Bridges Trade BioRes

Volume 5 • Number 16 16th September 2005

  • CTE GETS DOWN TO DETAILS ON ENVIRONMENTAL GOODS
    CTE GETS DOWN TO DETAILS ON ENVIRONMENTAL GOODS Convening for the Special Session of the Committee on Trade and Environment (CTE-SS) from 15 to 16 September, WTO Members focused on how to advance negotiations on environmental goods and largely put aside issues on to the relationship between WTO rules and multilateral environmental agreements (MEA). Moving…
  • CBD CONSIDERS PARTNERSHIPS, PRIVATE SECTOR FOR IMPLEMENTATION
    CBD CONSIDERS PARTNERSHIPS, PRIVATE SECTOR FOR IMPLEMENTATION Unprecedented rates of biodiversity loss and the urgent need to get on track to achieve the 2010 target of reducing this trend drove delegates at a 5-9 September meeting on implementation of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) to consider new options. The Ad Hoc Open-Ended Working Group…
  • In Brief
  • 'Disappointing' Results Emerge from UN Summit
    Resolutions agreeing to prevent the incitement of terrorism and enhance conflict prevention by the UN, along with agreement to create a human rights Council, were lauded as a positive outcome of the 14-16 September Millennium World Summit in New York. However, the lack of progress on key issues such as the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs),…
  • EU to Exempt Small Quantities from REACH Legislation
    According to a decision by the EU Internal Market and Industry committees on 13 September, chemicals that are only produced in small quantities of one to ten tons in the EU will likely be exempt from the proposed EU REACH (Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restrictions of Chemicals) regulatory system obligation to provide chemical and safety…
  • Global Water Savings Possible Through Strategic Trade
    Countries can save domestic water resources and reduce global water use by importing water-intensive products and exporting commodities that are less water intensive, according to a new report released this month. As outlined in “Saving water through global trade” by A.K. Chapagain, A.Y. Hoekstra and H.H.G. Savenije, national water saving through the import of a…
  • WTO Hormones Dispute Focuses on Procedural Issues
    The WTO panel assessing a complaint brought by the EC against continued trade sanctions by the US and Canada on certain EU exports (see BRIDGES Trade BioRes, 2 September 2005) gathered for its first meeting from 12 to 15 September in Geneva. The EC claims that the ongoing sanctions are illegal after it had implemented…
  • Make Environment, Development Central to Tourism, Report Says
    The World Tourism Organization and the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) on 6 September released a report promoting sustainable tourism that enhances economic growth while avoiding harm to the environment and local communities. The report, entitled “Making Tourism More Sustainable: a Guide for Policy Makers”, provides tourism decision makers with a framework for developing policies…
  • Events
  • Events
    For a more comprehensive list of events in trade and sustainable development, please refer to ICTSD’s web calendar. Please bear in mind that dates and times of WTO meetings are often changed, and that the WTO does not always announce the important informal meetings of the different bodies. Coming up in the next two weeks 19-23 September,…
  • Resources
  • Resources
    If you have a relevant resource (books, papers, bulletins, etc.) you would like to see announced in this section, please forward a copy or review to BRIDGES staff at smohan@ictsd.ch. INVESTING IN ENVIRONMENTAL WEALTH FOR POVERTY REDUCTION. By David Pearce, Poverty Environment Partnership and UNEP, September 2005. This report, prepared for the September Millenium World Summit,…