"Climate change is not only an ‘environmental’ problem: a stable climate is a prerequisite for political, economic and social stability. If the international community is to avert catastrophic climate change, the discourse around this issue needs to shift to recognise that climate change is in fact a matter of human security...."

"One of the primary reasons why African countries have not been able to dig themselves out of these ‘poverty traps’ is that they are effectively prevented from participating meaningfully in the international economic system. The bias of the international trade regime, the lack of resources and the burden of debt together form the major barrier..."