EU-funded ADAM project (“Adaptation and Mitigation Strategies: Supporting European Climate Policy”) and UNEP, Collection of articles by leading experts ; mostly based on the presentations made at the “International Workshop on Post-2012 Climate and Trade Policies” (September 2008), 2009
The groundbreaking dialogue among Trade Ministers in December 2007 during the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change negotiations in Bali, Indonesia stimulated intense research and discussions on potential areas of synergy and conflict between the trade and climate change regimes. [...] The Ministers focused their discussions on how international trade can best support climate change objectives and called on more analysis and evidence on the linkages between international trade, development and climate change.
The aim of this publication is to respond to this call by providing a collection of short articles that examine the future interplay between climate and trade policies and institutions. The authors, who all provided contributions in their personal capacities, were encouraged to analyse and make recommendations for strengthening the relationship between trade and climate policies. This thought-provoking set of articles focuses on international, regional and national policies and institutions relevant to the implementation of trade-related climate change measures. Issues such as the acceleration of technology transfer and the potential of regional trade agreements and border adjustment measures are both discussed and put into a broader perspective.
Author(s): Lutz Weischer, Benjamin Simmons, Harro van Hasselt, and other authors
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