May 2012
- 30-31 May: SETA Dialogue, Beijin, China
- 28 May: APEC Dialogue, Kazan, Russia
- 21 May: ICTSD Side-Event during UNFCCC negotiations, Bonn, Germany
April 2012
- 13 April: Aviation, Climate Change and Trade: Is Policy Still Up in the Air?, Geneva, Switzerland
March 2012
- 29 March: Sustainable Energy Trade Agreement (SETA) Dialogue, Brussels, Belgium
- 26 March: Workshop on Trade and Climate Change in preperation for the Global Green Growth Forum (GGGF), Copenhagen, Denmark
February 2012
- 20 February: Geneva Reference Group on Trade and Climate Change, IEHII, Geneva, Switzerland
December 2011
- 16 December: High-level Lunch on Trade and Sustainable Energy Initiative
- 5-6 December: The Durban Trade and Climate Change Symposium at COP 17 / CMP 7, North Beach Hotel, Durban, South Africa.
November 2011
- 30 November: Facts and myths about the compatibility of the EU biofuels sustainability criteria with WTO rules. Together with the Brazilian Sugarcane Industry Association UNICA. Brussels.
- 7 November 2011: Symposium “A Sustainable Energy Trade Agreement”, Peterson Institute for International Economics, Washington DC, USA.
October 2011
- 19 October: Opportunities for Africa from trade in goods and services supporting the transition to a low carbon future, United Nations Conference Centre, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
- 14 October: Geneva Roundtable on Climate Change and Services, Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue, Geneva, Switzerland.
- 4 October: Dinner with delegates to the UNFCCC on trade and climate change. Panama City, Panama.
- 2 October: Ensuring coherence in addressing IP and climate: what role for the UNFCCC and relevant intergovernmental bodies?, Sheraton Hotel, Panama.
September 2011
- 26 September: Geneva reference group on trade and climate change II, International Environment House, Geneva, Switzerland.
- 19 September: WTO Public Forum session: A Framework Agreement for Sustainable Energy, WTO Geneva, Switzerland.
July 2011
- 22 July: Geneva reference group on trade and climate change, International Environment House, Geneva, Switzerland.
June 2011
- 10 June: Trade Implications and Opportunities in the Climate Change Negotiations, ICTSD Informal Roundtable parallel to the UNFCCC Negotiations - Bonn, Gustav Stresemann Institute, Bonn, Germany.
- 8 June: UNFCCC Side Event: Response Measures: Understanding their Breadth, Impacts, and Possible Approaches to the Forum, Hotel Maritim, Bonn, Germany.
May 2011
- 11 May: Roundtable on Climate Challenges for LDCs - Can Trade be Part of the Solution?, Congress Centre, Uskudar Room 3, Istanbul, Turkey.
April 2011
- 20 April: Geneva Expert Meeting on Renewable Energy Support Measures and WTO Rules, WTO, Geneva, Switzerland.
March 2011
- 9 March: Deploying Climate-Related Technologies in the Transport Sector: Exploring Trade Links, at the Geneva International Motor Show, Geneva, Switzerland.
February 2011
- 28 February: Trading Biofuel: Markets, Sustainability and Certification, Geneva Roundtable Series, WTO, Geneva, Switzerland.
January 2011
- 25 January: An Analysis of the Trade and Climate Issues in the Cancun Climate Agreement, Geneva Roundtable Series, WTO, Geneva, Switzerland.
December 2010
- 8–9 December: ICTSD Symposium on The Role of Trade and Markets in Addressing Climate Change and Sustainable Development at the COP16, Azul Sensatori Hotel, Cancun, Mexico.
November 2010
- 29-30 November: Symposium on Environmental Services, co-organised with APEC, Beijing, China.
- 10 November: Shipping and Aviation: Driving Trade and Climate Change, Geneva Roundtable Series, WTO, Geneva, Switzerland.
October 2010
- 21 October: Competitiveness and Carbon Leakage: Issues for Developing Countries, Geneva Roundtable Series, WTO, Geneva, Switzerland.
- 7 October: Launch of UNEP-EPO-ICTSD Study on Patents and Clean Energy, co-organised with UNEP and EPO, side event alongside the UNFCCC negotiations, Tianjin, China.
September 2010
- 30 September: Launch of UNEP-EPO-ICTSD study on Patents and Clean Energy, co-organised with UNEP and EPO, Résidence Palace, Brussels, Belgium.
- 15 September: WTO Public Forum: Beyond Border Carbon Adjustment Measures: Standards, Labelling and the Issue of Emission Allowances, co-organised with Swedish National Board of Trade, WTO, Geneva, Switzerland.
July 2010
- 13 July: Climate Change, Technology Transfer and IPRs: Issues, Options and Challenges on the way to Cancun, Geneva Roundtable Series, Environment House II, room Rhin, Geneva, Switzerland.
- 10 July: The International Climate Change Regime and Multilateral Trading Rules: A Latin American Perspective, the Second Biennial Global Conference of the Society of International Economic Law, Barcelona, Spain.
- 7 July: Environmental Goods and Services: Powering the Low-carbon Economy, Geneva Roundtable Series, WTO, Geneva, Switzerland.
- 1 July: Liberalization of Climate-friendly Goods: Identifying Products used predominantly for addressing Climate Change, WTO, Geneva, Switzerland.
June 2010
- 9 June: Patents and Clean Energy Side Event, UNFCCC Subsidiary Bodies Meetings, Hotel Maritim, Bonn, Germany.
- 2 June: UNFCCC Side Event: Competitiveness and carbon leakage: policies, measures and implications for developing countries, Room Metro, Bonn, Germany.
May 2010
- 28 May: Exploring the Linkages between Trade, Climate Change and Poverty, Geneva Roundtable Series, Centre William Rappard (WTO Building), Geneva, Switzerland.
- 20-21 May: Dialogue on Trade, Poverty and Climate Change, co-organised with SAWTEE and Centre for WTO Studies, Kathmandu, Nepal.
- 10 May: Climate Change, Trade and International Transport: Concerns for SIDS, side event alongside the 18th session of the Commission on Sustainable Development, UN Headquarters, New York, USA.
April 2010
- 16 April: Reaching a Global Climate Change Agreements: Players, Politics and Processes, Geneva Roundtable Series, The International Environment House II, Geneva, Switzerland.
March 2010
- 30-31 March: Trade and Climate Change in Emerging Economies: The Competitiveness, Technology, and Intellectual Property Rights Dimension, Informal Dialogue, co-organised with Research and Information Systems (RIS), New Delhi, India.
February 2010
- 24 February: Climate Change and Food Security: Taking Stock after the COP 15, organised in cooperation with the OECD Roundtable on Sustainable Development, Paris, France.
- 23 February: Café & Croissant meeting on “Sustainable Biofuels: EU Policies and WTO Rules”, Geneva, Switzerland.
- 17 February: Briefing and Informal Exchange on Copenhagen COP 15 and Trade, Geneva, Switzerland.
December 2009
- 7-18 December: United Nations Climate Change Conference (UNFCCC COP 15), Copenhagen, Denmark. For the special website on ICTSD’s activities alongside the UNFCCC COP 15 and a full overview thereof, please click here.
—- Tuesday 8 December
- 18:15-19:45: UNFCCC Side Event on “Trade Liberalisation, Market Drivers and Technology Diffusion: A Look at the Renewable Energy and Buildings Sector”, Bella Center room 7.
—- Thursday 10 December
—- Friday 11 December
- 09:00-13:15: ICTSD-IPC Dialogue on “Climate Change and Food Security: Taking Stock at the COP 15”.
- 20:00-21:30: UNFCCC Side Event on “Climate Change and Cooperation; LDCs, SIDS and SVEs”, co-organised with the Commonwealth Secretariat, Bella Center room 1.
—- Monday 14 December
- 13:00-14:30: Lunch Discussion on “Leveraging Trade Flows and Aid for Trade to Maximize Benefits for LDCs and SIDS”.
—- Tuesday 15 December: TRADE AND CLIMATE CHANGE DAY
- 09:00-10:00 Plenary Session “Trade and Climate Change: Challenges and Opportunities”
- 10:15-13:00 Roundtable on “Competitiveness and Emissions Leakage: Border Measures and Beyond”
- 10:15-13:00 Roundtable on “Clean Energy Generation and Lean Energy Use: Interweaving Trade and Regulatory Frameworks”
- 14:30-17:30 Roundtable on “Aid for Trade and Climate Change Financing: Key Implications for LDCs and SIDS”
- 14:30-17:30 Roundtable on “Bunker Fuels: On Course or in the Air?”
- 17:30-18:30 Synthesis Session “Implications of Trade for UNFCCC Negotiations”
—- Wednesday 16 December
- 09:00-13:00: Dialogue on “Transfer of Climate Change Technologies: Challenges and Opportunities at Copenhagen and Beyond”
—- Thursday 17 December
- 10:00-11:30: Climate Consortium Denmark Side Event on “Competitiveness Impacts and Carbon Leakage: Assessing the Evidence and the Policy Options”, co-organised with IISD, Bella Center Climate Consortium Denmark
—- Friday 18 December
- 11:00-12:30: UNFCCC Side Event on “Patents and Clean Energy: Bridging the Gap between Evidence and Policy”, co-organised with UNEP and EPO, Bella Center room 3
November 2009
- 9-10 November: Regional Dialogue on Biofuels in Asia: Striking a Balance between Trade, Agriculture and Energy Policies, Bangkok, Thailand.
- 6-7 November: Regional Dialogue on Trade Policy, Climate Change and Sustainable Development for the Asia-Pacific Region, Singapore.
- 3 November: Intellectual Property Rights (IPRs) and Investment: Insights for the Negotiations from the Trade and Climate Change Body of Research, side event alongside the UNFCCC negotiations, Barcelona, Spain.
- 2 November: Side event on Climate Change Finance and Aid for Trade: Maximizing Benefits for LDCs and SIDS, Barcelona, Spain.
October 2009
- 29 October: Dialogue on Climate Change, Agriculture and Trade: Promoting Policy Coherence, under the ICTSD-IPC Platform on Climate Change, Agriculture and Trade, Washington DC, USA.
- 1 October: Dialogue on Climate Change and International Agricultural Trade Rules, under the ICTSD-IPC Platform on Climate Change, Agriculture and Trade, Geneva, Switzerland.
September 2009
- Side Event on Patents and Environmentally Sound Technologies, co-organised with the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and the European Patent Office (EPO), alongside the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), Geneva, Switzerland.
- 28 September: WTI-ICTSD Trade Policy Dialogues: Creating Convergence - A “Trade and Climate Code”, Geneva, Switzerland.
- 22 September: Trade in Energy-Efficient Products: Implications for Environmental Goods Negotiations, Informal Roundtable, co-organised with the Government of Japan, Geneva, Switzerland.
June 2009
- 17 June: Dialogue on Biofuels, Trade Policy and Sustainable Development, Geneva, Switzerland.
- 11 June: Side event on Climate Change, Technology Transfer and IPRs: Recent Developments and the Way Forward, alongside the UNFCCC negotiations, Bonn, Germany.
- 8 June: Second Meeting of the Expert Group, under the ICTSD Initiative on Climate Technology and Trade, alongside the UNFCCC negotiations, Bonn, Germany.
- 4 June: First Meeting of the Expert Group, under the ICTSD Initiative on Climate Technology and Trade, alongside the UNFCCC negotiations, Bonn, Germany.
May 2009
- 19-20 May: Latin American Regional Dialogue on Trade and Climate Change, co-organised with the International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD) and the Centro de Estudos de Integração e Desenvolvimento (CINDES), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
- 12 May: Side Event on Climate Change and Agriculture: The Role of Trade, under the ICTSD-IPC Platform on Climate Change, Agriculture and Trade, alongside the United Nations Commission on Sustainable Development (UNCSD), New York, USA.
- 12 May: Climate Change, Agriculture and Trade: On the Road to Copenhagen, under the ICTSD-IPC Platform on Climate Change, Agriculture and Trade, Salzburg, Austria.
- 10 May: High-level Dialogue on International Trade, Climate Change and Sustainable Energy Transition: Advancing Sustainable Development Objectives, co-organised with UNEP and the Italian Ministry for the Environment, Land and Sea, New York, USA.
- 7-8 May: African Dialogue on Trade and Climate Change, co-organised with the International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD) and the South African Institute of International Affairs (SAIIA), Johannesburg, South Africa.
- 5 May: Washington Dialogue Series Trade and Climate Change: Development Aspects of Climate Change Policies of OECD Countries, co-organised with the Resources for the Future (RFF) and ENTWINED.
April 2009
- 30 April-1 May: Asian Dialogue on Trade and Climate Change, co-organised with the International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD) and the International Trade Centre (ITD), Bangkok, Thailand.
- 24 April: Mapping Goods, Trade Flows and Trade Barriers in the Renewable Energy Supply Sector, Informal Roundtable, Geneva, Switzerland.
- 6 April: Side Event on Climate Change, Agriculture and Trade: Promoting Policy Coherence, under the ICTSD-IPC Platform on Climate Change, Agriculture and Trade, alongside the UNFCCC negotiations in Bonn, Germany.
- 5 April: Dialogue on Climate Change, Agriculture and Trade: Promoting Policy Coherence, under the ICTSD-IPC Platform on Climate Change, Agriculture and Trade, alongside the UNFCCC negotiations in Bonn, Germany.
March 2009
- 27 March: Climate Change, Transfer of Technology and IPRs: The Challenge of Evidence-based Policy, side event alongside the WIPO Standing Committee on Patents (SCP), Geneva, Switzerland.
- 24 March: Innovation and Diffusion of Climate Technologies: What Role for WIPO?, side event at the WIPO Standing Committee on Patents (SCP), Geneva, Switzerland.
February 2009
- 18-20 February: Dialogue on Trade Policy nexus with Climate Change and Sustainable Development: Developments for the Asia Pacific Region, co-organised with the Temasek Foundation Centre on Trade and Negotiations.
- 16 February: Diffusion of Climate Change Friendly Technologies: The Potential of Trade Policies in the Transition towards a Green Economy, side event at the UNEP Governing Council/Global Ministerial Environment Forum 2009, Nairobi, Kenya.
December 2008
- 9 December: Climate Change – the Role of Food and Agricultural Trade, Expert Meeting under the ICTSD-IPC Platform on Climate Change, Agriculture and Trade, alongside the UNFCCC COP-14, Poznan, Poland.
- 5 December: Side Event on A post 2012 Technology and Finance Framework, co-organised with the Energy Research Council, alongside the UNFCCC COP-14, Poznan, Poland.
- 2 December: Side Event on Climate Change Mitigation Technologies in the Energy Supply and Buildings Sector: Trade Realities and Implications for Access to Technologies, co-organised with the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP); the Energy Research Centre of the Netherlands (ECN), and the Energy and Resources Institute (TERI), alongside the UNFCCC COP-14, Poznan, Poland.
November 2008
- 27-28 November: Geneva Annual China Dialogue: China, Trade and Climate Change, co-organised with the Friedrich Ebert Stiftung, World Meteorological Organisation (WMO), Geneva.
- 20-21 November: Trade and Climate Change: Key Issues for LDCs, SVEs, and SIDS from a Competitiveness, Adaptation and Resilience Perspective, co-organised with Chatham House, and the Commonwealth Secretariat, Geneva, Switzerland.
October 2008:
- 21 October: Informal Dialogue to Support LDCs Engagement in EGS Negotiations at the WTO, Geneva, Switzerland.
September 2008
- 25 September: Climate Change, Competitiveness and Trade Policy: Opportunities and Challenges for the Future of the Multilateral Trading System, at the WTO Public Forum, Geneva, Switzerland.
- 2-3 September: Stakeholder Meeting on Climate Change and Trade, Key Issues for Developing Countries, co-organised with the Commonwealth Secretariat and the Ministry of Finance and Economic Development, Mauritius, Geneva, Switzerland.
May 2008
- 30-31 May: Global Dialogue amongst Stakeholders: The Future of Agriculture, co-organised with the International Chair WTO; Regional Integration (University of Barcelona), and the International Food and Agricultural Trade Policy Council (IPC), Barcelona, Spain.
- 14 May: Side Event on Bioenergy, Agriculture, International Trade and Sustainable Development, alongside the 16th Session of the United Nations Commission on Sustainable Development (UNCSD), New York, USA.
- 3 May: Trade, Climate Change and Development, co-organised with the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida), Stockholm, Sweden.
December 2007
- 5 December: Scaling-up Energy Efficiency and Access to Clean Energy Technologies: Options for International Cooperation, co-organised with the International Energy Agency (IEA), UNEP and the Danish Ministry of the Environment, Bali, Indonesia.
October 2007
- 22 October: Intellectual Property and Access to Clean Energy Technologies in Developing Countries - An Analysis of Solar Photovoltaic, Biofuel and Wind Technologies, Geneva, Switzerland.
- 17-18 October: Biofuels as Alternative Energy: A Regional Outlook, co-organised with the Ecuadorian Centre of Environmental Law (CEDA), and the support of the Andean Community (CAN), the International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED) and the Latin American University for Social Sciences (FLACSO), Quito, Ecuador.
- 4 October: International Trade, Climate Change and Global Competitiveness, co-organised with UNEP and the World Bank, Geneva, Switzerland. Click here for the meeting documents.
June 2007
- 18-19 June: Regional Dialogue on Trade, Fisheries Negotiations under WTO/EU-ACP EPA and Sustainable Development in West Africa, co-organised with the Network on Fisheries Policies in West Africa (REPAO); ENDA DIAPOL; the National Institute for the Development of Fisheries (INDP), and the Ministry of Fisheries of Cape Verde.
May 2007
- 10 May: High-level Dialogue on International Trade, Climate Change and Sustainable Energy Transition: Advancing Sustainable Development Objectives, in collaboration with UNEP and Italian Ministry for the Environment, Land and Sea, 15th Session of the UNCSD, New York, USA.
April 2007
- 20 April: Sustainable Development Opportunities and Challenges of Trade in Energy Services in the WTO and Beyond, Geneva, Switzerland.