Sustainability & Security:Human security within climate change regime

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Security

Definition – the state of being safe, protected

Protected from what? External violent threat, non violent threats,

Freedom from fear and freedom from want

Most people instinctively understand what security means [Human

deprivation?

Development Report 1994]

From territorial security to human security Global

National

Individual

Human security and freedom are not only the primary ends of national and international peace and security, they are also among its principal means. [Boyle and Simonsen (2004)]

Human Security and National Security are mutually reinforcing. But secure states do not necessarily mean secure people [Human Security Report, 2005]


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