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  Transport, trade and climate change: carbon footprints, fuel subsidies and market-based measures

  International Centre for Trade and Sustainable Development, 2011

  Transport contributes significantly to global GHG emissions and measures to mitigate these emissions are essential. This paper discusses several measures that can contribute to mitigating emissions related to trade and transport. These measures include: carbon footprinting, elimination of fossil fuel subsidies and market-based measures (MBMs). The main conclusions include:
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  Environment related trade barriers and the WTO

  Centre for Policy Dialogue, Bangladesh, 2009

  There is a growing concern that environmental issues may create both direct and indirect opportunities to introduce new barriers to trade. In fact, it is apprehended by DCs and LDCs that environmental measures may have adverse effect on their trade as they are not always able to meet up the requirements of the developed countries.
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  The Terrestrial Carbon Group (n/a)

  The Terrestrial Carbon Group develops policy recommendations to unlock the potential of terrestrial carbon.
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  OECD Environmental Outlook to 2030: a summary

  Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, 2008

  The OECD Environmental Outlook to 2030 provides analyses of economic and environmental trends to 2030, and simulations of policy actions to address the key challenges.
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  How to include terrestrial carbon in developing nations in the overall climate change solution

  The Terrestrial Carbon Group, 2008

  This paper argues that terrestrial carbon (including trees, soil, and peat) can be used to provide up to 25% of the climate change solution. The document focuses on the role and use of terrestrial carbon and provides guiding principles for terrestrial carbon to be effectively included in the international response to climate change, which would support:
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  Global monitoring report 2008: MDGs and the environment: agenda for inclusive and sustainable development

  World Bank Research, 2008

  This report assesses progress and priorities in the development and environmental agenda to achieve the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). It also addresses the interrelated challenges of development and environmental sustainability. Based on its assessment, the report sets out an integrated agenda for development that aims to be inclusive and sustainable.
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  Flexible mechanisms for climate change compliance: emission offset purchases under the Clean Development Mechanism

  2008

  This article focuses on a specific type of offset program, the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) of the Kyoto Protocol . It provides an overview of the Kyoto “flexible mechanisms”, explains how CDM offset credits are generated, and also examines the growth of the international carbon market.
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  Looking a gift horse in the mouth: the case of Zambia’s refusal to accept american food aid

  Noragric, Department of International Environment and Development Studies, Norwegian University of Life Sciences, 2007

  A failure to recongnise the complexity of food issues has led to the development of diverse and conflicting regulatory systems to address food trade and food safety. This paper uses the example of Zambia's refusal of American GM maize as food aid in 2002 to illustrate this point. It discusses:
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  Promoting sustainable land management through trade: examining the linkages between trade, livelihoods and sustainable land management in degraded areas

  Global Mechanism, 2007

  Drylands have potential for economic activity now markets are emerging for natural products such as aloe or gum Arabic. However it is difficult to take advantage of these opportunities because there is a lack of structure for this market.
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  Options for liberalising trade in environmental goods in the Doha Round

  International Centre for Trade and Sustainable Development, 2006

  This paper stems from WTO discussions of the mandate from paragraph 31(iii) of the Doha Ministerial Declaration to “reduce or as appropriate eliminate tariffs and non-tariff barriers” on environmental goods since 2001.

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