May 23 2007
The House of Commons Environmental Audit Committee has now published its report on Trade, Development and Environment: The Role of the FCO.
E3G Chief Executive Nick Mabey gave evidence to the committee, so it is interesting to see how their recommendations reflect his suggestions - particularly in the areas of security threats, environmental expertise, fragmented strategy and leadership by
Apr 02 2007
The Trade, Development and Environment Sub-Committee of the UK Parliament’s Environmental Audit Committee has recently been undertaking an inquiry into the role of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) in delivering the UK’s international environmental objectives.
E3G was invited to submit a paper setting out our perspectives on the role of the FCO. Nick Mabey’s working paper in response
Jan 30 2007
Last week the World Economic Forum (WEF) held its annual meeting in Davos, Switzerland, providing an occasion for politicians and business leaders to discuss the current global economic and political situation.
Speeches by Blair et al may have grabbed the limelight this time around (at least in the absence of the celebrities of previous years), but perhaps more overlooked has been the WEF’s
Jan 25 2007
Another excellent article from Timothy Garton Ash in today’s Guardian analyses the impact of globalisation on international power relations.
Written from the World Economic Forum in Davos, his view is that
The unipolar moment of US supremacy has passed. Power is now diffused between multiple states and groups.”
The two major trends shaping the current international system are, in his view,
Oct 24 2006
The Institute for Environmental Security has just launched a new publication, which features a foreward by E3G’s Nick Mabey.
Drawing on his previous experience as team leader of the UK Prime Minister’s Strategy Unit work on ‘Countries at Risk of Instability’, Nick sets out an overview of the challenge facing security analysts as they grapple with the increasing threats from environmental
Aug 13 2006
On the 26th April John Ashton gave evidence to the Foreign Affairs Commitee of the House of Commons for their report into East Asia. The focus of his evidence was on the environmental consequences of the rise of China and the need for proactive European engagement.
The report of the Committee has just been published and you can now find the transcript of John’s evidence online (click on
Aug 03 2006
Clive Bates of the UK’s Environment Agency attended our session at DFID today on Global Public Goods, and was sufficiently stimulated to make a post about it on his own blog.
Clive also refers to us as “ubiquitous penseurs of globalisation”, but I’m not sure if that is a
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