ICTSD Resources
ICTSD outputs on Trade & Environment
- IIED-ICTSD Policy Views on Trade and Natural Resource Management (September 2003)
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UPDATED Doha Round Briefing on Trade and Environment Negotiations (August 2003) A resume of negotiations on the WTO's Doha mandate on Trade and Environment, released just prior to the Cancun Ministerial. This paper looks at progress in the special sessions of the Committee on Trade and Environment (CTE) in the areas of the relationship between the WTO and multilateral environmental agreements (MEAs), observer status for MEA secretariats, and environmental goods & services. It also addresses the 'non-negotiating' mandate on environmental measures and market access, the Trade-related Intellectual Property Rights Agreement and the Convention on Biodiversity, ecolabelling, and capacity building, among others. Also see Trade and Environment Issues at Cancun: an ICTSD summary paper. A compilation of all major discussions on environment at the WTO and their relevance to the fifth WTO Ministerial in Cancun, Mexico, 10-14 September. |
A Southern Agenda on Trade and Environment
A project undertaken with the International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD) and the Regional International Networking Group (RING) to (Phase I) gather and present Southern perspectives on the trade and environment link, building on consultations with developing country trade policy representatives in Geneva, and (Phase II) 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. Click here for Southern Agenda web section.
This bi-weekly electronic publication is produced in collaboration with IUCN - The World Conservation Union, and its Commission on Environmental, Economic and Social Policy (CEESP), in an effort to complement the activities of both organisations on the increasingly important intersection of trade and biological resources. Click here for the latest issue.
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Trade,
Environment, and Sustainable Development |
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| This reference document gathers a unique collection of analytical, research, commentary and case study articles from Sub-Saharan African and Latin American authors on the hard issues in the current debate on trade, environment and sustainable development. It contains papers by a diversity of stakeholders including governments, NGOs, academics and international organizations. This Reader responds to the urgent need to better inform global policy and opinion-makers of Southern sustainable development priorities, and contributes to clarifying the relationship between trade liberalization, economic growth, poverty alleviation, and environmental degradation. |
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Commerce
international et développement durable Voix africaines et plurielles ICTSD, Dossier coordonné par Ricardo Meléndez & Christophe Bellmann (2002) Geneva: Switzerland. Editions Charles Léopld Mayer. ISBN: 2-84377-060-2. |
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Cet ouvrage de 330 pages constitue un recueil unique d'articles, d'analyses et d'opinions sur la problématique du commerce international et du développement durable, telle qu' elle se présente dans le contexte africain. Les thèmes abordés couvrent: le lien entre le commerce et la sécurité alimentaire, les droits de propriété intellectuelle et la gestion des ressources biologiques, les pêcheries ou les difficultés d'accès aux marchés d'exportation et bien d'autres encore. Africains dans leur très grande majorité, les auteurs ayant contribué à cet ouvrage, proviennent d'horizons très divers. Universitaires, représentants de gouvernements, organisations non gouvernementales, fonctionnaires internationaux, tous apportent tous un regard et une expertise qui leur est propre. |
