Abolishing the War on Climate: Pathways for Collective Ecological Security

Abstract

The climate crisis has been increasingly approached by powerful global actors as both a national and international security threat, rather than a matter of ecological security. This article categorizes false solutions behind the climate security approach and presents three intersecting ways forward for climate justice. By highlighting the work of social movements, this article aims to center truly alternative systemic approaches rooted in decolonization, abolition, and ecological security seeking to demilitarize and abolish a War on Climate, while building alternative relationships that foster collective well-being for humans and non-humans.