The Meaning of Environmental Security: Ecological Politics and Policy in the New Security EraAt least two things are certain about world politics today: environmental problems are important, and discourses on security remain powerful. Environment and security have been progressively linked in theory, and environmental security is now manifest in policy. But the meaning of environmental security is ambiguous and open to appropriation, and an examination of its various interpretations and applications reveals much about the state of global environmental politics. |
Contents
The defence of environmental insecurity | 21 |
National security and strategy | 27 |
Economic security | 35 |
Common and comprehensive security | 46 |
6 | 71 |
The Military | 92 |
Risks risks and some opportunities | 103 |
Ecology resilience and security | 111 |
Concepts and the contestation of security | 119 |
Environmental security and sustainability | 134 |
Governance for environmental security | 147 |
InConclusions | 156 |
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