an at-a-glance look at trade issues at the World Summit on Sustainable Development (26 August - 4 September 2002, Johannesburg)

In The News | ICTSD Events | Additional Resources

• Optimistic Mood At Informal WSSD Prep Meeting, But Little Progress on Substance, BRIDGES Weekly, 24 July 2002
  
  
• WSSD PrepCom Fails On Trade, Some Progress On Fisheries And MEAs, BRIDGES Trade BioRes, 13 June 2002
  
  
• Final WSSD Prep Meeting Breaks Down Over Trade And Finance, BRIDGES Weekly, 12 June 2002



• Can WSSD Go Beyond Doha And Monterrey?, BRIDGES Weekly, 4 June 2002



• World Summit Heading Towards Acrimony And Minimalism As Last Prep Begins, BRIDGES Weekly, 22 May 2002
  
  
• PrepCom III Fails To Agree On Draft Text For WSSD, BRIDGES Trade BioRes, 18 April 2002
  

• Prepcomm III Falters In Lead-Up To WSSD, BRIDGES Weekly, 9 April



• WSSD Prepcomm III Delegates Defer To WTO Doha Mandate, BRIDGES Weekly, 3 April 2002

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All events will be held at the IUCN Environment Centre, located close to the Sandton Convention Centre. For further information on the Centre (including other events and facilities) and how to get there, click here.

26 August 2002

Globalisation with Equity

	Auditorium	Aloe Room	Sisonke Room
9h00 - 10h30	Tragedy of the Commons - Who Bears the Costs of Globalisation?
11h00 - 12h30	Private Greed versus Public Need? Ethical Issues in Globalisation
13h00 - 14h30	Global Pillage? Maintaining Local Values in a Globalising World
15h30 - 17h00	Places and Spaces for Indigenous Peoples in Sustainable Development	CITES - A Suitable Tool For Sustainable Wildlife Trade?	Joining Forces - Making Regionalism work for Africa's Biodiversity
17h30 - 19h00	Building Synergies: How intellectual property rules can support biodiversity conservation and use		Environmental goods and services at the WTO - What's in it for developing countries?

28 August 2002

17h30 - 19h30, Tabanshu Room

Trading risks: How to combat the spread of invasive alien species?

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Additional Resources
on trade, sustainable development and the WSSD

• WSSD PUBLICATIONS BY THE INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENT AND DEVELOPMENT (IIED). Of particular interest for trade negotiators:


1. The Trade and Environment Agenda, by Mark Halle in THE FUTURE IS NOW, Vol 3, May 2002: 5-13
   
2. Sustainability and trade, by Nicola Borregaard and Mark Halle, IIED BRIEFING PAPER, May 2001.


• FINANCING FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT, by RING/IIED, 2002. This new report states that discussions surrounding both the WSSD and the FFD process indicate an absence of creative thinking on the issue of financing, and on the challenges of globalisation. It argues that there is a crisis of legitimacy confronting the agencies and actors involved in development processes and presents some ideas and approaches, which could usefully be acted upon in preparation for the two Summits.
  
  
• WORLDWATCH POLICY BRIEFS FROM RIO TO JOHANNESBURG. Published by the Worldwatch Institute, 2002.
  
  
• THE BUSINESS CASE FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT. Published by The World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD), October 2001. In the run-up to the 2002 World Summit on Sustainable Development (WSSD) in Johannesburg, members of the WBCSD offer views for a sustainable future.
  
  
• EARTH SUMMIT 2002 BRIEFING PAPERS. By UNED Forum. The papers cover: Freshwater, Energy & Climate Change, Gender, Global Public Goods, HIV/AIDS, Foreign Direct Investment, Sustainable Finance, and the the Rio Conventions.
  
  
• THE JO'BURG MEMO. Published by the Heinrich Böll Foundation.
  
  
• NEXUS -- a new quarterly newsletter published by the International Institute for Sustainable Development -- explores the linkages between poverty reduction and the environment and lends clarity to the discussion with feature articles, editorials and interviews with experts in the field.

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