FIRST

Introduction

Rt Hon Lord Hurd of Westwell CH CBE PC

Chairman, FIRST Advisory Council

Declaration of Peace with Nature

Dr Óscar Arias Sánchez

President of Costa Rica & 1987 Nobel Prize Laureate

Working with a Permanent Member

Bruno Stagno Ugarte

Minister of Foreign Affairs

An important strategic partner

Marco Vinicio Puiz Gutiérrez

Minister of Foreign Trade, Costa Rica

Agreements and progress

Roberto Echandi

Ambassador of The Republic of Costa Rica to The European Union

Responsibility and sustainability

Rafael Torres

Territory Manager, British American Tobacco Central America, Costa Rican Branch

Facing global challenges

Francisco De Paula Gutiérrez

President of the Central Bank of Costa Rica

Responsibility and sustainability

HE Pilar Saborío De Rocafort

Costa Rican Ambassador to the Court of St James’s

A special view from San José

Tom Kennedy LVO

UK Ambassador to Costa Rica & Nicaragua

Climate change: agenda for action

Dr Roberto Dobles

President of the Governing Council & The Global Ministerial Environment Forum & Minister of Environment & Energy, Republic of Costa Rica

Making a Costa Rican cup of coffee

Ronald Peters Seevers

Executive Director - ICafe