Aiding or undermining? The military as an emergent actor in global climate governance

The military is emerging as an important actor in climate change mitigation and adaptation, particularly when it comes to responding extremes. While not generally considered a “governance actor” scholarship on governance, militaries increasingly participate climate-related knowledge production, resource provision, decision-making. However, the nature degree of involvement these issues vary from context context, based political, socio-cultural, institutional, economic conditions. This Perspective examines this expanding role through five Earth System Governance research lenses. We argue that necessary more fully account for emergence powerful within accepted democratic frameworks governance. Key questions relate implications involvement, appropriateness different contexts, consequences authoritarian governance norms.