ANALYSIS | Swapping Weather Bombs for Real Bombs: The Debate over Climate Change as National Security Heats Up

ANALYSIS | Swapping weather bombs for real bombs: The debate over climate change as national security heats up

While much of Western Canada, northern Ontario and Newfoundland burn this summer, there's a growing debate about whether climate change should be considered a national security issue and questions about why it hasn't already been looked at through that lens.

Climate Change An Existential Threat To Humanity, Says ICJ

International Court of Justice at the announcement of its advisory opinion on climate change. Credit: Cecilia Russell/IPSBy Cecilia RussellTHE HAGUE & JOHANNESBURG, Jul 23 2025 (IPS) The case was “unlike any that have previously come before the court,” President of the International Court of Justice Judge Yuji Iwasawa said while reading the court’s unanimous advisory opinion outlining the legal obligations of United Nations member states with re…