TABLE OF CONTENTS INTRODUCTION WHAT IS "HUMAN SECURITY"? WHAT TYPES OF ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE AFFECT HUMAN SECURITY? WHAT REGIONS ARE MOST AT RISK? ADAPTATION AND HUMAN SECURITY WHAT TYPES OF POLICY RECOMMENDATIONS CAN ONE MAKE GLOBALLY? MORE INFORMATION ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT: Canadian Global Change Program The Royal Society of Canada 225 Metcalfe, # 308 Ottawa, Ontario Canada K2P 1P9 Tel: (613) 991-5639 Fax: (613) 991-6996 E-mail: cgcp@rsc.ca References and Suggested Readings Canadian Global Change Program, 1996. Environment and Security: An Overview of Issues and Research Priorities for Canada. Report No. 96-1. Ottawa: The Royal Society of Canada. Homer-Dixon, T., 1991. On the threshold: environmental changes as causes of acute conflict. International Security, 16(2): 76-116. United Nations Development Program (UNDP), 1994. Human Development Report 1994. New York: Oxford Univ. Press. Westing, A., 1989. The environmental component of comprehensive security. Bulletin of Peace Proposals, 20(2): 129-134. Woodrow Wilson Center, 1996. Environmental change and security project. Reports 1 - 3. Washington, D.C.: Woodrow Wilson Center. World Commission on Environment and Development (WCED), 1987, Our Common Future, Oxford: Oxford University Press. World Resources Institute, 1996. World Resources, 1996-97. New York: Oxford Univ. Press.