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A project undertaken with the International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD) and the Regional International Networking Group (RING). Phase I (2001-2002) sought to gather and present Southern perspectives on trade and environment, building on consultations with developing country trade policy representatives in Geneva. Phase II (2003-2005) seeks to strengthen the capacity of trade negotiators, key national policymakers and regional actors in developing countries to determine priorities for promoting and negotiating proactive positions which reflect their own 'Southern Agenda' on environment and trade in the multilateral trading system.
Phase II centres around
six regional consultations in Asia, Africa and Latin America that bring
together trade and environment experts from government, civil society,
the private sector, and Geneva-based trade missions. Two major research
outputs have been mapped out. The first, Envisioning a Sustainable
Development Agenda for Trade and Environment, will assemble the outputs
of the consultations and provide the rationale behind a proactive developing
country agenda on trade and environment. The second, The Trade
and Environment Resourcebook, will consist primarily of a set of around
20 descriptive 'entries' on key issues related to understanding trade
and environment discussions, each accompanied by a provocative state-of-the-art
invited expert commentary. These publications will provide useful information
to practitioners and involved observers while also pushing the discussion
on these issues forward by highlighting cutting edge ideas that can inform
existing and emerging debates.
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Phase II Activities & Outputs
Phase
II Background Powerpoint Presentation - Adil Najam
Regional Consultation for S/SE Asia, Sri Lanka: 14-15 January 2004
- Background
Paper: The WTO, Trade, Sustainable Development: A Southern Agenda
- Think
Piece (draft) - by Simon Tay, January 2004
- Final
Meeting Report (in pdf)
Regional Consultation for S. America, Santa Cruz, Chile: 10-11 October 2003
Regional Consultation for W. Africa, Dakar, Senegal: 21-22 July 2003
- Background Paper (forthcoming)
- Think Piece (forthcoming)
- Rapport
de la consultation FR
/ Meeting
Report EN
Phase I Research Outputs
- "Trade,
Environment and Sustainable Development" Towards a Southern Agenda,
Working Paper by Adil Najam for ICTSD and IISD
- "A
Southern Agenda on "Trade and Environment" in the multilateral
trading system, paper prepared by Ambassador K.G. Anthony Hill
- WTO
Committee on Trade and Environment - a Guide to the Original Mandate
(pre-Doha)
- A
Southern Agenda on Trade and Environment, Elements for Discussion to
the WTO (pre-Doha)
- Synoptic
Table on some principles of environmental policy and their reflection
in International Law (pre-Doha)
- Synoptic
Table comparing Trade, Environment and Sustainable Development provisions
in the WTO Draft Ministerial Declaration (pre-Doha)
- Synoptic
Table comparing Trade, Environment and Sustainable Development provisions
in the WTO Draft Ministerial Declarations, and in the Doha Ministerial
Declaration (post-Doha)
- Synoptic
Table on Developing Country Proposals relevant to the Doha Ministerial
Declaration-paragraphs 31 and 32 and the CTE 2001 Work Programme
- Trade
and Environment: Synoptic Table on Developing Country Proposals relevant
to the Doha Ministerial Delcaration and the CTE Work Programme (post
Doha)
