摘要
Theconsequencesofglobalclimatechangepresentaseriousstrategicchallengeinoneofthemostremotepartsoftheworld.TheTibetanPlateauisthelargesthigh-altitudelandmassonearth,withmorethan45,000glaciersthatfeedthemajorriversystemsinAsia,which,inturn,support40percentoftheworld’spopulation.Temperaturesintheregionarerisingtwiceasfastastheglobalaverage,posingseriousriskstohydrologicalsystems,agriculture,andcriticalinfrastructure.Lookingatregionalcooperationthroughthelensofecologicalsecurityraisesimportantquestionsabouttheextenttowhichthethreatoflarge-scaleclimate-relateddisastercouldtriggernewformsofcooperativeaction.Thesoberingrealityisthatcurrentresponsesfallfarshortofensuringamutuallysecurefuture.
出版日期
2011年03月13日（中国期刊网平台首次上网日期，不代表论文的发表时间）
