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Quarterly analysis, news, and views at the intersection of trade and environment
Bridges Trade BioRes
Biweekly news, events and resources at the intersection of trade and environment
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Publicación bimestral de información y análisis sobre comercio y desarrollo sostenible para América Latina
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Bimestriel africain, revue d’analyses et d’informations couvrant les négociations commerciales dans une perspective de développement durable
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Bimensuel africain, bulletin électronique d’informations couvrant les négociations commerciales dans une perspective de développement durable
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между торговлей и устойчивым развитием
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Eclairage sur les Négociations
Revue mensuelle d’analyses et d’informations couvrant les Accords de Partenariat Economique et l’OMC, dans une perspective de développement durable
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Multilateral Trading System
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Promotes the integration of a sustainable China into global governance systems and international trade regimes through language- and region-specific research, analysis and activities
Competitiveness and Development
Empowers developing countries to benefit fully from trade liberalization and to influence trade negotiations from a sustainable development perspective
Dispute Settlement and Legal Aspects of International Trade
Strengthens the ability of developing countries to understand and navigate dispute settlement systems so as to advance and defend their trade rights
EPAs and Regionalism
Articulates the obligations, rights, and trade policies of multilateral and regional trading systems in an effort to help developing countries fully exploit benefits offered through these regimes
Global Platform on Climate Change, Trade and Sustainable Energy
Contributes to the economic architecture of a global climate agreement
Environment and Natural Resources
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In this section are dialogues, conferences and seminars that ICTSD considers of interest, where views and issues related to trade and sustainable development are shared and discussed
Trade and Development Symposia
Innovative thinking, analysis, and dialogue on the sidelines of WTO Ministerial Conferences
Bridges China Dialogues
An annual exploration of issues related to China, trade, and sustainable development
Climate Change
GLOBAL PLATFORM ON CLIMATE CHANGE
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This section offers an overview of all trade-related climate change issues that ICTSD works on
Generative dialogue between trade policy and climate change communities
To reach a wide spectrum of stakeholders
Enabling a scale up of innovation, diffusion, and technology transfer through trade policy
Enhancing the transfer of clean technologies requires handling intellectual property rights issues, in particular with regards to developing countries
Accelerating Trade in Climate-friendly Goods and Services
Addressing climate change and energy security requires rapid and massive deployment of more efficient, cleaner technologies
Ensuring incorporation of agriculture and biofuels in sustainable strategies
The trade, agriculture and climate change interface
Defining policy tools and mechanisms to make adaptation possible
Fosters economic, social, and environmental resilience
Addressing carbon leakage and competitiveness through equitable policies
Border adjustments, carbon offset requirements, broader economic concerns and their compatibility with the global trading system
Dealing with de-carbonization of transportation and bunker fuels
Emissions from the international transport sector, carbon accounting and labelling initiatives and their impact on global trade
Research and Analysis
An overview of issue papers, policy discussion papers and other publications related to climate change
Events
An overview of past and future dialogues, seminars and stakeholder meetings
Global Platform Team
Get to know who ICTSD's climate change experts are and contact them
Bridges Copenhagen Updates
Trade and climate change updates from the Fifteenth UNFCCC COP
ICTSD’s Events at the Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen
UNFCCC COP 15
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Organic Food and Vegetables from the Tropics. Market, Certification and Production Information for Producers and International Trading Companies
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Biofuels Certification and the Law of the World Trade Organization
New tools aim to boost trade in organic goods
Biofuels Certification and the Law of the World Trade Organization
GOVERNMENT ROLE IN FOREST CERTIFICATION QUESTIONED
Green Markets, Often a Lost Opportunity for Developing Countries
Organic Food and Vegetables from the Tropics. Market, Certification and Production Information for Producers and International Trading Companies
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