This multidisciplinaryvolumearticulatesthecurrentandpotential publicpolicydiscoursebetween energy security and climate change in the Asia-Pacificregion, and the efforts taken to address global warming. This volume is unique as it analyses two important issues climate change and energy security throughthelensofgeopoliticsat theintersectionofenergysecurity.Itelaboratesonthecurrentand potentialsteps taken by state and non-stateactors, as well as the policy innovationsand diplomatic efforts (bilateral and multilateral, including regional) that states are pursuing. This Brief stems from the...

Based on the swisspeace annual conference 2012, the publication examines the delicate balance between external interventions and locally-led initiatives. It addresses the question of what local means in the peacebuilding and development context; which actors on the ground actually represent the local level and how external actors choose their partners from amongst them. Moreover, it examines how local ownership - emerging as key criteria for any external intervention - is constituted: does this concept only imply local participation or is local control from the outset a must? Finally, it...