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Trade-related Measures and Multilateral Environmental Agreements
The objective of this paper is to contribute to ongoing negotiations at the WTO by analyzing MEA traderelated measures in the context of the overall objective of the MEAs. In... -
Trade and Green Economy in Mongolia - Technical Study
The objectives of this study are i) Stocktaking on green trade development in Mongolia; ii) Analysis of green trade opportunities in agriculture as a key sector; iii) To... -
Environmental Impacts of Trade Liberalization and Policies for the...
The objective of the present study is to examine the environmental impacts of trade-related structural adjustment programs (SAP) policies, particularly in the shrimp culture... -
Trade and Sustainable Development - Environment and Trade 1
Trade liberalization has been only a part of China's economic reforms, but liberalization, in addition to its direct benefits, has provided essential support for price... -
Making Trade Work for the Environment, Prosperity and Resilience
TInternational trade offers unique opportunities to help tackle mounting environmental challenges while fostering economic and social prosperity. Open, predictable and equitable... -
Greening International Trade: Pathways Forward
Discussions of environment-trade issues are notoriously complex, cluttered with legalistic and technical language, and frequently opaque. As such, environmental stakeholders... -
Integrated Assessment of Trade Liberalization and Trade-Related Policies:...
This document provides a synthesis of the integrated assessment studies conducted in the third, most recent, round of country projects commissioned by UNEP, which focused on the... -
Trade in Environmentally Sound Technologies in the East African Region
Environmentally sound technologies (ESTs) are increasingly being promoted internationally, regionally and nationally as potential solutions to environmental challenges such as... -
Scaling up Voluntary Sustainability Standards through Sustainable Public...
This 4th Flagship Report aims to provide an understanding of the role of government as a vehicle to drive the adoption of VSS. The effectiveness of VSS to contribute to... -
Trade related Environmental Measures in the Field of Safety in Biotechnology...
The purpose of this paper is to illustrate how safety requirements in the field of biotechnology can sometimes take the form of trade measures when they create a restriction on... -
Green Industrial Policy and Trade: A Tool-Box
The Environment and Trade Hub of UN Environment and UNIDO, under the Partnership for Action on Green Economy (PAGE), cooperate to undertake Green Economy Industry and Trade... -
Protecting the Ozone Layer through Trade Measures: Reconciling the Trade...
This paper provides an overview of the history of the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer, examines the necessity and effectiveness of the Protocol's... -
Localising the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) through Fair Trade – Toolkit
Fair Trade is a trading partnership, based on dialogue, transparency and respect, that seeks greater equity in international trade. It contributes to sustainable development by... -
Trade and Environment Briefings: Trade and Green Economy - Policy Brief 1: June 2012
Trade liberalisation has the potential to facilitate the transition to a green economy by fostering the exchange of environmentally friendly goods and services, increasing...