Environmental protection in NATO policy

• Autorzy: Ślusarczyk Janusz M.

Identyfikatory

DOI

10.5604/01.3001.0053.7268

Warianty tytułu

PL

Ochrona środowiska w polityce NATO

• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

EN

Environmental protection issues emerged in NATO’s political concepts in the last decades of the 20th century. Until the end of the 1980s, the Alliance was preoccupied with Cold War confrontation. In the 1990s, the geopolitical and geostrategic situation shifted. New countries joined the Alliance, and interest in environmental protection increased globally. The Pact member states began to realise the importance of environmental security. New concepts and trends emerged. Appreciating the importance of environmental protection, NATO quickly joined the mainstream of scientific research and practical projects. Their goal was, and is, to understand the causes of environmental degradation and its implications, especially in the context of safety, and to take appropriate remedial measures. NATO has been facing environmental security challenges for many years. This includes climate change, extreme weather conditions, sea level rise, risk of flooding, depletion of natural resources, land degradation, desertification and pollution. These are factors that can ultimately lead to humanitarian disasters, regional tension and violence. NATO’s latest 2030 Strategic Concept highlights the security impact of climate change resulting from a lack of proper environmental protection as the Alliance’s primary focus. At a time of progressive environmental threat, accompanied by rapid climate change, the activities of the Alliance in the field of ensuring environmental security cannot be overestimated.

PL

Kwestie ochrony środowiska pojawiły się w koncepcjach politycznych NATO w ostatnich dekadach ubiegłego wieku. Do końca lat 80. XX w. Sojusz zaabsorbowany był konfrontacją wynikającą ze scenariusza zimnej wojny. Lata dziewięćdziesiąte przyniosły zmienione sytuacje geopolityczną i geostrategiczną. Nowe państwa przystąpiły do Sojuszu, a w skali globalnej nastąpił znaczący wzrost zainteresowania problematyką ochrony środowiska. W krajach członkowskich Paktu zaczęto sobie uświadamiać znaczenie bezpieczeństwa środowiskowego. Pojawiły się nowe koncepcje i trendy. Doceniając znaczenie ochrony środowiska NATO szybko włączyło się w nurt badań naukowych i praktycznych przedsięwzięć. Ich celem było i jest poznanie przyczyn degradacji środowiska naturalnego, implikacji towarzyszących temu zjawisku, zwłaszcza w kontekście bezpieczeństwa oraz podejmowanie odpowiednich środków zaradczych. NATO od wielu lat zajmuje się wyzwaniami bezpieczeństwa związanymi ze środowiskiem. Obejmuje to zmiany klimatu, ekstremalne warunki pogodowe, podnoszenie się poziomu morza, ryzyko powodzi, wyczerpywanie się zasobów naturalnych, degradację gruntów, pustynnienie i zanieczyszczenia. Są to czynniki, które mogą ostatecznie prowadzić do katastrof humanitarnych, napięć regionalnych i przemocy. Najnowsza koncepcja strategiczna NATO 2030 podkreśla wpływ zmian klimatycznych na bezpieczeństwo, wynikających z braku należytej ochrony środowiska, jako główny punkt zainteresowania Sojuszu.

Słowa kluczowe

EN

NATO; environmental protection; environmental security

PL

NATO; ochrona środowiska; bezpieczeństwo środowiskowe

• Wydawca: Wydawnictwo Akademii Wojsk Lądowych imienia generała Tadeusza Kościuszki
• Czasopismo: Scientific Journal of the Military University of Land Forces
• Rocznik: 2023
• Tom: Vol. 55, No. 2(208)
• Strony: 91--103
• Opis fizyczny: Bibliogr. 33 poz.

Twórcy

autor

Ślusarczyk Janusz M.

• Department of Internal Security, High School of Administration in Bielsko-Biała, Poland

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