Climate Security in Asia
As part of a series of activities throughout 2007 exploring the link between Climate Change and security, RUSI will host a one-day conference on Climate Security in Asia on 24 April 2007.
09:00, 24 Apr 2007
RUSI, Whitehall, London, SW1A 2ET
As part of a series of activities throughout 2007 exploring the link between Climate Change and security, RUSI will host a one-day conference on Climate Security in Asia on 24 April 2007. The inaugural conference of this series took place in January and focused on the impact of climate change on global security.
While Europe and the United States concentrate their trade relationship with a booming Asia, it is easy to overlook income disparities, the inequality between urban and rural populations and vulnerability to climate change. Solutions must be developed through international cooperation to mitigate the inherent risks associated with an Asian renaissance and the security implications of climate change in the region.
EU states have recently agreed binding measures to radically cut carbon dioxide emissions by 2020 and it is hoped that both India and China will commit to similar reductions at the G8 summit in June. Asia’s responsibility for a growing proportion of the world’s CO2 emissions and its vulnerability to climate change make it a key proving ground in achieving climate security.
This conference will open up the debate on Climate Security in Asia to key European and Asian government practitioners, experts and interest groups from the UK’s Defence and Security sector, the London diplomatic and academic community, parliamentarians, industry leaders and the media.
Four core themes
* The security implications of climate change in Asia
* International interpretations of Asian climate security
* UK climate security policy and engagement in Asia
* Options for mitigation: cooperation and multilateral engagement
Confimed speakers
* John Ashton - UK Foreign Secretary’s Special Representative for Climate Change
* Zhao Xingshu - Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, Beijing
* Brahma Chellaney - Centre for Policy Research, Delhi
* Dr Bob Bradnock - Visiting Senior Research Fellow, King’s College London
* Ligia Noronha - Director of the Resources and Global Security Division, TERI India.
* San Feng - China Centre for Economic Information
Event manager: Rachel Bowden, +44(0)20 7747 2648
