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By Nick Mabey
More than 10 years ago, the EU launched its Common Foreign Security Policy, following a meeting of leading policy makers and practitioners in security issues, especially conflict prevention and crises response.
Since then, the European Commission continues to bring these experts together bi-annually to continue the discussions. Following the 2007 review of the European Security Strategy, there
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By Tom Burke
Tom Burke was recently invited to address The Tomorrow Project at an event held at the Royal Society. His speech is below and available to download too, calling on political will to ‘protect the future of civilisation’.
The Future of Climate Policy
An idea that has been haunting me since the beginning of the year is that this is the most important year in human history. Ideas do not seek
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By Nick Mabey
Following on from the publication of Nick Mabey’s report ‘Delivering Climate Security’, BusinessGreen.com have interviewed Nick on the topic, including discussion of the implications for business. The full interview follows below:
“Climate Change represents an existential threat”
Former senior advisor to the UK Prime Minister’s Strategy Unit, Nick Mabey, warns that governments and businesses
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By Nick Mabey
The multiplying security implications of climate change were increasingly acknowledged during 2007. Now, E3G Chief Executive Nick Mabey has authored a report for the Royal United Services Institute (RUSI) which sets out how the security sector can not only respond to the increasing threats, but also become part of the solution.
Published as Whitehall Paper 69 and available from Routledge, the
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By Chris Littlecott
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
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By Nick Mabey
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
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By Marina Brutinel
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
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By Chris Littlecott
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,
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By Nick Mabey
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
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By Chris Littlecott
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
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