

An increase of the earth’s temperature in excess of 2☌ above pre-industrial levels, will have a dangerous impact across the globe.

Scientists have agreed that the burning of fossil fuels into the atmosphere and global deforestation, are causing the earth to warm at an alarming rate.

Climate change has become a major talking point on the international political agenda. The threat of climate change, however, is relatively new. Realism is one of the oldest theories of international relations (IR) that has done much to explain why states go to war, and how states respond to potential threats.
