Speeches given by Tom on various occasions.

• The Climate Quad: Geopolitics, Tactics and Quick Hits
  18th June 2008
  
  A Presentation to the Council for Multilateral Business Diplomacy
  
  
• Palm Springs in a Changing World
  5th June 2008
  
  Speech delivered to Palm Springs Green Lunch
  
  
• US & EU Approaches to Climate Change
  11th February 2008
  
  Lecture delivered to the European Union Center of Excellence, University of Pittsburgh
  
  
• Biofuels: The Public Affairs of Folly
  9th September 2007
  
  Speech delivered to the Religion, Science & the Environment Symposium VII, Nuuk, Greenland
  
  
• Identity Confidence and Foreign Policy
  22nd March 2007
  
  Speech delivered to the EU Center of Excellence, Pittsburgh University
  
  
• LOW-LYING, HIGH PROFILE?
  13th February 2007
  
  Speech delivered by Tom Spencer, Vice Chairman Institute for Environmental Security at the University for Peace, International Climate Change and Vulnerability Conference
  
  
• ENVIRONMENT & SECURITY: THE ROLE OF EUROPE
  December 2006
  
  Comments at the "Greening of European Security" Conference, Brussels.
  
  
• DECLARATION OF INTERDEPENDENCE
  1st July 2006
  
  Speech delivered to the Royal Geographical Society
  
  
• THE DEVELOPMENT OF PUBLIC AFFAIRS IN EUROPE: ALITALIA OR CHARLEMAGNE?
  2nd & 5th April 2006
  
  Speech delivered to a Seminar at the Villa La Collina, Cadenabbia, Lake Como, and to a Conference of German, Austrian and Swiss Political Consultants
  
  
• POWER AND THE PLANET : THE PUBLIC AFFAIRS OF STEP CHANGE
  20th September 2005
  
  An address by Tom Spencer given to the Scottish Environment Protection Agency Boards Conference, "Dunkeld 2005: Environmental Conflicts"
  
  
• INTERNATIONAL LAW & US EXCEPTIONALISM
  25th June 2004
  
  Speech delivered by Tom Spencer at the Global People's Assembly Conference: "Toward a Democratic United Nations for the 21st Century", San Francisco State University
  
  
• PUBLIC AFFAIRS AND POLITICAL CULTURES IN EUROPE
  26th February 2004
  
  Speech given to the Conference of the New Politics Network.
  
  
• EMPATHY & POWER: SUCCESS IN EUROPEAN UNION PUBLIC AFFAIRS
  21st July 2003
  
  Lecture Delivered to the Department of Trade & Industry, Europe & World Trade Directorate "Lobbying the EU Institutions" Seminar.
  
  
• NATIONAL SOVEREIGNTY & UNIVERSAL CHALLENGES: CHOICES FOR THE WORLD AFTER IRAQ
  18th June 2003
  
  Commission on Globalisation Conference - "Sovereignty and Universal Challenges: Together or Apart?" Closing Dialogue between R. James Woolsey and Tom Spencer.
  
  
• TEACHING PUBLIC AFFAIRS : WHY UNIVERSITIES SHOULD CARE
  2nd June 2003
  
  Speech to Brunel School of Business Management on the launch of the MSc in Public Affairs and Lobbying.
  
  
• THE GROWTH OF FEMALE INFLUENCE ON POLICY
  9th April 2003
  
  A speech delivered by Tom Spencer to the Diplomatic Academy Symposium on Diplomacy and Gender at the University of Westminster.
  
  
• EUROPE IN THE WORLD: A MORE AMBITIOUS AGENDA
  25th February 2002
  
  A speech given to the "Europe in the World Workshop", Brussels.
  
  
• THE CHALLENGE OF INTERDEPENDENCE
  3rd February 2002
  
  Speech at the World Social Forum, Porto Alegre, Brazil.
  
  
• SEVEN EMPIRES IN SEARCH OF GLOBAL GOVERNANCE
  2nd December 2002
  
  A speech delivered to the Faculty of Widener University School of Law, Wilmington, Delaware.
  
  
• PROPHET OR PROFIT?
  19th November 2001
  
  Speech to the Round table on "Profit and Values: Bio-Environment - Bio-Culture", organised by Biopolitics International Organisation, London Money Show.
  
  
• WINNING THE REFERENDUM 1975 AND 2002: THE SAME BUT DIFFERENT?
  10th November 2001
  
  A speech given to the Citizens for Europe Conference, Kingston University.
  
  
• SEPTEMBER 11TH: FROM QUESTIONS TO ANSWERS?
  7th November 2001
  
  Speech to the the Dutch Professional Organisation for Public Affairs at the Nieuwspoort, Parliament Buildings, The Hague.
  
  
• BIN LADEN, CIVIL SOCIETY AND GLOBALISATION
  17th October 2001
  
  A speech delivered by Tom Spencer to the "Reshaping Globalisation: Multilateral Dialogues and New Policy Initiatives Workshop on September 11th: Its Impact on the Effectiveness of Civil Society's Engagement in Issues of Global Concern" at the Central European University, Budapest.
  
  
• THE PUBLIC AFFAIRS FUNCTION AS CHANGE AGENT
  15th October 2001
  
  Speech to the European Enterprise Summit, London 4/5 November 2001
  
  
• CAN THE CONSERVATIVE PARTY MAKE ITSELF FIT FOR GOVERNMENT?
  5th July 2001
  
  Speech to the British Council Colloquium 'UK Election 2001: What sort of Britain, What sort of Europe?' at the Renaissance Hotel, Brussels.
  
  
• DEFENCE, PARLIAMENTARIANS - WHY WE SHOULD NOT TRUST GOVERNMENTS
  14th May 2001
  
  A speech delivered to the Seminar on the Parliamentart Dimension of the European Security and Defence Policy, The Hague.
  
  
• THE ROAD TO JOHANNESBURG, SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT, GLOBAL GOVERNANCE AND THE ROLE OF EUROPE IN THE WORLD
  10th May 2001
  
  Speech as Chairman of Counterpart Europe, presenting a discussion note to the final session of the European RIO+10 Coalition 2nd Annual Progress Conference, Brussels.
  
  
• ENVIRONMENT AS A NEW ISSUE IN THE WTO
  7th February 2001
  
  A speech given to the European Commission DG Trade 'EU - Africa Seminar', Cape Town, South Africa.
  
  
• LIFE IN THE YEAR 3000AD
  12th October 1999
  
  Speech given to the Young Presidents Organisation (Northern California Chapters) Millennium Lunch, San Francisco.
  
  
• THE ARMENIAN DIASPORA
  29th April 1999
  
  Speech to a Conference on the Armenian Diaspora in the European Parliament.
  
  
• JUSTICE OR VENGEANCE?
  22nd October 1998
  
  Speech by Tom Spencer MEP to the European Parliament on General Pinochet, Strasbourg.
  
  
• EUROPE'S ROLE IN JERUSALEM
  22nd October 1998
  
  Speech to the European Parliament on the Middle East, Strasbourg.
  
  
• EAST MEETS WEST IN THE NEW EUROPE
  21st September 1998
  
  Speech as Chairman of the Foreign Affairs, Security and Defence Policy Committee of the European Parliament at the opening of the European Parliament Conference on the Parliamentary Dimension of the Royaumont Process, Brussels.
  
  
• A PEACOCK DIPLOMACY? THE ROLE OF THE UNION IN THE WORLD
  27th May 1998
  
  Speech, as Chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee, presenting the Foreign Affairs Committee Report on "The Role of the Union in the World", European Parliament.
  
  
• SPEECH AS PRESIDENT OF GLOBE INTERNATIONAL TO THE CONFERENCE OF PARTIES TO THE UN CONVENTION ON CLIMATE CHANGE, KYOTO
  9th December 1997
  
  
• AN ABC FOR CONSERVATIVES
  20th May 1997
  
  Extract from Speech to the Surrey Chambers Of Commerce, County Hall, Kingston.
  
  
• SPEECH AS CHAIRMAN OF THE EP COMMITTEE FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS, SECURITY AND DEFENCE POLICY AND PRESIDENT OF GLOBE INTERNATIONAL, AT THE GLOBAL PARTNERSHIP SUMMIT ON ENVIRONMENT, TOKYO
  22nd-24th March 1997