ENVIRONMENT: CLIMATE CHANGE — 8 DECEMBER 2010
Areas of intersection between Trade and Climate Change Mitigation
The TED Division of the WTO Secretariat held a side-event on areas of intersection between trade and climate change mitigation. The event provided an overview of WTO rules and activities that are relevant to climate change mitigation and discussed ideas on ways to further enhance the mutual supportiveness between trade and climate change.
8 December 2010 from 14:00 to 18:30
14:00 – 14:15 Introductory Remarks |
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14:15 – 15:30 Current Developments in Domestic Climate Mitigation Measures |
Carbon footprinting and energy efficiency labelling schemes and relevant WTO rules and activities
Price-based instruments and relevant WTO rules and activities
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15:30 – 16:00 Contribution of Trade-opening to Access to Climate-Friendly Goods |
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Coffee Break (16:00-16:30) |
16:30 – 18:30 High Level Roundtable: How Can Tensions between Trade and Climate Change Agendas be Avoided? |
Fiona Harvey, Financial Times (Chair)
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