ICTSD » Regional Issues http://ictsd.org International Centre for Trade and Sustainable Development Tue, 14 Feb 2012 16:48:39 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 en Environmental and Trade Law - Conflicts and Coherence http://ictsd.org/i/events/dialogues/93293/ http://ictsd.org/i/events/dialogues/93293/#comments Thu, 04 Nov 2010 15:25:46 +0000 interns http://ictsd.org/?p=93293 With an ever increasing number of international agreements addressing a wide range of issues, clashes between such agreements and international courts have become more likely if not avoidable. Whether it concerns the relation of climate change mitigation and green energy subsidies, environmental labels and market access, or biodiversity conservation and the green economy – trade law and with it the WTO touches upon a myriad of areas regulated by international agreements other than the WTO.

ICTSD’s Programme on Dispute Settlement will be exploring this link during a meeting on “Environmental and Trade Law - Coherence and Conflicts” to take place on 12 November, 2010 at 12:30 at the WTO.

Professor Pieter Jan Kuijper from Amsterdam University will present a recent ICTSD study on “Conflicting Rules and Clashing Courts: The Case of Environmental Agreements, Free Trade Agreements and the WTO”.

Benjamin Simmons from UNEP and Kirsten Hillman from the Canadian Mission to the WTO will respond to this presentation and the recommendations of the study with special reference to two relevant examples: Climate change litigation and experiences from the Tuna case.

AGENDA

12:30 LUNCH (provided)

13:00 WELCOMING AND INTRODUCTORY REMARKS BY ICTSD

13:15     Presentation of ICTSD Research

Pieter Jan Kuijper (Amsterdam University)
Conflicting rules and clashing courts

13:45     Discussants

Benjamin Simmons (United Nations Environment Programme)
The WTO and litigating climate change

Kirsten Hillman (Permanent Mission of Canada to the WTO)
FTA’s, the WTO and the environment: The latest Tuna case

OPEN DISCUSSION


For registration please contact ICTSD’s Dispute Settlement Programme at mwojtczuk@ictsd.ch

To access the study, please click here.

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