Roundtable discussion - “Toward International Agreement on Border Measures for Climate Change”
On 12 November 2009, IISD and the GTDF co-hosted a roundtable discussion on Border Measures for Climate Change.
The three discussants Aaron Cosbey (International Institute for Sustainable Development), Peter Holmes (University of Sussex) and Dominique van der Mensbrugghe (World Bank) addressed the current status of the debate in the United States and in the European Union to give clarifications on how Border Carbon Adjustment Measures could look like, what they do imply including for poorer countries and where do the definition and decision processes stand. The discussion was moderated by Nicolas Imboden (IDEAS Centre).
For the full report of the roundtable, click here.
Learn about the GTDF four initiatives!
The GTDF current four initiatives are:
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Fostering an inclusive international trade architecture
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Climate change measures: how to make them compatible with poorer countries’ trade interests?
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Industrial policies and latecomers
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Encouraging a more development-friendly WTO accession process (Friends of Accession)
Click here for more details.
The GTDF is deepening the work launched at Crans-Montana with small Geneva-based coalitions. 30 representatives from developing, emerging and developed countries are already working in the different groups in their personal capacity. In a second phase, policy makers will provide impetus to the endeavours.
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