ABSTRACT
This chapter addresses three themes where mediators can play critical leadership roles relative to climate change: advocacy in the public policy sector; informed intervention; and complex community processes. At its inception in 2009, Mediators Beyond Borders, International (MBBI) had recognized the critical nature of the negotiation process inherent in the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) relative to the climate policy development, and their application. While the common denominator of mediation is the focus on process that is inclusive to the stakeholders involved, those mediators intending to be involved in climate issues are burdened with the need to go deep into the complexities of climate policy process to begin to understand the many and constantly changing parties and their evolving relationships. Subjectively, MBBI is approached as an example that strives for fairness and neutrality, a welcome alternative to the competitive actions of contesting nations.
