Security is broadly defined in this study. Climate change is best viewed as a threat multiplier, which may create or exacerbate insecurities and tensions from the individual to the international level (EU 2008a). There are a variety of studies categorising and analysing the different channels, pathways and linkages between climate change and insecurity.1 A key difficulty is the use of the term ‘security’: Depending on its context and use, it may denote ‘hard’ (political/military conflicts) or ‘soft’ (access to food and water) issues. Climate change may impact ‘hard’ and ‘soft’ dimensions of security. Also, impacts on one dimension, such as food insecurity, may also have impacts on the other dimension, such as via food riots (cf. Carius et al. 2008). Thus, ‘security’ is broadly defined within the scope of the studies below. In particular, we will focus on the following aspects: