Human and Environmental Security - An Agenda for Change

Security has tended to be seen as based on military force, yet this illusion is crumbling, literally and figuratively, before our eyes in the conflict zones of Iraq, Afghanistan and Africa. It is now clear that real human security, defined by the Commission on Human Security as 'protecting vital freedoms', can only be achieved if the full range of issues that underpin human security - including environmental integrity - are addressed. This ground-breaking book, authored by prominent international decision makers, tackles the global human security problem across the range of core issues including terrorism, nuclear proliferation, access to water, food security, loss of biodiversity and climate change. The authors identify the causes of insecurity, articulate the linkages between the different elements of human security and outline an agenda for engaging stakeholders from across the globe in building the foundations of genuine and lasting human security for all nations and all people.This is powerful, necessary, solution-focused reading in these times of peril, global conflict, mass inequity and rampant environmental degradation.


Contents

Part I: Peace and Security * 'A More Secure World: Our Shared Responsibility' - The Report of the High Level Panel on Threats, Challenges and Change * The Peacebuilding Commission: Linking Security and Development * Human Security and the War on Terror * Achieving Nuclear Non-proliferation: A New Zealand Perspective * Women, War and Peace: Mobilizing for Security and Justice in the 21st Century * Part II: Sustainable Human Development * Globalization, Poverty and Security * Trade and Security in an Interconnected World * Climate Change: Emerging Insecurities * Migration, Development and Security * Securing a Healthier World * Biodiversity and Security * Food Security * Water Security: What Role for International Water Law? * Urban Safety: A Collective Challenge for Sustainable Human Settlements Development * Part III: Global Governance * America as Empire: Global Leader or Rogue Power? * The Emergence and Role of Regional Governance * Human and Environmental Rights: The Need for Corporate Accountability * Reforming Environmental Governance * Democracy in an Uncertain World
Author Bio
Felix Dodds is Executive Director of Stakeholder Forum for a Sustainable Future, based in San Sebastian, author of How to Lobby at Intergovernmental Meetings and co-editor of the bestselling Earth Summit 2002. Tim Pippard is Content Editor for Jane's Sentinel Security Assessments at Jane's Information Group, based in London.