Feb 19 2009
In February 2009, E3G’s CEO Nick Mabey spoke at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars exploring a possible Transatlantic Agenda for addressing climate security threats.
There is a growing consensus that climate change is a serious national security threat. This threat has been brought to light by a steady drumbeat of reports, analyses, and
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
Sep 06 2007
In collaboration with the Centre for the Study of Global Governance at the London School of Economics, the Institute for Public Policy Research has today launched a new book entitled “Progressive Foreign Policy: New Directions for the UK”.
The publication states that it “aims to generate some innovative thinking on the major foreign policy challenges facing the UK over the next ten
Aug 29 2007
In an increasingly interdependent world, sustainable development issues are ever more transboundary in nature.
Last year we were commissioned by the UK’s Department for International Development to develop a major new analytical framework on the topic of Global Public Goods (GPGs)*.
We’re now in a position to share some of our thinking on this more widely, and have attached for download
Aug 07 2007
The Smith Institute has recently launched a new publication entitled “Britain and Security” which includes a chapter authored by E3G Chief Executive Nick Mabey.
The publication analyses the security challenges facing Britain in the face of “international and domestic terrorism; energy insecurity; organised crime; infectious disease; and the consequences of conflicts and instability
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
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
Jul 28 2006
In his previous role at the UK Prime Minister’s Strategy Unit, E3G Chief Executive Nick Mabey led work analysing Countries at Risk of Instability. The challenges faced by these countries in many ways give us an indication of the likely security challenges of a resource constrained world.
Nick has recently made a number of speeches on the theme of environment and security, and has drawn
May 09 2004
From the 9 - 12 May 2004, The Institute for Environmental Security organised The Hague Conference on Environment, Security and Sustainable Development, held at The Peace Palace, The Hague, The Netherlands.
Two E3G articles featured elsewhere on our site were used as background material for the conference:
The Geopolitics of Climate Change by John Ashton and Tom Burke
Jan 15 2001
During 2001, the founders of E3G contributed to the influential pamphlet ‘The End of Foreign Policy?: British Interests, Global Linkages and Natural Limits’ published by Peter Hain MP. This set out the ways in which foreign policy, and foreign ministries, would need to be re-cast in an interdependent and highly connected world. As a direct result two EU states restructured their foreign