TY  - BOOK
AU  - Schoonover,Rod
AU  - Smith,Dan
ED  - SIPRI
TI  - Five urgent questions on ecological security
T2  - SIPRI insights on peace and security
PY  - 2023///
CY  - Solna
PB  - SIPRI
KW  - ecology
KW  - security
KW  - pollution
KW  - biology
KW  - health
KW  - environment
KW  - climate change
KW  - biosecurity
N1  - SIP2323; The increasing pressure of ecological disruption on people and on security means that ideas and policy on peace and security must increasingly address the need for ecological security. This paper poses five research questions concerning: (a) amplification of antimicrobial resistance (pathogens that are increasingly drug-resistant); (b) the physiological consequences of pollution; (c) the loss of nature’s contribution to people’s well-being; (d) local and regional ecological tipping points; and (e) detrimental organisms and processes that thrive in the rapidly changing planet.
Each question has a human health dimension, with likely socio-economic impacts and effects on behaviour, as well as potential effects on security and political stability. Understanding these issues is essential if appropriate responses are to be developed.
More research is needed in both the natural and the social sciences, with interdisciplinary work that is in close contact with the policy world. The situation is urgent and policy responses cannot wait until all the answers are known and uncertainty has been fully eliminated

UR  - https://www.doi.org/10.55163/XATC1489
ER  -