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Trade, Climate Change and Sustainable Energy Transition
Framing the Debate

- An ICTSD Event at United Nations Climate Change Conference -

Organised by ICTSD and the Ministry for the Environment, Land and Sea, Italy

Venue: Room 2, EU Pavilion, United Nations Office at Nairobi, Gigiri Complex
Nairobi, Kenya

15 November 2006
15:15 - 16:45

Description | Programme and Documentation | Participants

Programme and Documentation

 

Moderator: Constantine Bartel, Assistant Programmes Director, ICTSD

Opening Remarks
Corrado Clini, Director General, Ministry for the Environment, Land and Sea, Italy

Key issues at the Interface between Trade, Climate Change and Energy
Moustapha Kamal Gueye, Senior Programme Manager - Environment Cluster, ICTSD

Efficiency Standards and Labels: Climate and Trade Implications
Anne Arquit Niederberger, A+B International (Sustainable Energy Advisors)

Climate Change Benefits from Liberalisation of Environmental Goods and Services
Marie-Isabelle Pellan, Counsellor, Trade and Environment Division, World Trade Organisation (WTO)

Global Markets for Climate Friendly Technologies - a Finnish Perspective
Jatta Jussila, Manager, ClimBus Finland

Subsidies and Biofuels in the United States
John Drexhage, Director, Climate Change and Energy, International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD)

WTO Disciplines and Biofuels: Opportunities and Constraints in the Creation of a Global Marketplace
Paul Curnow, Renewable Energy and International Law (REIL), and Senior Associate, Baker & McKenzie, Global Clean Energy and Climate Change Practice

Will Standards and Certification help Achieve Sustainable Bioenergy Production and Trade?
Stephan Singer, Head of European Climate and Energy Policy Unit, WWF

Open discussion

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UNFCCC Climate Change Kiosk: Trade, Climate Change and Sustainable Energy Transition

Moustapha Gueye Kamal, Senior Programme Manager - Environment Cluster, ICTSD

The presentation discusses key issues at the interface between trade, climate change and sustainable energy transition, identify some of the promissing ways of building climate friendly measures into the international trade system as a means of supporting national level action on climate change, and highlight win-win options and opportunities for sustainable development both in industrialised and industrialising countries.


 

 


 

 

 

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