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The surplus of plutonium in the world is both an important security
issue, and a fact with implications for nuclear energy and
environmental policy internationally. The two perspectives are
inextricably intertwined in considering options for dealing with
the plutonium surplus. It was for this reason that two research
programmes at the Royal Institute of International Affairs -
respectively on Energy and Environment, and on International
Security - jointly approached NATO with a view to organising a work
shop on the issue. It was most welcome then to learn that the NATO
Science Programe was already supporting plans for a workshop on the
issue, initiated by Richard Garwin, and we were pleased to accept
the resulting invitation to host that workshop. DrGarwin prepared
the initial agenda and established contacts and initial approaches
to many of the participants; we were able to develop the agenda
further and extend participation in some complementary ways. The
result was a most lively and broad-ranging internation al and
inter-disciplinary discussion. As the hosts, the RIIA was also
given lead responsibility for producing the pro ceedings of the
workshop as a publication for NATO. Many of the papers to the work
shop are more technical than usually involved in a workshop at the
Royal Institute. Yet this is an area in which the policy options
are unusually dependent upon a good under standing of the technical
issues. which themselves are often a matter of dispute."
The issue of climate change is now widely recognised as one of the
major challenges for mankind in the 21st century, not only because
it may ultimately affect many areas of our environment, nature and
human activity but also because its mitigation may have far
reaching consequences for almost all sectors of the economy where
energy conversion takes place. Although climate change is firmly
positioned on the political agenda and some initial targets have
been agreed within a global framework, we are still far away from a
mature political and practical policy which may deliver timely and
appropriate results .to tum the tide. This is partly due to the
complex nature of a possible global climate change regime, the
still early stage of the development of effective and efficient
instruments and the wide variety of possible ramifications for
individual countries and economic sectors. But it is also due to
the complexity of the negotiation process, and the lack of
effective international or even global governance and leadership to
tackle a multi-dimensional problem of this size and nature. This
book is the first broad attempt to address the issue of leadership
by one of the major parties to the UN Framework Convention on
Climate Change in the ongoing international debate and negotiations
towards such a policy which inevitably has to be constructed on a
global scale.
The issue of climate change is now widely recognised as one of the
major challenges for mankind in the 21st century, not only because
it may ultimately affect many areas of our environment, nature and
human activity but also because its mitigation may have far
reaching consequences for almost all sectors of the economy where
energy conversion takes place. Although climate change is firmly
positioned on the political agenda and some initial targets have
been agreed within a global framework, we are still far away from a
mature political and practical policy which may deliver timely and
appropriate results .to tum the tide. This is partly due to the
complex nature of a possible global climate change regime, the
still early stage of the development of effective and efficient
instruments and the wide variety of possible ramifications for
individual countries and economic sectors. But it is also due to
the complexity of the negotiation process, and the lack of
effective international or even global governance and leadership to
tackle a multi-dimensional problem of this size and nature. This
book is the first broad attempt to address the issue of leadership
by one of the major parties to the UN Framework Convention on
Climate Change in the ongoing international debate and negotiations
towards such a policy which inevitably has to be constructed on a
global scale.
The surplus of plutonium in the world is both an important security
issue, and a fact with implications for nuclear energy and
environmental policy internationally. The two perspectives are
inextricably intertwined in considering options for dealing with
the plutonium surplus. It was for this reason that two research
programmes at the Royal Institute of International Affairs -
respectively on Energy and Environment, and on International
Security - jointly approached NATO with a view to organising a work
shop on the issue. It was most welcome then to learn that the NATO
Science Programe was already supporting plans for a workshop on the
issue, initiated by Richard Garwin, and we were pleased to accept
the resulting invitation to host that workshop. DrGarwin prepared
the initial agenda and established contacts and initial approaches
to many of the participants; we were able to develop the agenda
further and extend participation in some complementary ways. The
result was a most lively and broad-ranging internation al and
inter-disciplinary discussion. As the hosts, the RIIA was also
given lead responsibility for producing the pro ceedings of the
workshop as a publication for NATO. Many of the papers to the work
shop are more technical than usually involved in a workshop at the
Royal Institute. Yet this is an area in which the policy options
are unusually dependent upon a good under standing of the technical
issues. which themselves are often a matter of dispute."
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