http://ajips.fairlips.org/index.php/ajips <p class="aboutus-text"><strong>ASIAN Journal of International Peace and Security (AJIPS)</strong> is an <strong>HEC recognized (Y category) </strong>quarterly [since 2021, previously biannual (2020 and annual 2017-2019)] double-blind peer-review research journal of the <strong>Foundation for Advancement of Independent Research and Learning for International Peace and Security (FAIRLIPS).</strong> The foundation aims to promote independent research and learning, both indispensable for securing international peace and security.</p> <p class="aboutus-text">The journal endeavors to advance the mission, principles, aims, and objectives of the foundation. It believes in the principles of strict adherence to objectivity, impartiality, and neutrality as well as access to truth and its transmission. Its main aim is to supplement the foundation’s objectives particularly: to create, promote and disseminate knowledge, and; to provide researchers from all over the world especially from the developing states such as Pakistan and other regional countries a forum to help publish their research on fast track basis.</p> Foundation for Advancement of Independent Research & Learning for International Peace & Security (FAIRLIPS) en-US ASIAN Journal of International Peace & Security (AJIPS) 2707-8809 http://ajips.fairlips.org/index.php/ajips/article/view/2024-vol-08-issue-4-securitization-of-climate-change-in-pakistan <p>In Pakistan, the focus had always remained on traditional means of security. Although Pakistan signed the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change at Rio in 1992 and became a member of the two other multilateral agreements in regard to the climate change which were “Kyoto Protocol” of 1997 under UNFCC and “Paris Agreement” of 2016 but the issue of climate change did not receive much attention. This paper explores the securitization of climate change in Pakistan by analyzing how climate-related threats have been transformed from a political to security issue. As described in the “Copenhagen Security Framework”, in international relations and international politics, once the matter is securitized, it gets extraordinary attention. The more attention and discussion an issue receives, the highly securitized the issue gets. By uses qualitative method of study, this paper examines key events and policies, including the 2012 and 2021 National Climate Change Policies formed after devastating floods, the role of international agreements and the integration of climate security into “National Security Policy” of Pakistan.</p> Kalim Ullah Ayesha Imtiaz Abbasi Copyright (c) 2024 ASIAN Journal of International Peace & Security (AJIPS) 2024-10-10 2024-10-10 8 4 1 11