Simon Dalby provides an accessible and engaging account of the challenges we face in responding to security and environmental change. He traces the historical roots of current thinking about security and climate change to show the roots of the contemporary concern.

Introduction. Change, ecology, and security -- Environmental fears, from Thomas Malthus to ecological "collapse" -- Securing precisely what? : global, environmental, and human security -- Environmental history : conquest, colonization, famines, and El Nino -- Global change and earth-system science -- Glurbanization and vulnerability in the Anthropocene -- Geopolitics and ecological security -- Conclusion: Anthropocene security.