Sustainable Development and the Environment

How does climate change affect foreign policy priorities? How will it change the way in which countries conduct bilateral and multilateral relations in the future? On what basis might major developed and emerging economies reach agreement on a new climate change treaty? To what extent will issues such as ‘distress migration’, tensions over strategic trade routes, exploitation of newly accessible resources and competition for scarce resources rise up the international agenda? How can climate change considerations be best integrated with development, energy security, trade and security policies?

Download the conference programme
(PDF 197Kb approx) - published 14/10/2008