From the realist perspective, the anarchy in international politics makes states see each other as a threat. To survive the anarchical situation, states must be capable to protect themselves. The implication between the anarchical situation in international politics and the impact of climate change in the world is the state must protect itself against the incoming threat as the result of climate change.
Keoni Marzuki M.Sc, a researcher at RSIS stated that climate change resulted in an extreme loss of state’s territory, political and economical instability, and transnational migration between countries.
The loss of territory could result in the citizen of a state forced to find a new place to settle especially in archipelagic nations such as the case in Kiribati.
The precarious climate condition has displaced approximately 22.5 million Kiribati people since 2008. If the climate condition keeps on getting worse, their last resort might be transnational migration. The transnational migration could cause political and economical instability for both origins and designated countries.
The designated country sees the immigrant as a threat to their society while the origin country loses their territory and the right of their citizen has been taken from them.