Presentation of the WTO/UNEP trade and climate change report

Climate Change: The Current State of Knowledge (Anne Olhoff)

• Climate change and climate change trends: a brief introduction to climate change and the trends and relationship between greenhouse gas emissions and global warming.

• Climate change impacts: global, regional and sectoral dimensions.

• Approaches for dealing with climate change: potential, practices, the role of technology and technology transfer.

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Trade and Climate Change: Theory and Evidence (Robert Teh)

• Links between trade and climate change based on the recent economic literature (both theoretical and empirical)

• The contribution of trade to greenhouse gas emissions mitigation and adaptation.

• The relative importance of the various modes of transport in international trade and their relevance to climate change.

• How climate change itself can affect the pattern and volume of international trade flows.

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National Policies to Mitigate, and Adapt to, Climate Change and their Trade Implications (Vesile Kulaçoğlu and Ludivine Tamiotti)

• Price and market mechanisms to internalize environmental cost: carbon taxes, emission trading schemes and the discussion on border measures.

• Financial mechanisms to promote the development and deployment of climate-friendly goods and technologies, and the increased used of renewable energy: fiscal, price support and investment support measures.

• Technical requirements to promote the use of climate-friendly goods and technologies: key specifications and compliance tools, e.g. labelling and conformity assessment.

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