Environmental Security and India: Global Concerns and National Interests

This book examines environmental issues through the lens of security studies and presents a comprehensive analysis of Indian policy in dealing with threats posed by climate change.

This book:

• Puts forward theoretical base for securitization of environmental issues, incorporating different schools of thought;
• Presents a survey of global environmental politics in general and the effects of climate change and its consequences for India’s national security in particular;
• Examines the politics involved in India’s environmental policy at both the domestic and international levels;
• Outlines key policy takeaways and possibilities for action that can help contain the threat of environmental change.

A comprehensive guide to a new and emerging dimension in Indian security policy, this book will be essential reading for students and researchers of international relations, security studies, especially non-traditional security, public policy, especially environmental policy; and area studies.

Satabdi Das is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Political Science, South Calcutta Girls’ College, India. She has completed her Ph.D. on Environmental Security and India: Global Concerns and National Interest at the Department of International Relations, Jadavpur University, India. She has publications with several major publishers and in UGC enlisted peer reviewed journals. She has presented papers in many national and international conferences organised within the country and abroad. Her paper on Sustainability Education in Agriculture: The Prospect of Digital Green in India was considered among the first five papers in the International Conference on Sustainability Education organized by the Mobius Foundation, the Climate Reality Project and UNESCO in New Delhi during 9-10 September 2019. Presently, she is working on sustainable development, environmental movements, and climate politics.