O impacto dos desastres climáticos na securitização da Agenda Ambiental Global na Oceania | The impact of climate disasters on the securitization of the Global Environmental Agenda in Oceania

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Securitização climática, Desastres climáticos, Oceania

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Este artigo analisa como desastres climáticos extremos influenciam os processos de securitização da mudança climática na Oceania, com foco comparativo no Ciclone Winston em Fiji (2016) e nos incêndios florestais australianos de 2019-2020. Fundamentado na Teoria da Securitização da Escola de Copenhague (Buzan, Wæver & de Wilde, 1998) e no conceito de janela de oportunidade de Kingdon (Kingdon, 1995), os autores do estudo argumentam que desastres atuam como catalisadores empíricos capazes de deslocar a mudança climática da esfera da governança ambiental para o campo da segurança. A metodologia combina análise comparativa de estudos de caso e análise de conteúdo. Os resultados demonstram que a securitização climática assume formatos distintos conforme a posição dos Estados no sistema internacional: Fiji mobiliza uma gramática existencial voltada à sobrevivência e ao financiamento internacional, enquanto a Austrália privilegia respostas militarizadas e centradas na segurança nacional. Conclui-se que a securitização climática é contingente e desigual.

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Flávia Lanza, Pontifícia Universidade Católica de Minas Gerais

Doutoranda em Relações Internacionais - Pontifícia Universidade Católica de Minas Gerais (PUC Minas). Pesquisadora do Grupo de Estudos Instituições Internacionais e Segurança (PUC Minas) e do Observatório de Regionalismo (San Tiago Dantas - Unesp/Unicamp/PUC-SP)

Leticia Britto, Universidade Federal do Pampa

Professora de Relações Internacionais da Universidade Federal do Pampa. Pós Doutoranda no IESP- UERJ. Pesquisadora do Observatório Interdisciplinar das Mudanças Climáticas. 

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02-09-2026

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LANZA, Flávia; BRITTO, Leticia. O impacto dos desastres climáticos na securitização da Agenda Ambiental Global na Oceania | The impact of climate disasters on the securitization of the Global Environmental Agenda in Oceania. Mural Internacional, Rio de Janeiro, v. 17, p. e98839, 2026. Disponível em: https://www.e-publicacoes.uerj.br/muralinternacional/article/view/98839. Acesso em: 3 set. 2026.

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