ABSTRACT
Environmental security, a relatively recent concept, has provoked intense debate among theorists of international relations. What are the indicators for environmental security? To what extent is the scarcity of a natural resource likely to cause a “green war”? Are crises, such as Darfur, likely to be more frequent? Taking into account the amount of land soon to be engulfed by rising sea levels, is climatic change then a threat to national or international security? To what extent are these climatic disturbances going to represent the drop that causes the vase to overflow, the vase being already full to the brim with demographic pressure, soil erosion, deforestation and diminishing sources of drinking water and fish stocks. Do we include among these new threats States that are demanding compensation for environmental damage perpetrated by other States, or the attempts of those who seek to delocalize their pollution? Or those who would rely on military solutions in situations of environmental insecurity?
