Tracking Climate Securitization: Framings of Climate Security by Civil and Defense Ministries

Abstract Defense ministries regularly frame climate security in their national strategies. Recently, “civil” also begun mentioning security. However, they do not mean the same thing. This article develops four indicators to assess commitment of framings an understanding as either human/environmental or issue. It applies fifty submissions Nationally Determined Contributions (NDC) by civil and seventy defense publications. The paper finds that NDC commonly refer changes’ anthropogenic origins biophysical impacts but rarely indirect consequences such migration conflict. In contrast, military administrations mention warn more often than consequences. shows a domestic discourse on has emerged, attuned human environmental conducive change mitigation adaptation. argues organizational theory can explain these differences securitization: differently so it falls line with respective mandates established features. concludes checklist for assessing