The workshop gathered major think tanks in the field of climate change and of international relations. Its objectives were to share analyses of the current geopolitical situation that interferes with the process of increasing climate ambition, and identify critical strategic steps to be taken by key players. It aimed at identifying a set of strategic recommendations for these players.
The workshop convened senior researchers from RIE (Madrid), IDDRI (Paris), SEI (Stockholm), ODI (London), Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment, LSE (London), Fundacion Torcuato Di Tella (Buenos Aires), Transforma (Bogota), E3G (Europe), South Centre (Developing countries, based in Geneva), Energy Foundation China.