ISS Seminar, Pretoria: Global Climate Change Negotiations: Emerging and Future Roles for BASIC Countries
Date: 2010-04-12
Venue: Block C, Brooklyn Court
361 Veale Street
New Muckleneuk
Parking in Brooklyn Mall and ABSA court)
RSVP: Job Hlongwa
Tel:     012 346 9500            ÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂ
Email: [email protected]
Presented by the Corruption and Governance Programme, ISS Cape Town
Climate change is undoubtedly one of the most serious threats to global human security. The failure to reach a legally binding agreement at the United Nations climate change negotiations in Copenhagen have raised the question of the role of multi-lateral negotiations in reaching consensus where issues are seriously contested. While developed western countries are largely responsible for greenhouse gases (GHG) that have accelerated climate change to current levels, the so-called anchor or BASIC or BICS countries (Brazil, India, China and South Africa) account for the majority of GHG emissions from the developing countries.
The BASIC countries are credited with playing a central role in the compromise Copenhagen Accord. Is this an indication of the changing global power dynamics, likely to result in a continued leading role for emerging powers in the negotiation process for a global governance architecture for climate change? What roles do the BICS/BASIC countries stand to play in future negotiation processes for climate change and how best do they pursue individual interests without appearing to sideline intergovernmental groups they are part of?
The Institute for Security Studies invites you to a discussion to reflect on the role played by the BASIC countries in the Copenhagen negotiations and to explore the emerging and potential role of these countries in the future global governance of climate change.
Speakers
Mr. Saliem Fakir, Head, Living Planet Programme, WWF South Africa
Mr. Tong, Embassy of the People’s Republic of China in South Africa (TBC)
Ms. Joanne Yawitch, the Department of Environmental Affairs, South Africa (TBC)
His Excellency Shambhu S. Kumaran, Acting Indian High Commissioner to South Africa
Minister-Counsellor Felipe Costi Santarosa, Brazilian Embassy in South Africa
Please note that discussions occur under ISS Rules: Participants are free to use the information received, but neither the identity nor the affiliation of the speaker(s), nor that of any other participant, may be revealed without his/her express permission.
Please note that discussions occur under ISS Rules. Participants are free to use the information received, but neither the identity nor the affiliation of the speaker(s), nor that of any other participant, may be revealed without his/her express permission.
