{"id":48624,"date":"2019-06-27T12:00:46","date_gmt":"2019-06-27T02:00:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.aspistrategist.ru\/?p=48624"},"modified":"2019-06-28T11:44:10","modified_gmt":"2019-06-28T01:44:10","slug":"australia-and-france-collaborate-to-reduce-environmental-security-risks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.aspistrategist.ru\/australia-and-france-collaborate-to-reduce-environmental-security-risks\/","title":{"rendered":"Australia and France collaborate to reduce environmental security risks"},"content":{"rendered":"
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In the \u2018Vision statement on the Australia\u2013France relationship<\/a>\u2019 published last May, Malcolm Turnbull and Emmanuel Macron said they \u2018welcomed the project to map environmental risks in the south of the Indian Ocean and the Southern Ocean, which will help to understand and anticipate the security consequences of climate phenomena\u2019.<\/p>\n

The resulting report<\/a> is a key step from the vision statement and Macron\u2019s visit to Australia. Environmental security in the eastern Indian Ocean, Antarctica and the Southern Ocean: a risk mapping approach <\/em>was publicly released last week by the Australian National University\u2019s National Security College. I was the chief investigator for the study and\u00a0worked closely in preparing the report with David Brewster<\/a>, Fran\u00e7ois Gemenne<\/a> and Paul Barnes<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The study establishes an environmental security \u2018risk map\u2019 for our near region. It provides a contribution to the national security assessments of Australia and France and an enhanced foundation to inform policy decisions about the allocation of national resources, identifies opportunities for cooperation and suggests priorities. French researchers will release a similar study of environmental security risks in the western Indian Ocean next year.<\/p>\n

The report assesses the likelihood and consequences of major potential disruptions, details cross-cutting sources of disruption and possible triggers for concerted action, and considers the implications of emergent issues or threats and escalated responses to them (including likely cascading and compounding impacts if threats aren\u2019t addressed).<\/p>\n

The methodology for how the risk matrices were constructed is set out in detail in the report. The risk assessment matrix<\/a> for the eastern Indian Ocean identifies threats and challenges to this subregion of the Indian Ocean<\/a> that is closest to Australia. The countries in this area are Australia, Bangladesh, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Thailand and Timor-Leste.<\/p>\n

The report makes nine recommendations in relation to the eastern Indian Ocean. They include the following:<\/p>\n