Identifying Products with Climate and Development Benefits for an Environmental Goods Agreement

Vossenaar, René

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“…159 To advance cooperation, a clear framing in terms of the environmental purpose of future talks will help governments to avoid repeating previous unproductive debates on criteria and lists of products for negotiations. 160 At the WTO, the 2001 Doha Development Agenda included a mandate for negotiations on both environmental goods and services. When multilateral talks failed to advance, some 46 members engaged in plurilateral negotiations for an Environmental Goods Agreement (EGA), which also stalled in 2016.…”

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Priorities for the climate-trade agenda: how a trade ministers' coalition for cooperation on climate action could help

Deere Birkbeck

2021

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This paper argues that governments should commit to enhanced international dialogue, coordination and action on trade and climate intersections through: 1. Ministerial attention to trade, climate and environmental sustainability on the official agenda of the 12th WTO Ministerial Conference (MC12) in late 2021 as well as through a complementary Ministerial Statement, co-sponsored by a majority of WTO Members, that recognises the need for the multilateral trading system to enable and support climate mitigation and adaptation efforts and the importance of multilateral cooperation on the interface of climate, trade and sustainable development goals; and 2. The creation of a trade ministers’ coalition for cooperation on climate action to serve as focal point for the top-level dialogue needed to develop trade policy frameworks that support climate mitigation and adaptation, to solve tough and complex issues around competitiveness, fairness and transparency, and to advance coordination on trade and climate policy intersections. The coalition could help forge a shared vision of the highest priorities at the interface of climate and trade, how these should be pursued in policy terms, and how best to cooperate and connect the dots between different international processes. The paper also identifies six policy priorities at the interface of climate and trade that could be advanced in the final months of 2021: 1. Commitments to enhanced transparency, consultation and coordination on climate policies and regulations that impact trade, and on trade policies that impact the climate and decarbonization efforts, with special attention to addressing the needs of developing countries and unintended trade consequences; 2. Action to promote trade in climate-friendly goods and services, including at the World Trade Organization (WTO), with a focus on trade and supply chains that support climate mitigation and adaptation as top priorities; 3. Launch of talks on fossil fuel subsidy reform at the WTO that combine a focus on improved transparency, a just transition and a timeline for cooperation on concrete reform efforts; 4. Commitments to increase green aid for trade and finance to support trade-related climate mitigation and adaptation, and to promote climate-friendly economic diversification, production and trade in developing countries; 5. Adoption of a 2025 deadline for net zero official trade finance; and 6. Enhanced ambition and cooperation to reduce transportation emissions associated with international trade and decarbonize the transport sector.

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Priorities for the climate-trade agenda: how a trade ministers' coalition for cooperation on climate action could help

Deere Birkbeck

2021

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“…9013 (including liquid crystal devices); these products can be used in producing heliostats for solar power systems; (ii) HS 854140electrical apparatus; photosensitive, including pV cells, light-emitting diodes (LeDs); these products are used in the production of solar cells and modules; (iii) HS 853710boards, panels, consoles, desks, and other bases; these products can be used in producing electronic control equipment for wind energy systems. This category is likely to include dual-use products and (iv) HS 847989-Machines and mechanical appliances; this is a catch-all classification for machinery not elsewhere classified, which can refer to, in some instances, equipment for prevention of air pollution, noise treatment, water contamination prevention, or machines for squeezing radioactive waste (Vossenaar 2014). This category is likely to include dual-use products.…”

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Technology Transfer and Innovation for Low-Carbon Development

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Dussaux³

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“…For example,Vossenaar (2014) uses additional detail available in the national data for the United States to develop more accurate estimates of trade in a subset of LCTs-those related to wind energy. The European Statistical Office(Eurostat) employs a bottom-up approach in publishing statistics on the environmental goods sector for the European economies, which includes statistics on exports.…”

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Identifying Products with Climate and Development Benefits for an Environmental Goods Agreement

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Priorities for the climate-trade agenda: how a trade ministers' coalition for cooperation on climate action could help

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