"A three-year international assessment of global changes conducted by the Millennium Project identified fifteen global challenges facing the world...This report is an investigationinto the roles that might be required of the United Nations and related international organizations, and the environmental standards to which they should abide..." --From the Abstract pg i

"July 2000" -- Cover Include appendices.

Sections include :v. 1 : UN Role : Environmental effects of conflict -- UN Role in environmental security issues that could lead to conflict -- Scenario sketches -- Future arrangements -- Conclusions and recommendations -- v. 2 : Sample of environmental security threats -- Treaties, conventions and protocols that address environment-related issues -- Selected international organizations relevant to environmental security.