Feb 05 2007
Over the past couple of weeks there has been a sudden wave of discussion here in the UK on the issue of Climate Security.
The theme has been picked up on TV news and in the print media, and we’ll be adding further posts on these over the next couple of days.
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Much of this interest seems to have been sparked by an event entitled ‘Climate Change - The Global Security Impact’
Feb 05 2007
On the 23rd January, E3G’s Nick Mabey participated in the discussion ‘Energy for Sustainable Development’ at the Delhi Sustainable Development Summit.
Attached here for download as a pdf document are the slides for Nick’s presentation on the topic of ‘Energy and Climate Security for Development’.
The presentation covers the following areas:
Energy and Climate Security have large impacts
Jan 24 2007
E3G’s Nick Mabey has been participating in this week’s Delhi Sustainable Development Summit. Yesterday he was a speaker in the session ‘Energy for Sustainable Development’, details of which follow below.
The DSDS website also carries a short online biography of Nick. We’ll aim to post more news on Nick’s trip on his return next week.
It is now beyond doubt
Jan 10 2007
Later today, European Commission President José Manuel Barroso and Energy Commissioner Andris Piebalgs will give a press conference on the Commission’s proposed measures for an integrated Energy Policy for Europe.
This ‘Strategic Energy Review’ will be a major focus of the Spring meeting of the European Council in March 2007, and is the European Commission’s attempt to assess the current
Dec 21 2006
The right mix of political, technological and economic instruments is essential if the challenge of irreversible climate-change is to be met, says Tom Burke of E3G, in an article published today by Open Democracy.
Since the publication of the Stern report on the economics of climate change on 30 October 2006, several things about climate change have come into much sharper focus. We know what
Nov 30 2006
The wind of change has suddenly picked up speed. Clean coal technology, combined with carbon sequestration, is being recognised far more widely as a potential part-solution to reducing greenhouse gas emissions. Perhaps more significantly for the politics of climate security, the buzz around new coal technologies is opening up new political space.
There is no escaping the fact that energy
Nov 03 2006
The publication of Sir Nicholas Stern’s Review on the Economics of Climate Change is being viewed with great interest around the world. On Friday 3rd November E3G’s Jennifer Morgan contributed to USA-based public radio show ‘Living on Earth’ to discuss the impact of the Review.
‘Living on Earth’with Steve Curwood is the weekly environmental news and information program distributed by Public
Oct 22 2006
The V General Assembly and Annual Conference of the Club of Madrid took place over the weekend, focussed this year on “The Challenges of Energy and Democratic Leadership”.
The Club de Madrid is an independent organization whose purpose and priority is to contribute to strengthening democracy in the world. The personal and practical experience of its members - 68 former heads of state and
Oct 05 2006
The Gleneagles Dialogue on Climate Change, Clean Energy and Sustainable Development was initated under the UK Presidency of the G8 in 2005. The dialogue held its second ministerial meeting in Monterrey, Mexico from 2–4 October 2006.
UK Environment Minister David Miliband hosted an opening dinner on 2nd October, at which E3G’s Jennifer Morgan gave an address on behalf of Civil Society
Oct 04 2006
The Gleneagles Dialogue on Climate Change, Clean Energy and Sustainable Development was initated under the UK Presidency of the G8 in 2005. The dialogue held its second ministerial meeting in Monterrey, Mexico from 2–4 October 2006.
Jennifer Morgan attended the meeting in her new role as E3G’s Director of Climate and Energy Security. Prior to the meeting, Jennifer had also authored a briefing
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