May 08 2008
The reality of climate change will require fundamental changes to the practice of international relations.
Impacting on strategic interests, alliances, borders, threats, economic relationships, comparative advantages and the nature of international cooperation, climate change geopolitics will extend far outside the environment sphere, and will link old problems in new ways. Managing the
May 07 2008
Until very recently Climate Protection and Energy Security have been viewed as largely contradictory or separate objectives. This week saw the Athens Summit on Climate Change and Energy Security strive to overthrow this zero-sum mentality.
E3G Chief Executive Nick Mabey has been a member of the advisory board planning the summit, and also contributed a major presentation for the session “The
May 07 2008
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:
Former senior advisor to the UK Prime Minister’s Strategy Unit, Nick Mabey, warns that governments and businesses
Apr 23 2008
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
Nov 09 2007
The economics of climate change is lagging behind the science. We need to improve on this quickly if we are to take the right investment decisions.
So argues Nick Mabey in this E3G opinion article. A pdf download version is also published here.
Earlier this year, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) issued its Fourth Assessment
Aug 23 2007
The Reuters website carries an article looking at the 2007 Ny-Ålesund Symposium on global climate change and the changing Arctic, which has just taken place close to the polar circle in Spitsbergen, Svalbard, Norway.
This was an international event held from 20-22 August where politicians and scientists from 13 nations met to discuss climate change issues.
In attendance at the seminar was
Apr 27 2007
Following hot on the heels of the first ever climate change debate at the UN Security Council, this week saw the continued rise of climate security as an issue of real concern to the international community.
On Tuesday, the Royal United Services Institute for Defence and Security Studies hosted the latest event in its Climate Security series. This time the event focused on the particular role
Apr 24 2007
The Royal United Services Institute has started a series of events looking at the interrelationship of climate change and security concerns.
E3G founding director John Ashton spoke at the second of these in his role as Special Representative for Climate Change of the UK Foreign Office.
The event was entitled Climate Security in Asia, and was held at RUSI on the 24th of April.
John gave a
Apr 19 2007
It’s been a busy week on the climate security front, with the culmination of several important processes which we’ve been following closely over recent months.
On Monday, a panel of distinguished US Admirals and Generals launched their report on National Security and the Threat of Climate Change.
The same evening, UK Foreign Secretary Margaret Beckett gave a speech entitled Climate
Mar 06 2007
On 6th March 2007, E3G Chief Executive Nick Mabey gave a presentation on the theme of Climate Security: Opportunities and Challenges for the UK and India to the first of a series of interactive ‘Climate Conversation’ seminars organised by the Centre for Social Markets.
A pdf version of Nick’s presentation is attached for download.
The online version of The Hindu newspaper carries a report of
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