INTRODUCTION

1.1 TOUCHING THE NERVE OF POLICY MAKERS

1.2 ENVIRONMENT AND SECURITY - CHALLENGING EU POLITIC

Common Foreign and Security Policy

Development assistance

Humanitarian aid

Climate change policy

Agricultural policy

Natural resource management

International trade

Transatlantic relations

2 CONCEPTS OF ENVIRONMENT AND SECURITY

2.1 WHAT IS ENVIRONMENT AND SECURITY ABOUT ?

2.2 THE CONCEPTUAL LINKS BETWEEN ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE AND SECURITY

2.3 ENVIRONMENT AND SECURITY IN THE EUROPEAN CONTEXT – THE SYNDROME APPROACH

2.4 QUANTITATIVE RESEARCH APPROACHES

2.4.1 IMAGE– Integrated Model to Assess the Greenhouse Effect

2.4.2 The WaterGAP 2 model

2.4.3 KOSIMO Database and Syndrome Approach

2.4.4 GLASS – Global Assessment of Environment and Security

2.4.5 Environmental Conflict Management Model (ECOMAN)

2.4.6 Synthesis

3 THE POLICY FRAMEWORK IN THE EUROPEAN UNION

3.1 ENVIRONMENT & SECURITY IN THE CONTEXT OF THE EUROPEAN COMMON FOREIGN AND SECURITY POLICY

3.2 ENVIRONMENT AND SECURITY IN THE CONTEXT OF EUROPEAN DEVELOPMENT POLICY

3.3 ENVIRONMENT AND SECURITY IN THE CONTEXT OF RESEARCH POLICY

4 INSTITUTIONAL STRUCTURES OF EUROPEAN EARTH OBSERVATION

4.1 INTERNATIONAL NETWORKS WITH EUROPEAN PARTICIPATION

4.2 JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE OF THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION (JRC)

4.3 ESA

4.4 EUMETSAT

4.5 WEU SATELLITE CENTRE

4.6 THE EUROPEAN ENVIRONMENT AGENCY

4.7 ASSESSMENT OF INSTITUTIONAL APPROACHES

5 POLICY NEEDS AND MONITORING REQUIREMENTS

5.1 POLICY NEEDS

5.2 MONITORING, COMPLIANCE AND REPORTING REQUIREMENTS

5.2.1 Multilateral Environmental Agreements

Convention to Combat Desertification

Convention on Biological Diversity

The Kyoto Protocol

5.2.2 Enlargement and Climate Change

5.2.3 Shared natural resources: fisheries and forests

5.2.4 The Impact of EU Policies on Global Environment and Security

6 CONCLUSIONS

6.1 IDENTIFICATION OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONFLICTS RELEVANT TO EUROPE

6.2 EXPERT WORKSHOPS TO IMPROVE DIALOGUES BETWEEN POLICY MAKERS AND EARTH OBSERVATION EXPERTS

6.3 A COMPREHENSIVE EUROPEAN APPROACH TO ENVIRONMENT AND SECURITY

6.4 DEVELOPING THE ROLE FOR GLOBAL MONITORING

6.5 POLICY BRIEFINGS BY EXPERT COUNCIL ON ENVIRONMENT AND SECURITY

6.6 STRENGTHENING THE NETWORK AMONG THE INSTITUTIONS

7 BIBLIOGRAPHY