Global environmental change impacts human security in both Vanuatu and Guam – but in very different ways. This paper studies both regions through a thematic analysis of problem-centered expert interviews with local stakeholders. It provides a comprehensive assessment of pathways from environmental change to human insecurity in both regions. Climate change impacts are omnipresent in Vanuatu and coproduced by fast lifestyle change and developmental challenges. In contrast, Guam is a highly developed US territory. This reduces climate vulnerability but generates other forms of environmental change from heavy military and touristic use. The article argues that human insecurity on Vanuatu and Guam is coproduced by the interplay between economic and (post-)colonial factors and environmental change. This demonstrates that vulnerability and environmental degradation are by no means natural or inevitable, but strongly shaped by socio-economic contexts and histories. This builds an important bridge between human security, political economy, and postcolonial perspectives on environmental security.

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相同但不同：审查气候变化对瓦努阿图和关岛人类安全的影响


全球环境变化影响瓦努阿图和关岛的人类安全，但影响方式截然不同。本文通过对当地利益相关者以问题为中心的专家访谈的主题分析来研究这两个地区。它对这两个地区从环境变化到人类不安全的途径进行了全面评估。气候变化的影响在瓦努阿图无处不在，生活方式的快速变化和发展挑战共同产生。相比之下，关岛是高度发达的美国领土。这减少了气候脆弱性，但由于军事和旅游的大量使用而产生了其他形式的环境变化。文章认为，瓦努阿图和关岛的人类不安全是由经济和（后）殖民因素与环境变化之间的相互作用共同造成的。这表明脆弱性和环境退化绝不是自然或不可避免的，而是受到社会经济背景和历史的强烈影响。这在人类安全、政治经济和后殖民环境安全观点之间架起了一座重要的桥梁。