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May 15, 2020 · Here are 10 ways that governments could ensure that trade policy is rightly an integral part of wider policy efforts to build back better through green and just economic recovery: Adopt a Green Trade for Green Recovery initiative at the G20, which puts the furthest behind first.
Worse, there has so far been little attention to how trade and trade policy can support a green and just recovery, aligned with the Sustainable Development Goals and with the aim of “building back better”.
However, the sheer scale of emissions related to international trade mean that governments must collectively and urgently work to reduce trade-related emissions. Impacts on emissions, promotion of green goods and low carbon production can all be incentivised through a clear trade and climate policy.
Jun 8, 2021 · Governments have used trade policy to positively respond to the coronavirus crisis, which also exposed many fault lines and exacerbated pre-existing vulnerability and inequality. While trade is a source of economic development, it generates a quarter of global CO2 emissions.
- Session I: The Green Side of Trade Policy, What Can We do?
- Session II: Towards A More Inclusive World, What Can Trade do?
- Towards Unctad15
- 17th Raúl Prebisch Lecture by Esther Duflo
This session will discuss the main national and multilateral trade elements needed to foster climate change action, and green and circular economy solutions. In particular, speakers will address how trade policies and rules can better support green development, and how the principle of “common but differentiated responsibilities” and the need for t...
This session will address how policymakers can ensure trade contributes to inclusive recovery and how the gains from trade can reach the most vulnerable groups, including women, youth and migrant workers. Speakers will also discuss the preconditions for developing countries to benefit from the growing digital economy and how best to protect consume...
These discussions on a green and inclusive recovery from the pandemic will touch upon some of the most important contemporary trade debates. As such, the 2021 UN Trade Forum provides a key stepping stone towards UNCTAD15, the quadrennial conference being held in October 2021 that will determine the priorities and work programme of UNCTAD over the n...
Since 1982, the Raúl Prebisch lectures have offered renowned intellectuals and heads of state a platform to address critical global issues. The 17th Lecture will given by Nobel Laureate Esther Duflo on 15th June 2021. Esther Duflo is the Abdul Latif Jameel Professor of Poverty Alleviation and Development Economics in the Department of Economics at ...
Nov 17, 2021 · Trade policy can both promote and hinder climate goals. International trade promotes economic efficiency and helps disseminate green technologies and expertise. But making the economy greener requires investment and may increase costs. This places domestic businesses at a competitive disadvantage.
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Feb 18, 2021 · Against the backdrop of a global pandemic, geopolitical and geo-economic tensions, a crisis of multilateralism and the climate emergency, the strategy sets out how trade policy will support our economic recovery and the green and digital transitions.
