Trade and Sustainability Hub 2021 Session 7 (Recorded December 1, 2021)
At the Twelfth WTO Ministerial Conference (MC12), WTO members were expected to advance a number of environmental outcomes. These included a long-awaited step forward on fisheries subsidies reform talks, as well as Ministerial Statements co-sponsored by different groups of WTO members on trade and environmental sustainability, plastic pollution and environmentally sustainable plastics trade, and fossil fuel subsidy reform. As MC12 has been postponed, the co-sponsors of the three separate Ministerial Statements are currently considering options for rescheduling the launch of the statements given the new travel and health regulations and in light of the proposed new timing of MC12 in March 2022.
This session airs regional perspectives on the proposed statements from stakeholders and experts working in developing countries. Panellists provide views on the significance of the environmental initiatives at the WTO in the context of efforts to support trade and trade policies that advance environmental and wider sustainability goals in their respective regions. Looking ahead, panellists will also reflect on priorities, opportunities, challenges, and next steps on the trade-environment nexus at the WTO, all in the context of wider sustainable development, social inclusion goals, and the COVID-19 pandemic.
Speakers:
• Carolyn Deere, Forum on Trade, Environment and the SDGs (TESS)
• Jan Yves Remy, Shridath Ramphal Centre for International Trade Law, Policy and Services; University of the West Indies
• Stephen Karingi, United Nations Economic Commission for Africa
• Ana Amelia Toni, Institute Climate & Society
• VEENA JHA, IKDHVAJ Advisers LLP
• Marianne Kettunen, Forum on Trade, Environment and the SDGs (TESS)
Session organizer: Forum on Trade, Environment & SDGs (TESS)
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