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Nigerian Perspectives on the Future Bilateral Free Trade Agreement between Norway and Nigeria
C. Bu / Norwegian Council for Africa, 2012
As the multilateral negotiations at the World Trade Organisation (WTO) are at a standstill, an increasing number of bilateral trade agreements are being negotiated. In Norway the multilateral negotiations are the responsibility of the...
Comprehensive report detailing multi-sector trade opportunities and enabling conditions in the transition to a green economy
United Nations [UN] Environment Programme, 2013
Prepared by the Trade, Policy and Planning Unit of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), this report is a key component of the Green Economy and Trade Opportunities Project (GE-TOP). The aim of GE-TOP is to identify opportu...
International Emissions Trading Association (IETA)
The International Emissions Trading Association (IETA) is a non-profit business organisation created in June 1999 to establish a functional international framework for trading in greenhouse gas emission reductions.
Regional energy cooperation in hydropower enables South-Asian countries to deal with carbon-related trade protectionism
N. Nanda / South Asia Watch on Trade, Economics & Environment, 2010
With growing concerns over climate change, the debate over the linkage between climate change and trade is likely to intensify, particularly in countries vulnerable to this change, such as South Asian countries. This paper states that...
Developing countries and trade in environmental services - the greatest opportunities lie in environmental consulting services
International Centre for Trade and Sustainable Development, 2012
The market for environmental services is substantial and growing. This policy brief argues that if well managed, liberalisation of trade in environmental services can provide substantial benefits to the private sector as well as the g...
Invented solutions to support developing countries’ trade in environmental goods
International Centre for Trade and Sustainable Development, 2012
Trade liberalisation can provide access to green goods and technologies at lower cost and greater efficiency. This paper illustrates that liberalising trade in environmental goods can create new markets and export opportunities, thus ...
Results from a high-level workshop on innovative finance for tropical forests
M. Cranford; I. R. Henderson; A. W. Mitchell / WWF-World Wide Fund For Nature, 2011
This document is an outcome of a high-level workshop on innovative finance for tropical forests, specifically focusing on the development and introduction of forest bonds. Hosted by the WWF Forest & Climate Initiative, Global Cano...
Exploring the role carbon markets may play for Nationally Appropriate Mitigation Actions (NAMAs)
F. Röser; C. De Vit; M. Jung / Ecofys, 2012
Nationally Appropriate Mitigation Actions (NAMAs) and carbon markets are currently developing in parallel with increasing debate on how to link the two approaches. This paper explores the role carbon markets may play for NAMAs and the...
Empirical risk analysis of Indian trade's exposure to an EU border carbon adjustment measure
K. Das / Research and Information System for Developing Countries, 2012
This document is an empirical analysis of India’s trade vulnerabilities to a possible border carbon adjustment scheme implemented by the European Union (EU). Many EU countries consider such a scheme as a necessary measure to mit...
Carbon pricing of international shipping is unfair, so adequate compensation for its impacts is essential
A. Stochniol / Catholic Fund for Overseas Development, 2011
Carbon pricing of international shipping is an innovative mechanism that may reduce emissions, yet it is essential that it does not have negative impacts on developing countries least-responsible for climate change. This briefing pape...
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Nigerian Perspectives on the Future Bilateral Free Trade Agreement between Norway and Nigeria
C. Bu / Norwegian Council for Africa, 2012
As the multilateral negotiations at the World Trade Organisation (WTO) are at a standstill, an increasing number of bilateral trade agreements are being negotiated. In Norway the multilateral negotiations are the responsibility of the...
Comprehensive report detailing multi-sector trade opportunities and enabling conditions in the transition to a green economy
United Nations [UN] Environment Programme, 2013
Prepared by the Trade, Policy and Planning Unit of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), this report is a key component of the Green Economy and Trade Opportunities Project (GE-TOP). The aim of GE-TOP is to identify opportu...
Regional energy cooperation in hydropower enables South-Asian countries to deal with carbon-related trade protectionism
N. Nanda / South Asia Watch on Trade, Economics & Environment, 2010
With growing concerns over climate change, the debate over the linkage between climate change and trade is likely to intensify, particularly in countries vulnerable to this change, such as South Asian countries. This paper states that...
Developing countries and trade in environmental services - the greatest opportunities lie in environmental consulting services
International Centre for Trade and Sustainable Development, 2012
The market for environmental services is substantial and growing. This policy brief argues that if well managed, liberalisation of trade in environmental services can provide substantial benefits to the private sector as well as the g...
Invented solutions to support developing countries’ trade in environmental goods
International Centre for Trade and Sustainable Development, 2012
Trade liberalisation can provide access to green goods and technologies at lower cost and greater efficiency. This paper illustrates that liberalising trade in environmental goods can create new markets and export opportunities, thus ...
Results from a high-level workshop on innovative finance for tropical forests
M. Cranford; I. R. Henderson; A. W. Mitchell / WWF-World Wide Fund For Nature, 2011
This document is an outcome of a high-level workshop on innovative finance for tropical forests, specifically focusing on the development and introduction of forest bonds. Hosted by the WWF Forest & Climate Initiative, Global Cano...
Exploring the role carbon markets may play for Nationally Appropriate Mitigation Actions (NAMAs)
F. Röser; C. De Vit; M. Jung / Ecofys, 2012
Nationally Appropriate Mitigation Actions (NAMAs) and carbon markets are currently developing in parallel with increasing debate on how to link the two approaches. This paper explores the role carbon markets may play for NAMAs and the...
Empirical risk analysis of Indian trade's exposure to an EU border carbon adjustment measure
K. Das / Research and Information System for Developing Countries, 2012
This document is an empirical analysis of India’s trade vulnerabilities to a possible border carbon adjustment scheme implemented by the European Union (EU). Many EU countries consider such a scheme as a necessary measure to mit...
Carbon pricing of international shipping is unfair, so adequate compensation for its impacts is essential
A. Stochniol / Catholic Fund for Overseas Development, 2011
Carbon pricing of international shipping is an innovative mechanism that may reduce emissions, yet it is essential that it does not have negative impacts on developing countries least-responsible for climate change. This briefing pape...
Exploring the dual benefits of improved efficiency cookstoves
G. Simon; A. G. Bumpus; P. Mann / Social Science Research Network, 2010
This paper reviews the possibilities for win-win climate and development outcomes in programmes that distribute improved efficiency cookstoves (ICS) with the use of carbon finance. The authors note that ICS technologies fo...
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International Emissions Trading Association (IETA)
The International Emissions Trading Association (IETA) is a non-profit business organisation created in June 1999 to establish a functional international framework for trading in greenhouse gas emission reductions.
Entwined
Entwined: focus on environment and trade
The Terrestrial Carbon Group (n/a)
The Terrestrial Carbon Group develops policy recommendations to unlock the potential of terrestrial carbon. It is an international group of specialists from science, economics, and public policy with expertise in land management, climate change, and markets. The objective of the group is for terrestrial carbon to be effectively included in the international response to climate change.
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