss measures taken by the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) with regard to climate change. Therefore, a descriptive-analytical method has been used to answer the main question of the paper: What effective practical steps has ASEAN taken with regard to the climate change? To answer this question, the paper has been prepared in five sections. The first section reviews the concept of security in international relations and a broader definition of this concept has been provided. In the second section, environmental security has been discussed as one of the main aspects of security in international relations. In the third section, the focus is on the climate change as a threat to environmental security. The fourth chapter discusses risks of climate change in Southeast Asia. The fifth section reviews measures taken by ASEAN with regard to climate change by dividing those measures in two broad categories of normative policymaking as well as institutional and organizational development.