RT Report
T1 Environment and Security: Transforming Risks into Cooperation - The Case of the Eastern Caspian Region
A1 United Nations Environment Programme, 
A1 United Nations Development Programme, 
A1 United Nations Economic Commission for Europe, 
A1 Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe, 
A1 Regional Environmental Centre for Central and Eastern Europe, 
A1 North Atlantic Treaty Organisation, 
K1 environmental management
K1 energy resource
K1 marine resource
K1 biodiversity
K1 environmental degradation
K1 natural resource
K1 natural capital
K1 security
K1 freshwater
K1 Caspian Sea
SN 978-82-7701-051-9
YR 2008
FD 2008
LK https://wedocs.unep.org/handle/20.500.11822/32518
UL https://wedocs.unep.org/handle/20.500.11822/32518
NO In the past, the notion of security was pri- marily conceived in terms of neutralizing military threats to the territorial integrity and political independence of a state. However, in recent decades, it has been considerably broadened through incorporation of non- conventional threats and factors promoting tension and conflicts. This report considers the role and impact of environmental factors in securing hu- man safety and sustained development of the eastern Caspian Sea region, including the parts of Kazakhstan and Turkmenistan opening onto the Caspian Sea. Furthermore, the analysis presented here introduces a security perspective as it seeks to identify those environmental, socio-economic and political issues that are profoundly affecting the livelihoods of the populations and could lead to social tensions and instability.
DS UN Environment Document Repository
RD Sep 22, 2026