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  • ICTSD Highlights Highlights of ICTSD's news, analysis, publications, events, and research
  • WTO Ministerial Conference Coverage News, analysis, documents, and information emerging from WTO Ministerial Conferences
  • Bridges Monthly Monthly information, analysis, and views on trade and sustainable development
  • Bridges Weekly Trade News Digest Weekly trade news from a sustainable development perspective
  • Bridges Trade BioRes Review 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
  • Puentes Bimestral Publicación bimestral de información y análisis sobre comercio y desarrollo sostenible para América Latina
  • Puentes Quincenal El repaso de las noticias más relevantes para América Latina sobre comercio y desarrollo sostenible
  • Pontes Bimestral Informações e análises relevantes para o Brasil e a América do Sul em matéria de comércio e desenvolvimento sustentável
  • Pontes Quinzenal Revisão quinzenal das mais importantes notícias para o Brasil e a América do Sul sobre comércio e desenvolvimento sustentável
  • Passerelles Bimestriel Bimestriel africain, revue d’analyses et d’informations couvrant les négociations commerciales dans une perspective de développement durable
  • Passerelles Synthèse Bimensuel africain, bulletin électronique d’informations couvrant les négociations commerciales dans une perspective de développement durable
  • Мосты между торговлей и устойчивым развитием
  • Дайджест новостей «МОСТЫ» Двухнедельный обзор новостей торговли и устойчивого развития
  • Trade Negotiations Insights News, analysis, and views on Economic Partnership Agreements and the WTO from a sustainable development perspective
  • 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
Programmes & Issues
Thematic and research priorities
  • Multilateral Trading System Strengthens the multilateral trading system structures
  • Agriculture Advocates the integration of food security, equity and environmental sustainability in agricultural trade
  • Aid for Trade Helps Aid for Trade beneficiaries participate fully and competitively in international trade systems and global markets
  • 中文网 China 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 Supports the sustainable use of the environment and natural resources within the international trade system
  • Intellectual Property Facilitates pro-development, pro-competitive and pro-sustainable development outcomes in intellectual property negotiations and international trade
  • Services Aids developing countries’ efforts to increase trade flow in services sectors within sustainable frameworks
Publications
  • Periodicals ICTSD news and analysis by Bridges, BioRes, Passerelles, Puentes, Pontes, Mosty, TNI, and Eclairage.
  • ICTSD Publications ICTSD's latest issue papers, policy briefs, information notes, and working papers.
  • ICTSD Books Books published, written, and/or edited by ICTSD.
Events
Dialogues and conferences
  • ICTSD Dialogues ICTSD dialogues convene governments, trade negotiators, practitioners, academics, and civil society to exchange views and information on topics relevant to trade and sustainable development
  • ICTSD Participates ICTSD participates in a number of events around the world
  • ICTSD Recommends 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
  • All Strategic Areas of Work 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
Press
  • Press Releases Breaking news from ICTSD
  • ICTSD Media Contacts Contact an expert at ICTSD's Geneva office
  • ICTSD in the News Find out where ICTSD is making headlines
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