Environmental Change and Security A European Perspective

Does a connection exist between environmental degradation, resource scarcity & violent conflicts? Global environmental changes, such as climate change & sea-level rise, shortage of fresh water & rapid soil degradation increasingly highlight the foreign & security policy dimensions of environmental change. To reverse these negative environmental consequences over the long-term, comprehensive & preventive policy approaches are urgently required. This state-of-the-art book contains numerous articles of well-known German-speaking experts of different scientific disciplines as well as political advisors & diplomats within the international & European context. Together they discuss the complex causes of environmentally-induced conflicts & the political societal mechanisms for conflict prevention.Carius, Alexander is the author of 'Environmental Change and Security A European Perspective' with ISBN 9783540661795 and ISBN 3540661794.