Wilton Park speech on scarcity and resilience

by | Jan 31, 2008 | Climate and resource scarcity, Conflict and security, Europe and Central Asia

Charlie and I are both off to Wilton Park this afternoon for a conference on European security in 2020.  I’m presenting on scarcity and resilience, and why they’ll matter in 2020. 

Here’s my speech – which is also, in part, the beginnings of an attempt to sketch out a reply to Martin Wolf’s questions about civilisation in a zero sum economy…