All Onboard: Bali Meeting Stakes out Path to Global Climate Agreement	A global meeting has agreed a roadmap for negotiations on a new agreement to tackle climate change, bringing all countries onboard. more
Trade Ministers Discuss Links between Commerce and Climate Change in Bali	International cooperation and a multilateral framework to address greenhouse gas emissions are a prerequisite for effective global economic governance, trade ministers from several major economies said during a weekend meeting on the margins of the UN climate change conference in Bali. more
EU, US Call for Eliminating Trade Barriers to Climate-Friendly Goods and Services	Just prior to the UN climate change conference in Bali, the EU and US submitted a joint proposal at the WTO calling for trade liberalisation in climate-friendly goods and services. more
Fisheries Subsidies Text Provides a Good Starting Point, Delegates Say	At a WTO meeting on fisheries subsidies last week, Members provided their initial reactions to a new draft text for trade rules in this area. While not all Members agreed on the specific details of each provision, the majority of delegates were content with the draft text - at least as a starting point for further negotiations. more
Links between Patent Rules and Access to Green Technology Come under Scrutiny	On the eve of the international conference on climate change in Bali, the European Parliament called for examining the impact of intellectual property protections on the spread of environmentally sound technologies, suggesting that WTO rules might be impeding their diffusion. more

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Events    &   Resources
Events	21-25 January, Geneva, Switzerland: SIXTH MEETING OF THE CBD OPEN-ENDED WORKING GROUP ON ACCESS AND BENEFIT-SHARING. The meeting will address compliance, and traditional knowledge and genetic resources, capacity-building and the nature, scope and objectives of an international regime on access and benefit-sharing. Internet: http://www.cbd.int/doc/meeting.aspx?mtg=ABSWG-06
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Resources	TRADE-RELATED MEASURES AND MULTILATERAL ENVIRONMENTAL AGREEMENTS. UNEP, 2007. This paper contributes to ongoing negotiations at the WTO by analysing MEA trade-related measures in the context of their overall objectives. In particular, the paper provides a detailed review of the main provisions and specific trade-related measures found in six MEAs. The paper also explores the linkage between trade and environment and the role the trade-related measures incorporated in MEAs play in responding to this relationship. The paper concludes that a classification of trade-related measures should be developed in a manner that takes into account the particular context of each MEA, and the paper recommends a framework for considering trade-related measures in reference to the functions they perform. To access the paper visit http://www.unep.ch/etb/areas/pdf/MEA%20Papers/TradeRelated_MeasuresPaper.pdf
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