A 1998 report by Global Environmental Change and Human Security entitled “ Environmental Change, Vulnerability and Security in the Pacific ” describes the region as facing three different environmental crises:
參酌 1998 年名為「全球環境變遷與人類安全」的跨領域研究團隊所提出的「太平洋地區的環境變遷、脆弱度與安全議題」報告，可將本區面對的環境危機歸納為以下 3 面向：