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Oil, Environment, and Insecurity

Author : Jude Nonso Udengwu
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (851 download)

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Download or read book Oil, Environment, and Insecurity written by Jude Nonso Udengwu and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Oil provides huge economic benefits to oil companies and oil-producing countries; however, oil production can have multiple adverse effects on the environment which in turn can affect people's lives. This problem appears to be most severe in oil-producing developing countries. In Nigeria, oil production has resulted in serious environmental damage and violent conflicts (which I refer to as "environmental insecurity"). Why? In this research, I investigated the causal link between oil production and environmental insecurity in the Niger Delta using Thomas Homer-Dixon's well-known environmental security model. Data for use with the model derives from textual material and interviews. My findings and synthesis of results from the literature show that adverse environmental impacts, together with regulatory failure by the Nigerian government and exploitative practices by oil companies, led to a decrease in the supply of natural resources in the region (land, crops, forests, freshwater, fishing waters and fish), which in turn led to constrained economic productivity that, in some instances, precipitated violent conflict in the Niger Delta. Corruption and lack of enforcement were predominant factors explaining the failure of intervention measures designed to prevent violent conflict."--Leaf ii

Threats Without Enemies

Author : Gwyn Prins
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 113404545X
Total Pages : 338 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (34 download)

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Download or read book Threats Without Enemies written by Gwyn Prins and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-11-05 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The world is moving into a new era which will be dominated by a new range of threats and a new range of priorities. Already headlines tell of storms and droughts, mass emigrations, the danger of old Soviet nuclear reactors and the thinning ozone layer, and with the menaces of global warming, deforestation, pollution and loss of biodiversity, the picture is likely to get bleaker. Unlike traditional threats, these are not made deliberately and standard military responses are usually inappropriate They are threats without enemies and they present quite new and fundamental challenges to the international community which has to find new methods and institutions, as well as the resolve, to tackle them. In this book, eminent experts describe the new threats and the scale of the dangers which they present and set out the political, military and institutional changes needed. Gwyn Prins is Director of the Global Security Programme at the University of Cambridge. He is author of Top guns and Toxic Whales, also published by Earthscan. Progress For A Small Planet Three topics dominate discussions of the global environment: pollution; the consequences of the affluent running ever faster through finite resources; and the growing tensions between rich and poor as a third of humanity continues to live and die in desperate poverty. In this exceptional book Barbara Ward (co-author with Rene Dubos of the bestselling Only One Earth) refused to see these processes as inevitable. It describes new technologies for recycling waste, for energy, for 'getting more for less' ,linking them to ordinary people's working lives. It also suggests a strategy for meeting the basic needs of the disadvantaged, and shows how the vast inequalities between countries can be reduced. This perceptive survey of policies outlines a planetary bargain between the world's nations that would guarantee individual freedom from poverty and keep our shared biosphere in good working order. Originally published in 1993

The United States' Strategic Insecurity-The Oil Nexus

Author : John A. Gagan
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 77 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (648 download)

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Download or read book The United States' Strategic Insecurity-The Oil Nexus written by John A. Gagan and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page 77 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There's not any doubt that oil is a finite resource and that the United States relies heavily on oil for homeland security, defense security, and economic security. Every facet of the American lifestyle is dependent on oil. The United States secured its status as a world Super Power around an industrial base driven by oil; accessible, cheap, and plentiful oil. The United States has enjoyed virtually unhampered access to oil for over one hundred years. However, in the first decade of the 21st Century, global demand for oil has accelerated at an unprecedented pace. As global supplies have become tighter, global competition for oil has increased. This study set out to answer the primary question of: "How does the United States' dependence on oil create national security vulnerability?" Secondary questions include: "Is America's dependence on oil a strategic vulnerability, what hazards are associated with America's dependence on oil, and how can the United States mitigate those hazards? The findings of this study revealed that U.S. vulnerability to dependence on oil manifests in the realm of national homeland security, economic security, environmental security, and geo-political security, with economic security posing the greatest security vulnerability. Since the U.S. economy is driven by oil, it is a matter of national security that the U.S. maintains a safe, reliable, and ample supply of oil. As global competition increases for oil, securing those supplies will become more difficult, which leads to the most significant hazard associated with America's dependence on oil: energy supply disruptions.

Soil, Not Oil

Author : Vandana Shiva
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781350222663
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (226 download)

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Download or read book Soil, Not Oil written by Vandana Shiva and published by . This book was released on with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Climate Change and Energy Insecurity

Author : Felix Dodds
Publisher : Earthscan
ISBN 13 : 1849774404
Total Pages : 321 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (497 download)

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Download or read book Climate Change and Energy Insecurity written by Felix Dodds and published by Earthscan. This book was released on 2009 with total page 321 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Climate change is now recognised as one of the greatest challenges facing the international community and when coupled with energy production and use - the most significant contributor to climate change - and the related security problems the double threat to international security and human development is of the highest order. This wide-ranging book brings together leading thinkers from academia, government and civil society to examine and address the global insecurity and development challenges arising from the twin thrust of climate change and the energy supply crunch.Part one considers energy. It analyses the challenges of meeting future energy demands and the ongoing and future security-related conflicts over energy. Coverage includes security and development concerns related to the oil and gas, nuclear, bio-fuels and hydropower sectors, ensuring energy access for all and addressing sustainable consumption and production in both developed and rapidly industrializing countries such as India, China, Brazil and South Africa. Part two analyses how climate change contributes to global insecurity and presents a consolidated overview of the potential threats and challenges it poses to international peace and development. Coverage includes future water scenarios including a focus on scarcity in the Middle East, food security, biodiversity loss, land degradation, the changing economics of climate change, adaptation and the special case of small island states.The final part lays out the potential avenues and mechanisms available to the international community to address and avert climate and energy instability via the multilateral framework under the United Nations. It also addresses mechanisms for resource and knowledge transfer from industrialized to developing countries to ensure a low-carbon energy transition by focusing on the rapid deployment of clean energy technologies and ways to tackle income and employment insecurity created by the transition away from traditional energy sources. This book offers the most comprehensive international assessment of the challenges and solutions for tackling the global insecurity arising from climate change and energy provision and use. It is essential reading for students, researchers and professionals across international relations, security, climate change and the energy sectors.

Climate Change and Energy Insecurity

Author : Felix Dodds
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1136546294
Total Pages : 321 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (365 download)

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Download or read book Climate Change and Energy Insecurity written by Felix Dodds and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2009-12 with total page 321 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Climate change is now recognised as one of the greatest challenges facing the international community and when coupled with energy production and use - the most significant contributor to climate change - and the related security problems the double threat to international security and human development is of the highest order. This wide-ranging book brings together leading thinkers from academia, government and civil society to examine and address the global insecurity and development challenges arising from the twin thrust of climate change and the energy supply crunch. Part one considers energy. It analyses the challenges of meeting future energy demands and the ongoing and future security-related conflicts over energy. Coverage includes security and development concerns related to the oil and gas, nuclear, bio-fuels and hydropower sectors, ensuring energy access for all and addressing sustainable consumption and production in both developed and rapidly industrializing countries such as India, China, Brazil and South Africa. Part two analyses how climate change contributes to global insecurity and presents a consolidated overview of the potential threats and challenges it poses to international peace and development. Coverage includes future water scenarios including a focus on scarcity in the Middle East, food security, biodiversity loss, land degradation, the changing economics of climate change, adaptation and the special case of small island states. The final part lays out the potential avenues and mechanisms available to the international community to address and avert climate and energy instability via the multilateral framework under the United Nations. It also addresses mechanisms for resource and knowledge transfer from industrialized to developing countries to ensure a low-carbon energy transition by focusing on the rapid deployment of clean energy technologies and ways to tackle income and employment insecurity created by the transition away from traditional energy sources. This book offers the most comprehensive international assessment of the challenges and solutions for tackling the global insecurity arising from climate change and energy provision and use. It is essential reading for students, researchers and professionals across international relations, security, climate change and the energy sectors.

Insecure Gulf

Author : Kristian Coates Ulrichsen
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN 13 : 0190241578
Total Pages : 268 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (92 download)

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Download or read book Insecure Gulf written by Kristian Coates Ulrichsen and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2015 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Examines both the traditional and the new challenges that the Gulf states face

Soil, Not Oil

Author : Vandana Shiva
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781783607785
Total Pages : 151 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (77 download)

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Download or read book Soil, Not Oil written by Vandana Shiva and published by . This book was released on 2016 with total page 151 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'One of the world's most prominent radical scientists.' The Guardian This book is classic of the environmental movement. In it, Vandana Shiva envisions a world beyond our current dependence on fossil fuels and globalization, and makes the compelling case that food crises, oil dependency and climate change are all inherently interlinked. Any attempt to solve one without addressing the others is therefore doomed to failure. Condemning industrial agriculture and biofuels as recipes for ecological and economic disaster, Shiva instead champions small independent farmers. What is needed most, in a time of hunger and changing climates, are sustainable, biologically diverse farms that are better able to resist disease, drought and flooding. Calling for a return to local economies and small-scale agriculture, Shiva argues that humanity's choice is a stark one: we can either continue to pursue a market-centred approach, which will ultimately make our planet unliveable, or we can instead strive for a people-centred, oil-free future, one which offers a decent living for all. This edition features a new introduction by the author, in which she outlines recent developments in ecology and environmentalism, and offers new prescriptions for the environmental movement.

Oil and Gas Pipeline Infrastructure Insecurity

Author : Abdul L. Abraham Jatto
Publisher : Springer Nature
ISBN 13 : 3031569326
Total Pages : 426 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (315 download)

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Download or read book Oil and Gas Pipeline Infrastructure Insecurity written by Abdul L. Abraham Jatto and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on with total page 426 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Life after Fossil Fuels

Author : Alice J. Friedemann
Publisher : Springer Nature
ISBN 13 : 3030703355
Total Pages : 205 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (37 download)

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Download or read book Life after Fossil Fuels written by Alice J. Friedemann and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2021-03-29 with total page 205 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is a reality check of where energy will come from in the future. Today, our economy is utterly dependent on fossil fuels. They are essential to transportation, manufacturing, farming, electricity, and to make fertilizers, cement, steel, roads, cars, and half a million other products. One day, sooner or later, fossil fuels will no longer be abundant and affordable. Inevitably, one day, global oil production will decline. That time may be nearer than we realize. Some experts predict oil shortages as soon as 2022 to 2030. What then are our options for replacing the fossil fuels that turn the great wheel of civilization? Surveying the arsenal of alternatives – wind, solar, hydrogen, geothermal, nuclear, batteries, catenary systems, fusion, methane hydrates, power2gas, wave, tidal power and biomass – this book examines whether they can replace or supplement fossil fuels. The book also looks at substitute energy sources from the standpoint of the energy users. Manufacturing, which uses half of fossil fuels, often requires very high heat, which in many cases electricity can't provide. Industry uses fossil fuels as a feedstock for countless products, and must find substitutes. And, as detailed in the author's previous book, "When Trucks Stop Running: Energy and the Future of Transportation," ships, locomotives, and heavy-duty trucks are fueled by diesel. What can replace diesel? Taking off the rose-colored glasses, author Alice Friedemann analyzes our options. What alternatives should we deploy right now? Which technologies merit further research and development? Which are mere wishful thinking that, upon careful scrutiny, dematerialize before our eyes? Fossil fuels have allowed billions of us to live like kings. Fueled by oil, coal, and natural gas, we changed the equation constraining the carrying capacity of our planet. As fossil fuels peak and then decline, will we fall back to Earth? Are there viable alternatives?

The End of Certainty

Author : Ilya Prigogine
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 0684837056
Total Pages : 248 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (848 download)

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Download or read book The End of Certainty written by Ilya Prigogine and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 1997-08-17 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Nobel Laureate Ilya Prigogine discusses the irreversibility of time and his findings impact on the laws of physics.

A Changing Environment for Human Security

Author : Linda Sygna
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1136272496
Total Pages : 570 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (362 download)

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Download or read book A Changing Environment for Human Security written by Linda Sygna and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-06-26 with total page 570 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Environmental change presents a new context and new opportunities for transformational change. This timely book will inspire new ways of understanding the relationship between environmental change and human security. A Changing Environment for Human Security: Transformative Approaches to Research, Policy and Action both supports and informs a call for new, transformative approaches to research, policy and action. The chapters in this book include critical analyses, case studies and reflections on contemporary environmental and social challenges, with a strong emphasis on those related to climate change. Human thoughts and actions have contributed to an environment of insecurity, manifested as multiple interacting threats that now represent a serious challenge to humanity. Yet humans also have the capacity to collectively transform the economic, political, social and cultural systems and structures that perpetuate human insecurities. These fresh perspectives on global environmental change from an interdisciplinary group of international experts will inspire readers – whether students, researchers, policy makers, or practitioners – to think differently about environmental issues and sustainability. The contributions show that in a changing environment, human security is not only a possibility, but a choice.

Petro-Aggression

Author : Jeff Colgan
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1107029678
Total Pages : 327 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (7 download)

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Download or read book Petro-Aggression written by Jeff Colgan and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2013-01-31 with total page 327 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Jeff D. Colgan explores why some oil-exporting countries are aggressive, while others are not. Using evidence from key countries such as Iraq, Iran, Libya, Saudi Arabia and Venezuela, Petro-Aggression proposes a new theoretical framework to explain the importance of oil to international security.

The Political Economy of Kidnapping and Insecurity in Nigeria

Author : J. Shola Omotola
Publisher : Springer Nature
ISBN 13 : 3031471687
Total Pages : 334 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (314 download)

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Download or read book The Political Economy of Kidnapping and Insecurity in Nigeria written by J. Shola Omotola and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on with total page 334 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Fuelling Insecurity

Author : Ganz, Aurora
Publisher : Policy Press
ISBN 13 : 1529216710
Total Pages : 160 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (292 download)

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Download or read book Fuelling Insecurity written by Ganz, Aurora and published by Policy Press. This book was released on 2021-11-04 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Known as ‘the land of fire’, Azerbaijan’s politics are materially and ideologically shaped by energy. In the country, energy security emerges as a mix of coercion and control, requiring widespread military and law enforcement deployment. This book examines the extensive network of security professionals and the wide range of practices that have spread in Azerbaijan’s energy sector. It unpacks the interactions of state, supra‐state, and private security organizations and argues that energy security has enabled and normalized a coercive way of exercising power. This study shows that oppressive energy security practices lead to multiple forms of abuse and poor energy policies.

Facing Global Environmental Change

Author : Hans Günter Brauch
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 3540684883
Total Pages : 1546 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (46 download)

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Download or read book Facing Global Environmental Change written by Hans Günter Brauch and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2009-06-04 with total page 1546 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The year 2007 could perhaps accurately be described as the year when climate change finally received the attention that this challenge deserves globally. Much of the information and knowledge that was created in this field during the year was the result of the findings of the Fourth - sessment Report (AR4) of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), which were disseminated on a large scale and reported extensively by the media. This was the result not only of a heightened interest on the part of the public on various aspects of climate change, but also because the IPCC itself proactively attempted to spread the findings of its AR4 to the public at large. The interest generated on the scientific realities of climate change was further enhanced by the award of the Nobel Peace Prize to the IPCC and former Vice President of the US, Al Gore. By taking this decision in favour of a leader who has done a great deal to create awareness on c- mate change, and a body that assesses all scientific aspects of climate change and disseminates the result of its findings, the Norwegian Nobel Committee has clearly drawn the link between climate change and peace in the world.

Seeking Security in an Insecure World

Author : Dan Caldwell
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 1442252154
Total Pages : 341 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (422 download)

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Download or read book Seeking Security in an Insecure World written by Dan Caldwell and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2016-02-24 with total page 341 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This revised edition of Seeking Security in an Insecure World provides a thorough, accessible introduction to contemporary security studies. All chapters are updated and a wide range of new topics are discussed, including the Syrian civil war, Russia’s annexation of Crimea and its intervention in East Ukraine, the global refugee crisis, China’s military buildup, the impact of fracking on oil and gas markets, and rapidly evolving cyberwar capabilities. Each chapter also addresses what has been and can be done to enhance security. Overall, Seeking Security in an Insecure World offers a clear and compelling framework for understanding what security means today and how it can best be achieved.