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Cancun Delivers After All, but Trade Issues Prove Too Difficult
It’s a done deal. Many observers had speculated that the UNFCCC’s two-week Cancun Conference of the Parties (COP) would be a sleepy affair with little agreement on most issues. Perhaps a deal on forests was possible or perhaps an agreement on financing. But in the end, it seems the low expectations and the subdued atmosphere…
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Environmentalists Slam ICCAT for “Meagre” Bluefin Quota Cuts
A drive by environmentalists to significantly cut next year’s fishing quotas for the prized bluefin tuna failed at last month’s International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT) meeting in Paris. The call to slash the total allowable catch (TAC) of the fish was blocked by Mediterranean fishing nations such as France, Italy, and…
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Analysis | IPRs and Climate-Related Technology Transfer: Risks, Opportunities and Policy Options
Technology transfer has long been associated with classic justifications for participation by developing and least-developed countries (LDCs) in the global intellectual property system. For these countries, access to new technologies, including environmentally sound technologies, is integrally linked to long-standing development priorities. This link is now compounded by anticipated significant shifts…
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Future of US Ethanol Subsidy, Import Tax under Review
US legislators are currently considering a bill that contains elements set to extend a controversial ethanol subsidy as well as double the import tax on ethanol, say observers on Capitol Hill. The omnibus bill, which deals with tax issues more generally, was recently drafted by Senator Max Baucus, chair of the Finance Committee. It would include…
- Events
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Events
For a more comprehensive list of events for the trade and environment community visit the BioRes online calendar. Upcoming Events 14 December, Paris, France. 26TH OECD MINISTERIAL ROUNDTABLE ON SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT - GREEN GROWTH. This roundtable of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) will bring ministers together with business and policy experts. Former political…
- Resources
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Resources
COTTON: WHAT COULD A DOHA DEAL MEAN FOR TRADE? Published by ICTSD. November 2010. Cuts to developed country cotton subsidies could increase world prices, boosting production and exports in a number of developing countries including some of the poorest producers in Africa. This information note examines how different countries could be affected by greater or…