Energy and Environmental Challenges to Security

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xxiv

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2. Key Note Address

   1. Energy Security For The Euro-Atlantic Region

      • Mario Tagarinski, Andrius Avizius

      Pages 1-32

   2. Environment, Security, And Development Challenges In The 21St Century

      • Ben Slay

      Pages 33-37

   3. Environmental Security Concerns: Sources

      • Norman Myers

      Pages 41-53

3. Post-Conflict Environmental Challenges

   1. Post-Conflict Environmental Health Risk: The Role Of Risk Analysis In Foreign Policy

      • Chad M. Briggs

      Pages 57-71

   2. A Treaty For A Southeast European Energy Community

      • Andjelka Mihajlov

      Pages 73-78

   3. Natural Resources Management In The Absence Of The Rule Of Law: A Case Study From Bosnia And Herzegovina

      • Lisa Tilney

      Pages 79-92

   4. Kosovo – Energy And Environmental Challenges To Security

      • Nezakete Hakaj

      Pages 93-104

4. Transboundary Environmental Challenges

   1. Multinational Approaches: A Tool For The Prevention And Reduction Of The Risks Of Nuclear Energy

      • Anton Khlopkov

      Pages 107-115

   2. The Security–Environment Nexus Along The Czech-Austrian Border: Theory, Spatiality And Perception

      • Nikola Hynek, AloiS. Hynek

      Pages 117-139

   3. Regional Security And International Legal Regulation Of Water Protection And Use – The Case Of Serbia

      • Dragoljub Todic, Vid Vukasovic

      Pages 141-156

5. The International Community'S Approach To Environmental Security Challenges

   1. International Organizations' Co-Operation Around Environment And Security

      • Fiona Borthwick

      Pages 159-183

   2. Countering Threats To Environmental Security: The Role Of Nato

      • JameS. Mcquaid, Arpad Vincze

      Pages 185-193

6. Transatlantic Energy Security

   1. Dependence On Middle East Energy And Its Impact On Global Security

      • Gal Luft

      Pages 197-210

   2. Bulgarian Energetics Management And Environmental Security

      • Plamen Gramatikov

      Pages 211-224

   3. Security Concerns In The Middle East For Oil Supply: Problems And Solutions

      • Khaled Marafi

      Pages 225-235

   4. Energy Security And The Environment In Eastern Europe: The Case Study Of Ukraine

      • Dan Milstein, Aleh Cherp

      Pages 237-249

   5. Ecologically Friendly Utilization Of Coal Processing Waste As A Secondary Energy Source

      • Sergey Boruk, Igor Winkler

      Pages 251-259

   6. Modern Technologies In New Lignite Power Plants In Kosovo And Their Impact On Energy And Environmental Security

      • Ibrahim Krasniqi

      Pages 261-279

7. Climate Change

   1. Can Energy Technologies Provide Energy Security And Climate Change Mitigation?

      • Ralph E. H. Sims

      Pages 283-305

On 21 November 2007 the grand and elegant Delegates Hall of the Hungarian Parliament was the scene of the opening of a conference to discuss some of the most pressing issues of the day, those related to our unending thirst for energy, its environmental consequences, and the challenges that these bear on security. Over the next 3 days scientists, parliamentarians and their guests confronted, challenged, teased and cajoled each other in a NATO Advanced Research Workshop (ARW) entitled “Energy and Environmental Challenges to Security,” affirming that knowledge and public service hold the keys to solving our greatest challenges. The magnitude of the security challenge was confirmed while this volume was being prepared. In mid-2008, the International Energy Agency issued a report concluding that US$45 trillion would be needed over the next half century to prevent energy shortages and greenhouse gas emissions from undermining global economic growth. But lest such large numbers cause us all to shrug, this volume brings attention to some of the more manageable aspects of the environment and energy security challenge – from addressing conflict resources such as illegal timber that contribute to corruption and regional instability, to means and mechanisms to enable the diversification of energy supplies, to environmental risk reduction strategies for particular installations. The participants in the Hungarian Parliament building were atypical for a NATO Advanced Research Workshop.

• Biofuels
• Climate Change Mitigation
• Energy and environment
• biofuel
• desertification
• development
• organization
• Climate change management

• Central European University, Budapest, Hungary

  Stephen Stec

• Leiden University, The Netherlands

  Stephen Stec

• Regional Environmental Center for Central and Eastern Europe, Hungary

  Stephen Stec

• University of Tirana, Tirana, Albania

  Besnik Baraj

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