Preprint Draft Paper. An accepted and revised version of this paper is forthcoming in the Annual Review of Law and
Social Sciences, volume 14, 15 October 2018 (https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev-lawsocsci-101317-030945). Posted with
permission from the Annual Review of Law and Social Science, Volume 14 © 2018 by Annual Reviews,
http://www.annualreviews.org/
Security and the Anthropocene: Law, Criminology and International
Relations
Cameron Holley,
1
Clifford Shearing,
2
Cameron Harrington,
3
Amanda Kennedy
4
and Tariro
Mutongwizo
1
1
Faculty of Law, UNSW Sydney. email: c.holley@unsw.edu.au;
t.mutongwizo@unsw.edu.au
2
School of Criminology and Criminal Justice, Griffith University. email:
c.shearing@griffith.edu.au
3
School of Government and International Affairs, Durham University. email:
cameron.harrington@durham.ac.uk
4
School of Law, University of New England. email: akenne21@une.edu.au
Keywords: Governance of Security, Environmental Security, Anthropocene, Energy
Security, Water Security, Food Security
Abstract: This article analyses the implications of the Anthropocene for the governance
of security. Drawing on environmental law, green criminology and international relations,
the article examines the development of environmental security scholarship over recent
decades and shows similarities and differences in perspectives across the three disciplines.
It demonstrates that the Anthropocene represents a significant challenge for thinking about