Institute for Environmental Security
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Welcome to the Institute for Environmental Security
The Institute for Environmental Security (IES) is an international non-profit non-governmental organisation established in 2002 in The Hague, in order to increase political attention to environmental security as a means to help safeguard essential conditions for peace and sustainable development.
IES News
Recent Trends in EU External Action in the Fields of Climate, Environment, Development and Security
IES Report for the European Space Agency
12 Dec 2011 - The IES today published its report for the European Space Agency on “Recent Trends in EU External Action in the Fields of Climate, Environment, Development and Security”. The 180 page report was prepared at the request of the ESA in order to provide information on the... » Full Story
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COBRA Project
NEW The objective of the COBRA Project is to find ways to integrate indigenous solutions within policies addressing escalating social, economic and environmental crises in the Guiana Shield region.
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Climate Change & the Military Project
The CCTM Project aims at stimulating the debate on the relation between climate change and the role of the military and on how it could contribute to the struggle against impending security threats.
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Global Policy Coherence
The project on Global Policy Coherence aims for an improvement of the compatibility of existing trade and financial regimes with the new post-2012 climate change agreement.
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EnviroSecurity Assessments
The IES EnviroSecurity Assessments focusing on the Matavén forest - Colombia, the African Great Lakes region and Central Kalimantan - Indonesia are available on this site. Meanwhile, the IES is working on an EnviroSecurity Assessment for the Congo Basin and the Horn of Africa. Case study reports, legal analyses, recommendations, maps, posters and the latest news are available here. » ESPA Programme
'Vision' Interactive Map Viewer
The IES interactive map viewer displays overlapping GIS data on the IES case studies in Africa, Asia, and Latin America. View GIS data and satellite images selecting your own combination of data and analytical indicators for different time periods. |
What is Environmental Security?The relation between the environment and the security of humans and nature has been the subject of much research in recent decades, and is now becoming an important focus of international environmental policy. Click here to read a 2-page overview on environmental security. See also our Introduction to the Concepts of Environmental Security and Environmental Conflict.
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