African Regional Dialogue on Trade and Climate Change

6th – 7th May 2009 • Co-organised with South African Institute of International Affairs (SAIIA); International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD)

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As a contribution to the debate on the inter-linkages between trade and climate change, which has entered in the international policy arena after the 13th UNFCCC’s Conference of Parties in Bali, the International Centre for Trade and Sustainable Development (ICTSD), the International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD) and the South African Institute of International Affairs (SAIIA) are organizing a Regional Trade and Climate Change Dialogue in Johannesburg, South Africa, on May 7-8, 2009. The objectives of the regional consultation are:

1) Explore the issues at the interface of trade and climate change of concern and interests to African countries;

2) Identify a positive agenda able to contribute to engagement of African countries in the process of negotiations towards the UNFCCC Copenhagen summit in December;

3) Provide a platform for interaction and exchange amongst climate change and trade negotiators; policy-makers; private sector; academia; and civil society.

The dialogue will bring together Geneva-based trade negotiators from Africa; climate change negotiators, policy-makers; climate change and development analysts; civil society and private sector representatives; experts; academics; and IGOs for two days to discuss these issues and identify the policy priorities and future research agendas to address key trade and climate change issues for these countries.